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New XCOM 2 previews/hands-ons
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They got adding timers to more missions by listening to the community?
They got adding timers to more missions by listening to the community?
I dunno but it's clear that they're familiar with the overwatch exploits that were so useful in the reboot. I'll have to see how it plays but I like it conceptually.
The RPS preview does a good job explaining how the game likes to take you out of your comfort zone.
this beaglerush stream is great as ever (the bugs introduced by his ini editing are great as well lol)
game seems to be massively improved in the right places; everything turned up to 11 with less "boring" slow phases yet still having plenty of moments in which you'll need to take difficult decisions. In other words, better streamlining of the players' time without making concessions to the depth/strategy aspects
preordered the deluxe version
game seems to be massively improved in the right places; everything turned up to 11 with less "boring" slow phases yet still having plenty of moments in which you'll need to take difficult decisions. In other words, better streamlining of the players' time without making concessions to the depth/strategy aspects
preordered the deluxe version
Shake Appeal
Member
No. If anything, not finishing XCOM better prepares you for XCOM 2.Game looks great. Tempted to get a key somewhere or pre order
Is the story connected to XCOM (meaning, do I have to have finished the story to understand XCOM2?)
Gotta be the lazy thing. Definitely. Lazy devs.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Did I mishear or did Total Biscuit say that every game starts in the same place? Bit of a bummer if true.
Might just be down to the preview build being a preview build, I suppose.
Finished? No.
If you started and got your ass handed to you, you'll be basically caught up.
Might just be down to the preview build being a preview build, I suppose.
Game looks great. Tempted to get a key somewhere or pre order
Is the story connected to XCOM (meaning, do I have to have finished the story to understand XCOM2?)
Finished? No.
If you started and got your ass handed to you, you'll be basically caught up.
From what I've seen the UI has more, smaller buttons and more extensive use of tool tips - making mouse / keyboard ideal. The changes appear to me to be a matter of degrees, so I can't say that controller use would have been impractical, but it definitely would be less ideal than XCom: EU. Given the prevalence of M/K, the absence of a console port, and the small team size, it's unsurprising that they haven't prioritized it.
InsaneElite
Member
Not true if you mean same place on the geoscape. Beaglerush's first campaign on stream started in East Africa, now he's in Mexico on his current campaign.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Can someone mod in controller support? That's how I played the last xcom on pc .
Poodlestrike
Banned
Oh, excellent. I saw Biscuit started in Eastern Europe (or Western Asia, idk), and that somebody else I checked started there, and I misheard the thing, I guess. Good to know!
darkwing-buck
Member
Building my first Gaming PC for this.
I have a slow ass iMac
Poodlestrike
Banned
I'm taking a long, hard look at my financials to figure out if I can squeeze in a laptop upgrade before this comes out. Current rig is a GT750M, which... well, it clears the minimum requirements, if only just.
Incendiary
Banned
Got a new video card just for this game, as otherwise my PC could handle the game fine. Just my video card wasn't up to snuff. First time I'm ever going to take apart a PC, with the help of my roommate.
Worth it for XCOM.
Game looks great. Tempted to get a key somewhere or pre order
Is the story connected to XCOM (meaning, do I have to have finished the story to understand XCOM2?)
You do not. From what I understand in XCOM 2's story
XCOM only managed to shoot down two UFOs and barely scratch the surface of alien tech before one of the Council of Nations or someone sold them out. Every XCOM facility was hit and 99% of its people were killed, captured, or scattered.
decoyplatypus
Member
Damn. I need to start planning to build/buy a machine that will run this.
fvng
Member
Would have loved dog fights in xcom
Askherserenity
Member
Honestly surprised at the amount of new stuff they've added. I can kinda see why they decided to just go PC for now. That map screen looks insane. There's so much more shit going on now.
Ugh, guess I should just pre-order already.
Ugh, guess I should just pre-order already.
Fate/Cipher
Member
Northernlion Plays - XCOM 2 - Episode 1 (pre-release build)
someone streaming now
http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball
http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball
That is Beagle mate, one of the craziest xcom players out.
Also the current desert environment looks awesome, the work put into this sequel is stellar.
Edit: http://au.ign.com/articles/2016/01/07/watch-xcom-2s-new-gatekeeper-alien-in-action
New alien unit if people haven't seen yet.
darkwing-buck
Member
I NEED THIS GAME NOW.
Askherserenity
Member
Nice! Watching now.
Movalpolos
Banned
This is like the only game I feel like playing right now. Dammit.
StrategyFan
Member
They got adding timers to more missions by listening to the community?
i would probably like this game more if every mission had a timer
the original game (edit: i mean firaxis's 1st game, not the original 90s one) was broken because of overwatch + camping. meld fixed almost nothing because you could just grab it (or not) and then finish the rest of the map with overwatch + camping
i suspect this one will also be similarly broken unless they add some time pressure
KyanMehwulfe
Member
Anyone else been in the mood for XCOM because of MGS V?
Not sure why but something about Mother Base and Diamond Dogs makes me want to play XCOM so much.
//edit// Actually, I just had an idea... I need to make an XCOM game based on my Diamond Dogs.
Laughing Wallaby enters Overwatch!
Silent Mastodon, Jackal, and Komodo Dragon to the rescue.
Not sure why but something about Mother Base and Diamond Dogs makes me want to play XCOM so much.
//edit// Actually, I just had an idea... I need to make an XCOM game based on my Diamond Dogs.
Laughing Wallaby enters Overwatch!
Silent Mastodon, Jackal, and Komodo Dragon to the rescue.
Remachinate
Member
Stronghammer22
Member
I liked sitting back and playing Enemy Unknown with a controller, so no controller support for XCOM 2 is a little disappointing. I'll probably use the Steam controller as an alternative. Besides that, everything else looks/sounds amazing and I've already preordered, so I'm super hyped for the game!
