The game is written in Unit圓D, providing players with much-needed updated graphics. The new game takes place in an alternate timeline where an alien invasion is taking place in a Cold War era Earth. This game however, is not a chronological sequel of the original. It's linked above, but Phil's words on what makes the original work are worth linking to again. Xenonauts 2 is the second game in the Xenonauts franchise, developed and published by Goldhawk Interactive. If you fancy any of that, you can thrown money at Xenonauts 2 over here. "Because so much of our game is UI (think how many screens there are on the strategy layer), we decided that it would be more efficient to re-use some of the art from the original Xenonauts while we were experimenting with the gameplay and we would do the final UI styling towards the end of development." "The problem is that UI art is very time-consuming and expensive, and you end up throwing a lot of work away if you change the mechanics after you've styled up a UI screen," explains the Kickstarter FAQ.
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A combat demo is also available to download from the KS page.Īs for the campaign itself, more on rewards and custom soldiers can be found in its FAQ section, which also contains interesting info on Xenonauts 2's closed beta and the dev's plans to overhaul its UI. Xenonauts 2 is a sequel, so I suggest reading the campaign blurb and/or this post to learn what's new at your discretion. Here's number two's Kickstarter campaign video: The first Xenonauts was well received four years ago-it was Phil's personal pick of 2014-and the likes of Endless Space 2, Julian Gollop's upcoming Phoenix Point, and XCOM 2 have further galvanised the appeal of sci-fi-spun turn-based strategy games. Like its forerunner, it's after £50,000, and, at the time of writing, has already amassed almost two fifths of its goal. In the developer's own words: ".Officially confirmed in early 2016, sci-fi strategy game Xenonauts 2 is now live on Kickstarter. It will, however, be a little more complete than Xenonauts by the time it reaches this stage. This all sounds very, very welcome.Īs with its predecessor, Xenonauts 2 will first arrive in Early Access at a discounted price and players will be encouraged to help shape the game's development. The setting's different too, with this game taking place during an alternate timeline in which the aliens arrive during the Cold War.
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Amongst other things, Xenonauts 2 will see the series move from 2D sprites to 3D graphics, a reworking of the air combat, and a complete overhaul of how the aliens look and play, leading to "a more intelligent and challenging foe". Yeah, sounds great - but what does that actually mean? Well according to the announcement itself, we're looking at some pretty major changes. We’re only going to be doing this for a few months and it won’t net you a copy of.
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"And this time we can be more innovative than before." Update 1 Public Builds Available The development team here at Goldhawk Interactive has been quietly working on Xenonauts-2 for over a year now, and we’re proud to announce (on our new revamped website) that you can now download and play it for free. "The experience and income we have accumulated from the development of Xenonauts mean that we can make a sequel that significantly improves and expands on the first game," explained the developer. That fixed camera perspective, for example. This proved both a blessing and a curse as XCOM fans enjoyed the sense of nostalgia, but some players were turned off by a few rather outdated design choices. The original game released back in 2014 after a year in Early Access and was heavily inspired by the '94 classic, UFO: Enemy Unknown. Thanks to the excitement surrounding XCOM 2 ( have I mentioned we gave it an Essential yet?), developer Goldhawk Interactive has confirmed Xenonauts 2 is now in the works.
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