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XCOM 2 is out, OK, THIS TIME FOR REAL

Started by Pedrito, December 10, 2015, 03:38:14 PM

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DGuller

#15
February 04, 2016, 01:34:19 PM
I think base building was a pretty interesting part of the game as well, especially in the Long War mod.  In the base game it had too much of snowballing effect to it, so that part should've been fixed.

Iormlund

#16
February 04, 2016, 05:38:42 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on February 03, 2016, 09:05:07 PM
Game comes out Friday. The reviews are overwhelmingly positive and totalbiscuit seems to love it. Basically saying its going to be the best game of the year - and it just started  :lol:

https://youtu.be/W1dLGihV0No?t=43m10s (minor gameplay spoilers, showing enemies and unit abilities)

Fuck, I should not have watched that review.

Now my gf is mad because I seem to be more excited about a game than seeing her after a week apart.  :blush:

Razgovory

#17
February 04, 2016, 09:34:06 PM
I'm going to hold off on this one a while.  Two reasons, money's been tight, and when I get a new good game I don't search for a job as hard as I should.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

katmai

#18
February 04, 2016, 11:01:03 PM
Ulmont is a haxxor. <_<
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Syt

#19
February 06, 2016, 12:38:57 PM
 :lol: Third mission (VIP rescue) was already a brilliant disaster. Sniper, Specialist and two Rookies. They make good progress, but then I botch it. Sniper gets mind controlled and shoots the specialist. After that, a zombie kills the specialist. The Rookies panic and shoot the sniper. The following turn they take out the remaining baddies, but they miss extraction by one turn and are now captives. :lol:
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Pedrito

#20
February 06, 2016, 12:42:55 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 04, 2016, 05:46:52 AM
I'm not sure I will buy on release, though. I still have other stuff to get through first.
....aaaand you're the first to post about playing the game  :lol:  :hug:

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Syt

#21
February 06, 2016, 01:09:18 PM
 :blush:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Syt

#22
February 06, 2016, 01:16:40 PM
Nice touch, btw: in some missions there's holographic displays in the streets with announcements from the alien regime. I was zoomed in on one of my squad members when I noticed that among the announcements are mugshots of your soldiers. :lol:

My currently most successful team mate:



Had she been Mexican I would have renamed her Vazquez. -_-
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—Stephen Jay Gould

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Grey Fox

#23
February 06, 2016, 01:44:40 PM
80$ !

:(
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

garbon

#24
February 06, 2016, 02:22:25 PM
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Syt

#25
February 06, 2016, 02:36:13 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 06, 2016, 01:44:40 PM
80$ !

:(

What? It's €49.99 here (64.99 with season pass for expansions).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

DGuller

#26
February 06, 2016, 02:40:49 PM
Can you rescue your captured soldiers, or do they go into vats and dissolve?  My best and cutest specialist was exactly one tile short of the extraction zone with 1 turn to go.  :frusty:

Syt

#27
February 06, 2016, 02:53:27 PM
User reviews are currently "Mostly Positive" on Steam. Most common complaints are:
- performance issues (I find it runs fine and without notable stutter on "High" settings on GTX 770 with 3GB RAM, though I guess it's a bit far from 60 FPS)
- some graphical glitches (TB mentioned in his video that e.g. the action zoom in camera can be wonky; also, if you hated the clipping in the first game - it's not fixed)
- turn limits - several of the early missions give you a (pretty tight) turn limit to reach a certain objective; there are already mods tweaking/disabling them
- some other bugs (e.g. enemies occasionally ignoring walls)
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Grey Fox

#28
February 06, 2016, 02:53:27 PM
Quote from: Syt on February 06, 2016, 02:36:13 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on February 06, 2016, 01:44:40 PM
80$ !

:(

What? It's €49.99 here (64.99 with season pass for expansions).

That's the Canadian price.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Syt

#29
February 06, 2016, 02:53:57 PM
Quote from: DGuller on February 06, 2016, 02:40:49 PM
Can you rescue your captured soldiers, or do they go into vats and dissolve?  My best and cutest specialist was exactly one tile short of the extraction zone with 1 turn to go.  :frusty:

TB mentioned that he rescued one of his captured soldiers later in the game.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.
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