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  Replying to Gamecloud looks at the cancelled X-COM games
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Blehm 98 Posted 9th April 2006, 2:48am
  that sounds very familiar to UFO: Aftermath, so i think you could consider aftermath the closest relative to Genesis
Zombie Posted 9th April 2006, 2:41am
  According to Mr Ellis from a different interview:

QUOTE(David Ellis)
Our plan was for a real-time game with what we called a "tactical pause". This combination allowed you to explore maps quickly (thus avoiding the problem in the first three games of having to search turn after turn for the last alien who is hiding in a dark corner), but also allowed you to pause the game to give troopers orders. Trooper commands were more extensive than in previous games, and we planned to include a number of tactical formations for squad movement as well as a wide array of individual actions.

So yes, a pausable real-time environment would best describe Genesis. smile.gif

I knew I remembered reading this somewhere. wink.gif

- Zombie
Azrael Strife Posted 6th April 2006, 9:37pm
 
QUOTE(Pherdnut @ 6th April 2006, 2:50pm) *
I didn't see him say anything about having a choice between the two. Was that the plan?

Me neither, so I'd assume it would only be pausable real-time.
Pherdnut Posted 6th April 2006, 2:50pm
  I didn't see him say anything about having a choice between the two. Was that the plan?
Azrael Strife Posted 3rd April 2006, 1:31am
 
QUOTE(Pherdnut @ 2nd April 2006, 9:04pm) *
"The combat portion of the game was going to have a very similar feel, but it would have had slightly different mechanics (real-time, for instance-more on that later). "

That's from the Dave Ellis interview at:

http://www.thelastoutpost.co.uk/games/dave-ellis-genesis

He meant a system like in Apocalypse or UFO Aftermath / Aftershock.
Pherdnut Posted 2nd April 2006, 9:04pm
  "The combat portion of the game was going to have a very similar feel, but it would have had slightly different mechanics (real-time, for instance-more on that later). "

That's from the Dave Ellis interview at:

http://www.thelastoutpost.co.uk/games/dave-ellis-genesis
Azrael Strife Posted 2nd April 2006, 2:57pm
  Genesis was not to be RTS..
Pherdnut Posted 2nd April 2006, 7:23am
  I'm confused. At what point did Gamecloud make an argument that the cancellation of those two games was a good thing? I saw alliance in action and was actually interested in it in spite of its lengthy delays. Don't know about Genesis though. It looks kind of ugly. That never hurt the older games but still... if they had to go RTS, it should at least be pretty.
Zombie Posted 29th March 2006, 5:50am
  For those of you who do not visit The Last Outpost much, the interviews with David Ellis by thecyke has now been ported over to the new site.Enjoy. smile.gif

- Zombie
thecyke Posted 15th March 2006, 10:08am
  Mmmm, that article has the wrong "Old" Alliance pics from development team 1, thats not what Alliance looked like by its cancellation.
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