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Discussion / UFOpaedia
« on: June 26, 2013, 08:17:26 am »
I recently discovered UFO:Alien Invasion quite by accident.
Having played "All the Xcoms that matter" I was pleased to find open Xcom & it's changes; but was on the hunt for a TFTD remake.
I found Xenonauts on Steam & decided it was worth the $20 even at it's stage of progression; as it is modifiable & the like. I immediately ran into a personal issue with the creator's "take" on the UFOpaedia.
Perhaps I could have been less obtuse, but I suggested on the forums that it sounded rather plebeian; favoring the Brent Spiner sort of character for all of their reports & documentation.
(The unfinished UFOpaedia is rife with misspellings & personal anecdotal observations, including ut not limited to the scientist's observations on the 'neanderthal' technician's inability to even understand their findings...I've found historically many agree such things are best left to addendum & the like.)
The reception to my input was...cool...to say the least from the projects creator (Chris)
..& I get that, as I explained to him in IM's; "It is HIS Bar-B-Que, & it tastes GOOD...but..."
I was told "You are honestly the first person to have said this, most people are refreshed by the lack of technical-babble..etc.."
To which I responded with a raised eyebrow & by moving on... I know when someone has already made their mind up in a subject, as well as how to pick my battles.
My point with this is that I recently discovered your efforts in the genre, & have been playing UFo:AI for several days now... Long enough to say
"Wow..."
Everything else aside (which is pretty awesome so far btw!) Your attention to detail & eloquence in writing up your quasi-scientific reports; combined with your use of modern day technologies & their applications to show the curve of progress is, in my opinion, astoundingly well rounded.
Hats OFF to the technical crew who has obviously put many-many hours into creating the UFOpaedia & its entries. You make each proposal SOUND like it should, & each explanation plausible in a science-fiction genre.
Nicely done, & thank you.
~Jack Burton (Me!)
Having played "All the Xcoms that matter" I was pleased to find open Xcom & it's changes; but was on the hunt for a TFTD remake.
I found Xenonauts on Steam & decided it was worth the $20 even at it's stage of progression; as it is modifiable & the like. I immediately ran into a personal issue with the creator's "take" on the UFOpaedia.
Perhaps I could have been less obtuse, but I suggested on the forums that it sounded rather plebeian; favoring the Brent Spiner sort of character for all of their reports & documentation.
(The unfinished UFOpaedia is rife with misspellings & personal anecdotal observations, including ut not limited to the scientist's observations on the 'neanderthal' technician's inability to even understand their findings...I've found historically many agree such things are best left to addendum & the like.)
The reception to my input was...cool...to say the least from the projects creator (Chris)
..& I get that, as I explained to him in IM's; "It is HIS Bar-B-Que, & it tastes GOOD...but..."
I was told "You are honestly the first person to have said this, most people are refreshed by the lack of technical-babble..etc.."
To which I responded with a raised eyebrow & by moving on... I know when someone has already made their mind up in a subject, as well as how to pick my battles.
My point with this is that I recently discovered your efforts in the genre, & have been playing UFo:AI for several days now... Long enough to say
"Wow..."
Everything else aside (which is pretty awesome so far btw!) Your attention to detail & eloquence in writing up your quasi-scientific reports; combined with your use of modern day technologies & their applications to show the curve of progress is, in my opinion, astoundingly well rounded.
Hats OFF to the technical crew who has obviously put many-many hours into creating the UFOpaedia & its entries. You make each proposal SOUND like it should, & each explanation plausible in a science-fiction genre.
Nicely done, & thank you.
~Jack Burton (Me!)