Re: Is this the spiritual successor to X-Com we have been waiting for?

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From: Pipboy
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:55

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On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 15:56:07 -0600, Jeremy Reaban wrote:

> No, but it's at least closer to X-com than anything else that has been made 
> in years.
> 
> Key differences:
> 
> a) No random soldeiers, apparently pre-made like JA2
> b) No random mission generation, apparently pre-made (apparently there's 
> something like 250 missions made for the game, and it selects an appropriate 
> one from that bunch)
> c) Done by Czechs, so very east european

Going by the screenshots I can see they have gone for the X-Com look and
style so as long as it is not buggy I think it will be good. Eastern
Europeans are capable of making good games too, Silent Hunter4, Space
Rangers2, LOMAC, etc.

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