For anyone accustomed to the newer games: Don't be intimidated, the game is not nearly as complicated as it looks, I'd say the biggest annoyance in it is the micromanagement, and that's not that much of a problem. Give it a try! It's an incredible game and much more open ended than the newer ones. Just don't come in expecting your soldiers to be famous superheroes that survive every battle, it's an uphill battle, a lot of soldiers will be lost, and you will succeed if you're crafty and persevere!
I saw a small streamer playing it recently and thought it was cool, and kinda want to download it. But i cant find a place to. would you know where i could?
This game is 1000x better than the remakes !! I remember me and my best friend played this so much we burnt out my PlayStation & I had to buy a new one lol.. everything about this game is amazing…
It‘s been too long but credit has to be paid where it‘s due. I‘d like to thank you, zirkoni88, for you‘re the one who taught me how to play this game properly. The two most important aspects of this game, smoke grenade and advance scout, I learned from you, as well as the finer points of micromanagement. Each and every video of your X-Com series are greatly appreciated.
I owned this game on PSX. The battlescape music always creeped me out. I have such clear memories, about 25 years old at this point, of playing Xcom alone in my dark room during middle school summer break. Despite being scared, it's also such a calm, pleasant memory for me compared to the anxiety and stress of adulthood. Man, do I miss those days.
i love the fact that old X-COM lets you really play your own way. u have so many weapons loadouts base build locations, interception options all on a game that 17mb it can last you way longer then many games of today.
*than I can do better than that. If memory serves me right, President Election is under 100kb, and I've played that game tens of hours. Each and every election is different, and it's very challenging. There are obviously also a bunch of games that came on a single floppy or disk that were excellent and had you hooked for hundreds of hours. Global Conquest from 1992 comes to mind. Oh yeah, and ADOM as well as UnReal World.
I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
I used to raid bases, leave one alien alive, then leave. The base respawns, so waves upon waves of Xcom personnel would descend on a base for combat training and pillage. Eventually Xcom gets psychic soldiers, fully upgraded armor and weapons, and becomes the aliens terror.
Thats because you dont know Phoenix point, thats what X-com games should looks like, i played the old game, the one like sim city simulation and the space one (interceptor?), my goodness what amazing games!
I've been watching this vid, just because I remember watching my older brother play this game. But now, listening to the super simple looping ambient "combat" music, I remember why I preferred watching him play Jagged Alliance 2. This game scared me when I was little lol. But now as an adult, this super simple little loop is the perfect music for creepy suspense. I can't get over how simple it is.
I absolutely cherish this game. I wish there would be like a definitive edition remaster with enhanced graphics, animations, etc like what was done with Age of Empires II.
VGA graphics are the BEST. Love the pixels and artstyle of this game. If anything we need a mix of the original xcom 1 and 2, new locations, new town layout, same graphics, updated GUI (to be more practical)
@@diegofrancisco425no the AI was bad in the original versions. The difficulty of the AI is what made OpenXCom a reality. The original XCom and TFTD had the same issues with the difficulty aspect. No matter what you started with, the difficulty came out the same regardless of which version you played on (ps1 console, PC remaster, and DOS). OpenXCom was more than just a mod that allowed the game to be changed and enhanced. It corrected nagging issues with the game that made it difficult to play (but it was never unbearable...it was doable but it always a tough game to play due to their issues...mainly the difficulty aspect as I mentioned here).
This is still the best XCOM game. Best music, best sounds and the atmosphere is spot on. UFO: Enemy Unknown. They just don't make them this good these days anymore.
Dude, c’mon. Yeah it’s good, but it’s the first draft. The experience of this game, that being XCOM (like as a singular game with multiple iterations), has only been refined and improved upon. XCOM 2: WotC is THE best version of THIS particular game. XCOM is one of the best games ever and it’s earlier iterations are definitely worth experiencing because of that significance but it’s simply absurd to say the game hasn’t only improved over time. Edit: Uhh…excluding Chimera Squad I guess. It seems like a small spin-off though, not a mainline entry
@@aidanm8009 only improved over time, h... no!? the original UFO and TFTD were so much more complex and focused on base building, research etc... the new ones are good games I guess with nice tactical fighting but they feel so linear and every time I start playing one of the newer ones I stop after a couple of hours in and install TFTD for a complete play through. It just has so much more to offer, feels way more alive and has a lot more atmosphere... you can get whipped out on your first mission, the game does not care if you have the right tech or enough soldiers to handle a mission, if you are too slow with your research you are f.... you really feel responsible for your aquanauts. This makes the experience way more immersive for me. but maybe it's just me and Keltis who feel that way ^^
@56:00 If that Sectoid hadn't died to your high explosive, I suspect he probably would have received a medal from the Ethereals, having got rid of two of your troops and the tank. I've had Sectoid terror missions where the two LZ campers and their Cyberdisk wiped out half of a ten man squad, before I'd left the Skyranger. As far as I'm concerned, the first rule of this game is that where Sectoids are concerned, there is no such thing as excessive force.
