X-Com & Jagged Alliance

XLjedi · 02-11-08, 09:32 AM

Update...

I picked up "UFO: Extraterrestrials" by Chaos Concept the other day. Hoping to maybe recapture some of that XCom/JA2 gaming experience.

What an utter piece of crap it turned out to be.

The graphics are juvenile in their implementation, to the point that I just can't look past it. I played it for about 20 mins before uninstalling it. I swear all the soldier graphics look like the Willis & Grommet claymation characters. It just comes across as goofy... and for some reason, no one dies in this game. The whole point of the original was that you were so technologically outmatched that you expected half your units to get killed every mission in the beginning. Your research was overshadowed by this hopeless life & death struggle. That all seems lost in this so-called remake.

I'll probably reinstall JA2 before I bother to put this one back on the drive.

02-11-08, 09:32 AM	#5
XLjedi Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 1,243 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 8	Update... I picked up "UFO: Extraterrestrials" by Chaos Concept the other day. Hoping to maybe recapture some of that XCom/JA2 gaming experience. What an utter piece of crap it turned out to be. The graphics are juvenile in their implementation, to the point that I just can't look past it. I played it for about 20 mins before uninstalling it. I swear all the soldier graphics look like the Willis & Grommet claymation characters. It just comes across as goofy... and for some reason, no one dies in this game. The whole point of the original was that you were so technologically outmatched that you expected half your units to get killed every mission in the beginning. Your research was overshadowed by this hopeless life & death struggle. That all seems lost in this so-called remake. I'll probably reinstall JA2 before I bother to put this one back on the drive. __________________