An [[http://kotaku.com/5516654/x+com-is-back FPS reboot of the series]] [[http://www.destructoid.com/xcom-reboot-announced-is-an-fps-170957.phtml has been announced]], being developed by 2k Marin, the team behind ''VideoGame/BioShock2''. So far, the fanbase has reacted in a manner predictable to everyone except, apparently, 2K Games, even going so far as to dub it things like "[[Franchise/BioShock XenoShock]]" and "XINO" ("X-Com [[InNameOnly In Name Only]]"). This seems to be due to a combination of the bitter taste left behind by ''Enforcer'' and an understandable lack of enthusiasm for [[InNameOnly the direction the developers seem to be taking the game]] (with changes such as the possible wholesale dumping of the previous games' canon, X-COM being a division of [[TheGovernment the DoD]] as opposed to a MultinationalTeam, the focus era being shifted to a "Pleasantville" version of the sixties and the move from cerebral turn-based strategy to the Cover Shooter gameplay seen in the trailer). However, [[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/26/xcom-shooter-now-the-bureau-xcom-declassified-out-august based on recent developments]] it seems the X-Com reboot has been renamed to ''The Bureau: X-Com Declassified'' and is being billed as a pseudo-prequel to the recent ''X-COM: Enemy Unknown''.

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6th May '13 10:19:33 PM Shinr

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6th May '13 10:27:34 AM Katana

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broken apostrophes, my bad.

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An [[http://kotaku.com/5516654/x+com-is-back FPS reboot of the series]] [[http://www.destructoid.com/xcom-reboot-announced-is-an-fps-170957.phtml has been announced]], being developed by 2k Marin, the team behind ''VideoGame/BioShock2''. So far, the fanbase has reacted in a manner predictable to everyone except, apparently, 2K Games, even going so far as to dub it things like "[[Franchise/BioShock XenoShock]]" and "XINO" ("X-Com [[InNameOnly In Name Only]]"). This seems to be due to a combination of the bitter taste left behind by ''Enforcer'' and an understandable lack of enthusiasm for [[InNameOnly the direction the developers seem to be taking the game]] (with changes such as the possible wholesale dumping of the previous games' canon, X-COM being a division of [[TheGovernment the DoD]] as opposed to a MultinationalTeam, the focus era being shifted to a "Pleasantville" version of the sixties and the move from cerebral turn-based strategy to the Cover Shooter gameplay seen in the trailer). However, [[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/26/xcom-shooter-now-the-bureau-xcom-declassified-out-august based on recent developments]] it seems the X-Com reboot has been renamed to "The Bureau: X-Com Declassified'' and is being billed as a pseudo-prequel to the recent ''X-COM: Enemy Unknown''.

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6th May '13 10:19:50 AM Katana

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Nowhere is it really mentioned to be an alternate universe. That's just something fans made up.

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An [[http://kotaku.com/5516654/x+com-is-back FPS reboot of the series]] [[http://www.destructoid.com/xcom-reboot-announced-is-an-fps-170957.phtml has been announced]], being developed by 2k Marin, the team behind ''VideoGame/BioShock2''. So far, the fanbase has reacted in a manner predictable to everyone except, apparently, 2K Games, even going so far as to dub it things like "[[Franchise/BioShock XenoShock]]" and "XINO" ("X-Com [[InNameOnly In Name Only]]"). This seems to be due to a combination of the bitter taste left behind by ''Enforcer'' and an understandable lack of enthusiasm for [[InNameOnly the direction the developers seem to be taking the game]] (with changes such as the possible wholesale dumping of the previous games' canon, X-COM being a division of [[TheGovernment the DoD]] as opposed to a MultinationalTeam, the focus era being shifted to a "Pleasantville" version of the sixties and the move from cerebral turn-based strategy to the Cover Shooter gameplay seen in the trailer). However, [[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/26/xcom-shooter-now-the-bureau-xcom-declassified-out-august based on recent developments]] it seems the X-Com reboot has been renamed to "The Bureau: X-Com Declassified'' and spun-off into a AlternateUniverse.

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An [[http://kotaku.com/5516654/x+com-is-back FPS reboot of the series]] [[http://www.destructoid.com/xcom-reboot-announced-is-an-fps-170957.phtml has been announced]], being developed by 2k Marin, the team behind ''VideoGame/BioShock2''. So far, the fanbase has reacted in a manner predictable to everyone except, apparently, 2K Games, even going so far as to dub it things like "[[Franchise/BioShock XenoShock]]" and "XINO" ("X-Com [[InNameOnly In Name Only]]"). This seems to be due to a combination of the bitter taste left behind by ''Enforcer'' and an understandable lack of enthusiasm for [[InNameOnly the direction the developers seem to be taking the game]] (with changes such as the possible wholesale dumping of the previous games' canon, X-COM being a division of [[TheGovernment the DoD]] as opposed to a MultinationalTeam, the focus era being shifted to a "Pleasantville" version of the sixties and the move from cerebral turn-based strategy to the Cover Shooter gameplay seen in the trailer). However, [[http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/26/xcom-shooter-now-the-bureau-xcom-declassified-out-august based on recent developments]] it seems the X-Com reboot has been renamed to "The Bureau: X-Com Declassified'' and is being billed as a pseudo-prequel to the recent ''X-COM: Enemy Unknown''.