Sacrificing the tank was intensional. The aliens often target a tank instead of soldiers when one is in their line of sight. After the grenade failed and the HE guy couldn't throw the explosive I decided to do a HE kamikazi attack although I still failed to kill both of the Sectoids.
I never do breach and clear of a UFO these days. Instead I post around five units in a semi-circle outside the entrance, and wait for turn 20, after which they walk out one by one into a firing squad. Occasionally that will still earn me a grenade to the face due to them trying to break my line, but on the whole I lose a lot fewer units. My first reaction to those two Sectoids near the entrance in your mission here, would have been to throw that high ex straight away. Beam weapons and rifles just miss far too often, especially early on. If I wasn't worried about aoe damage, I'd use high ex as pretty much my exclusive weapon for ranged kills. The only real problem is that you can't carry enough of it, and it is also hard to throw long distances.
The memories that this game triggers in my mind. I bring a whole crew of soldiers and only two make it off the ship. I got slaughtered so many times from this game.... This.... Experience. Best game, for me, all time. 💯👍🏽 Fog of war.. Scary as hell.
I've never actually seen these ye olde xcom games before, they seem very involved! Moreso than the new ones! (Also, I really like how your soldiers scamper like bugs. Feet go brrrrrr)
Всегда стоит на компе с 1998 года. Играю с большими перерывами до сих пор. ) Первая игра самая моя любимая. Последняя версия OpenXcom Extended 7.12 от 24-го февраля 2024г. Привет из Севастополя.
I played this game on the first playstation and loved it soooo much but... holy smoke, it was hard ! The only way I found to finish it was to capture a leader at the end of the first month using a truncheon in order to develop psionic power. Otherwise it was a nightmare !
i remember playing the demo from a floppy i got in a magazine. It was a night city terror mission. It HOOKED me right there and then. The amazing ambiance sounds & music, the slow bullets that put you always on the edge of your seat since you wondered if it was gonna hit. The chryssalid that FREAKED you out when you turned a corner and they were JUST a square away from you but only had the crappy rifles. Man i really would like a new version of this original game. Perfection would be xcom 1 + 2 mixed together, new locations, houses style, objects, weapons, aliens, same VGA graphics but with new sprites, same fog of war / night, same isometric, new mission types. Also i loved the graphics from xcom 2 in city terror and underwater. So a mix of both underwater + overwater would be epic.... i think the only way to have what i want would be to program it myself
I prefer TFTD over the OG, because I love the underwater aspect to it. That said, nothing will ever replace the original in my heart. I still remember getting that game back on floppies and couldn't believe how amazing the graphics were.
this looks pretty damn complex, and i consider xcom 2 to be a pretty involved and complex game (especially with WotC on). i dig what it's going for, but idk if i'd be down for this much nitty gritty. still, it's cool seeing how it all started, and there's a lot of really inventive stuff here for the time.
It really wasn't that complex. The vid is kinda hardcore cause max difficulty but you could play normal and still have a challenging but fun time without so much micro.
UFO was one of my most loved games as I was a child and this remake was awesome as well! I even make a pen&paper dungeoncrawler like game called SPACE KRAKEN ;-) I published it this year.
You play much different than I do strategy wise. I always leave enough TVUs for my soldiers to react fire if possible. Then again, Im a more cautious player.
Gotta love the old XCOM atmosphere! Would be cool to try other squad tactics games like Xenonauts or USC: Counterforce, they both have strong retro vibes!
This is an absolute hailmary pass but does anyone know how fast the celatids in this replicated? They were lil floating creatures that would land and spit corrosive poison at your guys. I am trying with no avail to find my answers online thus far XD.
