XCOM Enemy Unknown -New-

[wolfeeh]

I am not amused. it said the 11th for weeks. it said the 11th yesterday. so it's changed at some point in the last 24 hours. Grrrrrrrrr. AAAAAAArrrrrrghhhhhhhhhh

 

[old.Tohtori]

If it goes live in the next 1.5h then it's the 11th

 

[Mabs]

I'm just wondering if it will go live tonight tbh.

why wouldnt it ? it released in US with no probs, so its not likely to be pushed back

 

[rynnor]

Its playable now!

 

[ECA]

Team douchebag assembled, Classic Ironman awaits.

 

[Roo Stercogburn]

Only had time for a quick play before coming to work this morning.

GIRLY SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

[opticle]

I have to finish Borderlands 2.. but this is pre-loaded.. and I'm away this weekend

 

[opticle]

Team douchebag assembled, Classic Ironman awaits.

No Cameron ? ^^

 

[Hawkwind]

Liking it so far, although was not amused that triple monitor play was upside down! Had to revert to 1900x1080 single monitor to play the game. Also found when aiming the grenade that the sensitivity is way too high and you wiz across the maps at lightening speed. Tried the scrolling and mouse sensitivty - not helped much, still good game overall so far.

 

[Zarjazz]

Team douchebag assembled, Classic Ironman awaits.

I think I'd recommend a run through on Normal with the tutorial on first Finally a game that is actually ball breaking hard on the higher levels and Classic Ironman ... oh god.

 

[ECA]

I think I'd recommend a run through on Normal with the tutorial on first Finally a game that is actually ball breaking hard on the higher levels and Classic Ironman ... oh god.

Fuck that, 600hrs+ on the original, and I was a fucking god.

Team douchebag did not fare well, all dead apart from mitt romney.
UK Politards is now up and running which is: Johnson, Miliband, Cameron and Clegg.

 

[ECA]

Cleggy got wounded, so I had to put in a sub.

 

[Mabs]

my up-close-and-personal people tend to die , along with the medics who go to help them, everyone else stands back and gets lots of safe xp, yay for the "snipe anything you have LOS to that your team mates can see"

 

[Zarjazz]

my up-close-and-personal people tend to die , along with the medics who go to help them, everyone else stands back and gets lots of safe xp, yay for the "snipe anything you have LOS to that your team mates can see"

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Are you a fan of the Power Rangers or something?

 

[wolfeeh]

Well. What can I say? I waited so long. I was 17 when apocalypse came out. I'm now 32. Was it worth it? Yes. Firaxis, you are gods among men.

 

[ECA]

Apocalypse was shit though.

 

[BloodOmen]

so is it any good? not had time to play it yet because i'm stuck in WoW

 

[cHodAX]

Not long started playing but I am enjoying it alot, it's close enough to the original to feel like X-Com but the refinements actually add to the game. They did good.

 

[ECA]

They did good in a bunch of areas ( research/engineering/selling stuff ) would still prefer time units though.

If you enjoyed the original then you'll prob enjoy this.

 

[cHodAX]

Metacritic is pumping out some good scores from both critics and players, safe to say it is a good game.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/xcom-enemy-unknown

 

[rynnor]

Metacritic is pumping out some good scores from both critics and players, safe to say it is a good game.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/xcom-enemy-unknown

I'm loving it - turned tutorial off and went for classic.

Multiple missions offered where you can only perform one is a real psych and a clever improvement on the original (even if I am about to lose india and argentina - at least the falklands will celebrate ).

 

[Urgat]

Its great. I think itimproves on the origional!

A re make that actually is good!

Whatever next?!?

(fingers crossed that baldurs gate remake is as good)

 

[Shagrat]

If isometric strategy games are dead, this is the best zombie we've ever seen.

what a great line for a review

 

[ECA]

Its great. I think itimproves on the origional!

If it used time units, I would say it was just as good if not better than the original. 2 moves/turn stuff is lame.
You can want to move 2 spaces to full cover but it uses 1/2 your movement..blah. A lot of the tactical l in the original was doing stuff like that, then crouching + reactive shots.

 

[ECA]

Here's a good fucking tip.
Get engineers instead of scientists when you are offered the choice.
You just get fucked if you didn't pick up enough.

 

[Urgat]

Here's a good fucking tip.
Get engineers instead of scientists when you are offered the choice.
You just get fucked if you didn't pick up enough.

Yup, allready noticing that particular shortfall.

 

[wolfeeh]

You think that's bad, I just blew an entire month's budget on a plasma sniper rifle to be fair a) it makes big fuck off holes in aliens and b) you never miss with it.

 

[wolfeeh]

Hmmm wondering if there's an equivalent of the PWT launcher from TFTD. guided nuke goodness!

 

[Zarjazz]

Here's a good fucking tip.
Get engineers instead of scientists when you are offered the choice.
You just get fucked if you didn't pick up enough.

That's what workshops are for

Hmmm wondering if there's an equivalent of the PWT launcher from TFTD. guided nuke goodness!

Yes there is but I got it too late for it to be any use since I only had the last mission left. Christ that was tough. I lost 4 of my uber 6 man squad completing it, and that was with reloads. They'd gone 12 consecutive missions before that unscathed!

 

[wolfeeh]

What I'd like to see is some expanded content for the game that lets you increase the squad size. IIRC you could have up to 26 men coming off the Leviathan Transport Interceptor in XCOM:TFTD. I don't care if you have to research and build a fuckload of stuff to make a new plane to do it. I want moaaaaaar men (and women).

That's what workshops are for



Yes there is but I got it too late for it to be any use since I only had the last mission left. Christ that was tough. I lost 4 of my uber 6 man squad completing it, and that was with reloads. They'd gone 12 consecutive missions before that unscathed!