X-com reboot's gameplay showcased

XCom had some special moments which even after all these years I can still remember. My favourite char being out on his own looking for the last alien, pretty much the entire map between him and the only person with TU left, an alien spotted him but he couldn't shoot. An aimed shot from across the map, watching each screen flip by as the bullet moved. 10 seconds later (or near enough) the bullet hits the alien killing it, best shot ever!

Though I'm pretty sure it's a Microprose game and not Firaxis, the sequels to XCom were okay though buggy, after spending days building up my team and getting near end game on TFTD to do one of the final missions and it getting bugged totally destroying the game, that was a bitch.

There have been modern remakes to XCom though too, it'll be interesting to see what this reboot brings to the table.

If you make it join this list (of remakes that never have been allowed license to the title), I will kill you:

Bionic Commando

Deus Ex

Master of Orion

Spy Hunter

Syndicate

Stop remaking old games. Seriously the probability of failure is very high, and the users will hate you forever. And yet, nobody, NOBODY, ever re-makes the games that we could REALLY do justice to nowadays:

Carmageddon

Magic Carpet

Syndicate (yeah, a proper faithful remake could work wonders - not the junk listed above).

Don't even get me started on The Italian Job movie. Yeah, that's right. THE. Singular. Only one. Remake that and you should just shoot yourself.

RE Carmaggedon

Is being remade, by the original developers no less, stainless games.

http://www.carmageddon.com/home

Not sure how far off completion it is tho'.

Xcom looks good, was really crap at the original tho, but this looks like it might be worth a whirl.

Hmmm

I'm actually intrigued now that I've watched the video - wasn't bothered before as I figured they'd just wreck it (I'm a huge fan of the original, well, OK "Terror From The Deep" more than "Enemy Unknown"... there's just something satisfying about nailing a lobsterman with a vibro-blade)...

... but actually it looks promising. Odds are it won't be as difficult/unforgiving as the original though, which was if we're honest, an absolute bastard in the early game (got much easier once you had some good operatives, equipment and mind/molecular control).

If they can chance their mind so can I.

I remember seeing a reboot that was supposed to be an FPS and the videos at the official site still come out as FPS gameplay.

Back when I saw it I decided that this was not something to waste my time on but if they have picked up the thred of the old series it just landed on my Must Own™ list.

/Steelsky

>"what can happen when 2K gets involved with reboots of popular franchises"

What, you mean they actually bloody deliver?

this really rustles my jimmies.

i'd love nothing more than xcom remade with todays technology, but missing out base building, max 6 squad members etc etc is madness

Instant purchase

The designers do talk a load of waffle, you'd think they've just invented Movement Points.

However, it does look ace.

I've was playing the original series recently (big bundle on Steam), they're still brilliant. Bloody hard too, but there's nothing like a stray grenade taking down an entire building around you :)