X-com: any new good games?

**econ21** · 05-10-2007, 13:40

Looking at the screenshots, Extraterrestrials just does not grab me. It looks amateur, generic and characterless. One thing about the original X-Com was that, although it looks poor by today's graphical standards, it had an amazing atmosphere. From the screenshots, I'm more tempted to load up X-Com1 than buy this "remake".

**professorspatula** · 05-10-2007, 15:21

Yea when I first heard of UFO:ET I thought it was just another fan-made game .... then it turns out it's commercial and I was slightly disheartened. However, it still had a few good things going for it - not least the fact it was very much X-Com like. However, some things about it are annoying: soldiers not dying, no manual recruitment of troops (they come and you have no control over when they arrive), can only have 1 mega base - rest must be radar/interceptor stations, and although I'm not quite certain - you can't rename your troops? Actually I'm not sure about the last one although I know it was debated a lot on the official forums. That was part of what made the old games so great. You could personalise your squads and get a good feel for them. I personally feel UFO:ET is cashing in far too much on the old games without really providing enough new ideas or general shine to make it a necessary purchase. Perhaps when it's a bit cheaper.

**Sir Moody** · 05-10-2007, 15:29

Originally Posted by professorspatula

Yea when I first heard of UFO:ET I thought it was just another fan-made game .... then it turns out it's commercial and I was slightly disheartened. However, it still had a few good things going for it - not least the fact it was very much X-Com like. However, some things about it are annoying: soldiers not dying, no manual recruitment of troops (they come and you have no control over when they arrive), can only have 1 mega base - rest must be radar/interceptor stations, and although I'm not quite certain - you can't rename your troops? Actually I'm not sure about the last one although I know it was debated a lot on the official forums. That was part of what made the old games so great. You could personalise your squads and get a good feel for them. I personally feel UFO:ET is cashing in far too much on the old games without really providing enough new ideas or general shine to make it a necessary purchase. Perhaps when it's a bit cheaper.

yeah the one mega base thing is a let down i have to agree but the rest of those problems can be fixed with user made mods (one tries to bring the game as close to xcom as it can be)

it isnt xcom but its as close as any game has made it so far

**professorspatula** · 05-16-2007, 15:53

I've just been having a brief look around and it does indeed seem there are loads of mods for the game already. Many of the poorer features of ET have already been fixed or altered and it really does seem this game can be a good'un.

**hrvojej** · 05-17-2007, 01:51

Has anybody checked out UFO: Afterlight? It looks good, and it's getting positive reviews so far.

**Zenicetus** · 05-18-2007, 20:17

Originally Posted by hrvojej

Has anybody checked out UFO: Afterlight? It looks good, and it's getting positive reviews so far.

Fooey... that looks interesting, and the reviews seem pretty good. I'd buy it, but I can't find a U.S. distributor. Gogamer.com shows it as "out of stock" and EB doesn't carry it. All the pre-order links on the official site are in Europe or Australia. Anyone know how to get this in the U.S.A.?

**professorspatula** · 05-19-2007, 12:47

Apparently it will be out in the USA on June 1st. However, it's the 3rd in the recent UFO series (Aftermath, Aftershock the others) and to be honest, I'm not very impressed by it. I hate the cartoony look as well. I think the appeal of the UFO/X-Com games was the dark and gloomy atmosphere. This is more like something from Nickelodeon.