PC gamers in the mid-to-late 90s apparently started turning up their noses at turn-based strategy games in favour of the new hotness of the Command & Conquers and Warcrafts of the day

A review of X-Com Apocalypse from the time:

"to be honest, the new real-time combat is so good I really can't see why anyone would want to play the much slower (and often infuriating) turn-based tactical game"

:kitty-cri-screm:

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That's like preferring Diablo over Fallout

  • NonWonderDog [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Have you played X-Com Apocalypse?

    The turn-based combat is infuriating. The game only really works in real time. There’s also a common early-game enemy that’s almost completely harmless in real-time, but will routinely squad-wipe you in turn-based unless you’re extremely diligent with overwatch, which makes it even slower.

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I understood the quote to mean going back to the original turn-based X-Coms, not turning on the turn-based mode in Apocalypse

    • BeamBrain [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I tried to play Apocalypse as a standard TBS but the brainsuckers made me give up on that pretty quickly