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[Edge]

Hi guys.

I have been confused for the longest time about the Xcom/UFO series, i first found UFO: Enemy Unknown in the local library here, took it home and had no idea what i was doing. I found it again a few years later on here. I love that game, and spent countless hours playing it. Never finished it though.

This topic is about the newer versions and how they compare to the original, i know i cant really call them newer versions because they are obviously different games, but still the same concept.

When i heard about UFO Aftershock, i thought HOLY muck this will be epic! But alas, i was very disappointed, i loved some elements, like manufacturing present day weapons, fighting an alien loving cult and the massive variety of classes and skills available to troops. I really enjoyed picking people to be certain classes and training them up to do specific jobs in the squad. But what really let me down was level design and loading times, repetitive (and random) unit voices, its hard to "get to know" your troops when every mission they have a different voice.

Then i tried out UFO Aftermath, and it was obviously from the same company that made Aftershock (being the game made before Aftershock). It had some better voice acting, generally i thought it was better than Aftershock, but very difficult.

I played the other Xcom games, the ones in the city, i didnt like them much at all, because they were so different to UFO: Enemy Unknown.

There is also a new UFO game out atm, it seems very cartoonish, so i dont think ill get it. I feel like Cenega destroyed UFO for me, they took Microprose's awesome game and turned it into something horrible.

So, what do you guys think of the new UFO games, and how do they compare to UFO: Enemy Unknown?