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> My personal favorite timeless classic is X-COM: UFO Defense My, this game is so great. It's actually much better now, because you don't need to wait for 20 m

• ajuc 16y ago
  It's a great game, but I've noticed that after a while I've been bored with battles - I prefered allocating resources, waiting for new discoveries, battles felt a little too long, especially killing the last few aliens on each map. I wonder if others feel the same?
• Natsu 16y ago
  In that vein, you might like the game UFO:Alien Invasion. It's a rather playable open source clone of X-COM. Granted, they have a long way to go before they match up to the original and there are quite a few bugs if you get far enough along to disassemble UFOs, but I've been having fun playing it.
  • wazoox 16y ago
    Interesting, I had given it a try a few years ago but it was really too unplayable. I'll have a look, thank you.
    • Natsu 16y ago
      It has improved a lot with the most recent version. Like I said, most of the rough edges are a ways into the game. Oh, and I strongly recommend using the alternate HUB in options, so you can keep track of your soldiers' health more easily. It looks like there's code for a lot of cool stuff, but they have yet to enable most of it in the release version (there are a ton of other alien ships not yet enabled, for example). Some of their problems may be art-related. But none of that should stop you from having a bit of fun. And I hope that some talented folks from here, especially artists, might become contributors. Because I want to play a polished version of UFO:AI someday.