Would you buy XCOM: TFTD REMAKE?

[Vicarious]

Just thought I would make a thread of people that would buy a remake of the Terror from the Deep Xcom game from the 90's.

Partially because I hope that the publisher/developer of Enemy Unknown would see this thread and the (hopefully) massive positive response it gets. *It's a pipe dream of mine I realize, so seriously there is no need for any 10 paragraph responses on why it wouldn't happen.

Also I suppose I would just like to know, outside my circle of friends, if there are others who really would like to see this happen.

[randir14]

I never played it, but I would definitely buy a new XCOM. The problem is Jake Solomon said he hated Terror From the Deep, so it will probably never happen unless he leaves Firaxis.

[Black Hammer]

I would have mixed feelings on it. TFTD was basically a reskin of X-COM with only minimal changes under the hood to begin with in a lot of ways.

[hghwolf]

Probably, since Gupta said they`d go full on Mythos instead of the halfway thing TFTD did.

Assuming they don`t just reskin XCOM - and considering how very different underwater combat would be, how could they ? - I`d be willing to drop some money on it. 30 Euros or so, since the inevitable DLC will come and be massively overpriced.

[[82DK] Iregi]

TFTD iirc was just a reskin of UFO:EU wasn't it? It was literally the exact same game with the exact same tech tree and everything was just..... renamed and put underwater....

That being said. I would love seeing a remake of TFTD or UFO:EU.Both those games were deep and fun and if they hadn't been released back to back and been so obviously the same they would have been great games individually.

[hghwolf]

Ofiach の投稿を引用：

TFTD iirc was just a reskin of UFO:EU wasn't it? It was literally the exact same game with the exact same tech tree and everything was just..... renamed and put underwater....

Noy QUITE. There were some changes to both the tech tree and the item stats, as well as the aliens. Some weapons also didn`t work above water, like the Blaster equivalent.

It was still pretty low effort though. The true sequel to X-Com : UFO Defense is Apocalypse, which was a sadly underrated game suffering from compatibility issues.

[ronald.friedrich]

Vicarious の投稿を引用：

Would you buy XCOM: TFTD REMAKE?

ofcourse! i would by anything with the name xcom on it from firaxis! i loved the tftd underwater atmosphere it was really spooky:) But: there are some problems like how to throw a grenade underwater and so on... back in the 90s we just didnt mind that a soldider can throw a grenade underwater just like he can on the surface. but today ppl are diffrent ;)

But if anyone can solve this problems... it is firaxis.

[Doom972]

As I understand it TFTD was just a buggy reskin of the original. I will, however, buy a sequel made by Firaxis because I trust them ti make another good XCOM game and because I don't want this franchise to die again.

So my answer is: Yes - but only if it's made by the same people who developed XCOM: EU and EW.

[Incunabulum]

Would I buy a TFTD remake - Nope.

[kaffekoppen]

TFTD was awesome back then... Sure I'd buy a proper remake.

However, if they are going to remake anything, it should be Apocalypse. What an awesome game that was.

I'd also buy a PROPER remake of Jagged Alliance 2. Best in the genre IMO.

hghwolf, forum guerrilero の投稿を引用：

It was still pretty low effort though. The true sequel to X-Com : UFO Defense is Apocalypse, which was a sadly underrated game suffering from compatibility issues.

Yes! Apocalypse was amazingly fun. Glad somebody else mentioned it. I know plenty of people who loved the original UFO, but it always seems like I'm the only one who played Apocalypse.

[runequester]

Make it a bit more different, but eyah, the underwater Cthulhu theme was a good one. Just make it more radically different, instead of just a reskin with tougher aliens and a broken tech tree.

[Jormundgand]

Definetly, I loved the first game even if it was a bit weak on the side of originality (it was a pretty much just a reskinned ufo: enemy unknown/xcom: earth defence in most aspects). I don't tink it should be called XCOM though; the idea of having a large invasion army under the sea, ready to jump to the aid of the newly arrived alien army just doesn't fit with the new lore. The whole "ideal host species" concept pretty much ruins the need for an invasion army (and it introduces just as many problems as in the original game).

[hghwolf]

kaffekoppen の投稿を引用：

Yes! Apocalypse was amazingly fun. Glad somebody else mentioned it. I know plenty of people who loved the original UFO, but it always seems like I'm the only one who played Apocalypse.

To be fair, it had massive compatibility issues what with the whole "DOS/95" transition period at the time, and I know a few people who figured out Brain Suckers and then went "NOOOOOPE!"

It has an almost perfectly inverse difficulty curve.

[stallfish]

I will buy UFO aftermath and aftershock, if they do remake.

[runequester]

If we're making wishlists, Incubation from the old Battle Isle series would be pretty sweet as a faithful remake.

[kaffekoppen]

hghwolf, forum guerrilero の投稿を引用：

To be fair, it had massive compatibility issues what with the whole "DOS/95" transition period at the time

I'm sure it did, I was just lucky enough not to run into them.

It was a proper sequel. It did a lot of things right, but it was strangely balanced. The alien poison you could make was much too powerful and completely trivialized much of the game for me.