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XCOM designer: Why consequences make success so much sweeter

When designing nearly any type of game, you want your players' victories to feel meaningful. Nowadays, games often reward success with positive feedback systems like cutscenes, in-game items or achievements, but for XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer Jake Solomon, the real way to make a player value success is to put something meaningful at stake.

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dedicatedtogamers4759d ago

Real gamers play X-COM. I can't wait for all of the crying when the game is "too hard" for our modern generation of CoD junkies (and believe me, I'll be crying too when Sgt. Pepper gets killed by a lucky alien plasma grenade :_:)

joab7774758d ago

Yeah, most games would never attempt this because, to them, it would mean less sales. Personally, I think its better to draw a real, faithful, hardcore fan base that really loves the game.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown - A Welcome Rebirth

XCOM: Enemy Unknown rebooted the series back in 2012, and has since inspired numerous new strategy game series to be born.

shinoff2183612d ago (Edited 612d ago )

If someone gets into this I'd recommend getting the enemy within version. It's got all the dlc included so it's the better version. Wish the author would've atleast mentioned it. I didn't see it.

Fantastic game though. Xcom 2 is top notch also. I've spent countless hours in these games.

ModsDoBetter611d ago

Excellent game.
Played to death on PS3 years ago.

S2Killinit611d ago

What other games were inspired by this game?

JL2930611d ago

Gears Of War Tactics, Phoenix Point. Many others.

shinoff2183610d ago

Phoenix point if I remember was created by the original xcom developer or something to that affect. I did try gears tactics some months ago and I just couldn't get into it. It's probably just me

JL2930609d ago (Edited 609d ago )

It was, but it was really closer to the newer XCOM than the older ones. Gears Tactics was okay but was hard to get into knowing there probably wont be a sequel.

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Grand Theft Auto V Has Shipped Over 145 Million Units; Red Dead Redemption 2 at Over 37 Million

Today Take-Two Interactive Software announced new sales figures for Red Dead Redemption 2 and Grand Theft Auto V during its quarterly financial conference call. They also teased the future of Firaxis.

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VenomUK1504d ago

Absolutely incredible sales numbers.

shepherdzeMan1504d ago

deserves every cent! , no one works as hard as them.

GottaBjimmyb1504d ago

It honestly is mystifying to me. I thought GTA V was like ok. Technically impressive in some ways, sure, but kinda quick to become boring for me. Might be series fatigue, because I did probably play more GTA Vice City than any human ever should have.

chiefJohn1171504d ago (Edited 1504d ago )

Gta6 will be in vice city. Can't wait.
I would love for them to remake San Andreas. I played thru it more times than I can count. It capture the 90s Westcoast hood life perfect and had a all star cast. Then the huge map, and cool mini games and feats that changes the character. It's my top 3 favorite game if not #1

Michiel19891504d ago

@gotta i have the same thing, I just cant get into the newer GTA's anymore. I can tell they are still great games, but i personally prefer the older more arcady GTA games. Nothing beats hearing: KILL FRENZY and then u need to go on a rampage in your car ;)

Vice city was also my favorite, partly because of the multiplayer mod which I used to play a lot with my brother.

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FlameWater1504d ago

I wonder why EA never made a GTA clone considering they bought so many game developers and have so many licenses

roadkillers1504d ago

They tried, but when your competition makes a game that lasts two generations, whats the point

Lionsguard1504d ago

Yeah, we're never getting GTA6.

Knightofelemia1504d ago (Edited 1504d ago )

Rather have GTA 6 instead of milking the same game since 2013

Applejack1504d ago

As a gamer I agree but when you look at it in a business perspective, you’d be just fine with what these sales numbers and profits show. Why release the next game when this cash cow is still going 3 generations strong this coming November. Again, this is just a business perspective, not what I personally feel.

SlothLordPootus1504d ago

I know it won't happen, but I'm hoping for a GTA set in London, written by Guy Ritchie.

RedDevils1504d ago

There The Getaway for that.

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XCOM Chimera Squad Review: Unexpected But Fantastic At Its Core | Gamer Matters

Nobody expected a new XCOM game getting announced for this year, and released so quick. And with quite radical changes, developer Firaxis has to temper expectations by stating it’s a spin-off, and it’s sold for cheap.

Like an FBI raid squad, XCOM Chimera Squad kicked opened the doors hard, and hits you strong and fast.

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