UFO: Aftermath

[Kropotkin]

Who cares about civilians?

[DrSpike]

The X-Com agents.

[Kropotkin]

Ha! The x-com agents should be more worried about enemy (and friendly) fire than the life of some local plebs.

[DrSpike]

Well I hope you don't buy it. We don't want the likes of you responsible for the survival of mankind!

[Kropotkin]

Fortune is once again on mankinds side as I am broke.

[DrSpike]

Ok, so is this game out in the US? It's not here yet.

[General Ludd]

It ships on the 13th acording to ebgames.com

[Kropotkin]

Who cares? I bet it's crap.

Yeah, I love to whine about the games of today.

[Raion]

It will ship later or at about the end of the month due to overload at the CD manufacturing plant here for North America!

They can not deliver it until then (make it)!

News (also a forum under messages at the main site).
Also there is a pause, in the real action simultaneous moves.
After turning off a few options, it gets more fluid, no movement points, and yet is being discussed.
Afterall no XCOM was made or may be made, so this game is different and rated pretty good, except for some expecting XCOM -- which it is not!

How about "Aftermath Defense Force - Extraterrestrial Command"?
ADF-XCOM!

Tri-Synergy is publisher for North America and not Altar or Cenega.

http://www.ufoaftermath.co.uk/

http://www.chatbear.com/board.plm?b=1785

So, I need a pitchfork to help move the CD manufacturer along speedier!


The early buyers of the game -- some were rating it at
Gamespot -- but Gamespot took that down -- as they do not have the game yet -- and they finished the game first -- and are now making a demo of the game.
I thought that was funny!
I guess Gamespot did not -- since they could not review the game first -- and had players giving a rating for the game --- of course, some might have been rating it a little higher -- as the 4 ratings had an average of --- 9.4!

[Raion]

Oh, anyone not in an underground bunker was killed in the initial attack by the aliens!

So, only you and your squad is left -- I think up to at least 21 is allowed -- 7 main squad -- 7 in training - if going back to a base to get more ammo and supplies -- then I think one can pick up some more squad members -- or else its all explained in the manual - it may be more allowed but only 7 on a mission.
The maps are larger -- and entering buildings -- no one has missed -- except when someone else mentions it.
It was made to be balanced that way, with all the debri left on the Planet!
I guess!

[Kropotkin]

If you always writes things this way, I'd hate to see what it looks like when you take notes...

[Raion]

Well, the aliens came back after MOOIII, and decided to destroy the people on this Planet because of some games that are made these days!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Raion
Oh, anyone not in an underground bunker was killed in the initial attack by the aliens!

Can't they come up with a better background?

This has been around for at least 50 years.

[Raion]

I guess not!

With Atari the aliens never get here!

[General Ludd]

Well, I have the game now. I haven't had time to go through the tutorial yet (they need to start making 'advanced tutorials' that skip through all that stupid move your mouse to the edge of the screen crap) but my first impressions are good - the graphics are nice, the atmosphere is good, and it's presented well. The intro isn't too corny, and is actually pretty nicely done in my opinion - a rare thing for a computer game.


EDIT: Also, it's definately not a straight forward clone of X-Com, I couldn't just dive straight in and know what to do. And the combat system is something like a cross between the classical X-Com combat and Baldur's Gate. It's real time but you can pause at any time and issue orders, and they haven't completely watered it down - you can kneel, go prone, throw anything, ect...