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coldcall commented on the blog post Freedom Force Weekend Deal on Steam 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Well i got my hands on a second user copy of Silent Storm and it is a wickedly complex tactical RPG. Very impressed, and follows in the great tradiiton of xcom and jagged alliance type gameplay.

I still cannot understand why a TPS cannot be developed along the same tactical lines, using a real-time/pause (give orders) [...]

coldcall commented on the blog post Freedom Force Weekend Deal on Steam 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Ok Thanks.

Anyone played Silent Storm? I was reading up on tactical RPGs last night and came across some reviews of this game, the majority saying its brilliant.

coldcall commented on the blog post Freedom Force Weekend Deal on Steam 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Can anyone comment on how the Steam version of XCOM 1 plays?

Do you need dosbox or has it been re-engineered to work straight off a vista box?

One more question, i’ve never played Freedom Force, cany anyone point me to a fair review?

Thanks

coldcall commented on the blog post What Might have Been 5 months, 3 weeks ago

mcwizardry,

Well thanks but it seems i have won an achievement for most voted down post

By the way, i was thinking about how one can program the “reaction” stat into a non-turn based combat system.

For instance in ME2, one of the few cool things in my opinion is that the baddies try to [...]

coldcall commented on the blog post What Might have Been 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Okay, I’ve registered here just to post this comment, because i came across a rumour from a source i trust re computer games stating that Irrational are in fact working on the next XCOM.

I know Mr Levine claims he is the biggest XCOM fan ever but he is quite wrong about that. I am !

Because [...]