This week I was asked about what it is about xcur that I see everywhere.
Honestly, I don’t know. It has to do with the way the game’s world works, but that’s just it. A couple of people had asked me why I thought it was so “different” to how the games were made.
That’s a long story; however, I think I know why they thought it was so different. Just because someone has told you that it’s different, makes it more fun.
xcur was one of the first games I ever saw in the beginning of the Xbox 360 generation. It was the first console game I ever played that was not a sports game (I still remember the first time I played the game). I was so young and thought it was so fun. I wanted to do all the things it required (including playing it for a few days before actually playing it, but I didnt).
xcur was released in the summer of 2000 when most of your friends would be having their first date and a bunch of other people were going to a birthday party, not having play time. But it was so fun that you could play it for a few hours a day and not get bored. I remember I wanted to play it for days. It was so much fun and I still play it over a decade later.
xcur is the first game set in the future to use the Quake-meets-Dystopian-meets-whatever-it-was Doom-meets-whatever-it-was time loop. It’s a game that feels like an old-school FPS, but with a futuristic setting and a time loop. It’s not a game that will hold your attention for long.
xcur is actually not a time loop game. Its set in our future, and our future is very different than what we’re currently living in. But while it felt like a time loop game, it was actually very interesting. I remember being bored for a few hours every day. It was so much fun.
And, while Doom may not be an FPS-esque game, its definitely not an action-packed game either. It’s more of a puzzle game, and its actually a lot of fun to play. Its very obvious that the developers have been working on it for quite a while.
The fact that its a puzzle game isn’t terribly surprising, because this is a game about time-looping. The game’s main character Colt Vahn has been a man in a coma since his mind was stolen by a gang of Visionaries. While the game’s not really about combat, its about managing your time so that you can complete the Visionaries’ challenges.
It looks like the games is going to be a lot more strategy than just a puzzle game, but its still a puzzle game. So yeah, it looks as fun and as addictive as ever. The fact that the developers have been working on this for a while is probably a good sign, because it’s a game about time-looping.