UFO-Aftershock has been released!

[Bashbelly]

I have been playing this for the last 5 days. Oh boy its a blast, sure the graphics are not doom 3 quality but it makes up for it with bucket loads of strategy. This game is by far my favorite for the entire year, can't wait for the sequel which has already been announced.

 

[lozina]

How unfortunate that it uses StarForce... I am a huge XCom fan but I simply refuse to allow StarForce on any of my computers.

Anyone know what the original XCom guys are up to now? I know they were doing some LAser Squad game... wonder if they are still in game development

 

[RedBeard]

Okay, I played the demo.. can anyone tell me how to rotate the camera for different angles?

 

[RedBeard]

Originally posted by: RedBeard
Okay, I played the demo.. can anyone tell me how to rotate the camera for different angles?

Can you do it?

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: RedBeard

Originally posted by: RedBeard
Okay, I played the demo.. can anyone tell me how to rotate the camera for different angles?

Can you do it?

Talking to yourself Red? :laugh:

Mem knows

 

[Mem]

Mem knows

Middle button hold it down and move mouse for camera direction,use scroll wheel for zooming.

 

[RedBeard]

Lol, thanks guys

 

[techtonics]

Is StarForce also included in the demo?

 

[Mem]

Second patch 1.2 has been released.

Patch fixes following bugs:

Other
- Including patch 1.1
- Corrected patch 1.1 installation problems

Localization
- Polish localization updated

Squad & Equipment
- Fixed dexterity and agility stats display

Tactical game
- Commando training allows using throwing weapons
- Shotguns cannot be used to target body parts with laser sight
- Effect of gyrostabilizers is less pronounced
- Ambidextrous melee attack is possible

Last post here for download link.

 

[Elcs]

Santa didnt bring me Aftershock :|

Still looks like a great game and I cant wait to pick it up.

 

[ROTC1983]

Mem, how is the game? With the patches is it worth playing? I remember talking to you about Aftermath and I really enjoyed that game. Thanks for any input man.

 

[lozina]

I was playing this game at my friends house lately and I must admit it is looking really cool. I thought it would be a rehash of the previous UFO title which had nice tactical battles but the geoscape was way too limited. Now they have base management and manufacturing and everything else I loved about X-Com !

I had a problem though maybe it's a bug where a mission was triggered in some province which placed that icon there but when I try clicking on it NOTHNG happens. I let time pass by and then I get a custscene where some dude is telling me I shouldn't ignore these people's plea for help it would ruin relations- but I just couldn't activate the mission! I think it was broken... Friend says he had latest patch installed too

 

[RedBeard]

BTW - gogamer.com has this game for $24.90. I am posting this because I couldn't find any U.S. deals on this anywhere.
(still beating UFO: Aftermath)

 

[Elcs]

Picked it up eventually.... good fun but buggy in places.

Some of the features like training, cyborg/psionics, weapon modifications... would fit right into any of the other X-Com and X-Com like games (since this wasnt dont by the X-Com team and is unrelated I believe apart from being very similar).

SAS system is great once you get used to keyboard shortcuts, tweak the 'pause' criteria and the like. I prefer this to the turn based X-Coms which I used to watch my dad play for hours on end... I wish someone would bring out a Space-Based Combat game, not like X3 but like X-Com Interceptor or Freespace... we need more retro gaming. When gaming was good