Michal Dolezal from developing team behind UFO: Extraterrestrials talked with SI, discovering pieces of the game to us
03 June 2004 | By Import
Si: Hello from SI, can you please introduce yourself?
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Si: Please give a brief overview of UFO Extraterrestrials?
Michal Dolezal: UFO: ET is a strategy turn based game. The player controls a squad of soldiers,light and heavy support combat vehicles,robots and air units located in a base on the planet Esperanza that had been colonized by the spaceship Magalhaes in the year 2023. This squad was brought together by the Esperanza government to face a threat that comes from deep space. In case the player succeeds in averting an alien impact on Esperanza,the story will continue on the planet Earth that had been subdued by alien forces.
Si: What was the inspiration behind UFO Extraterrestrials? Previous UFO
releases?
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Si: Which previous UFO release did you like most?
Michal Dolezal: Definitely Xcom: UFO Defence / UFO: Enemy unknown (in Europe).
Si: Combat will work in turn based mode, what were
the reasons to leave out the real time combat mode?
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Si: I must say that we, here at StrategyInformer.com, are highly fanatical to
UFO series. UFO Aftermath came as a huge dissapointement to us after waiting
for such a long time for any UFO game. It just couldn't recreate the
atmosphere UFO Defense could. If you played UFO Aftermath, tell us what you
think of it? Are you connected in any way with UFO Aftermath's team?
Michal Dolezal: I'm afraid that in my situation I'm not the right person to comment on UFO:Aftermath because it would be easy to say : "Hey look, he was biased."
So I decided to quote Gamespy's rating: Decent graphics; good character advancement system. Cons:Bad AI and pathfinding; repetitive missions; shallow strategic gameplay; persistent inventory bugs.
The only thing that the game UFO: ET shares with UFO Aftermath’s team is the country we come from and that is the Czech Republic.
The only thing that the game UFO: ET shares with UFO Aftermath’s team is the country we come from and that is the Czech Republic.
Si: On the screenshots we were shown so far, I couldnt see any shots out of
the battle map. Does that mean you took off the global level of the game
where we built bases, organized them, did research and sent teams to deal
with the alien threat? Why?
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Si: What will the minimum specs be?
Michal Dolezal: I confess that at this time the hw requirements are extremly high but on the other hand the UFO: ET graphic engine hasn't been optimized too much so far. I estimate that requirements will be pressed down to 1.5Ghz processor, 256 MB RAM a standard contemporary gfx card.
Si: When will the game be released?
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Si: What is your favourite part so far with UFO Extraterrestrials?
Michal Dolezal: I favoured alien base conquering.
Si: Thank you for your time, is there anything else you would like to add?
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