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** And, of course, thanks to [[TheSpoonyExperiment a certain internet critic,]][[MemeticMutation it spawned]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_Ca45JRFs this:]]
* InNameOnly: Going by the details revealed in [[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=21010996&postcount=825 OXM magazine]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNlC19Vcvrw and the first trailer]], the new game looked like it was going to fit this trope in the manner of a [[DolledUpInstallment Dolled Up Installment]]. This was essentially confirmed when an interview with the developers revealed that the game is the result of 2K taking an independent project they had been working on for some time and adding the"XCOM" name when they remembered they owned the franchise. After all is said and done, the "reboot" looks well on the way to becoming this. The most you can say it has in common with the original series is that there's an alien invasion in there somewhere - certainly nothing much stands out as being something which other FPS games haven't had before - with the rest of the gameplay (right down to the camera-based research mechanic) having more in common with VideoGame/BioShock. Canon-wise, everything except for the names "XCOM" and "Elerium" has been dumped, and even those two words don't refer to quite the same things any more (A 1950's/60's FBI division as opposed to a multinational initiative that canonically originated in the 1990's, and what might be some sort of computronium or undifferentiated alien nanotech instead of a transuranic element). Fans were hoping for a comic-book "reboot"-style rebuilding of the original mythos, but such hopes were dashed after extensive interviews revealed the developers wanted nothing to do with the majority of the original IP, even going so far as to refer disparagingly to the original game as "kitschy". In greater detail:
** Game mechanics are largely FPS based, taking most of their inspiration from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' and ''MassEffect'', including "Sci Fi abilities" and points-based research (one of the few hard-ish nods to the original game, albeit hardly unique - once again see [[MassEffect the Mass Effect games]] and even [[StarCraft StarCraft 2]] - and in the form of the a "points for loot" system, as well as possibly still a Bioshock-style "research camera" idea adapted to the new game, rather than the resource-juggling management sub-game of the original imported wholesale and tweaked to fit). The game may feature a team of scientists at this stage in development, but it would seem they are handed to you as the plot demands.
** Manufacturing now appears to consist of feeding captured elerium into one end of a device discovered by the main character and picking up whatever you need at the other end, rather than the engineers and aforementioned management of the originals.
** The era the game is set in is, as of the latest information, the 1960's, rather than the late 1990's/early 2000's of the original game (the near future, when it was originally released).
** The game world is limited to North America rather than being global in scope.
** Resources are now limited to Good Will/Funding, Elerium and Research, with only Elerium figuring into manufacturing (and also into purchasing/unlocking powers for your agents, apparently). Each is the subject of a single mission goal-type which can be found on the map of America.
** There is no interception mechanic - indeed, UFO's seem to have been cut wholesale, unless one counts the relatively tiny (compared to an X-Com 1 battleship) Titan, though that seems closer in intent to a Cyberdisc, one of the alien heavy weapons units from the first game. Ironic for a series extended from a game that was originally named "UFO".
** All missions are effectively terror missions - no more crash sites or landing zones (due to the loss of the interception mechanic). Players will play until the rising tide of aliens makes it either impossible or too risky to progress any further in the level (progess being usually being measured by how much elerium or research one has obtained), as opposed to the original games, where the goal was to eradicate the alien presence, with the only exception possibly being the "hold the line" mission type. Media suggests that the overall play time will be limited by how many towns are on the game map, as it would seem one more is lost to the aliens with each mission.
** There have been some mentions of base management in the reboot - possibly, at least part of the strategic game will be similar. However, since the team is no longer multinational, instead being under the FBI there probably wouldn't be bases all around the world. Maybe not even multiple bases at all. Indeed, the existence of only one base seems to have been confirmed in a recent update of the official website, which words things as though there is only one. It also seems unlikely, due to the nature of the engine, that you will be able to alter the base in question, at least beyond unlocking pre-positioned rooms.
** Missions appear on the main map in timed and sequential order - there is no longer any semi-random global AI managing the alien side of things and sending [=UFOs=] out to harass the world and the human player. Unlike the original games, tactical-game levels appear to be the same every play through, albeit with some level of randomised enemy and collectable placement.
** Mention has been made in recent material of a tactical overview labeled "the Battlescape", which appears to be a case of the developers adopting an idea frequently floated on the game's official forums, though most fans feel the implementation leaves something to be desired - rather than a complete X-Com style tactical overview, it merely tilts your view to a third person viewpoint, and allows you access to Mass-Effect-style powers fueled by regenerable points named "[=TUs=]" via a Mass-Effect-style interface. On the other hand, the FPS portion of the game still seems limited to a scramble for research/elerium conducted alongside two or three FBI agents (as opposed to the eradication missions conducted by a possible 20+ trained soldiers in the original) mentioned above.
** There is a main character (who, for some odd reason, is both the ultra-important leader of the fieldwork department and its lead headfirst-into-danger field agent), from whose first-person perspective the game is played, as opposed to the non-specific football-manager style focus on randomly generated soldiers of the original games.
** A more recent [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPG-SVPNTMM trailer]] is a mixed blessing - on the one hand it shows (unfamiliar) humanoid enemies, which is a step closer to the original games, though not as large a step as many players had been hoping ("Where are the Sectoids?" is fast approaching meme-status amongst the long-time fans of the series). On the other, it would seem the [[TakeCover cover-based]] gameplay shown reminds many of the commenters more of Call of Duty, and the graphics of Crysis1/2.
** There has been no mention of morale mechanics, which were a pretty constant part of the ground combat-oriented games in the series.
** There has been no confirmation on the presence of that staple of the series, the [=UFOpaedia=] database, though much of the hype has revolved around the claim that the developers have used new aliens because the original lineup were already "known".
*** If the rumored rename to ''The Bureau'' is true, this might essentially be Averted through as the, due to the success of Enemy Unknown, the game was spun off into an AlternateUniverse.

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Shovelware is not an appropriate trope for The Bureau; further to that, according to the official website, it is not going to be a download-only title.

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