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Article #35357Re: xcom type games
From: Warren Smith Jr.
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 03:17
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 03:17
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 19:30:34 -0400, tomahalk <tomahalkrod@netscape.net> wrote: >I own and played x-com ufo, tftd, interceptor, i'm currently in the >middle of apocalypse. I love going back and replaying these games from >time to time. What other titles are there that would be worth adding to >the the collection ? I will get the the one soon to come out. I don't >think I'm addicted but I do play for about 2-3 hours a night, most nights. Unfortunately, the only other X-Com game that saw the light of day was a first-person shooter which I believe is emminently forgettable, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I didn't pay any attention to it at all. Enforcer, I think it was. If you don't already have it, get XComutil. It does wonders for UFO and TFTD. You might also want to check out a freeware project called UFO2000. Here's a link: http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net/. Sadly, that's it as far as I know. Well, there's Email X-Com but that's strictly multiplayer. I'm waiting for the new one, Aftermath, and hoping it's worthy of the X-Com label. While it's not aliens or X-Com, if you like the squad-based tactical combat, you owe it to yourself to check out Jagged Alliance 2. My dream game is the X-Com setting with the JA2 combat engine. (Well, that and Master of Magic 2, but that's another story. :) Hope this is somewhat helpful. Warren
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