XCOM: Enemy Unknown E3 trailer looks nothing like XCOM: Enemy Unknown
How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.
How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, those hooting, hollering troglodytes who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown, at least, is to pretend you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.
Yes, though our Andrew's preview saw that it's true to the careful, cerebral original X-COM games, the E3 trailer looks more like any given testosterone-fueled shooter. Silly 2K Games!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is due on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this October, made by Civilization dev Firaxis. It really is a proper video game, not that you'd guess from this:
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How exactly can one sell a turn-based tactical game to the E3 audience, who clap and roar because they recognise a character in a video game? The approach taken by XCOM: Enemy Unknown is pretending you're something else entirely with a very flashy E3 trailer.-
If any of that is in-engine, then I'm quite impressed with the visual style. It at least looks awesome! Hopefully the classic turn-based gameplay is there underneath.
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When will the x-com series get a proper multiplayer mode, with full co-op missions or head-to-head humans vs. aleins?!
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Shut the fuck up. Jesus christ.
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Wait, I'm going to assume that was ironic. Sorry. You made a fine comment.
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There was a fan remake that added full multiplayer(not just battlescape), and yes, aliens won almost every game.
Sadly the devs got scared that they would get a C&D/sued when XCOM(the shitty FPS) was announced and decided to stop before they finished. I think it was pretty much just X-COM AI for alien single player and the ufopedia that they needed to finish.
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That's how you do a fucking trailer.
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~~ mad world ~~
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Hell yes
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Dat music
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Much betterer HD version (1080p)
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According to 2K's website, October 9th is the release date. And there's BONUSES:
The Elite Soldier Pack looks like early access DLC free with a preorder. Plus it includes the original X-COM blond flattop as a soldier model I guess. And there's a special edition with a bunch of neat sounding stuff, PC only...but..I buy my games on Steam. Sad emoticon.
http://www.2kgames.com/blog/xcom-enemy-unknown-release-date-special-edition-and-more/?format=print
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