Plasma is overrated. Laser rifles on auto are your best bet, alongside stun launchers and 1 plasma hovertank. At the start of the game I recommend only grenades. Research laser rifles first then medikits then alien alloys. You can beeline to laser tank afterwards. Once you have a laser tank, switch your mandatory starting rocket tank with it. Research plasma cannons for interceptors. Go after stun launchers, capture floaters, research hovertank. Research alien power source, then power armor. Research hover armor and provide it to everybody. Once you start any mission afterwards, especially terror missions, don't forget to elevate your chars 2 times above ground level, otherwise a Chrysalid can still pierce their hide at ground lvl + 1. Research mind probe, research ball launcher. Don't bother putting balls on interceptors because of low ammo. However, do employ said launchers in ground missions, due to multiple waypoints flexibility it offers. Capture ethereals. Research and train psy soldiers. Enjoy game.
Could be nerves from facing unknown alien invaders with superior tech for the first time. Could be psionics. But mostly the auto shot is a full auto burst in the general direction of the enemy. Aimed shots are much more accurate.
Only? There are other aliens even in this 1st part. Which aliens you encounter is somewhat random except stronger aliens will not appear in the early game.
@@zirkoni42 i saw until the 7th part and there is only floaters or their big guy (orange big one). Normally in the game, the first alien you encounter are the little grey one (but they have not psy power yet) but not for you.
hi all, love this game too, I still play it using DosBox, but I don't have the "path" when soldiers are walking ? do I have an old version of the game ?
@@kocur1977 I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
It is complicated as hell. You can lose this game in a hurry if you don't know what you're doing and all you lose funding from too many countries. If your base gets raided early, prepare for a long probably 1-2 hour battle. Having to go all over the map for at least 30 minutes of that to track down one alien hiding in a closet at the end of it probably.
It is, hard as hell also, imo the difficulty was set to super hard when it was ported to the ps1 and you can't seem to change it even if you choose the easiest setting, it is very fun but it seems like the enemy has too much advantage.
Discontinued? MS-DOS was the most popular PC operating system at the time and didn't really start to phase out until after Windows 98 was released. Also, both Windows 95 and 98 could still run most DOS games.
It's smoke. Smoke can be used to block line-of-sight and it also has a slight stun effect. The "stun level" of your troops is shown in the red health bar with the grey colour.
When I first played this the date of 1999 was futuristic, now it is all the more memorable. I can still remember my first encounter with the aliens when my soldier shot a creature but it turned around and fired a green bolt, missed my soldier but destroyed a brick wall behind him. Original Xcom is in my top 10 games for life! Edit - The only thing I would add is on turn one throw a smoke grenade on the floor outside AND drop one inside the Sky ranger. The troops in the craft are above the ground smoke and can be targeted by aliens at a distance, aliens have better eyesight than the humans so always, ALWAYS, level the playing field, especially at night! EXTRA EDIT - WOW, I just watched the start and you are a scamming B*stard, Laser weapons in 4 days with only 10 scientists? We all know how to move save files between games but you are cheating viewers by making them believe that what you are doing is possible in game! Why not just import a team of psi-soldiers with full flying armour? I know why... because then the noobs would have seen you are lying to them!
How the hell do you reload? This game is so aggravating to figure out the controls too and trying to look up information on it just gives me the remake or one of the 100 sequals. It's been fun except trying to learn how to play holy shit
Open the inventory screen and drag'n'drop a clip of the correct type on top of the weapon. The weapon must be in hand and I think the other hand must be free.
How do you have smooth edge screen moving with mouse during the fight so slow? In my version it is extremly sensitive and i cannot play the game. (using WIN11 + dos-box)
dude! I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
Such a shame that the difficulty is way off and hard as hell, I think that the difficulty was set to super hard when it was ported to the ps1 and you can't seem to change it even if you choose the easiest setting, it is super fun but it seems like the enemy has too much unfair advantage.
it would be cool of you could send a fuel supply to extend yourself a bit, and to extend detection ofc. for a fair price ofc. tftd should have been more than it was
To do what? In the beginning of the game the tank is good for scouting and drawing enemy fire since it can usually take multiple hits without dying. The tank doesn't gain experience so it's better to use the soldiers to kill the aliens the tank has spotted.
The music was so scary. This game freaked me out so much. Watching X Files and playing this game. The 90s were cool.
Same, those where the times man. Back from school, watching X-Files, playing X-Com and drinking a cocoa mug.
I miss the creepy music... Sounded fantastic through crappy speakers back then
So true!
