Mobile Phone game

[Vurt]

Nothing wrong with that but launch it on phones, look is awful, the massive effort in creating a grim world has been turned into Xcom Scooby Doo, fine if they want to go this way just think they will lose allot of players not interested in getting a thumbs up from a 8-12 years old morning cartoon.

[Zynne]

*Looks at all of the Chosen from the last expansion absolutely chewing through the scenery*

People will be upset about their game turning into a Saturday morning cartoon... right, totally....

[SamBC]

The graphics look basically identical to XCOM 2, so I'm not sure what this is even getting at.

[Vurt]

No they don't, totally different style and palette, one clearly cartoon/comic in look and feel. Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious, thousands of posts and comments on reddit and facebook all saying it looks like a mobile phone game, we did not co-ordinate the reply, it's because it does. Nothing wrong with that and no need to fly into denial, if that's the direction they want to go then fine but lets point out the obvious, lots of Xcom peeps from both old school and the remake don't like it. They have invested dev time and money to go this route instead of putting it towards Xcom 3, totally their choice, clearly they are feeling out the mobile market and a younger audience with a more xcom scooby feel. Just a shame that all the effort they put into the more sombre, darker world of 1&2 is being undone.....in my humble personal opinion.

[Mir-5]

Originally posted by Vurt:

No they don't, totally different style and palette, one clearly cartoon/comic in look and feel. Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious, thousands of posts and comments on reddit and facebook all saying it looks like a mobile phone game, we did not co-ordinate the reply, it's because it does. Nothing wrong with that and no need to fly into denial, if that's the direction they want to go then fine but lets point out the obvious, lots of Xcom peeps from both old school and the remake don't like it. They have invested dev time and money to go this route instead of putting it towards Xcom 3, totally their choice, clearly they are feeling out the mobile market and a younger audience with a more xcom scooby feel. Just a shame that all the effort they put into the more sombre, darker world of 1&2 is being undone.....in my humble personal opinion.

Maybe post some comparison screenshots over how it looks more "cartoony" than previous games? Because I really can't see it.

[Necroscourge]

TFW it's made in the same engine and looks better than most XCOM clones but still gets accused of being a phone game.

[TheRandomGuy]

It's made in the same engine (UE3) as XCOM 2.

It's using the same models and assets as XCOM 2, the only exception being new characters, places and vehicles.

Also, if you hadn't forgotten, XCOM 2 wasn't really serious in it's presentation either. It has a sort of "Superhero" vibe with the music and missions. Really it's kind of comparable to a sci-fi GI Joe. Even the old XCOM games (which literally used comic style intros and movies for cutscenes) did the same thing, more or less.

XCOM outside of Enemy Unknown / Enemy Within hasn't really ever been serious, except for maybe the Bureau, but that was a lead-in to Enemy Unknown, so I'm not really counting it.

[Drifter]

Originally posted by Vurt:

Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious,

I don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ know either. What's the point of even talking here. It's a budget title with a Fortnite aesthetic in the character design and very low quality assets on the interior environment, it's frankly undeniable and you may as well have an argument about grass being blue.

Stuff this, you can't find any info on the game here.

[LGear]

Originally posted by Drifter:

Originally posted by Vurt:

Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious,

I don't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ know either. What's the point of even talking here. It's a budget title with a Fortnite aesthetic in the character design and very low quality assets on the interior environment, it's frankly undeniable and you may as well have an argument about grass being blue.

Stuff this, you can't find any info on the game here.

If you compare screenshots of XCOM 2 that take place in the pristine ADVENT cities to the screenshots in this game, there's hardly any difference at all due to both featuring quite clean , low-detail interiors by design. The Steam page also has screenshots showing off places like the lower cityscapes, and they more or less look the same as they were in XCOM 2 with the appropriate amount of grunge. Also, the majority of the assets for Chimera Squad were lifted straight off XCOM 2, to the point where it wouldn't be wrong to call this an XCOM 2 DLC if not for the fact that it's sold as its own separate game.

Most people calling it a "mobile game" only do so due to the UI, but even then how's that any different from how minimalistic the XCOM 2 and XCOM:EU interfaces were?

[Aenno]

Well, there are cartoonish intros - things that would be cutscenes in baseline XCOM - and portraits which, in my opinion, looks _a little_ more cartoonish then original ones.
Still, I do believe that intros are the worst offender and made the bulk of impression.

UPD: Just to illustrate what do I mean. Open the first trailer. It's starting with very XCOM2 intro with ADVENT logo, and then it turns into literal cartoon. Also base interface elements, operation pictures, all this stuff. When this intro hit me, I just instinctively started to mentally highlight such things.

[Qoojo]

Looks like xcom 2 to me.

[Hex: Onii-Chan]

Originally posted by Vurt:

Nothing wrong with that but launch it on phones, look is awful, the massive effort in creating a grim world has been turned into Xcom Scooby Doo, fine if they want to go this way just think they will lose allot of players not interested in getting a thumbs up from a 8-12 years old morning cartoon.

Aren't those kids loving Far Call: Bloody Dragoon? And and Sexy Line Miami? It's also all Disco and stuff!

[R-A-B]

Originally posted by Vurt:

No they don't, totally different style and palette, one clearly cartoon/comic in look and feel. Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious, thousands of posts and comments on reddit and facebook all saying it looks like a mobile phone game, we did not co-ordinate the reply, it's because it does. Nothing wrong with that and no need to fly into denial, if that's the direction they want to go then fine but lets point out the obvious, lots of Xcom peeps from both old school and the remake don't like it. They have invested dev time and money to go this route instead of putting it towards Xcom 3, totally their choice, clearly they are feeling out the mobile market and a younger audience with a more xcom scooby feel. Just a shame that all the effort they put into the more sombre, darker world of 1&2 is being undone.....in my humble personal opinion.

I mean. You're clearly wrong. It's the same as X-COM 2. The glaring difference is the marketing media.

[DiscoJer]

The 3rd game in the original X-Com series had a very similar art style (okay, more 50s retro tech than 80s) and premise

[SamBC]

Originally posted by R-A-B:

Originally posted by Vurt:

No they don't, totally different style and palette, one clearly cartoon/comic in look and feel. Never sure why people like you get so twisted up you need to lie about something so obvious, thousands of posts and comments on reddit and facebook all saying it looks like a mobile phone game, we did not co-ordinate the reply, it's because it does. Nothing wrong with that and no need to fly into denial, if that's the direction they want to go then fine but lets point out the obvious, lots of Xcom peeps from both old school and the remake don't like it. They have invested dev time and money to go this route instead of putting it towards Xcom 3, totally their choice, clearly they are feeling out the mobile market and a younger audience with a more xcom scooby feel. Just a shame that all the effort they put into the more sombre, darker world of 1&2 is being undone.....in my humble personal opinion.

I mean. You're clearly wrong. It's the same as X-COM 2. The glaring difference is the marketing media.

At this point, it's not clear to me whether the (frankly poorly drawn) cartoon-style bits are just for the marketing, or are the in-game cut-scenes.

[Iatos]

Yeah, my first thoughts was basically ( Is this a Mobile phone or Facebook game or what?... ) Only thing really missing is the Energy bar for missions requiring it and a Virtual currency you can buy stuff with that can be bought using real money. (Microtransactions)