Some of the issues in the original game were caused by our lack of experience / lack of early funding, whereas others were caused by the constraints remaining faithful to the design of a game dating back to 1994. The studio would go on to describe these struggles as a learning experience: While the game received mixed reviews, Goldhawk later commented about how they struggled to balance staying faithful to the original X-COM while still making a playable game. Rather than implement realistic 3D graphics, Goldhawk instead built Xenonauts with a 2D isometric art style, emulating PC strategy games of the 90s. The original game, released in 2014, was a spiritual successor to the old school X-COM: UFO Defense, and offered nostalgic gamers an alternative to Firaxis Games’ rebooted XCOM series. The demo, according to a statement on GoG.com, is described as being a “free public pre-alpha” of what will eventually become the final product that is “intended for gameplay and stability testing.” You can download and try it for yourself on the official website, though the GoG Galaxy client is required to play. Will you kill your opponents or try to capture them alive, for interrogation? Will you prioritise building a diverse attack force or a small team of specialists? Use salvaged alien materials for research or engineering? Which continents are expendable and which are critical? These are the sorts of decisions XCOM focuses around on the grand scale, punctuating them with the same turn-based, grid-based combat that the series is known for.Goldhawk Interactive has debuted a demo for the upcoming sequel Xenonauts 2.
After the (too) lengthy tutorial you're given a breadcrumb of initial goals, such as breaching an enemy base and attacking a downed UFO, but you're allowed a flexibility as to how you accomplish that. Like any decent story-led strategy game, XCOM is at it's best when it's giving you clear objectives to work towards, but lets you decide how you'll get there. To this end you're given a base, a squad of soldiers and a monthly budget numbering in the millions - but from there you're on your own. You're cast as a nameless commander for a new anti-alien taskforce assembled by the shadowy Council of Nations and it's your role to investigate and repel an alien invasion. Functionally it's the same too, acting as a reboot for the entire XCOM series.
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