I bought Sound blaster 16 card just because of this game 😊
Same gen, same feeling dude
For anyone accustomed to the newer games:
Don't be intimidated, the game is not nearly as complicated as it looks, I'd say the biggest annoyance in it is the micromanagement, and that's not that much of a problem.
Give it a try! It's an incredible game and much more open ended than the newer ones.
Just don't come in expecting your soldiers to be famous superheroes that survive every battle, it's an uphill battle, a lot of soldiers will be lost, and you will succeed if you're crafty and persevere!
Better than the shitty slot machine rng that xcom 2 is.
There's a lot of tactics involved.
But yes, you could play it like an action game if you play on easy and butcher it like this guy here...
I saw a small streamer playing it recently and thought it was cool, and kinda want to download it. But i cant find a place to. would you know where i could?
@@Agentfirestarter the games are on Steam
This game is 1000x better than the remakes !! I remember me and my best friend played this so much we burnt out my PlayStation & I had to buy a new one lol.. everything about this game is amazing…
It‘s been too long but credit has to be paid where it‘s due. I‘d like to thank you, zirkoni88, for you‘re the one who taught me how to play this game properly. The two most important aspects of this game, smoke grenade and advance scout, I learned from you, as well as the finer points of micromanagement. Each and every video of your X-Com series are greatly appreciated.
Wow, that's scary feelings again :-))) I used to play this game at 1am and with my headphones on, really exciting!
You know it brother. You know it
@@captainroger we now it all :)
I owned this game on PSX. The battlescape music always creeped me out. I have such clear memories, about 25 years old at this point, of playing Xcom alone in my dark room during middle school summer break. Despite being scared, it's also such a calm, pleasant memory for me compared to the anxiety and stress of adulthood. Man, do I miss those days.
This game is about the only one that made me remotely afraid to move or do anything.
i love the fact that old X-COM lets you really play your own way. u have so many weapons loadouts base build locations, interception options all on a game that 17mb it can last you way longer then many games of today.
And now we have OpenXCom mods that add even more content (new weapons, armour, terrain, etc.)
Meh, new games have more story and character interactions.
They are still strategic even if limited.
I'll bet half of the 17mb is the opening sequence
*than
I can do better than that. If memory serves me right, President Election is under 100kb, and I've played that game tens of hours. Each and every election is different, and it's very challenging. There are obviously also a bunch of games that came on a single floppy or disk that were excellent and had you hooked for hundreds of hours. Global Conquest from 1992 comes to mind.
Oh yeah, and ADOM as well as UnReal World.
I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
I used to raid bases, leave one alien alive, then leave. The base respawns, so waves upon waves of Xcom personnel would descend on a base for combat training and pillage. Eventually Xcom gets psychic soldiers, fully upgraded armor and weapons, and becomes the aliens terror.
Hey I didn’t know that!
I love the modern XCOM games. I think XCOM 2 is a masterpiece, but it definitely doesn’t match the creepiness and suspense of the original.
Games in the 1990's may be better for their rudimental aspect but I honestly prefer the new ones.
The number of options and the strategic potential far exceed the new xcom, which are more rpg and board game rather than xcom.
Thats because you dont know Phoenix point, thats what X-com games should looks like, i played the old game, the one like sim city simulation and the space one (interceptor?), my goodness what amazing games!
XCOM 2 is such a far cry from the original...that said, it's nothing as bad as the abomination that is Chimera Squad. SECTIOD. LIPS.
I've been watching this vid, just because I remember watching my older brother play this game. But now, listening to the super simple looping ambient "combat" music, I remember why I preferred watching him play Jagged Alliance 2. This game scared me when I was little lol. But now as an adult, this super simple little loop is the perfect music for creepy suspense. I can't get over how simple it is.
Greatest game of all time!! So far ahead of its time... I also like the remake
Man I used to crush when I was a kid! I also had it for Playstation 1
I absolutely cherish this game. I wish there would be like a definitive edition remaster with enhanced graphics, animations, etc like what was done with Age of Empires II.
VGA graphics are the BEST. Love the pixels and artstyle of this game. If anything we need a mix of the original xcom 1 and 2, new locations, new town layout, same graphics, updated GUI (to be more practical)
the most important aspect of a remake would be: preserving original AI code
@@diegofrancisco425no the AI was bad in the original versions. The difficulty of the AI is what made OpenXCom a reality. The original XCom and TFTD had the same issues with the difficulty aspect. No matter what you started with, the difficulty came out the same regardless of which version you played on (ps1 console, PC remaster, and DOS). OpenXCom was more than just a mod that allowed the game to be changed and enhanced. It corrected nagging issues with the game that made it difficult to play (but it was never unbearable...it was doable but it always a tough game to play due to their issues...mainly the difficulty aspect as I mentioned here).