StrategyFan
Member
if you just need to emulate a mouse, a remapped controller should work fine for this kind of game
taking an extra second to make precise moves/selections isn't a big deal at all in a turn-based game
taking an extra second to make precise moves/selections isn't a big deal at all in a turn-based game
mr teaspoon
Member
I bought this laptop for school earlier this year. All I needed/wanted it to run was XCOM 2. Knew it wasn't a powerhouse by any means, but hoped the dedicated Nvidia GPU would give me a good shot.
According to official system specs, I'm good on everything except GPU
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Haven't read the previews yet but is this not coming on console? The first one was fun with a crazy twist at the end:
Turns out that your character was being controlled by an alien and that's kind of why you see him in third person
This is not the sequel for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, but for XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It's a Turn Based Strategy game, not a Third Person Shooter.
That's way more enemies then EW defense mission, looked damn good though.
Remachinate
Member
My god, blade-tree Colonel Rangers are siiiiick.
Oublieux
Member
I desperately want to know if modding is available in multiplayer, specifically. On top of the single player campaign in EU/EW, my friends and I spent a huge chunk of time in the multi-player. The downside was that maps became stale and the point system balance wasn't perfect. The latter, in particular, caused a set type of builds to be popularized and somewhat OP. Modding being available in multiplayer would allow for point adjustments and even unit stat adjustments.
I'm grabbing this game regardless, but I am hoping modding crosses over to this aspect as well. There are tons of quotes regarding modding but not whether or not it's limited to single player.
I'm grabbing this game regardless, but I am hoping modding crosses over to this aspect as well. There are tons of quotes regarding modding but not whether or not it's limited to single player.
vakarian32
Member
I finally got around to playing XCOM Enemy Unknown last week, never got into these games in the past and it was sitting in my backlog since 2013.. I know shameful, anyway I finished the campaign (with expansion) just last night, freaking loved it. I am now a huge fan and pre-ordered XCOM 2 from GMG last night, can't wait! Watching some of those videos now, thanks OP.
You finished the campaign? Oh man, you did not got the canon ending for XCOM 2!
Now go back there and lose!
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
So I was a huge fan of the original XCOM (even rather enjoyed Interceptor), and I have owned XCOM EU for seemingly forever, but never tried it out for whatever reason.
Even though I am in the middle of several games right now, against my better judgment, this thread caused me to boot this up.
Holy hell, its got it's hooks in again. They really nailed the classic XCOM feel. Really impressed thus far.
That said I have just now arrived at my first "terror attack" by the aliens. I did pretty well the first go around, but my favorite soldier died, so I loaded a previous save. Now I can't for the life of me get troops prepared for the terror attack. But I am worried if I don't attempt the mission I will lose support from the counsel. Now going into the terror attack I have all rook soldiers (my good ones are mending their wounds.). All I have as far as gear is a few Nano Weave suits and some medpacs.
Any tips?
Even though I am in the middle of several games right now, against my better judgment, this thread caused me to boot this up.
Holy hell, its got it's hooks in again. They really nailed the classic XCOM feel. Really impressed thus far.
That said I have just now arrived at my first "terror attack" by the aliens. I did pretty well the first go around, but my favorite soldier died, so I loaded a previous save. Now I can't for the life of me get troops prepared for the terror attack. But I am worried if I don't attempt the mission I will lose support from the counsel. Now going into the terror attack I have all rook soldiers (my good ones are mending their wounds.). All I have as far as gear is a few Nano Weave suits and some medpacs.
Any tips?
Vigilant Walrus
Member
I'm not sure if its a good idea I play this. This might take too much time. The first one.. It consumed me. I stopped being a person. I was sucked into the ethernal plane. I almost lost myself. Surely my life will be ruined if I engage in this.
When you lose a squad member in XCOM, it is not like other games. In other games your men return to you. In this one.. I lost my guys on a mission after 20 hours of gameplay. They were litteraly a part of my family and then they died. All of them. In one stupid PIECE OF SHIT MISSION.
WHY DIDNT THEY SEND BACKUP? THEY LEFT US THERE TO DIE. Only the medic returned with one health.
When you lose a squad member in XCOM, it is not like other games. In other games your men return to you. In this one.. I lost my guys on a mission after 20 hours of gameplay. They were litteraly a part of my family and then they died. All of them. In one stupid PIECE OF SHIT MISSION.
WHY DIDNT THEY SEND BACKUP? THEY LEFT US THERE TO DIE. Only the medic returned with one health.
Terror missions are a notorious difficulty spike. If all you got are rookies, then the tip is to not have all rookies, lol.
Don't get overly eager to save civilians, as matter of fact, I feel like it is best to ignore them, you don't need to save them during the mission for them to be rescued, they just need to be alive after you kill every alien.
At the same time, it is probably the mission where you worry less about cover (because crysalids will melee you anyway), so try to have everyone advance in a pack and end every turn on an overwatch.
A surviving crysalid can start a spiral of failure if you let them kill a single soldier, because then that soldier will turn into a zombie, which are not that easy to kill. So spare nothing dealing with them; forget those medkits and nano weave suits (just for this mission) and replace them with grenades. Rocket are the ideal thing here, but since you don't have them, those rookies will have to chug grenades to those crysalids as if... well, their lives do depend on it I guess.
So, in short, move in a tight pack, but don't rush, end turns on overwatch, civilians will die, you won't get a perfect score, but you don't have a perfect composition either.
It's not that crysalids are weak against grenades, but they do tend to move in a pack, so AoE attacks are essential; grenades are your only AoE attack right now, so use them. Killing them is a priority.
And if any of your soldier's die, don't worry, they're not part of your family, they are parte of Walrus' family, so they're expendable.