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Yep, 5th. The fourth X-Com game is called X-Com Interceptor and it's
been out for a month or two now. It's the usual X-Com base building
slant, but instead of man to man combat it is a space flight sim in
the spirit of X-Wing etc.

So, it goes Ufo Defense, Terror from the Deep, Apocalypse, Interceptor
and then the new on on the way.


On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 22:44:38 +0900, "Daniel C. Sobral"
<d...@newsguy.com> wrote:

>UFO8MYCAT 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.
>
>5th??? Is there anything AFTER Apocalypse??? Well, here is my
>opinion: if the next X-Com is first person but *with* TU, I'd like
>it very much. Something like five seconds for the movement in RT,
>with speed changing depending on the character's speed attribute,
>and a stamina limit. BUT, turn-based.
>
>Let me tell you about Apocalypse: I hated it. They screwed up with
>X-Com's LOS, and the Surprise Movement screwed up with the turns.
>And, the RT tactical combat IS NOT the turn based combat. In the
>turn based combat, you could make your agents act like a squad, like
>a team. That capability is lost in the RT combat.
>
>Also, the vehicle combat in Apocalypse, though an interesting field
>of improvement, sucks. Tactically, it's very ackward to use. And the
>manual controls are some of the worse controls I have ever seen.
>
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