X-com and UFO!

Ace Modder · 14 Aug 2011 at 23:26

Hey guys

Thought I would give the Xcom games a play again.

Has anyone ever got near completion of these games?

Overslop · 14 Aug 2011 at 23:35

Beat the first about 3 years ago, having started it many times and never completing due to getting bored. Started TFTD shortly after but lost my save about halfway through...was not happy and I've never bothered starting one again since.

They are really good games, but to be honest become very repetitive and go on for longer than they should imo.

Dano · 14 Aug 2011 at 23:38

Beat Xcom enemy unknown a couple of times on the ps1.

Treebiter · 15 Aug 2011 at 01:57

I'd recommend running UFO: The Two Sides. It is to X-Com what O:TTD is to Transport Tycoon. It allows the game to be played at modern resolutions with enhanced sprites and has improved the AI considerably. Additionally you can now play multplayer and also an Alien Campaign!

http://ufotts.ninex.info/

[Edit] And yeah, beat UFO several times though I always end up getting bored of TFTD's *******-hardness at the end.

Jimmyboyo · 15 Aug 2011 at 05:13

I finished the original back in the day on the Amiga, swapping floppies for victory !
Somehow I don't have the patience or determination, when my team get annihilated walking out of the skyranger ><
Still good fun occasionally though

frosty03 · 15 Aug 2011 at 09:02

Jimmyboyo said:
I finished the original back in the day on the Amiga, swapping floppies for victory !
Somehow I don't have the patience or determination, when my team get annihilated walking out of the skyranger ><
Still good fun occasionally though

that's why u send the tanks out first....... or chuck some smoke grens

Deadbeat · 15 Aug 2011 at 09:13

Got to the alien world in Apocalypse and no further - hard in there!

Nate75 · 15 Aug 2011 at 09:53

Beat the original quite a few times. There is a lot of info in this forum about it

I would recommend getting the Playstation version if you can as the remixed music is some of the best, um, in the world

Anim · 15 Aug 2011 at 09:56

Finished apocalypse once, i think it was medium difficulty and wasnt all that easy. One day i want to finish it on superhuman but damn, it gets tough.

bledd · 15 Aug 2011 at 10:00

Finished the original for the first time this year

Sometimes the aliens are so brutal you could cry

I hate Terror Missions

jms198 · 18 Aug 2011 at 14:55

Finished the first on Amiga and PC. couple of tanks for wide sweep and a goup of squaddies to concnetrate firepower. Off course leaving a launcher (or what ever they're called) in the intercepter for those kills where you run out of time units.

Second was way too hard and had unfortunately to give up after a while.

I never had a good enough PC to get through the third but what I did play you really need a guide to learn the technical points otherwise it is really tough. ie how to down UFOs without looing loads of cash and how not to antagonise all the locals.