UFO:Afterlight(Now Released)

[Mem]

Homepage.

Download of video trailers etc...

The game is looking good,no starforce protection ,so another big bonus,also release date is supposed to be February 9th.

Widescreen resolutions has been confirmed supported(at the forums).

HW requirements
Minimum

* MS Windows® XP or 2000
* Intel Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon 1GHz
* 512 MB RAM
* nVidia® GeForce? 5700 or ATI Radeon® 9500
* MS DirectX® 9.0 compatible soundcard
* 4 GB free hard disk space
* DVD ROM drive
* MS DirectX® 9.0c

Recommended

* MS Windows® XP or 2000
* Intel Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon 2GHz
* 768 MB RAM
* nVidia® GeForce? 6600 or ATI Radeon® 9700 Pro
* MS DirectX® 9.0 compatible soundcard
* 4 GB free hard disk space
* DVD ROM drive
* MS DirectX® 9.0c

Preview@worthplaying

UFO: Afterlight is turn-based 3D strategy game of exploration, research, development, and survival. This is the third game in a series developed by a team called Altar Games. (The preceding titles were UFO: Aftermath and UFO: Aftershock.) As you might have guessed, Afterlight continues the story, after a fashion.

You are placed in control of a tiny (and I really mean tiny!) seed-colony of humans on Mars. As the introductory cinematic explains, 50 years previously the earth was invaded by a race known as the Reticulans.

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[aka1nas]

Oooh, I didn't realize it was coming so soon. Glad they ditched Starforce on this one.

 

[ROTC1983]

So happy that they ditched Starforce...friggin evil program.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: ROTC1983
So happy that they ditched Starforce...friggin evil program.

But StarForce prevents pirating and helps keep legitimate users honest, it is like mana from heaven for the publishers and the consumer will never notice that it is there like a watchful mother ever vigilant so that one cannot be corrupted.

 

[MustISO]

Wonder if they're going to use SecureRom7.

Even the starforce games have been cracked. I'm all for protections but when it interferes with the legitimate users then it shouldn't be used.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Why did they go all cartoony though? I definitely prefer the more realistic look of Aftershock.

 

[Mem]

Dethfrumbelo there's a thread on the graphics here ,personally I think they look ok,gameplay will be the key.

 

[skace]

Is there going to be a demo? As much as I want this game, I'm not convinced how good it will end up being.

 

[lozina]

cool, now I will buy it. I ain't putting starforce on my computer. F that.

 

[Mem]

skace:Yes a demo is planned very near release date,according to info at their forums.

 

[Mem]

UK members can pre-order for £17.99 from here .

 

[lozina]

whats coming out first, ufo afterlight or ufo extraterrestrials?

 

[Mem]

whats coming out first, ufo afterlight or ufo extraterrestrials?

In theory Afterlight is ,release date is anyway from 9th to 16th depending where you go,Extraterrestrials has a release date of 28th Feb.

 

[apoppin]

how were the earlier 2 games in the series? ... i see they are below bargain bin prices

worth playing?

. . . and i am no longer worrying about StarFarce/SecureCrap ... all these "infected" games and programs will end up 'together' --on a separate HD.

 

[Mem]

how were the earlier 2 games in the series? ... i see they are below bargain bin prices

worth playing?

appoppin ,the first 2 were decent,2nd one(Aftershock) added research etc ,first one was harder gameplay wise IMHO,however there were demo's available for both of them so try the demo's.


Aftermath demo.

Aftershock demo.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Yeah, these games are not for everyone. Have you ever played Jagged Alliance? Think that except with aliens - a semi-realtime tactical squad game with base-building/research done on a global map.

Definitely try the demo first.

I liked the tactical combat of Aftershock, but it got extremely repetitive in final stretch. And yes, I actually managed to get to the moon and finish it.

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: apoppin
how were the earlier 2 games in the series? ... i see they are below bargain bin prices

worth playing?

. . . and i am no longer worrying about StarFarce/SecureCrap ... all these "infected" games and programs will end up 'together' --on a separate HD.

AFAIK, it does not matter what HD you install them on because starforce messes with your operating system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarForce

 

[apoppin]

thanks ... not my cup of tea

i am finishing NWN2, have PREY [*beautiful game*], , FEAR's Xpack, Gun, Kts of the Nine, Fable LC, even HL2's CH1, FC's Matto 4 [3-2-1] all *first* ... ahead of any demo [which is a PitA to D/L over dial-up]


that's why i depend on you guys


thinking back, '06 was an excellent year for PC gamers ... unless you *restricted* yourself to FPS ... then they were few and far-in-between and the ones that were were short and many were *continuations* of earlier games ... little 'new' besides PREY

and i can't get over the gfx in PREY ... it is the pinnacle of what the D3 engine can do ... leaps and bounds ahead of Q4 [at least in the beginning]

 

[Mem]

Minor news update:they have added support,fan and buy sections to homepage.


Buy section here has quite a few pre-order and buy sites from different countries.

Countries listed in Pre-order and buy are,
Australia
Czechia
Denmark
Germany
Ireland
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom.

 

[lozina]

UFO: Afterlight will be available to purchase and download online just a few weeks after hitting the shelves.

bah i hate these kind of moves.

 

[Mem]

lozina:I'm sure you should be able to find a US retail store that will be selling the game on day of release.


Remember it does say,

Do you know about another site in your country where to order UFO: Afterlight? Let us know at info@altargames.com. We will list them here.

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[Cheetah8799]

Thanks for the heads up on this. I forgot it was coming out.

It's a rough month for me. WoW expansion is out, which eats up all my time. I also bought a copy of NWN2 which I haven't touched yet. And now this one is coming... woe is me

 

[imported_FishTaco]

UFO Afterlight demo released today.

http://files.filefront.com/UFO+Afterlight+Demo/;6558315;;/fileinfo.html

A public demo offering ten game-days of sci-fi strategy and action. It is fully featured, and allows you to play 5 randomly generated missions.

 

[ixelion]

PLayed the demo thought it was just ok for some reason the game pauses every time a character tells you something. WHile controlling 4-5 characters the game will pause 4-5 times to let you know something has happened kinda annoying.

Overall though seems like a good game for fans of this kind of thing.

 

[Mem]

PLayed the demo thought it was just ok for some reason the game pauses every time a character tells you something. WHile controlling 4-5 characters the game will pause 4-5 times to let you know something has happened kinda annoying.

Going by memory you could disable that in the earlier UF0 games,being a demo you won't have that many options,expect the full game to allow that to be disabled.