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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: TVC15 on May 08, 2007, 11:13:59 PM

Title: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: TVC15 on May 08, 2007, 11:13:59 PM

http://www.ufo-extraterrestrials.com/

This game is pretty much an unofficial remake of X-Com.  It is pretty great, although I think it stays a little too close to the path hewn by X-Com (even the research trees start out identical to the original X-Com). 

The key differences, after an hour of play:

1) It takes place on another planet.
2) Soldiers seem to have more action points, which makes the pacing a bit brisker.
3) Tanks are a viable option right from the get go.
4) Bases are laid out a bit differently.
5) There is a soldier ranking system a lil different than X-Com's.
6) Interceptor combat is a tad different, though really not drastically so. 
7) There are more slots/options when outfitting soldiers for combat.

This is a closer copy than Luxor compared to Zuma.  This is as close to game plagiarism I have seen in an actual commercially released product.  Am I complaining?  At the moment:  FUCK NO!  This is the best X-Com game since Terror from the Deep.  Not only that, but this is the only X-Com option for us saps on Vista, where the original games no longer run.

So, early impressions are good.  The game is highly, highly derivative, but I can forgive that when they haven't made em' like this in over a decade.  Check the specs, it runs on most anything.  While it definitely looks better than the ancient X-Com, it's by no means a looker by today's standards.  It's still all mostly 2d, but it's higher rez.

http://www.gamersgate.com/

You can buy it there for 29.99.  I have to say I am very happy with the purchase.  It's like cracking open X-Com for the very first time again!  Maybe a little too much like that, actually.

Title: Re: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 09, 2007, 12:45:08 AM

:bow :bow :bow

Title: Re: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: BlackMage on May 09, 2007, 12:45:37 AM

I looooooooooooves me some X-Com!!!

Title: Re: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: TVC15 on May 09, 2007, 12:48:23 AM

When I first started it up, I was kind of shocked at how blatant of a copy it was.

The SA goons have already figured out how to mod it, and are apparently working on stuff.

Title: Re: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: Scurvy Stan on May 09, 2007, 01:30:37 AM

I was all stoked until I found out it wasn't free.

Title: Re: UFO Extraterrestrials - THIS IS THE NEW SHIT BITCHES
Post by: BlackMage on May 09, 2007, 01:38:43 AM

Quote from: Scurvy Stan on May 09, 2007, 01:30:37 AM

I was all stoked until I found out it wasn't free.

haha! same here.