UFO: Alien Invasion got a big update

[another dumbfuck]

First off, they have moved to http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/ without anyr eal warning. I'd wondered for a while what happened to them.

I don't have time to play it, but it looks like they have finally made it into a full campaign, added interceptions like xcom, etc.

More like a full game, now.

But, reading the forums I am mixed. The quality was decent before, but they seem to make some goofy decisions. It's kind of like some of the dopier codexers got a say in some of the features, like there is a hard limit of 40 civilians getting killed ending the game on you, and I have seen some talk of some really goofy reaction fire ideas.

It would be nice if they could use a more updated engine, too, but that's not likely. Quake 2 doesn't support dynamic shadows so it kind of screws any plans for destructible environment.

I'm interested to see what people think of it before I get a chance to play. It was at least worth a play with the last update - hopefully this one will be as much better as it sounds.

 

[OSK]

Finally a full campaign? Maybe it's time to finally play this game.

 

[sheek]

I thought they stopped the ufoai.net address a long time ago, the main stuff has always been at sourceforge.

I'm gonna try it out tonight, I've mainly played at two versions ago (2.0?) and it was a lot of fun then.

 

[Chork]

400 MB download and no torrent?

 

[sheek]

I think they usually do have one, look on the forums perhaps. I'm downloading it with a download manager, just put the link into FlashGet or something.

 

[Chork]

I think they usually do have one, look on the forums perhaps. I'm downloading it with a download manager, just put the link into FlashGet or something.

Alright, thanks. I'm nearly half done downloading though, so I'll check if (when?) the download craps out.

 

[Red Russian]

But, reading the forums I am mixed. The quality was decent before, but they seem to make some goofy decisions. It's kind of like some of the dopier codexers got a say in some of the features, like there is a hard limit of 40 civilians getting killed ending the game on you, and I have seen some talk of some really goofy reaction fire ideas.

About the civilians, apparently dead civies only count against you when you fail a mission or abort it. When you complete the mission all civies that died is not held against you. Though I could be mistaken or have misread something.

Regardless, it's still nice.