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I don’t think we should just keep the old research system to be more like X-COM, but the new system just feels worse and we need to accept that this game is still a sequel to a direct remake of that game. Changes like air combat that improve the experience aren’t questioned but some things don’t need to be changed.

I am one of those people who came to Xenonauts from the Firaxis Xcom games and have never played the original 90s X-COMs. I loved both the Firaxis games and Xenonauts 1 even though they had different design philosophies and therefore different strengths/weaknesses. The idea that these 30 year old games are the pinnacle of how this genre can be done is bonkers to me. It has been three decades since they originally released, nearly every mechanic and decision from those games should be questioned to ensure that we don't miss out on more than a quarter century of technology and game design advancement.