So, this game comes out next week, Tuesday for the U.S. and Friday for the rest of the world. A little background on it if you haven't heard of it. Aliens are invading the world and it's up to you, the leader of the organization known as Xcom, along with an alliance of multiple other nations providing funding to stop the alien threats by commanding your own soldiers you can name and customize on a battlefield against a multitude of aliens whilst managing your resources in a base in which you decide how it develops.
Anyone other than me excited for this? Just check youtube for some game play videos on it, they'll be the first ones you see.
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I hope it matches (if not surpasses) the sheer awesomeness of the original.
I think it'll at least match it, I'm really psyched for it though, and the fact that they kept perma-death is really encouraging to me. I look forward to losing my most valuable unit to lowly sectoid getting a lucky shot off, relishing every second of that turn of events.
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So, who's been playing? I have to say, they captured quite a bit of the original's magic. I'm loving it so far. I just had my first terror mission and encountered chryssalids. Only one squad member survived.
I beat the game the other day. No casualties, yet still very challenging. I'd rate it highly. It's a fantastic game, and reminds me of an age of gaming I almost forgot the feeling of.
I beat the game the other day. No casualties, yet still very challenging. I'd rate it highly. It's a fantastic game, and reminds me of an age of gaming I almost forgot the feeling of.
Did you play on easy or reload a lot?? I'm just on normal and lose soldiers every once in a while just due to random chance.
Did you play on easy or reload a lot?? I'm just on normal and lose soldiers every once in a while just due to random chance.
I played on normal and only reloaded once.
What I did was name all my squad members after people I know. That kept me from letting them die. Sadly, right at the beginning of the game, the character I named after my wife got multi-crit and died. That was the only time I ever reloaded.
I'm thinking of going back and playing it again on classic ironman, but I might wait for some DLC to come out first.
So I'm getting near the end of the game. I started off very impressed with this X-Com remake, but, I'm already starting to get a bit bored of it. The whole game feels terribly scripted with seemingly few choices for how to proceed.
Soldier outfitting - Wait, are there seriously less weapons than the original? Even then, each class only has access to a few of those. Then, I can only carry a single extra item? So much for debating over extra ammo, grenades, spare weapons, or a sparse load out to increase speed.
Tactical - Run from cover to cover to cover, anything else? Oh yeah, forget about using those grenades or rockets except in absolutely dire situations. They destroy a necessary resource that I'm always lacking. Speaking of...
Geoscape - Why am I so restricted on the amount and type of missions I take? Even if I take every single mission offered, I'm low on resources. In the original I had to debate whether or not to attack targets based on personal readiness. I was never excited that a UFO finally appeared.
Still a pretty good game, I just had to gripe somewhere about the shortcomings.
I played through the slingshot pack and I have to say this is one of my favorite games of all time. I've beaten it four times and have put a good 50 hours in it.
Reusing an old thread since I don't want to start a new one.
WOO XCOM 2 ANNOUNCED! WOOOOO!
Looks like it's going to be set in an Earth occupied by the aliens, with XCOM operatives striving to liberate humanity. Apparently it'll feature proceedurally generated levels, snakemen, and modding support.
Anyone other than me excited for this? Just check youtube for some game play videos on it, they'll be the first ones you see.
I think it'll at least match it, I'm really psyched for it though, and the fact that they kept perma-death is really encouraging to me. I look forward to losing my most valuable unit to lowly sectoid getting a lucky shot off, relishing every second of that turn of events.
Did you play on easy or reload a lot?? I'm just on normal and lose soldiers every once in a while just due to random chance.
I played on normal and only reloaded once.
What I did was name all my squad members after people I know. That kept me from letting them die. Sadly, right at the beginning of the game, the character I named after my wife got multi-crit and died. That was the only time I ever reloaded.
I'm thinking of going back and playing it again on classic ironman, but I might wait for some DLC to come out first.
Soldier outfitting - Wait, are there seriously less weapons than the original? Even then, each class only has access to a few of those. Then, I can only carry a single extra item? So much for debating over extra ammo, grenades, spare weapons, or a sparse load out to increase speed.
Tactical - Run from cover to cover to cover, anything else? Oh yeah, forget about using those grenades or rockets except in absolutely dire situations. They destroy a necessary resource that I'm always lacking. Speaking of...
Geoscape - Why am I so restricted on the amount and type of missions I take? Even if I take every single mission offered, I'm low on resources. In the original I had to debate whether or not to attack targets based on personal readiness. I was never excited that a UFO finally appeared.
Still a pretty good game, I just had to gripe somewhere about the shortcomings.
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Reusing an old thread since I don't want to start a new one.
WOO XCOM 2 ANNOUNCED! WOOOOO!
Looks like it's going to be set in an Earth occupied by the aliens, with XCOM operatives striving to liberate humanity. Apparently it'll feature proceedurally generated levels, snakemen, and modding support.
http://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-2-announced-is-pc-exclusive/
On a side note, I like XCOM Enemy Within with the Long War mod.
Seriously can't wait for XCOM 2, looked so good in the trailer, lets just hope it holds out!
Played the heck out of Enemy Unknown because I got it for free, wasn't expecting it to be so good.