Video Game Book Club -- Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense by David Craddock

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Published on October 25, 2021 8:20:11 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PwgLtQSgRg

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X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)

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Monsters in the Dark: The Making of X-COM: UFO Defense is a very good book. David tells the story leading up to the first X-COM game, and the development of the first three games. There were a lot of things I never really thought about, and it brought up a lot of memories of playing the games.

I think the most interesting story for me was how X-COM was cancelled. The head office at MicroProse didn’t believe in the game. Instead of going ahead and stopping work on the game, they kept working on it until there was a need for a new game. I was also surprised with the speed of Terror from the Deep’s development and release. I know it was just a re-skin, but I never thought about how quickly it came out after the first game.

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