This is still the best XCOM game. Best music, best sounds and the atmosphere is spot on. UFO: Enemy Unknown. They just don't make them this good these days anymore.
Ehhh... I still like the newer ones a lot more.
@@Aaron64589 Well, many people love communism...
Dude, c’mon. Yeah it’s good, but it’s the first draft. The experience of this game, that being XCOM (like as a singular game with multiple iterations), has only been refined and improved upon.
XCOM 2: WotC is THE best version of THIS particular game. XCOM is one of the best games ever and it’s earlier iterations are definitely worth experiencing because of that significance but it’s simply absurd to say the game hasn’t only improved over time.
Edit: Uhh…excluding Chimera Squad I guess. It seems like a small spin-off though, not a mainline entry
@@aidanm8009 only improved over time, h... no!? the original UFO and TFTD were so much more complex and focused on base building, research etc... the new ones are good games I guess with nice tactical fighting but they feel so linear and every time I start playing one of the newer ones I stop after a couple of hours in and install TFTD for a complete play through. It just has so much more to offer, feels way more alive and has a lot more atmosphere... you can get whipped out on your first mission, the game does not care if you have the right tech or enough soldiers to handle a mission, if you are too slow with your research you are f.... you really feel responsible for your aquanauts. This makes the experience way more immersive for me. but maybe it's just me and Keltis who feel that way ^^
@@sourcenova1896Apocalyse is the best
This was the best game in my childhood memory
One of the best games ever made
@56:00 If that Sectoid hadn't died to your high explosive, I suspect he probably would have received a medal from the Ethereals, having got rid of two of your troops and the tank. I've had Sectoid terror missions where the two LZ campers and their Cyberdisk wiped out half of a ten man squad, before I'd left the Skyranger.
As far as I'm concerned, the first rule of this game is that where Sectoids are concerned, there is no such thing as excessive force.
Sacrificing the tank was intensional. The aliens often target a tank instead of soldiers when one is in their line of sight. After the grenade failed and the HE guy couldn't throw the explosive I decided to do a HE kamikazi attack although I still failed to kill both of the Sectoids.
of course..especially if they're the XCOM 2 variants X_X
The first thing I do in every mission is drop a smoke grenate in the entrance. It significantly increases the chance of getting out safely.
You can still play this game on Steam - thank God! I am in the middle of a game right now
Honestly these old games are wayyy harder than the new.
And you have to count that enemy unknown/within is hard.
and on dosbox
@@gregkirby9059 Yea but on dosbox music doesnt work for me :(
@@ginopippofrebooter-ilrinne2881 does for me
on steam??? on steam we are only the new xcom, i don't see xcom orginal.
I never do breach and clear of a UFO these days. Instead I post around five units in a semi-circle outside the entrance, and wait for turn 20, after which they walk out one by one into a firing squad. Occasionally that will still earn me a grenade to the face due to them trying to break my line, but on the whole I lose a lot fewer units. My first reaction to those two Sectoids near the entrance in your mission here, would have been to throw that high ex straight away. Beam weapons and rifles just miss far too often, especially early on. If I wasn't worried about aoe damage, I'd use high ex as pretty much my exclusive weapon for ranged kills. The only real problem is that you can't carry enough of it, and it is also hard to throw long distances.
WoW I forgot how much micromanagement is needed in this game
So this is X-COM I've been hearing about. An animated TV series from 1996 "Bureau of Alien Detectors" was influenced by X-COM.
The hours i spend on this game....and i still play it :D
The memories that this game triggers in my mind. I bring a whole crew of soldiers and only two make it off the ship. I got slaughtered so many times from this game.... This.... Experience. Best game, for me, all time. 💯👍🏽 Fog of war.. Scary as hell.
I've never actually seen these ye olde xcom games before, they seem very involved! Moreso than the new ones!
(Also, I really like how your soldiers scamper like bugs. Feet go brrrrrr)
My all time favorite game
Still Have the Original *FLOPPY DISKS* laying around XOXOXO :O.
Всегда стоит на компе с 1998 года. Играю с большими перерывами до сих пор. )
Первая игра самая моя любимая. Последняя версия OpenXcom Extended 7.12 от 24-го февраля 2024г.
