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Thanks for the codes. The first one worked for me, the second one didn't. Maybe one is for the US and one for Europe.
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XCOM 2 (PC/Mac/Linux, Firaxis, November 2015) announced [Up: New info/screens in OP]
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Thanks for the codes. The first one worked for me, the second one didn't. Maybe one is for the US and one for Europe.
TC McQueen
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If you've got a GMG account, Deluxe with the 27% off code. You get everything Firaxis is putting out in the first half of this year in one nice package & don't have to worry about A) hoping 2K puts a big discount on the season pass during the Summer Sale (which might not happen, given how Steam sale discounts are getting smaller) or B) pirating the digital OST if you want it later, since 2K doesn't sell them separately.
Looked through this thread and didn't find this so here are the Mac specs:
Mac System Requirements
OS: Mac OS X 10.11.1
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel
RAM: 4GB
Graphics: 1GB Nvidia 650M or later, AMD 7xxx series or later and Intel Iris Pro.
Input: Keyboard & Multi-button Mouse
From:http://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/215908468-XCOM-2-System-Requirements
Mac System Requirements
OS: Mac OS X 10.11.1
Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel
RAM: 4GB
Graphics: 1GB Nvidia 650M or later, AMD 7xxx series or later and Intel Iris Pro.
Input: Keyboard & Multi-button Mouse
From:http://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/215908468-XCOM-2-System-Requirements
Psychoward
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Am I going crazy or is that lower than the PC requirements? I have a 2.4ghz i7 intel processor, 8gb of ram and a 930m and yet my processor and GPU don't meet the PC requirements. I guess that's good news for me?
darkwing-buck
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XCOM 2 BABY WOOO CAN'T WAIT
Man, right now I can't see how this game can fail. I can see how Dark Souls can end up not being good; but even excluding the "mods will fix it", this game basically has one CG trailer and the rest are all just pure gameplay videos where everything looks amazing.
It's one of the most straightforwards marketing campaigns I've seen. They basically gave the game to people and said "play it and record it for the rest of the world to see it" and... it looks right. It looks like a very fun game.
Hard not to get hyped.
It's one of the most straightforwards marketing campaigns I've seen. They basically gave the game to people and said "play it and record it for the rest of the world to see it" and... it looks right. It looks like a very fun game.
Hard not to get hyped.
Psychoward
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Yeah, it's very reassuring that they basically gave the game to dedicated players 2 or 3 months early to play in full and all impressions have been positive.
At worst it's a slightly improved EU/EW with better customization which is fine by me.
Yes.
More_Badass
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Any links to those early impressions?
There are so many of the things that it's hard to just link to a couple. My favorite were the videos that Northernlion did and uploaded to his YouTube channel. Unfortunately he didn't put them in a playlist so you have to scroll down a bit. Beaglerush as well. Firaxis has also done some really good dev livestreams on Twitch over the last month that show off some additional gameplay.
It's significantly lower. My guess is that Firaxis just wants to cover their butt with the Windows system requirements. I have a 650M on my laptop, and I don't think there'll be much difference between running it on OSX and on Windows.
Might be worth mentioning that they were not given exactly the full game; it stops after 3 months or something. But in those 3 months, it's basically the complete game minus some balance changes they might have done in the past month.
And since the streamers can't show cutscenes, there's not really spoilers either (unless you count seeing units and enemies as spoilers). Anyway, the point is that maybe somehow the middle to late game might suck, but those impressions of the early games are amazing.
Something that worries me and im sure its totally wrong, I was watching the totalbiscuit video of the preview build and he said that he had 12 hours and that red bar on the worldmap that I assume indicates when the aliens win was almost full... I dont want a 15-20 hour xcom 
Something that worries me and im sure its totally wrong, I was watching the totalbiscuit video of the preview build and he said that he had 12 hours and that red bar on the worldmap that I assume indicates when the aliens win was almost full... I dont want a 15-20 hour xcom
I hope this isn't true
Psychoward
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Something that worries me and im sure its totally wrong, I was watching the totalbiscuit video of the preview build and he said that he had 12 hours and that red bar on the worldmap that I assume indicates when the aliens win was almost full... I dont want a 15-20 hour xcom
But if it was close to the aliens almost winning then that just means he failed it in 15-20 hours? considering i've wiped squads on classic in the very first mission of EW that's not too shabby
Like I said im sure its a wrong assertion, but it still jumped out at me
I'm nearly certain that they've said that certain missions help thwart the avatar project, which reduces the bar. And I know I've seen Dark Events that specifically raise it so you can target those to keep it down at the expense of the others. I'm not too worried about it for now.
Something that worries me and im sure its totally wrong, I was watching the totalbiscuit video of the preview build and he said that he had 12 hours and that red bar on the worldmap that I assume indicates when the aliens win was almost full... I dont want a 15-20 hour xcom
Seems like he was losing the game. :X
Maybe he just ignored the dark events that focused on the avatar project (is that how it is called the red bar of failure?) because of reasons.
I think one early thing to learn as new players might be how to juggle dark events since the ones that don't advance the aliens project are usually very very bad gameplay wise, like making their reinforcements better or giving their units some kind of bonus or something. I can totally see someone, like, over-ignoring certain dark events.
