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OpenApoc - Open Source Port of X-Com Apocalypse
by Silver, 2017-10-02 00:32:35
@PCGamesN OpenApoc is an open source port of X-Com Apocalypse for Windows which had its first public release recently.
X-Com Apocalypse gets a new lease of life through moddable Windows port OpenApoc
loading...The third game in the classic X-Com series, Apocalypse, was a strange duck. A hybrid of real-time and turn-based combat, a setting more reminiscent of Judge Dredd than The X-Files and a bundle of ambitious gameplay systems that never quite worked in practice, such as rival human NPC factions with their own agendas.
It was always a game that seemed to work better on paper than in practice, but now there's hope that Apocalypse might some day live up to the promise of its lofty design, as the first public version of OpenApoc - a fan-made source port and foundation for future mod development - has been released.
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