Anyone Played Flatspace?

[LongGone]

Thanks to you guys, the goodness continues to grow. Seriously though, I appreciate all the info and links. I played X-Com when it first came out and I enjoyed it, so I'll check out UFO: AI.

[LongGone]

Not a space shooter, but Orbiter looks very interesting. It's a free space flight simulator. I remember playing Falcon 4.0 back in the day and I thought it had a steep learning curve, I think Orbiter has it beat in that department.

[Arctic Blast]

Ahhh X-Com, I actually bought Laser Squad Nemesis which was made by the creator I believe. But it's not my thing its cool bringing out the troops and placing them, then in the end you can watch your battle like a little gunfight movie but it takes soooooooooo long. There is also a game similar to Flatspace called X you can find it at Best Buy for under $10.

It's been well known for awhile now that the Gollop Brothers (guys behind the first 3 Xcom games) really want to do another, but whoever holds the license rights (I think it's Atari) wants ludicrous money.

Definitely give UFO : AI a try...I really liked what they did with it. Or, Hell, the entire Xcom lineup has been optimized for XP and Vista and is on Steam and Gamersgate. I think it's $15 for the whole series (though, really, Interceptor and Enforcer were just awful).

[RedsoxRockies]

Space Games aren't really my thing, they never really have been. I do like flight simulators and stuff like that though (Likely the airforce blood in me)

[Alloutwar]

I LOVE X-Com: Apocalypse. I could play it endlessly, for all time. If UFO:AI is anything like it, I'll give it a try.

The other two, UFO Defense and TFTD, were too slow...I liked the real-time option in Apoc.

About a year ago I bought UFO: Extraterrestrials, I think it was called...supposed to be an X-Com sequel in spirit...but wow, it sucked. It was basically UFO Defense...with slightly improved graphics. After 10+ years of innovation, it was just sad.

[LongGone]

There's another game that I've played and really liked. It's called Space Trader and originally came out for the Palm and Pocket PC platform. But they have a Windows version at: http://spacetraderwin.sourceforge.net/home.php

No flashy graphics, it's more of a strategy type game, where you can choose to be a trader, pirate, etc. The goal is simple, make enough $$ to buy your own moon and retire. It's a lot of fun though and I've wasted countless hours on it especially when I was stuck in the hospital.

[Arctic Blast]

I LOVE X-Com: Apocalypse. I could play it endlessly, for all time. If UFO:AI is anything like it, I'll give it a try.

The other two, UFO Defense and TFTD, were too slow...I liked the real-time option in Apoc.

About a year ago I bought UFO: Extraterrestrials, I think it was called...supposed to be an X-Com sequel in spirit...but wow, it sucked. It was basically UFO Defense...with slightly improved graphics. After 10+ years of innovation, it was just sad.

Yeah, the whole commercial UFO series (Afterlight, Aftermath, ET) is just a wannabe Xcom.

The freeware one if probably the most closely related to the first Xcom, though it does seem to have a faster pace, both in terms of R&D and in the tactical battles.