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[Lonely Vazdru]

UFO is THE game. Along with Daggerfall (for RPG), UFO is the most ambitious game of its type (namely turn based strategy). You can play it forever, by keeping the aliens in check but not whipping them out. Kind of tricking all the nations of the world into funding an organisation that has no use (you could finish the fight but you keep it going).Hey that sounds like NATO doesn't it ? Then you can capture all kinds of aliens untill your encyclopedia is full. Then you can decide that enough is enough and go for the final fight in many different ways. Like a couple of psi guys, or a lot of supertroopers with crappy gauss guns. I remember at the time i was amazed by the possibility of zooming in from a worldwide view of you bases to the content of one of your guys pockets. I am still amazed today. It is unsurpassed. If only someone could use the same dedication to bring the Warhammer 40000 universe alive...
I'm glad to see that it is still a favorite, the number of posts on this game is impressive.

[Microprose Veteran]

The end battle is a total anti-climax.

Only the surface battle is deadly, after that you just use PSI on an alien or two and use them to exterminate the entire complex while your team watches from a safe distance. LOL When 'my' ethereal confronted the superbrain, the game text was a bit off because the designer had intended one of your team members to confront it.

Funding is only pro forma. Really big money can be made by producing former alien technology like first grade armor. Second grade armor shouldn't be sold because it requires Elerium.

[Adam_Smith]

Originally posted by Shawn@Jul 1 2005, 04:57 PM
Hmm...why is everyone sooooo excited about this stupid game?

You wait around for aleins to show up... Then you send a ship....auto-text combat ensues...if they land you can engage in turn based oblivion...soooo what?!

Shawn

1. Well, you don't just wait, you prepare for their arrival. You do research, you produce weapons and stuff, plan for expanding your base etc.


2. Text based combat??? R.Havel said it best. Or do you consider intercepting UFOs as text based?

3. Turn based oblivion? This where the fun begins! There's a lot of wonderful ways to kill an alien. Go experiment and figure it out. Unless you are too dumb to understand the gameplay mechanics, you will find that outmaneuvering and blasting aliens to be a worthwhile hobby.

[pedro0930]

I don't even think he play UFO for more than 5 minutes.

[Microprose Veteran]

And when you've beaten the aliens at the most difficult level, you can make the game fun again by limiting your troops to:

-light armor only
-Earth tech weapons only (lugging live heavy explosives without accidentally wiping out your entire team can be challenging)

If you try this, you will need to replenish your ranks of troopers after every mission. Better keep those sergeants and captains out of the line of fire...

[PrejudiceSucks]

Yeah, or try TFtD on Superhuman

[Lonely Vazdru]

Originally posted by Shawn@Jul 1 2005, 04:57 PM
Hmm...why is everyone sooooo excited about this stupid game?

Now this guy got balls. This is the most worshiped game on the site, the sheer amount of posts & votes account for it, yet it is a stupid game. I think i'll meditate on this one. Shawn you sure show some promise. But try to actually play it someday. Might change your opinion.

Note to UFO veterans : After all these years, is the enemy still unknown ?

[Microprose Veteran]

Tsk! It's a fantastic game. The only let down is the end confrontation which is a real anti-climax.

Just look up info on it at the time it was being sold in the early 90s.

[PrejudiceSucks]

Nah, you know that eventaully it's etherials and mutons.

Starts off on sectoids...

LOL

Sorry to ask without reading the whole thing but 100 pages of talking seems like a lot to me, I stoped on the 6th page...
Sometimes, when I'm in a mission, for some random reason, the game crashes... I'm using win xp. Is this a common thing? What could fix it? where can I find the xcom with those updates that some guy in the begging talked about?