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on: January 17, 2003, 06:35:52 am
Stumbled across this: UFO: Aftermath

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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #1 on: January 17, 2003, 07:37:15 am
Cool, I've loved the two first games, and there's definitively a feeling of those opus in this one by the look of the screenshots ( tho it's not very beautiful ). That simultaneous turned based thinguy sounds an awful lot like how it was n the old bugwar, which is a good thing :).
Let's wait and see how this will turn out.
Btw, was that Xcom FPS cancelled?
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Reply #2 on: January 17, 2003, 07:47:58 am
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Btw, was that Xcom FPS cancelled?


I dunno... I didn't hear about it (or if I did, I forgot :p).
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #3 on: January 17, 2003, 07:55:33 am
it was quite some time ago, at least 1 or two years ago. you were supposed to be allied with the sectoids, and you were controlling a team of marines. It's so old now I guess that's been a while ince it has been trashed anyway.
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Reply #4 on: January 17, 2003, 08:18:30 am
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #5 on: January 17, 2003, 08:21:38 am
More X-Com series? Bah. X-Com sucks. :rolleyes:
 
 
 
 
j/k, actually those were  awesome, and I played them a lot. I will be sure to buy that game if it's good, like it's earlier versions.
 

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Reply #6 on: January 17, 2003, 08:39:26 am
w00t! X-com series is a legend :D
Habeeb it...
 

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Reply #7 on: January 17, 2003, 08:45:28 am
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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=X-COM+UFO+FPS&btnG=Google+Search


cool, thank you, in the list there's one single russian site that talks about the FPS :yes: in russian of course :D
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Reply #8 on: January 17, 2003, 10:55:32 am
w00t! Damn, I loved that game... hope this one keeps the spirit of the original.

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Reply #9 on: January 17, 2003, 06:43:34 pm
afaik there was an xcom fps, xcom:alliance which was canceled

also there was an x:com 3rd person shooter called x:com enforecer, which was released, but was very arcady

this game is the spiritual succesor of something:freedom ridge being developed by mythos games. it was canceled and i think this is the game that was salvaged

hehe i know alot for a game that doesnt even interest me
 

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Reply #10 on: January 17, 2003, 07:48:13 pm
yeah, enforcer was crap, took me and a friend all of about five hours to beat the whole game, and it gave both of us very bad headaches casue it was so fast-paced...

alliace looked like it was going to rule, but then they cancelled it, without even releasing a demo, which really sucks,c ause it looked sooo cool...

and if you want something to satisfy the itch that only turn based strategy games can scratch until aftermath comes out, have a look at www.lasersquadnemesis.com which is made by the same people who did X-com (gollop bros.) :D
 

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Reply #11 on: January 17, 2003, 08:00:51 pm
X-Com: Alliance is the first person shooter that was set to be based on the Unreal engine.  Though it was set back and 'cancelled' twice, although technically the game is just 'on hold'

X-Com: Enforcer was the game that was rapidly churned out in time for christmas the other year when Alliance fell through and didn't complete it's full fun.

X-Com: Genesis was also cancelled.  This was to be a 3D major updated twist of the original X-Com: UFO Defence game, UFO: Enemy Unknown to those outside the US (this is where the UFO: Aftermath thing starts).
You can find screenshots of Genesis at the XCommand site here... http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~xcom/x6x5.shtml
And also at Ben Clowards personal website (he worked on Genesis) found here... http://www.monitorstudios.com/bcloward/port_xcom.html

Regarding UFO: Aftermath, technically this game isn't part of the X-COM series.  X-Com is owned by Infogrames while Mythos games held the UFO title copyrights which was thought wouldn't be needed in future.  while Aftermath is supposed to be a sequil to the original UFO (XCOM 1) it technically isn't part of the X-Com series.  But it looks like it has a lot of potential, and I for one am looking forward to getting my hands on this game.

And before anyone asks, yes I am an avid X-Com fan :p
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Reply #12 on: January 17, 2003, 08:07:18 pm
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And before anyone asks, yes I am an avid X-Com fan :P


No, really?? :rolleyes:


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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #13 on: January 17, 2003, 08:10:41 pm
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No, really?? :rolleyes:


:p


Don't make me set my sectoids on you! ;7
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Reply #14 on: January 17, 2003, 08:16:53 pm
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Don't make me set my sectoids on you! ;7


Bah. I was playing X-COM when Intel had just announced its next generation processor, the Pentium!
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"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Reply #15 on: January 17, 2003, 09:18:15 pm
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Bah. I was playing X-COM when Intel had just announced its next generation processor, the Pentium!


Same here.
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Reply #16 on: January 17, 2003, 09:33:01 pm
I remember my old Pentium 75 MHz. It was just below the top of the line, which was the 90 :p
I wonder if it is still rotting in the basement?
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Reply #17 on: January 17, 2003, 09:38:06 pm
I (er... I mean, Styxx) used to have a 90! It probably still works.
 

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Reply #18 on: January 17, 2003, 10:46:25 pm
yeah, well, i used to have a 60, back when they cost 2600$ :lol: and now it sits in my grandma's living room where she plays mahjong on it once or twice a week, when she's felling adventurous...

oh, and the other thing: Firaxis now owns the X-com license, ig sold it back in august, along with a few others, i'm not sure which...  here's a link to the gamespy article: http://www.gamespy.com/articles/august02/gencon/meier/index.shtml
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Reply #19 on: January 18, 2003, 12:17:25 pm
bwarf, I still have a 286 Sx 16 you punks :D
and yeah, it's still working, tho there's only two progs installed on it :p
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