But disclaimer, TFTD was indeed my first entry to the series. Of course it's a matter of personal taste. nice to see a fellow X-Com fan - and so many others on here! Cheers! More importantly, regardless of which series entries we like the best. can't find a way into the house? Blow a wall open! But, also, watch out for collapses! So much fun and so unique at the time. perhaps my memory fails me here, but I remember distinctly less destructible environments, which added so much fun to the original. some weapons only work underwater, some only work in air! adding to the already mind-numbing micromanagement of equipment, not to mention the punishing difficulty grenades are really only useful in the early game, mostly, but TFTD doesn't even let you have that! grenade tossing in cramped areas is essentially just a great way to frag yourself and your squadmates. but i do not expect him to empty half his clip directly into the door frame six inches from his face fine! understandable! but in cramped areas they make even more exasperating mistakes - if a guy is standing next to a doorway for cover, i might expect him to miss his shot. you can understand squaddies missing an easy shot in the heat of the moment. The much more cramped battlefield areas (namely, ships) expose the very frustrating shooting/projectile mechanics. It, bizarrely, leans heavily into its predecessor's flaws instead of fixing them or at least steering around them. I've honestly not heard that expressed by other XCOM fans. I'm also shocked to see the author of the linked article laud it as better than the original. Gollop doesn't have a high opinion of it. I am not finished yet, but you can listen to some of the tracks already (and download them if you wish):Įnjoy, and let me know, shall you try them in OpenXCOM!Īs a diehard fan of the series, I'm shocked! TFTD was such a major letdown to me after the predecessor, and I believe even Mr. I have been working on a new "HD" soundtrack for TFTD that I plan to release as a mod for OpenXCOM (this article is great timing!). A sense of doom, as aquanauts armed with teeny darts and harpoons grunt through the deaths of their colleagues, outmatched by opponents so unfairly superior, in the harshest environment on Earth. With its unnerving, relentless low horns harps hitting on the same two or three notes there's a feeling of utter despair, hopelessness. The greatest contributor to that is certainly its soundtrack. Down the abyss, not even light can shine to bless and purify. Looking at that lone blue globe in space always makes me feel so insignificant, so meaningless. It truly taught me that our oceans are so close, yet much farther than outer space can ever be. Even greater than UFO Defense, in my opinion, was its expansion - Terror From the Deep.
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