Xcom is coming back to the world of gaming, but the turn-based series has been changed into a first-person shooter that looks like many other games already available. It may be great, but fans of the series feel strongly that something has been lost. In a recent interview, the president of 2K Games explains that while people love the franchise, they had to do something with it—and a strategy game didn't feel like a good fit.

In fact, strategy games just aren't contemporary, so they had to change it up, just as Ray Charles would be crafting songs in the style of Kanye West, were he alive today. Yes, this was the argument.

"The '90s generation of gamers all love Xcom and we own the IP, so we thought OK, what do we do with it? Every studio we had wanted to do it and each one had its own spin on it," Christoph Hartmann, the president of 2K Games, told MCV. "But the problem was that turn-based strategy games were no longer the hottest thing on planet Earth. But this is not just a commercial thing—strategy games are just not contemporary."

Just as a brief aside, you can read our review of Civilization V, which was published by 2K Games and released this year, because we enjoyed it. But let's move along to explore why Ray Charles would have turned into Kanye West.

"I use the example of music artists. Look at someone old school like Ray Charles. If he would make music today it would still be Ray Charles, but he would probably do it more in the style of Kanye West," he said. "Bringing Ray Charles back is all fine and good, but it just needs to move on, although the core essence will still be the same."

So that's what they did, they brought back a beloved series and put it "in line with what this generation of gamers wants." This was likely a good move from a commercial point of view, as much as 2K wants to deny that was the only consideration, and should help sales. The problem is that we have yet another first-person shooter coming to market, and few-to-no turn-based strategy titles. I think I may sit out Xcom and continue to play Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars on my 3DS.