Привет из Севастополя.
When I Googled the words "ufo enemy unknown cd32 longplay" I expected nothing less than a part one :)
thanks for video... i never finished the game :( loved so much when i was a child
The music brought back so many memories, it should be remixed today, would go platinum lol 👌
here you are: sycraft.org/content/audio/xcom.shtml
also: ruclips.net/p/PLasqSXwCIDXfK5Y-pTsyRLjAs8uGNdwHO
29:04 the alien behind the wall be like “uhhh I can explain”
I played this game on the first playstation and loved it soooo much but... holy smoke, it was hard ! The only way I found to finish it was to capture a leader at the end of the first month using a truncheon in order to develop psionic power. Otherwise it was a nightmare !
i remember playing the demo from a floppy i got in a magazine. It was a night city terror mission. It HOOKED me right there and then. The amazing ambiance sounds & music, the slow bullets that put you always on the edge of your seat since you wondered if it was gonna hit. The chryssalid that FREAKED you out when you turned a corner and they were JUST a square away from you but only had the crappy rifles. Man i really would like a new version of this original game. Perfection would be xcom 1 + 2 mixed together, new locations, houses style, objects, weapons, aliens, same VGA graphics but with new sprites, same fog of war / night, same isometric, new mission types. Also i loved the graphics from xcom 2 in city terror and underwater. So a mix of both underwater + overwater would be epic.... i think the only way to have what i want would be to program it myself
The new version already exists - OpenXcom: openxcom.org
Add some mods and you can have those new locations, weapons, aliens, etc.
The best xcom.
I think by any measure possible this is the greatest game ever. Such a home run. Nothing is missing, nothing was half-baked. Edgy and exciting.
Anyone else notice the explosions are skulls?
Probably everyone...
Been like that from the beginning.
never before
@@RanaRandom Always has been.
That's totally rad!
The music remind me of the first Terminator movie.
OMG I had no idea about openxcom, been playing this with fps like a powerpoint presentation, love this game though can't get enough.
One of my favourite games, still play enemy within on my android tablet occasionally
I prefer TFTD over the OG, because I love the underwater aspect to it. That said, nothing will ever replace the original in my heart. I still remember getting that game back on floppies and couldn't believe how amazing the graphics were.
I remember this game! What a classic!
This is that strait dope! Oh yeah the goodstuff.
ty for the awesome playthrough of the awesome game
When all aliens got killed in X-COM, there were still plenty of them in UFO2Extraterrestrials for your rifles ;-)
this is one of the best games I've ever played
One of the best
Geez, that first Alien turn of the Terror Mission at 10:29 was a doozy...
this looks pretty damn complex, and i consider xcom 2 to be a pretty involved and complex game (especially with WotC on). i dig what it's going for, but idk if i'd be down for this much nitty gritty. still, it's cool seeing how it all started, and there's a lot of really inventive stuff here for the time.
It really wasn't that complex. The vid is kinda hardcore cause max difficulty but you could play normal and still have a challenging but fun time without so much micro.
UFO was one of my most loved games as I was a child and this remake was awesome as well! I even make a pen&paper dungeoncrawler like game called SPACE KRAKEN ;-) I published it this year.
This is played well, unlike other streams of UFO/X-COM on RUclips where the streamers aren't so careful or observant. Good work.
It's hard to be observant and careful while being observed by others and interacting with them.
This is what I missed from the old X-Com, it was genuinely tense and scary.
15:38 stray shot.
I love how Floaters and Sectoids go like:
"Ohhwn :("
Seeing those extremely lucky cases make it even better.
it was an elk
Came looking for this comment...I was like "Waitasecond,... ohhhh!! that poor bastard thought he was safe in the dark..." He did it again at 25:21
You play much different than I do strategy wise. I always leave enough TVUs for my soldiers to react fire if possible. Then again, Im a more cautious player.
Gotta love the old XCOM atmosphere! Would be cool to try other squad tactics games like Xenonauts or USC: Counterforce, they both have strong retro vibes!
15:40 lol 32:50 loooool ... turds and frogs first... an no surviving civilians XD
The one
Best ever
Pc/playstation
Awesome Game! Damn time is running fast
26:40 lighting up the place with flare and have ur own crew walk and stand over them...why?
Usually to pick up the flare and throw it again to some different area.
