New New XCOM Game Being Made

I really like Good Old Games. My nineties were filled with video games but only of the console variety. My parents separated and I didn't have a computer at one of their houses until I was about 13 (15 for the one I lived with most of the time). Because of this, I missed out on the "golden age" of PC gaming. Good Old Games has let me find some of these older games, at a cheap price, and in an easy format to install to my computer. It is helping me experience my gaming history.

Of course, coming from today's age of gaming with its lack of challenge and over-explained mechanics, some of these games are nearly impossible to figure out. The one thing about an old game that can drive me away is the controls, as I hate having to struggle just to play the game.

One of the most disappointing of these that I can't get into due to controls is XCOM, a strategy game regarded as one of the best of all time. Everyone who played this game when it was released loves it and the fan outcry when the new X-COM was revealed to be an FPS was immense. I've tried on several occasions to figure the game out and just can't get my brain around it.

Lucky for me, I will have a new chance to experience this series. Firaxis, the developers of the hugely popular Civilization series, has announced they are going to make a new XCOM in the style of the originals. The game promises to be a fairly faithful remake of the classic and Firaxis promises to keep most of the original systems in place.

I might be more excited than the people who have been begging for a new XCOM game for years. Finally, I might understand why the XCOM series is so well-regarded and maybe, just maybe, it will inspire me to go back and finally finish the original.