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X-Com was amazing, and Xcom2 also pretty good. I just checked, and there is an amazing mod and very active community around LwotC (Long war of the Chosen), with

X-Com was amazing, and Xcom2 also pretty good. I just checked, and there is an amazing mod and very active community around LwotC (Long war of the Chosen), with tons of fixed bugs and improvements, a decade or so after the game was released. [0] I am surprised Firaxis didn't work on an X-Com 3. I would guess the fan base is still huge. I'm getting old and I don't play videogames anymore, but if I have a month of free time imprisoned in a cell with nothing else to do, I'd give xcom2 with LwotC a go. (and Master of Magic, and Master of Orion 2, etc). [0]: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Long_War_of_the_Chosen https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Long_War_of_the_Chosen

Podrod 1y ago
There's also an open source reimplementation of the original Gollop designed game which has extensive modding support. There's quite a few total conversion mods for it https://openxcom.org/ https://openxcom.org/ https://mod.io/g/openxcom https://mod.io/g/openxcom
yyyk 1y ago
I do not think you're talking even about the same games? This is about the _original_ X-Com.
- YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
  Yep. It's this game: https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense Not this one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown... There's a bit of confusion because the first game was called "UFO: Enemy Unknown" in the UK and "X-COM: UFO Defense" in the US [1] but the one discussed in the article is the 1994 game: X-COM: Enemy Unknown Developer: Mythos Games Publisher: MicroProse Format: Amiga, PC Release: 1994 Also: graphics [1]. _____________ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO:_Enemy_Unknown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO:_Enemy_Unknown [2] https://dcnxazdl1qzggl.archive.ph/2Ue9d/b72fb5aeb68b363eebfc65e4d8278b26a86a163c.jpg https://dcnxazdl1qzggl.archive.ph/2Ue9d/b72fb5aeb68b363eebfc...
YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
>> I am surprised Firaxis didn't work on an X-Com 3. Firaxis didn't but Julian Golop's company, Snapshot Games (discussed in the article) published Phoenix Point which is kind of like X-Com 2.0.1: https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point/
- acdha 1y ago
  That one unfortunately got caught up in publisher politics as they had a very successful kickstarter but then broke promises to backers because Epic offered them a lot of money for an exclusive. I think the game would’ve been more popular if it hadn’t had the distraction of many of their biggest fans feeling used. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/phoenix-point-becomes-epic-store-exclusive-for-a-year https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/phoenix-point-becomes-epic-...
- carefulfungi 1y ago
  The long war mods are X-Com 3-ish - they are extensive!

Podrod 1y ago

There's also an open source reimplementation of the original Gollop designed game which has extensive modding support. There's quite a few total conversion mods for it https://openxcom.org/ https://openxcom.org/ https://mod.io/g/openxcom https://mod.io/g/openxcom

yyyk 1y ago

I do not think you're talking even about the same games? This is about the _original_ X-Com.

YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
Yep. It's this game: https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense https://www.gog.com/en/game/xcom_ufo_defense Not this one: https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/200510/XCOM_Enemy_Unknown... There's a bit of confusion because the first game was called "UFO: Enemy Unknown" in the UK and "X-COM: UFO Defense" in the US [1] but the one discussed in the article is the 1994 game: X-COM: Enemy Unknown Developer: Mythos Games Publisher: MicroProse Format: Amiga, PC Release: 1994 Also: graphics [1]. _____________ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO:_Enemy_Unknown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO:_Enemy_Unknown [2] https://dcnxazdl1qzggl.archive.ph/2Ue9d/b72fb5aeb68b363eebfc65e4d8278b26a86a163c.jpg https://dcnxazdl1qzggl.archive.ph/2Ue9d/b72fb5aeb68b363eebfc...

YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago

>> I am surprised Firaxis didn't work on an X-Com 3. Firaxis didn't but Julian Golop's company, Snapshot Games (discussed in the article) published Phoenix Point which is kind of like X-Com 2.0.1: https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/839770/Phoenix_Point/

acdha 1y ago
That one unfortunately got caught up in publisher politics as they had a very successful kickstarter but then broke promises to backers because Epic offered them a lot of money for an exclusive. I think the game would’ve been more popular if it hadn’t had the distraction of many of their biggest fans feeling used. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/phoenix-point-becomes-epic-store-exclusive-for-a-year https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/phoenix-point-becomes-epic-...
carefulfungi 1y ago
The long war mods are X-Com 3-ish - they are extensive!