So recently, this relatively inexpensive line of linux handhelds got a massive update to a current linux kernel and some substantial bugfixes to their previously buggy graphics drivers. As a fun little project I ported OpenXcom over, wrote some controller support in, etc. It's a lot of fun playing it on the funky little milled aluminum RG350m.
Anyway, that's not the cool thing. While working on this I was going through the forums and it turns out there's a whole world of total conversion mods for OpenXcom that build on the original game. I've been poking around with The X-Com Files, a sorta drastic expansion over the original game that starts you out with two agents and a car, a couple of scientists, and that's about it. You go around, investigate cults, gangs, cryptids, werewolves, etc. As the name implies it's heavily inspired by the X Files as well, so if you enjoy that show, this is probably the closest you're going to get to it in a management-simulation type of package. Lot of expansions on the original game: dogs, flashlights, lower-tech weapons, etc. Very cool imo. Obligatory screenshot:
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There's also The World of Terrifying Silence, an expansion on the sort of half-baked Terror From the Deep that stays true to its themes while also providing a more complete game experience.
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Probably most famous of the total conversions though is X-Piratez, which is basically like if Xcom were a movie franchise that kept going on for way too long. The premise is that the Xcom organization from the original game has failed, it's the far future, you are a band of mutant woman pirates trying to survive in the postapocalypse. It's one of those things that has been quietly developing for several years with a devoted fanbase and even-more-devoted developers. It's got some pretty horny art direction.
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There's a lot of other stuff out there too. Some rebalance mods, a warhammer 40k inspired one, one where aliens attack during World War 1, soundtrack rearrangements, etc. It's cool stuff. There's also my [RG350m port](https://github.com/uncletrunks/OpenXcom-od) if anyone's got one of those knocking around. Doesn't support the mods that require OpenXcom Extended (yet), but it's still pretty good imo.
