(March 6, 2012 at 1:29 pm)Chuff Wrote: Turn based strategy games... Not exactly the coolest genre I admit.
But of all the games I have ever played, I think Xcom must be my absolute favourite and is responsible for far too many wasted hours of my life - I played the sequels, the prequels and the spin offs, but the original is king.
I was slightly apprehensive when I heard a while back that it was being remade, but the apprehension was tinged with quiet confidence as the remake is being handled by Firaxis.
I have just watched a video featuring the new version and might have wee'd myself slightly in excitement.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-0...udget-game
Curious, did you ever try any of the open source remakes? Can't remember the name now, but one of them was basically a graphical face-lift for X-Com. Used the original data files & such.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
