RAGE!

[samsonlonghair]

...Because there just aren't enough first person shooters to play.

[J T]

What good is having the name X-com on it if it's not an X-com game. The name only makes fans of the original angry and doesn't mean anything to those that are new to the series.

[t0yrobo]

Fuck that. Just put the original on live arcade, and if they really want to do something spiff up the graphics.

[GSZX1337]

Even though 2K Marin helped with Bioshock 1, they stayed very, very true to it with Bioshock 2.

Except that Bioshock sucks compared to System Shock 2. (Bioshock is a spiritual successor to System Shock 2)

They might even take a long time to make sure it'll feel like the XCom you all used to play.

No amount of time will have a First Person Shooter game feel like a Turn Based Strategy.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

If you think this is blasphemy, the new Syndicate Wars FPS development trademark was just unearthed this morning.

Beat that.

[MrPopo]

If you think this is blasphemy, the new Syndicate Wars FPS development trademark was just unearthed this morning.

Beat that.

Source on it being FPS? Also, X-COM > Syndicate.

[Hatta]

What good is having the name X-com on it if it's not an X-com game. The name only makes fans of the original angry and doesn't mean anything to those that are new to the series.

That's what I thought about Fallout 3, but it seems to have done pretty well.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

If you think this is blasphemy, the new Syndicate Wars FPS development trademark was just unearthed this morning.

Beat that.

Source on it being FPS? Also, X-COM > Syndicate.

Never played X-Com so I can't judge. I do love the ever living crap out of Syndicate wars.

Also here's the Destructoid page with the news:
http://www.destructoid.com/rejoice-synd ... 0945.phtml

It's not definite or concrete evidence that it's an FPS, but the way things are lately there's a sad 90% chance it will be.

[MrPopo]

What good is having the name X-com on it if it's not an X-com game. The name only makes fans of the original angry and doesn't mean anything to those that are new to the series.

That's what I thought about Fallout 3, but it seems to have done pretty well.

With Fallout 3, they went from an overhead RPG to a first person RPG. Some things get streamlined, but hell, you had the VATS system to simulate the turn based combat. With X-COM they're taking an overhead turn-based strategy game and turning it into a first person shooter. You're automatically losing things like loss-leader scouting and flanking, not to mention I can't see them implementing soldier panic/mind control in a satisfying way.

[Pulsar_t]

http://www.xenonauts.com/index.php