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The Crazy History of the X-COM Series
In part one of our three part series on XCOM 2, we dive into the history of the franchise. The instant classics, the forgettable disasters and everything in between!
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Interceptor, was Wild Bill Stealey's attempt at making the game like his F-15 game of fame.
I was expecting a video about XCOM lore, but this video was equally as intriguing.
private Harris portrait from the game in the beginning looks like Hillary Clinton lmao
Xcom is live mortal kombat, two good game then a lot of shit games for years then made a legendary comeback to take the crown back!
So many things I didnt know about this game.
I remember that black goo trailer, so meh. glad that didnt happen.
1:07 Lobot apparently was in Laser Squad. LOL
Interceptor was actually pretty good. Different; but good. It was the first X-COM I managed to figure out, and once I was done with it I went back to enemy unknown. Without a guide or button labels the first game was hard to figure out for a 12 year old with no idea what the hell the game was. But once I figured it out, I realised I had stumbled across a brutal and fucking epic game
0:19 Oooooooh, so THAT'S where the crazy hairdo in x-com 2 came from! I can't believe i forgot about that.
Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to put humor in xcom!?
I love XCOM and this was great. But im scared now. 1:12 … Is that Hilary Clinton?! I had no idea she was in the original xcom…
1:11 – is that Hillary Clinton?
how did that soldier have 160 action points??? 3:01
I enjoyed declassified
Thank you Jake!
Played the original xcom and loved it, hit this one point where I got this guy really high up he was my veteran. I stuck him in a ship with a bunch if recruits, the veteran got shot and died on turn 2, everyone flipped their shit. all of the rookies ran back into the ship and shot each other leaving one man who got annihilated. moral of the story, don't stick rookies in combat near the end of the game
Rebelstar Raiders by Gollop was the precursor.
1:11 Hillary Clinton>??!?!?
The GBA "Rebelstar: Tactical Command" was fantastic (but flawed). A true successor to the original X-Com. Deserved a mention.
Where's XCOM 2?
It goes even further back than Laser Squad. Rebel Star Raiders from 1984.
"Where going to let the Aliens have their way with us, oh yes in the butt. The council has spoke not."
-Angry Joe (2012)
It took them about 23 years to finally add the the subtitle "2" to their games.
where is xcom ufo defence and terror from the deep and the one with flying cars?
x-com ufo defence is the only game that made me super addicted to the point of failing my history paper………
1:03 Dr Strange cameo
is there a mod which enables playing the first classic X-Com in high resolution or windowed without crashing?
I've completed XCOM a few times. I'm currently trying to do it with a squad of 4, but have seen all saves vanish. There is a bug with XCOM saves which Jake & Co. never fixed. You'd think a working save routine wouldn't be too hard to produce, but people lose interest once they've got your money. I don't know why it wasn't fixed, but I'm glad XCOM2 doesn't have this problem.
What about ufo afterlife? it's an xcom game even if xcom isn't in the title
I've been a console gamer forever and I'm so thankful this is so good on consoles!
Xcom enemy unknown blew my mind, never played Enemy Within But when xcom 2 was announced for PlayStation.. Oh my.
also, War of the chosen looks absolutely incredible. thank you for putting this much effort into a genre that almost died.
those other xcom games were BETRAYAL, BETRAYAL
I had HIGH hopes regarding your success on taking this franchise, Jake Solomon, and yet you have exceeded them.
sindicate was a microprose game to or i jus not remember this correctly??? And i remember to preferred play to terror from the deep more then firs UFO game:) ehh old old times:D:D but good times:D:D
I love xcom <3
i think that i found a remake of laser squad in my old samsung phone…
You guys forgot to mention my favorite xcom game- ufo: aftermath. Plz do your research properly next time.
x-com 4 interceptor is incredible shield balancing and base building and probe sending space-flight combat sim where you can actually research and make nova bombs which can actually destroy 1 star at a time and leave a black hole that can swallow your probes. it has an incredible futuristic americana feel. the pilots appear dirty and they have incredibly cool and memorable radio voice commands you can use to harass the alien pilots with. the alien ships and the x-com ships are very cool and interesting. the ship weapons are cool and interesting. the gameplay is really good. i don't have a working version anymore and it may be hard to get the game to work on new computers, but the graphics are actually good. it's a much higher tech and more advanced game than tie fighter, and you can research better shields, engines, interceptors to pilot, ecm jammers, cloaking, tracking tracer beams, gatling lasers, tacyon beams, enveloping fusion torpedos, paralax torpedos, doppleganger torpedos. the nova bombs are a torpedo you have to launch at a star while piloting the interceptor manually in a combat mission. you'll see how it works. it's an incredible experience when it happens. you have to wait for the missile to speed up and then zip out of there.
best game ever, I've been documenting an alien invasion for real after playing this from beginning
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they don't just leave cans laying around prison yards as a prisoner could make a weapon from it.
I remember reading about the first person shooter XCOM Take Two game and being really excited, though seems like certain aspects actually were adopted by 2017’s Prey
This list kinda misses the awesome "laser squad nemesis" that julian gollop went on to make when he could no longer use the "xcom" name.
Terror from the deep was better than Enemy Unknown… like Fallout 2 vs 1. And it really was hard.
this'd make a great TV show if done properly. in episode 1 you could have some country getting overwhelmed by aliens with advanced technology. then, (literally) out of the blue the skyranger touches down & all these soldiers come out with weird ass armor & plasma weapons. etc
Xcom enemy unknown, tftd and apocalypse. Apocalypse was the best culmination of the earlier versions. New xcom 2 has low replay value. Too linear unlike the classics.
When You Realize The Lead Developer Was A Fan Of His Own Franchise
I really wish there was more of a focus on the story of each game
xcom enemy within and xcom 2 is the best tactical turn base game
What does XCOM mean?
Imagine missing a 99% shot from directly in front of an alien, only for the alien to move 1000 spaces and headshot you
where is the crazy part?
This video itself is six years old. Where is Xcom 3? Is it ever coming?