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[Tom Henrik]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

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[Eagle of Fire]

Apocalypse is far from the perfect 5.

I noticed some screenshots are different from the Apocalypse I played. Even tough it was the cracked version I am about sure it was the DOS version... Is the one available for download the second version of it?

[DiamondSoul]

I think we might need some sort of a guide that will explain the basics of the game. I've played X-com 1&2 for a long time, but I can't understand a single thing of what's going on in this one... :blink:

[Darabka]

Originally Posted by DiamondSoul

I think we might need some sort of a guide that will explain the basics of the game. I've played X-com 1&2 for a long time, but I can't understand a single thing of what's going on in this one... :blink:

I could of not have said it better. I played X-com extensively and loved it. Apocalypse seems to have added unnecessary complexity. I love how you can now set your movement so that you have not to do snap shot AND duck, that was a great innovation. I don't know how to send your troop transport ATV to a crashed UFO (Something so basic should be simple, I could understand everything else). Still its a true X-com game, but not as good as the previous too, with some polish it could have been a gem.

Also how is the real time option. I haven't tried it out yet, but Im afraid that it might be a mess. Any Thoughts?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Darabka

I don't know how to send your troop transport ATV to a crashed UFO (Something so basic should be simple, I could understand everything else).

Only flying vehicles can be sent on UFO recovery.

[Nuggista]

I was a huge fan of X-Com 1 and 2. And have sunk days of play into it.

I've tried to get into playing Apocalypse at least 10 times over the last 15 years, but I've always bounced after 15 mins of play.

Apocalypse was a sad sequel in my opinion.

[Eagle of Fire]

Feel free to ask, I will be happy to be the first game specialist for Apocalypse.

I played it to the end more than once and beated it square easily. I can help you with whatever problems you might encounter.

[DiamondSoul]

Originally posted by Eagle of Fire@Nov 17 2004, 06:08 AM
Feel free to ask, I will be happy to be the first game specialist for Apocalypse.

I played it to the end more than once and beated it square easily. I can help you with whatever problems you might encounter.

Well here's my first question, did you enjoy Apocalypse more then the original? They look so different... (I absolutely LOVE Xcom - Enemy Unknown).

[Eagle of Fire]

No, I tottaly hated Apocalypse VS the original. Like many other games too (like Heroes IV).

The trick to still play the game and still have fun with it is to try to play it as if it wasn't really a sequel to the original game but as if it was a new game in itself. Then the game begin to be interesting.

BTW, the real time mode is in every way superior to the turn by turn mode. It's simply the way they made it. If turn by turn was made like the original it would be way better... But still I remember the developpers putting turn by turn only because they really needed to. Some fans were giving them problems with that... :whistle:

Real time mode is not that bad anyways. You can still pause the game as you wish (with the spacebar if I remember well) and make the game feel like an RTS but with some real strategy involved (unlike Red Alert and the like).

Yes, another excellent add to this great site.
But (there's always a 'but'), I can't figure out how I can get my agents out of a car for example anywhere else than a certain place (like a building) when I try to investigate a crashed ufo. Can I get them out elsewhere or do I have to take them out in a building and walk to get my agents where I want them? :blink: