While the strategy reboot by Firaxis,
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, is still on track for a 2012 release, the FPS re-imagining by 2K Marin titled
XCOM has apparently been delayed until 2013.
Some have called the new strategy FPS an alien to the XCOM franchise, it's still however disappointing to hear it's being delayed until such a later date, especially when it's been in development since 2007. However, if this means we get the reboot of the classic strategy title first, then maybe this is a win-win situation for gamers, and would at the very least allow people to enjoy the FPS version a lot more.
Leave us a comment on what you think about the delay, and whether this could be considered good or bad.
Posted 04:13pm 16/1/12
This is a big delay for a game that's already been sitting around for quite a while, either they are seriously struggling to make this game enjoyable and are going back to make changes to levels, story, etc. Or they are making a big overhaul somewhere. I'm going to take a stab and say that closer to E3 we are going to find out why such a long delay. My guess, XCOM is no longer an FPS, its a 3rd person shooter with a cover system.
Posted 07:56pm 16/1/12
Posted 08:03pm 16/1/12
are there massive periods of downtime or something? I don' get it.
Posted 10:37pm 16/1/12
I'm also a rabid Fallout 1&2 Fan that was disapointed in all Fallouts thereafter, Fallout New Vegas (Not Fallout 3) is passable, they captured some of what made Fallout 1&2 great.
Comon Firaxis, don't this crusty rabid fan down!
O I also think Civ 4 is better then Civ 5, which is a shame, Civ 5 made some progress in some areas (hex!) and went backwards in otehr places.
Posted 10:52pm 16/1/12
Posted 09:35am 17/1/12
OK well, Fallout 1 I have trouble going back to, but Fallout 2 and UFO: Enemy Unknown hell yer!
So while nostalgia has an inflouence in those games I still think they are among the greatest games of all time (so far).