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Article #720076Re: [Semi-OT] Here are three simple questions.
From: Ross Ridge
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:32
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:32
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Dimensional Traveler <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote: >I agree with X-Com. ESPECIALLY without trying to "improve" it like the >last three (?) remakes. I'd settle for not even updating the graphics, >just give me the original game able to run on WinXP. You can run the orignal X-COM on Windows XP using DosBox no problem. If you don't have a copy you can buy one Steam that comes already bundled with DosBox. I actually like alot of the changes made in X-COM: Apocalypse. Just not having to requip all your units at the start of every battle is a big improvement. There's a bigger variety missions locations, you're not fighting over and over in the farm tile most of the time. Psionics isn't as unbalanced though teleportation is almost as game breaking. Even the new realtime system makes fighting on the larger maps less cumbersome than it would be in turn-based. Ross Ridge -- l/ // Ross Ridge -- The Great HTMU [oo][oo] rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca -()-/()/ http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~rridge/ db //
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