"Another"? Have you by any chance played any of the system shocks? Considering this one will have the same people behind the system shock series, the chances of it being successful are pretty high (and of it being at least unusual are 100%). One of the things that may not live up to the hype is...
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3637
This one, while not being the most funny, it's the most recognizable from the job applications in the newspaper style article. Really worth a read.
I've got it. Its a good time waster, but its more on the side of FF tactics and Shining force than fallout or the fall itself. I don't recomend it too much. It's more of a promotional game, which means it's as shallow as it gets.
I have to agree with jebus about the backstory and story. But since it was such a kickass game, i easily overlooked the lacking of story and lost oh so many hours. And that's the only thing that lacked in x-com, for if it had a great story and rememberable characters(even though i still remeber...
1-gabriel knight:sins of the fathers
2-fallouts
3-dungeon keepers
4-freespaces
5-system shocks
6-arcanum
7-half-lifes
8-silent storm
9-realms of arkania:blade of destiny
10-X-COM
ops, seems like i cheated. but as you can see, almost all these games have sequels worthy of them so...
by all means get them. I never before got so immersed on a game without a good plot. If X-COM had a nice and solid plot, it would surely compete for being my all time favorite(my mind was blown when i saw the destructable environments). It seems they are abandonware now, since sites like...
http://pc.ign.com/articles/655/655504p1.html
Yes, i know it's sad that is a sequel to aftermath, but they claim they had a lot of development time and player input on this one . you can see more of the news on ign. So, what are your thoughts about it?
Really? thank god i don't even post in the games forum there ( and generally i prefer to steer away from serious discussions there anyway). by the "spat" you mean the thread about fallout when bethesda announced it would develop fallout 3? so it means you where banned there. news for me, sorry.