It's a long shot, but you guys are pros...

It's a long shot, but you guys are pros...

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-DeaDLocK-

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3,367 posts

258 months

Tuesday 16th August 2005
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A vague memory of a computer game I once played suddenly sprang to mind. Can anyone ID it?

All I remember is that part of it involved you selecting from different types of weapons to destroy what I **think** were aliens, though could've been buildings for all I can remember. You could choose between different types of ammunition, which included incendiary and explosive.

I remember a vertical listing on the screen containing pictures of various types of missles/ammo and you had to choose one.

You also had to equip parts of your body with different items, like weapons and tools. There were movement sensors etc and you could drag and drop them to a visual diagram of a human body.

I remember it being a 3d-platformer with an top-down isometric view.

Any ideas?

This is going back a bit, but not THAT long ago. Maybe 10 years?

-DeaDLocK-

Original Poster:

3,367 posts

258 months

Tuesday 16th August 2005
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I also remember you could choose between different types of shot with varying degress of accuracy, with the most accurate taking up more than one turn. It is also a turn-based game.

forever_driving

1,869 posts

257 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Hmmm

HMMM

Isometric?

Turn based?

Killing aliens?

Sounds like it might be Xcom? But I'm not sure about the weapons selection that you've described. Best of luck figuring it out!

d-man

1,019 posts

252 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Does sound like XCOM (or UFO: Enemy Unknown as it was known in Europe originally). You didn't mention any of the base building / management or tech tree exploration stuff though, which made me think it could be Laser Squad. I think that was top down 2D though.

There have been various sequels and ripoffs down the years, Enemy Unknown was always the best though

liszt

4,330 posts

277 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Sounds a bit like Syndicate.

plfrench

2,942 posts

275 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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I was going to guess at sydicate too!!!

Paul.

-DeaDLocK-

Original Poster:

3,367 posts

258 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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XCOM it is! UFO: Enemy Unknown, to be precise.

I know some of my, errr, "memories" were, errr, "slightly" inaccurate, but hey at least someone got it.

Time for some gaming nostalgia...

_dobbo_

14,617 posts

255 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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-DeaDLocK- said:
XCOM it is! UFO: Enemy Unknown, to be precise.

I know some of my, errr, "memories" were, errr, "slightly" inaccurate, but hey at least someone got it.

Time for some gaming nostalgia...


Great great game!

lockstock2sb

2,855 posts

250 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Syndicate 1+2 were the bollox !!

tycho

11,847 posts

280 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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Does sound like Syndicate.

The chain gun was the dogs!

Mr E

22,128 posts

266 months

Wednesday 17th August 2005
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-DeaDLocK- said:
XCOM it is! UFO: Enemy Unknown, to be precise.


Cracking game.

But I remember Rebelstar Raiders and LaserSquad on the 8bits, which predated it.

They're still making the same game by the way.