shocking news: XCom: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis

[hsbckb]

Firaxis is working on an all-new, all-different and all-strategy X-Com remake entitled XCom: Enemy Unknown:

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/115063-Firaxis-Reveals-a-Real-X-Com-Remake

[Daiky]

 
We had xenonauts, XCOM the fps, .... and now the true remake?
Do the fans still need openxcom? Otherwise we just stop :p

Just kidding, I'm excited to see more of this title and probably try to get that digital version of gameinformer with the preview in it.


Release: fall 2012 , this only means openxcom 1.0 needs to be released around that same period, so people that are not happy with Firaxis remake can fall back to openxcom and get back the feeling how the original xcom was

[Yankes]

interesting Im cross my fingers hoping that they allow to blow up whole map using explosives

[DiceMaster]

I'm pretty sure that it will be far from original X-Com.

It's been a dream of ours to recreate X-Com with our unique creative vision

Oh yes, you dream to use famous name for your own project and name will be the only similarity between original X-Com and this one.

So as you see, I full of scepticism.

Edit:

For the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3

Burn it, burn it, it should not survive!

[Yankes]

Xcom was on PS1 too...

[luke83]

Wow this is really good news, if anyone can make a good remake it is Fraxis

[hsbckb]

don't  expect too much

[Yankes]

we always have fall back to OpenXcom

[luke83]

Hopefully Sid Meier gets heavily involved then it stands a chance of being good, i still enjoy playing Civ2 especially the X-com version of it   Fraxis can make some good stratergy games when they want eg Alpha Centauri.

 Honestly i will probably still play the original more ( until this gets to version 1.0) as its going to take more than flashy graphics to win me over .

[SupSuper]

I won't lie, I cried a tear of joy when I first read this.

[DiceMaster]

Xcom was on PS1 too...

Yes, and Firaxis credible for an excellent series of Civilization, which has been ported to consoles too.
But I've seen too many "X-Com remakes" and "good console strategies", so I not believe.

[hsbckb]

The huge feature in February's Game Informer goes into all the gory details of XCOM's destructible tactical environments, the interaction between the real-time strategic view and the turn-based combat, how the XCOM organization improves its capabilities as the war rages on, and much more.

We will have more information from February's Game informer which will be available next week.

Here is the official homepage of XCom: Enemy Unknown:

https://www.xcom.com/enemyunknown/

Sectoid, welcome back!

[alienfood]

This is good news. It wouldn't take much to refresh X-COM, but the temptation is to do too much. A graphics refresh, a bit more in the research tree, some "optional" paths to further improve replayability, multi-player collaborative and competitive (multi-player competitive mode with turn time limits would be great). But start throwing out the turn-based format or make it a first-person action shooter, and it becomes just another Quake clone.

[hellblade]

I had two reaction, holy **** and oh crap.

Forget about them doing too much.  You'll be lucky if the remake has 70% of original features. 

This is a company that ruined the civilization series by making Civ V - the most thinned down version of Civilization and widely accepted as the worse in the series.

And they did it for one "compelling" reason - money.  If it's simple enough, then they can sell it on pc AND all the other TV console platforms.  And the more platforms, the more money.

This X-Com remake is already said to be released on more than on platform.  And you can BET it'll be shitty.

And if you want more prove that this remake is for simpletons, go search "CITIZEN SKYWATCH" on google.

[Daiky]

How to define shitty? when YOU don't like the game? or when it sells bad? :p

And I don't know what the fuss is about multiplatform? The original X-Com ufo defense is also multiplatform, and you like that one (or you are on the wrong forum)