X-COM FPS May Become Third Person Shooter
The X-COM FPS may be changing directions...
There's been plenty of X-COM: Enemy Unknown excitement as of late, since the highly-anticipated remake will be tangible in a week.
Where's the other X-COM game that 2K announced with Enemy Unknown? After its initial announcement, there's been little news on the X-COM shooter besides its delays.
Now, according to some screenshots sent into Kotaku (apparently, they were included as a part of a 2K marketing survey), it seems like the new X-COM game may be taking an entirely new direction. The X-COM title may be shirking the FPS genre in favor of a third person squad-based game, which bridges the gaps between the original turn-based strategy games and the new shooter a little better.
Apparently, the survey also revealed that 2K may be changing this game into a cheaper, downloadable one, as one of the questions asks the survey takers whether or not they'd prefer a downloadable title on PS3 and Xbox 360—yes, it looks like the PC has been neglected, once again—for $30 over a $60 title.
However, all this remains a rumor, as 2K's refused to shed light on the situation: "We have not made any new announcements regarding the XCOM title currently in development at 2K Marin, and it is our policy not to comment on rumors or speculation."
You can view all of the alleged X-COM screenshots here.
This is a different game. There were two XCOM games announced a ways back, Enemy Unknown (a proper sequel to the original) and a first-person shooter spin-off (this one here).
WTF are you smokin? XCOM is about to BLOW UP when Enemy Unknown finally drops on Tuesday. It's XCOM reimagined for the preset.
Plus, I never minded the FPS version, it actually looks really good. I think a lot of the hate for this game came from people thinking that some FPS game was trying to be the new face of XCOM, when that isn't the case at all. I really liked to '60's "Mad Men" style of the game and how the Earth changed over time to look like a alien homeworld.
Next, EA should remake Syndicate... maybe Commandos style?
i dont care how old you are, you have heard of xcom at some point, you either never payed attention to it, looked into it, or just passed by it when you saw it however.
Funny thing is that a non-strategy X-COM game has been tried before, with zero success.