New X-COM game coming . . . and it's turn based strategy!

[Duque de Bragança]

Even more X-COM fun for the winter:
Enemy Within

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/21/xcom-enemy-within-announced-tons-of-details

For starters:

First and foremost, Firaxis is addressing a couple of XCOM fans' most vocal complaints: you'll now be able to have French soldiers speaking French (among others, courtesy of allowing us to access localized voice files), and we'll see around 40 additional maps combined with Enemy Unknown's 80. That number will include UFO crash maps in urban and rural environments, instead of just forest. Will there be an XCOM base-defense mission? Firaxis didn't say no... which means almost certainly yes.

We're also getting a fifth class of soldier: the Mech trooper. But this isn't a class you're born into like the existing Assault, Support, Heavy, and Sniper - this is one that, after the proper facility is built, you can move any soldier into. He or she will lose all of their current class abilities, but gets to choose from a whole new ability tree up to their existing rank.

[Ed Anger]

Serb soldiers must speak SERB!

[Duque de Bragança]

Serb soldiers must speak SERB!

You'll get Polish and Russian so Serbs will be happy at least

[Warspite]

Serb soldiers must speak SERB!

Can we equip them with sportswear?

[Syt]

Gameplay video for the expansion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buW1FtMOTwI

[katmai]

Gameplay video for the expansion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buW1FtMOTwI

Anybody pick it up yet?

[Razgovory]

I did.  Haven't gotten far enough to use the new resources.

[Duque de Bragança]

Did anybody try the X-COM extension, Enemy Within? I wanted to get the boxed product and forgot I could have it earlier in the US PS store.

[spoiler]Base attack, mechs and genetic manipulation and [spoiler]human[/spoiler]traitors inside![/spoiler]

[daveracher]

"Killing it with fire". Mecs are amusing. Gene splicing is ok... second hearts for all!

Base defence was a bitch.

[Duque de Bragança]

Lots of gameplay rebalancing for the better, except the game beginning is even harder.
MELD is a real bitch to get in time and even find if the opposition is too strong to allow scouting.

[Razgovory]

I'm getting my ass handed to me on Classic difficulty.  I went to the first Exalt Mission which occured during the second month.  I only have 4 in a squad and no advanced weaponry.  I took down 9 thin men before I was They killed the VIP.  That's not exactly fair.

[Kleves]

It really is tough on Classic. The Council Missions are especially brutal; they seem to lead to squad wipes for me as often as not.  In one mission (which actually was a lot of fun), I killed 28 Chryssalids (plus some zombies). Essentially they just keep spawning until you make it to one end of the map and back again. In another I had a guy move up to escort a VIP, only for him to reveal 9 aliens surrounding him.

[jimmy olsen]

So, I guess I should buy the expansion?

[The Brain]

No. :beet:

[jimmy olsen]

No. :beet:

Sorry, not hungry.