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Article #140Re: x-com 1 still fun to play
From: ufo8... UFO8MYCAT
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00
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On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 01:20:47 +0200, "PINO20" <pin...@wxs.nl> wrote: I hate to disappoint, but word has it that the 5th X-Com game is in fact going to be a first person shooter in the spirit of Quake etc. Doesn't sound like it'll be too interesting. I agree when you say one of the best things about X-Com was it's originality... and from the sounds of it the forthcoming game isn't going to be that at all. Ufo. >Altough most games at the moment have beautiful graphics, cd-quality sound >and stunning 3dfx colors, >X-Com 1 (and 2) is still one of my favourites. >Why? Because it's original, turn-based and very interactive. >I was a bit disappointed when X-Com 4 was released. It's more an >arcade-shooter then a strategy game. >Hopefully the next X-Com release is a REAL follow-up to X-Com 1 and 2.... > >Let's go back to the good old times. > >Pino > > > > > >
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From: ufo8...@octa4.net.au (UFO8MYCAT) Subject: Re: x-com 1 still fun to play Date: 1998/08/25 Message-ID: <35e2b2e3.4809787@news.octa4.net.au> X-Deja-AN: 384540106 References: <6rooo1$hs5$1@reader3.wxs.nl> X-Complaints-To: ab...@telstra.net X-Trace: nsw.nnrp.telstra.net 904049388 203.21.7.171 (Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:49:48 EST) Organization: Telstra Big Pond Direct NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 22:49:48 EST Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit