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As I wait for the servers to come back up, I'm playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown

makburemakbure Member Posts: 422 Arc User
edited May 2013 in Ten Forward
Playing this game, I'm thinking to myself how much better ground combat would be if STO away team missions were like this. I was addicted to XCOM and it's still on my drive because it's such a good game (aside from some bugs).

I know it's too late now, but looking back, yeah it would have been way cool.
-Makbure
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Yeah, and in 3 years you'll probably be playing something else and thinking how much better the combat is there compared to when you played XCOM. :)
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    knowing me i would like Major Styker or Ranger Fox just for pure nostalgia for the good old days.
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • ironmakoironmako Member Posts: 770 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    XCOM? I'm playing Streets of Rage on the Megadrive/Genesis...

    It never gets old.....
  • pyryckpyryck Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Heck, I've got Magnavox Oddyssey Pong going on the big-screen! :eek:
  • lucianazetalucianazeta Member Posts: 740 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Mass Effect series.

    Now there's some good ground combat.
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  • ravenechosevenravenechoseven Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I thought the same thing when I first started playing the new XCom back at launch. Not that I don't like STO, but being a fan of the ST:A Final Unity game, I always expected something more where you controlled your whole away team. The problem, though, is XCom style isn't real time (although the old XCom Apocalypse tried it) and for this game you really need real time. Still, cool idea though.
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  • keysmachinekeysmachine Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    i'm playing Cryptics other game.

    Neverwinter

    despite the cash shop, and you really feel it when you want more bags and other convenince features.

    its a pretty good game. same combat as tera for the most part but for some reason the game as a whole seems more engaging.
  • malkarrismalkarris Member Posts: 797 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Actually, does anyone remember Star Trek: Away Team? That had the top down and control everyone feel of XCOM, but it was mostly real time as I remember. Of course it had the annoying if ANY of your team members die you fail, but throw in STO revive and I think that would be pretty good.
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  • ztstrikeztstrike Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    /like post
    -ZT Strike
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    "Come play STO free-to-pay! Lag'yer TRIBBLE off and get a migrane!! Yeehaa!":eek:
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    malkarris wrote: »
    Actually, does anyone remember Star Trek: Away Team? That had the top down and control everyone feel of XCOM, but it was mostly real time as I remember. Of course it had the annoying if ANY of your team members die you fail, but throw in STO revive and I think that would be pretty good.

    still have away team locked back there and enjoyed the tactical challenge of the whole thing. i still havent completed it even to this day and bought the thing almost a decade ago.
    T6 Miranda Hero Ship FTW.
    Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
  • makburemakbure Member Posts: 422 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    lucianazeta wrote: »
    Mass Effect series.

    Now there's some good ground combat.

    Forgot about this one, I'll agree.
    -Makbure
  • starsvoidstarsvoid Member Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    malkarris wrote: »
    Actually, does anyone remember Star Trek: Away Team? That had the top down and control everyone feel of XCOM, but it was mostly real time as I remember. Of course it had the annoying if ANY of your team members die you fail, but throw in STO revive and I think that would be pretty good.

    I enjoyed the heck out of it, though it was critically panned.

    Not every game you like has to be 'good'... :)
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