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X-COM: The Board Game | Tabletop Gaming - TGF

This time on Tabletop Gaming, The Game Fanatics dive into one of the most notoriously ruthless gaming franchises out there. Does the board game hold up to the tear factory that was X-Com: Enemy Unknown?

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Marvel's Midnight Suns developer hit by layoffs

Firaxis Games says that the redundancies come as it aligns talent against its "highest priorities"

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shinoff2183346d ago

Damnit , shtty for those people. I've liked most of what I've played from them. Especially xcom. Love that to death. I still havent picked it up but it's in the plans. I personally think people were turned off due to the card based system. Despite that I've read it was good but I can't help but think it wasn't the smartest move.

Yi-Long345d ago

I think most of us just wanted X-Com but with Marvel, and they went with a card-game instead. I’m sure it’s a decent/good game, but for me personally, I never had an interest in playing a card game, and I never liked how Midnight Suns looked. I know it was based on a comic series, which is dark and has dark characters, but I’ve never been all that interested in ‘dark’ games, vampires, etc.

On top of that, I just wasn’t impressed with the character-design.

We know they can make brilliant games (X-Com 2), and they had access to one of the biggest licenses in the world, and it’s just a shame they chose a direction that just wasn’t very appealing to a lot of players.

CrimsonWing69345d ago

I think you should try it. The card game is literally just changing up your moves so you don’t spam powers and win without challenge.

There’s also no “missing” with moves.

It plays like X-Com other than that.

anast345d ago

Whoever made the decision to make a card game needs to be let go too.

Strange99345d ago

Midnight Suns missed the mark. I thought it would be great and it was a fail. So repetitive.

potatoseal345d ago

I heard the story was extremely bad on this. Bad and boring dialogue on cut scenes. I think I recall that from SkillUp's review

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Firaxis Enters New Era with Jake Solomon Departure, New Studio Head; New Civilization in the Works

Firaxis Games is about to experience major changes at the management level. Jake Solomon is leaving, and the Studio Head is being replaced.

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shinoff2183449d ago

I hope it kinda stays the same. Maybe develop for consoles simultaneously with PC. Please also port the xcom chimera to consoles. I've seen people be down on it but I just want more xcom.

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Producer of XCOM: Chimera Squad inspires female game developers

In a recent video interview with "Wassup Conversations", producer of XCOM: Chimera Squad talks to the female game developers around the world to motivates and encourage them. She also talks about the production goals of XCOM series and Civilization.

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Forger1457d ago

Chimera Squad is amazing and yet so innovative.

plainview10301457d ago

Sid Meier himself had a hand in this one too.