Clever grl.It was the key for a once epic and exclusive genre, until they tried to resurrect it like the phoenix and missed the point. Nonetheless it's a good old game that you can play full steam ahead, just watch out for the missed snapshot.
What genre is XCOM? I've seen it referred to inconsistently as part of existing genres. Is it distinct enough to have carved out a new genre?
What genre is XCOM? I've seen it referred to inconsistently as part of existing genres. Is it distinct enough to have carved out a new genre?
Publishers at the time were not just corporate suits that only knew (and cared about) how to do marketing, increasing shares and that.What genre is XCOM? I've seen it referred to inconsistently as part of existing genres. Is it distinct enough to have carved out a new genre?
According to Gollop, it's essentially Laser Squad + some Microprose strategy ideas which wouldn't have existed if they hadn't pushed for it. Kind of funny to look back on that, since the stuff people consider core to its appeal wouldn't have even existed if not for "publisher meddling".
Maybe that's why you find it hard to pin down.
Actually it's UFO that was inspired by Sabre Team (1992); made the maps random, and added entire strategic layer over it, but still the tactics part is very similar. Gollop pretty much upped Rebelstar / Laser Squad idea with Sabre Team presentation.Its genre is XCOM.
There's not really any game like it before it, and there's not many that follow the same sort of system without directly being inspired by it.
Actually it's UFO that was inspired by Sabre Team (1992); made the maps random, and added entire strategic layer over it, but still the tactics part is very similar. Gollop pretty much upped Rebelstar / Laser Squad idea with Sabre Team presentation.Its genre is XCOM.
There's not really any game like it before it, and there's not many that follow the same sort of system without directly being inspired by it.
meh, might as well hear it all from the guy himself
What genre is XCOM?
Tactical squad game with strategy layer.What genre is XCOM? I've seen it referred to inconsistently as part of existing genres. Is it distinct enough to have carved out a new genre?