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Article #716468Re: Firaxis developing XCOM game
From: Gingerbread Man
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:06
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:06
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On Jan 13, 10:15 am, "rochrist" <rochr...@charter.net> wrote: > "Scott C. Zielinski" wrote in messagenews:slrn3vfsjgvpm9.i2b.sagacity@sdf.lonestar.org... > > On 2012-01-12, Ross Ridge <rri...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > > > Scott C. Zielinski <sagacityat> wrote: > >>I got all giddy at first - then I saw it was an FPS. > > > Nope. The XCom game Firaxis is developing is a strategy game. The XCom > > FPS game was announced a while ago and is being made by different > > developer. > > > Looks promising so far, all the elements of original game. Real-time > > strategic interface, turn-based tactical interface, destructable > > enviroments, research, expendable guys, etc... > > > Ross Ridge > > WHOAH! Well, that will learn me for jumping the gun and posting by assuming > and > not reading the article!! That's awesome! Now...why does Firaxis sound > familiar? > > -- > sagacityat(es)(dee)(ef)dotorg > SDF Public Access UNIX System -http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > > Civilization series. Also, SMAC. I think that was their first game.
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