Xenonauts 2 announced...

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Pinetree

February 12, 2016, 04:15:32 AM
Chris England of Goldhawk Interactive has officially announced that Xenonauts 2 is now in production. They're using Unity this time round too.

Announcement thread

Official webpage
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bbmike

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February 12, 2016, 06:15:30 AM
I've heard good things about Xenonauts. In fact, I just installed it yesterday and took a quick look around. I think once I finish both XCOM games I'll play it. Good to see them continue working on it.

On a related note, this thread reminded me of UFO 2 Extraterrestrials. It was supposed to have been out already. They are saying Spring this year but I'm starting to think this might be vaporware.
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jomni

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February 12, 2016, 07:04:10 AM
Was Xenonauts 1 ever finished?

Nefaro

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February 12, 2016, 01:21:56 PM
Quote from: Pinetree on February 12, 2016, 04:15:32 AM
They're using Unity this time round too.





I'd rather have the 2D hand drawn stuff than 3D in Unity.  Bleh.

FarAway Sooner

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February 12, 2016, 02:55:30 PM Last Edit: February 12, 2016, 02:57:50 PM by FarAway Sooner
Xenonauts 1 was absolutely finished and is a rock-solid game.  It very much resembles the original X-Com title, but with updated graphics.  There's none of the "dumbing down" or classes associated with Firaxis' follow-on titles.  There's little innovation from that original title, but the execution off the original recipe is excellent.

I played it for quite a while (91 hours, Steam tells me) and enjoyed it immensely, although I wasn't quite able to finish it before giving up and moving on to other titles.  The writing is very good (even better than the original X-Com, IMHO) and the complementary novella that comes with it is first-rate in setting the tone even better.

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