I believe LSN is a far more direct descendant of the first (and best, IMO) X-Com game, being written by the Gollop Brothers (who were programming and design leads on XCOM:UFO) whereas UFO:AM is a third-party copy[1] homage.
[1]I'm being cruel. While UFO:AM is a fairly obvious re-make of XCOM:UFO, it's a far better re-make than, say, XCOM: Terror From The Deep (which wasn't a sequel, it was the same game with new sprites, only much harder)
(Oh, how embarrassing: I fumbled the HTML on the first comment, and me a professional webby-person. darn. apologies for the repeat to those who get to see it before I delete my goof)
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Date: 2004-03-21 15:51 (UTC)I believe LSN is a far more direct descendant of the first (and best, IMO) X-Com game, being written by the Gollop Brothers (who were programming and design leads on XCOM:UFO) whereas UFO:AM is a third-party copy[1] homage.
[1]I'm being cruel. While UFO:AM is a fairly obvious re-make of XCOM:UFO, it's a far better re-make than, say, XCOM: Terror From The Deep (which wasn't a sequel, it was the same game with new sprites, only much harder)
(Oh, how embarrassing: I fumbled the HTML on the first comment, and me a professional webby-person. darn. apologies for the repeat to those who get to see it before I delete my goof)