thecyke Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 As promised ages ago (these things always seem to take longer to nail than you'd expect!) I am now very happy to release my finished interview with Bob Kathman, an artist who worked on Alliance and Enforcer and was one of the key guys for how it would have looked. The interview contains lots of great info and some new glimpses at the much missed Alliance. Check it out here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonie Posted March 12, 2004 Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Kudos to you Cyke! Man, I love these interviews. Believe me, even if the games are canned your stuff sure gives us a lot of insight into what could've been and what kind of similar X-Com stuff we could come up with. Heck, the Genesis interview you did some time back helped me out TONNES along with the links provided within. So great job indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyke Posted March 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2004 Well, its not entirely altruistic on my part. 60% of the reason i do them is because i want to know, and the 40% remaining is because i want this info to be in the public domain. Alliance in particular is somewhat dear to me - you try running a fansite for over a year and making big plans then getting your hopes cancelled with the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 13, 2004 Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Indeed. A major pain in the arse. Be happy and content in the knowledge that if you hadn't put up your site and given me a lot of help, this site most probably wouldn't be here today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyke Posted March 13, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2004 Is this the bit where I apologise to everyone for encouraging you to come out from under your rock ? :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Nice one Cyke! I made a post about it at the AM site as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecyke Posted March 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Cheers Slaughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Is this the bit where I apologise to everyone for encouraging you to come out from under your rock?Bah, I could have had a life if it weren't for you pesky kids! ...kidding... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkinhead Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I think I'm ready to cry after reading through that... I WANT ALLIANCE!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Wow, just as I lost all hope... Thanks for this info. P.S.: This was one SAD reading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApOcaLyPSe_1985 Posted March 25, 2004 Report Share Posted March 25, 2004 If I win the lottery someday I will spend it to revive XCOM Alliance... somehow.I want it and I want it now! arg Thnx for the interview Cyke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazdek Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 This isn't news, this bump is throwing a flag up to see how many people really wanted Alliance. I heard there was development of a first person shooter X-COM inspired game, I think they were using the Half-Life Engine. Can't find it anymore, three system rebuilds later. :/ I know nothing about putting together a mod project to make a new game out of an existing engine. What I hope is that some X-COM fan will take the memory of Alliance and create an FPS using Valve's Source engine. I'm gonna suggest this in a mod forum in here somewhere also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 Think it was this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 You are correct, Slaughter. X-COM: Last Hope is the only project I know of which is a first-person shooter and runs on the Half-Life engine. Don't know if this is what Mazdek was thinking of, but it probably is. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-tat Chung Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Its pretty much on hiatus right now, until they can get some more experienced people. IIRC, they're starting a new project which is inspired by X-com, but not quite tue to the story line. This is to pick up momentum and hopefully pick up some better people to help finish Last Hope later on down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazdek Posted August 4, 2005 Report Share Posted August 4, 2005 Yeah, Last Hope is what I saw before. I will look at that new project site sometime today. I hope that once its finished they go back to Last Hope and move it to Source too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 If anyone is interested, the new game which the Last Hope crew started is called the Borealis project. They have a nice start on the general direction the game will take. Only time will tell if they get enough individuals to advance beyond the developmental stage. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted August 5, 2005 Report Share Posted August 5, 2005 I wish someone ever could finish one of those projects... X-Com Last Hope is just one of many projects who could not reach completion because of lack of people, I haven't seen one of the projects I looked forward to be finished Hope Xenocide has better luck. edit: I hate when you people use Alliance threads, make me sad as I was looking forward to Alliance more than any other X-Com game ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 6, 2005 Report Share Posted August 6, 2005 I wish someone ever could finish one of those projects... X-Com Last Hope is just one of many projects who could not reach completion because of lack of people, I haven't seen one of the projects I looked forward to be finished That is a common complaint these days. The main problem with the development of fan-based games is that the contributors add stuff in their spare time. It therefore takes much longer to complete. Unfortunately, this is unavoidable. Commercial games have employees that work on the project continuously. They have a schedule to adhere to so the game gets done much faster. UFO: Extraterrestrials is such a project, and the expected release is September of this year. UFO: Aftershock is the much-anticipated game in the Aftermath series. Its official release is slated to come out October 7, 2005. At least we have some things to look forward to. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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