@@zirkoni42 k..
i really liked the smoke bomb starting move.. never thought of that when i played last time. nice
This is an absolute hailmary pass but does anyone know how fast the celatids in this replicated? They were lil floating creatures that would land and spit corrosive poison at your guys. I am trying with no avail to find my answers online thus far XD.
I remember the explosion mess when shooting with the rocket launcher...
tip 1 RESEARCH lasers first, then laser pistol, then laser rifler, then heavy laser then laser tank, then laser cannon....
No, research plasma weapons as soon as you can.
Plasma is overrated. Laser rifles on auto are your best bet, alongside stun launchers and 1 plasma hovertank. At the start of the game I recommend only grenades. Research laser rifles first then medikits then alien alloys. You can beeline to laser tank afterwards. Once you have a laser tank, switch your mandatory starting rocket tank with it. Research plasma cannons for interceptors. Go after stun launchers, capture floaters, research hovertank. Research alien power source, then power armor. Research hover armor and provide it to everybody. Once you start any mission afterwards, especially terror missions, don't forget to elevate your chars 2 times above ground level, otherwise a Chrysalid can still pierce their hide at ground lvl + 1. Research mind probe, research ball launcher. Don't bother putting balls on interceptors because of low ammo. However, do employ said launchers in ground missions, due to multiple waypoints flexibility it offers. Capture ethereals. Research and train psy soldiers. Enjoy game.
Also can't his tank fire its cannon?
The tank cannot gain experience. If possible, I prefer using the soldiers to kill the aliens so they get the experience to level up.
This transported me to 13 years old I’m 40 now !
Are your units stormtroopers? They miss almost every shot!
Could be nerves from facing unknown alien invaders with superior tech for the first time. Could be psionics.
But mostly the auto shot is a full auto burst in the general direction of the enemy. Aimed shots are much more accurate.
Better than the all or nothing of the new games.
Was it possible to clock this game I use to play as a kid but I remember it as a game that never ended
Love the original, XCOM2 Terror from the deep made me nuts.. those ships, the bases... it took so long 😅
We've come a loooong way
@zirkoni I know this longplay is very old, but do you remember why you fight only against floaters ?
Only? There are other aliens even in this 1st part. Which aliens you encounter is somewhat random except stronger aliens will not appear in the early game.
@@zirkoni42 i saw until the 7th part and there is only floaters or their big guy (orange big one).
Normally in the game, the first alien you encounter are the little grey one (but they have not psy power yet) but not for you.
hi all, love this game too, I still play it using DosBox, but I don't have the "path" when soldiers are walking ? do I have an old version of the game ?
This is OpenXCom: openxcom.org/about/
thanks ! great !
I play on steam - dos box
>Tries to throw grenade over a UFO in order to hit a target half a soccer field away
>Grenade lands on roof of UFO
>Panic ensues..
I remember the alien screams differently, more monster like, and creepier than this.
that's the sequel Terror From The Deep... legit one of the very best sound design I ever hear on any game
I found the scream sound I remember is used for the snake-race death sequence
You are legend man 😎👍
What kind of version is it? It's a windows one?
Video title: OpenXCOM. I suggest you google that word (and the video was actually recorded on Linux).
@@zirkoni42 Thx, something was not right comparing to DOS version :)
@@kocur1977 I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
This game looks complicated as all hell, I have NO idea what's going on
its wonderful mate trust me
As Aethel Wulf said..It`s wonderfull..and it really is :) Give it(and the aliens ofc ;) ) A shot, and i`m sure you will find it rewarding :)
I was playing it when I was 10. You’ll be fine.
Favorite game of all time.
It is complicated as hell. You can lose this game in a hurry if you don't know what you're doing and all you lose funding from too many countries. If your base gets raided early, prepare for a long probably 1-2 hour battle. Having to go all over the map for at least 30 minutes of that to track down one alien hiding in a closet at the end of it probably.
It is, hard as hell also, imo the difficulty was set to super hard when it was ported to the ps1 and you can't seem to change it even if you choose the easiest setting, it is very fun but it seems like the enemy has too much advantage.
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It's mad to me that the greatest game of all time was released on a platform that had already been discontinued.
Discontinued? MS-DOS was the most popular PC operating system at the time and didn't really start to phase out until after Windows 98 was released. Also, both Windows 95 and 98 could still run most DOS games.
@@zirkoni42 Ignore me I'm new. For some reason I thought it was launched on Amiga only but it was a DOS title, as you say.
i heard this version drop difficulty to beginner after 1st mission
The original game had this bug but in the video I am using OpenXcom that fixes many other bugs and introduces several improvements as well.
