ooey Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Nice game - i so hope it turns out worthy of the xcom series and doesnt get pulled due to the announcement of the reimagining of the old game. Just a few points though: 1. As i'm sure you may know, i think you're getting your mig25s mixed up with mig29s. The mig 25 is a good choice for an interceptor the way you have described it, but you need to change some of the art from mig 29 to 25! The f16 is also a good choice as a dogfighter! 2. I think you mention f4s somewhere in your iceland incident, then the f8 crusader returning and having its tail cut in half. This may well be down to the fact that it is sure to be difficult to co-ordinate between the 15 odd people working on the project. Just minor continuity points from what i have read so far, so please don't take offence (im a games programmer too so I know how hard it can be ;-)). This will probably be the 1st pre-order I have ever done. Well done also for resisting the temptation to include the blaster bombs and friendly psi - these made the original too easy for the player. Edited January 23, 2012 by ooey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hmmm, thought I'd replaced all references to the F4. Let me know if you find it and I'll update. Re: the MiG, it's actually meant to be the MiG-31 but they all basically look the same so I think the artist may have mixed his reference images up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooey Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Well the mig 31 foxhound is a more beefed up mig 25, which i feel just suits your description really well (it's also more cold war-ish). I like the way you have taken a soviet aircraft and a US one (the soviets supply the interceptors, which is what the 25/31 is, the US supply the dogfighters, the f16s-17s). The mig 25 is an extremely good-looking beefy aircraft, but it can't dogfight. It just looks so cool in the slide below that i wouldnt want you to change it to a mig 29 (which is also a nice aircraft, but not as fast or edgy-looking as the 25/31 ;-)!: http://www.xenonauts.com/strategic-management/#!prettyPhoto[Gallery]/3/ The only reference to the f4 is in the f17 xenopedia slide below (knew i'd seen it somewhere ;-)), but of course this may just be old. http://www.xenonauts.com/strategic-management/#!prettyPhoto[Gallery]/1/ I'm just very excited that this game is being made. I still play ufo:enemy unknown, and was afraid that a modern remake would have to have been my next project. Im currently in the process of remaking Vulcan: the tunisian campeign (don't know if you remember that one). It was a strategy game by spectrum god r t smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I find the references to the F-17 interceptor interesting, as it was never put into production and only 2 were made. It would imply that in this alternate timeline, the F-16 never made it into existence (the two planes were competition aircraft for the contract). The F-17 "Cobra" aircraft was later enlarged into what became the F-18 "Hornet". Nevertheless, diverging timelines are cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooey Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Yes, but in the xenonauts universe, the f17 is just a modified f16, as is the mig32 (a modified mig25/31). I think its very cool that they have chosen these particular aircraft, since one is a powerful, fast interceptor (bomber killer) and the other is an agile dogfighter. A good philosophy, dont you think, as these aircraft are quite different?! I was really just stating that the mig 29 fulcrum is too similar to the f16 (its in the concept art) and the mig 25/31 is a much better choice to represent an inteceptor, because it is one. Edited January 23, 2012 by ooey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Ah yes, the Xenopedia slide needs an update. Thanks for spotting that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishantil Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The F-17 Condor they have here is definitely closer in visual style to the F-16 Fighting Falcon. And the MiG-32 being a modified -25 or -31 is indeed the way they were going. As if they immediately started modifying what they thought was the best approach to take down UFOs. The Americans were given the task of modifying the F-16 to suit the needs of downing enemy escorts, and the USSR was given the task of making something that could carry missiles large enough to punch holes in a UFO. Notably, the MiG-31 didn't enter operational service until 1982, so the -31 is newer than the timeline implies. Being based on the earlier MiG-25 makes sense, though. The two opposing powers developing aircraft cooperatively also speaks not only to the grave situation, but shows that even the Russians and the Americans can work together if given a common enemy threatening all of mankind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ooey Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 The two opposing powers developing aircraft cooperatively also speaks not only to the grave situation, but shows that even the Russians and the Americans can work together if given a common enemy threatening all of mankind. Kind of a nice approach that, don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 In Soviet Russia, common enemies join you! Amirite? /drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plucx Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Maybe you should create fictive history about leaders of the time. Just to help not getting stuck with political of the time too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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