GameOn writes - "XCOM was one of the most surprising and controversial announcements of E3 2010. Many fans of the original series were up in arms about the reinvention of the franchise as a first-person shooter by 2K Marin. Indeed, the demo that we saw there a year ago had a lot more in common with the gameplay of Bioshock than UFO: Enemy Unknown, but it still seemed a promising and unusual title. So, it was something of a surprise when we discovered that a lot has been changed in 12 months. XCOM is now shaping up to be an unusual fusion of genres that promises to remain true to the themes of the early games."
With E3 starting next week, 2K Games revealed the biggest E3 line up they have for the year
Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon
nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.
COG: A group of industry veterans from the XCOM franchise have teamed up to launch the new turned-based tactics studio Bit Reactor.
From the *new* Xcom franchise. The original was developed by Julian Gollop and Mythos games. He is currently in charge of Snapshot games and his latest take on Xcom was Phoenix Point.
I'm all for more tactics games. played Phoenix Point on Game Pass (ended up purchasing it), it's good...but doesn't have that same XCOM 2 feeling. Would love to see what these guys have to offer
Due to Firaxis’ overall success with the reimagined XCOM series, the XCOM name has become a catchall term for tactical role-playing games in general, which is unfair to the entirety of that subset of games.
The original 1994 Xcom is the one all others are compared to not the fireaxis version. It's also still the best.
This game has changed so much from E3 last year, maybe they took the opinion of the gaming community and implemented changes.
The early versions of this didn't really resemble the source material so to speak. Looks interesting now, a different kind of fps experience possibly.
looks like the death of the xcom series to me
I liked what I saw but it was not the X Com I had known and loved. I also thought during the presentation that the amopunt of micro management might mess up gameplay as in a piched battle, I want to worry about things more than commanding two dolts around.
Loving the preview, I really can't wait for this! With all the major changes it has to be something to look out for.