This game is what inspired blue archive from what I've heard
Haha "Construction Time"...? What's that?
Looks hard
Where can I download the game?
openxcom.org/downloads-milestones/
what does the grainy stuff mean
Grainy stuff? You mean the smoke? Smoke can block the line of sight (for aliens and xcom).
Sick game.
I loved this game but it kept crashing when I reached the top level of one of the big UFO’s 😡
OpenXCom? Or do you mean the original DOS game? I have had both crash sometimes but it's quite rare.
zirkoni88 original DOS game
Why is it "misty" when the area is blown up? And what is this called; any effect when soldier stand on this surface?
It's smoke. Smoke can be used to block line-of-sight and it also has a slight stun effect. The "stun level" of your troops is shown in the red health bar with the grey colour.
Damn, That Main Menu Music Is *Jontrons Voice* "SSSSSCCCCCcccccccccaaaaarrrrrryyy!!"
When I first played this the date of 1999 was futuristic, now it is all the more memorable. I can still remember my first encounter with the aliens when my soldier shot a creature but it turned around and fired a green bolt, missed my soldier but destroyed a brick wall behind him.
Original Xcom is in my top 10 games for life!
Edit - The only thing I would add is on turn one throw a smoke grenade on the floor outside AND drop one inside the Sky ranger. The troops in the craft are above the ground smoke and can be targeted by aliens at a distance, aliens have better eyesight than the humans so always, ALWAYS, level the playing field, especially at night!
EXTRA EDIT - WOW, I just watched the start and you are a scamming B*stard, Laser weapons in 4 days with only 10 scientists? We all know how to move save files between games but you are cheating viewers by making them believe that what you are doing is possible in game! Why not just import a team of psi-soldiers with full flying armour? I know why... because then the noobs would have seen you are lying to them!
How the hell do you reload? This game is so aggravating to figure out the controls too and trying to look up information on it just gives me the remake or one of the 100 sequals. It's been fun except trying to learn how to play holy shit
Open the inventory screen and drag'n'drop a clip of the correct type on top of the weapon. The weapon must be in hand and I think the other hand must be free.
This looks like a fun game but it seems way too complicated for me.
How do you have smooth edge screen moving with mouse during the fight so slow? In my version it is extremly sensitive and i cannot play the game. (using WIN11 + dos-box)
This is not the original game but Openxcom, an open source remake.
@@zirkoni42Thank you so much for that. Gonna play this today!
This game was insanely scary.. I had to play with music on =/
Grenades on Reavers if you want a live one!
System requirements should have said replacement mouse recommended.
Just slow the scroll speed down in options
dude! I've been looking for a way to play Xcom original DOS version but somehow with WASD controls and maybe slightly increased resolution? anyone knows of something? I want original A.I. behavior, I don't want OpenXcom recreation
Duckstation ps1 emulator for PC
It takes the blaster bomb in the face, or it gets the hose again!
Such a shame that the difficulty is way off and hard as hell, I think that the difficulty was set to super hard when it was ported to the ps1 and you can't seem to change it even if you choose the easiest setting, it is super fun but it seems like the enemy has too much unfair advantage.
Click lots to save earth
The music is off..
no
it would be cool of you could send a fuel supply to extend yourself a bit, and to extend detection ofc. for a fair price ofc. tftd should have been more than it was
Producing mass quantities of laser rifles was easy way to make money.
Your CPU is too fast for this game.
Nope! OpenXCom is a modern re-creation of the original game. The game speed is not tied to the CPU speed.
@@zirkoni42 Ok, then they fucked it up by making things move much too fast.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 Nope again. You can adjust the speed of different things to your liking (just like in the original game, actually).
@@zirkoni42 Then you're playing it at a speed too fast =:)
@@incumbentvinyl9291 Nope³. You have been playing at a speed too slow. 😆
There were times when I wish you'd used the tank.
To do what? In the beginning of the game the tank is good for scouting and drawing enemy fire since it can usually take multiple hits without dying. The tank doesn't gain experience so it's better to use the soldiers to kill the aliens the tank has spotted.
53:05 Wouldn't a rocket have taken out both aliens?
@@MrInitialMan This is the cannon tank, not the rocket tank.
So you would have only gotten one anyways. I stand corrected.
Still better to shoot with tank than get 3 soldiers killed