Edit: I mean, ok, that's how I can see this game failling; somehow the mid and/or late game being horrible, because that's the part of the game we haven't seen yet; but devs have specifically addressed this, so... I'm still confident.
iDigitalTimes said:
It's actually a weird quote to excite me. lol. "Yeah, I'll never have the upper hand and everything will always be horrible! All right! Just what I wanted!"
Substandard
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They are not a key selling site, although they have some key selling tendencies. It specifically says that the source of the XCOM 2 keys is 2k on the pre-order page.
If they get them via shady grey market intermediaries they say "Authorised Distributor" for the source. I think all of their Ubisoft keys are via resellers.
LurkerPrime
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I didn't notice that "underdog" quote before. Sounds amazing in the best-worst way possible.
Jake Solomon & co. just get it. I love it.
Jake Solomon & co. just get it. I love it.
BoosterDuck
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But the embargo lifts tomorrow morning, Firaxis gotta make sure everyone does their research on this game.
Like a real strategy game, see what they're doing?
GrantDaNasty
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Picked up a copy of XCOM 2 (alongside Rise of the Tomb Raider) off GMG with the 25% off code. Can't wait until Friday!
Green Card
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How will the fact that I won't be buying dlc affect matchmaking/online for the game? How is the online for the first one / this one if anyone has played it? Currently playing the campaign for the first one and I'm hooked. Finally bought it because of the humble bundle.
Wait, this has multiplayer?
Pretty sure it can go up AND down. Also, mods.Something that worries me and im sure its totally wrong, I was watching the totalbiscuit video of the preview build and he said that he had 12 hours and that red bar on the worldmap that I assume indicates when the aliens win was almost full... I dont want a 15-20 hour xcom
Poodlestrike
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This new trend of games coming out in the usual european day (friday) as opposed to tuesdays is so bizarre.
Im in europe btw so...feel our pain I guess?
Friday makes more sense, tho.
Can jump straight into the game.
LurkerPrime
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Speaking of TotalBiscuit, his preview video on XCOM 2 gives a great overview of the basic stuff I've been wondering about, like PC options and squad customisation.
Dude's always been good at covering the basics that others gloss over.
Of course. The first one did, too.
It's squad vs. squad-styled competitive stuff, not co-op or anything so don't get your hopes up.
Dude's always been good at covering the basics that others gloss over.
Of course. The first one did, too.
It's squad vs. squad-styled competitive stuff, not co-op or anything so don't get your hopes up.
Multiplayer was never the focus of the series, and while EU/EW had it, it's buggy and very few people played it. It's kind of fun to mess around in with a friend, though. The DLC shouldn't affect the online content if the multiplayer's going to be like in EU/EW.
so according to systemrequirementslab.com I can't run xcom 2. I have heard that sometime they get it wrong so I was wondering if some who is knowledgeable about this stuff could help me out . I have a GeForce GTX 550 Ti and it says that i need at least a GTX 460.
so do i meet the requirements or not?
so do i meet the requirements or not?
Can't use codes on VIP stuff
The Mac system requirements are listed as a 650M - significantly lower than the minimum for Windows. My guess is that you'll be able to run the game fine, and that Firaxis is inflating the minimum requirements to cover their butts. That's just my own conclusion, though - I'm not very knowledgeable about these things, so take it with a grain of salt.
What's the point of VIP then? Using the code on the regular Digital Deluxe edition comes out to be a few dollars cheaper...
Usually the available codes are only 20%. And besides its all a marketing thing anyway, to make you feel special or something.
It was useful when they were still doing the store credit for achievements thing since you can't use credit and coupons together.
mother of god
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remember how we all thought xcom was as good as dead when the FPS reboot trailer leaked
good times
good times
Didn't someone at 2K say that turn-based games were dead and we should deal with it?
SkyTurnsRed
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Anyone know the review embargo date?
In about 7 hours I think.
mr teaspoon
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940M here, I hope you're right! I mentioned this earlier, but I like to think that if my machine could run EW/EU on medium-high settings, it ought to be good to go for XCOM 2.
LurkerPrime
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2K said it thus:
The crazy thing is that XCOM: EU was in development when he said this.mcvuk.com said:
Declassified began development in 2006, and XCOM: EU in 2008. It took a while before either got off the ground. Firaxis had a lot of trouble nailing down the core gameplay--the geoscape and TU systems especially. They went through many revisions and Jake Solomon, the lead designer, was reaching his wit's end on how to do it... eventually figuring things out. Meanwhile, Declassified was in some form of development hell this entire time, being a Bioshockalike, then a Mass Effect 2alike, until finally 2K decided to get it out the door no matter what. XCOM: EU ended up releasing in 2012, and Declassified in 2013; we know how the rest goes...
All of this is assuming my memory and Wikipedia are to be believed.
It could've all gone so differently. XCOM (later Declassified) could've been the true death of the franchise, but instead it was all but separated from the core franchise--renamed and forgotten--while XCOM: EU resurrected the series, and also strategy games (in a way).
It's been quite a journey to get here.
Three years ago, Polygon published a fantastic article about this and XCOM EU development.
http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/31/3928710/making-of-xcoms-jake-solomon-firaxis-sid-meier
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