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Halfway Looks Like Pixelated Strategy Gaming Heaven

Only in alpha, Halfway is a dash of XCOM, a sprinkle of Aliens, and a whole lotta wonderful looking 2D.

Sep. 24 2013

Posted by: Patrick

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Intredasting...

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Looks like something I want to play - btw, what platforms? What OS?

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Edited By weegieanawrench

Shit, I'd play it for the soundtrack alone, and I think the gameplay looks good. The music reminds me a little of Crusader: No Remorse.

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Ooh, me likey.

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looks pretty sweet.

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@donpixel said:

Looks like something I want to play - btw, what platforms? What OS?

According to their website:

Halfway will be released on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux later this year. We’re looking at a potential tablet release later.

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Seems like it could be really cool, XCOM totally awakened a longing for more strategy games in me.

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Oh man this looks fantastic.

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Wow.

Please come to iOS. I mean I'd play this on PC but I feel like I would play it TO DEATH on a mobile platform.

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This looks super awesome! And the music is absolutely fantastic! Can we please have more soundtracks like this and not generic-ass orchestral scores?

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Yes please. This gives me nostalgia of early 90s tactics games, but a lot less clunky.

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The dev blog says later this year!

http://robotality.com/blog/

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This looks interesting, but so far it's just deciding from where you want to shoot. No abilities are what have you. Seems a little superficial so far. I'll keep an eye on it though. Big fan of XCOM.

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Great music! I can't wait to see more.

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If the combat gets a lot more complicated and there's some good character customization then count me in.

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This trailer just cemented the fact that I really like the RGB split video effect

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Yep, all the way interested in this.

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I think I am just gonna wait for that XCOM expansion.

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The way I see it... XCOM already exists. The pixel art is sweet though.

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Hard to tell what is happening...

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Looks cool but the constant camera movement is making me dizzy.

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I'm still just waiting for the renaissance of turn based tactical games to move away from shooting-based games like XCOM, this, and Shadowrun and back into a proper turn-based Pathfinder or D&D game.

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No tricking me this time, indie game. I'm waiting for the Vita version and only buying once.

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Seems like a mix of Chaos Engine meets XCOM meets Alien Breed: Tower Assault with a touch of Dreamweb for the environment detail.

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That looks awesome! Really digging the style too.

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Looks sweet.

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As annoyed as I sometimes get about applying pixel art to every damn game, I could totally go for more scifi TBS.

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Hard to tell what is happening...

Wha? How so? It's just units moving, taking cover, and shooting... right?

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Looks pretty sweet.

Characters and some environmental stuff looks pretty Chaos Engine-y.
Combat reminds me of X-com. All good influences in my book!

Also, they've showed off their level editor which they will be releasing a little after the game. Awesome!

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This looks fantastic. If they add a little more depth to the combat it would be even better. Aside from the simple looking combat, the art style and music are very pleasing.