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

Started by Syt, January 05, 2012, 11:59:23 PM

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jimmy olsen

Bought it, seems great so far.

Played that mission on classic Raz, had to reload it more than half a dozen times before successfully completing it. Killed 12 thin men and a Sectoid, lost two men and had a third gravely wounded.
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ulmont

Quote from: Razgovory on November 15, 2013, 09:52:28 PM
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.

For Exalt missions, the key is to remember that whenever you activate a transmitter you get a free turn after that (look at the Exalt guys, they'll have a status that's something like "disabled" and have to spend a turn reloading).

11B4V

Quote from: jimmy olsen on December 31, 2013, 12:38:49 AM
Bought it, seems great so far.

Played that mission on classic Raz, had to reload it more than half a dozen times before successfully completing it. Killed 12 thin men and a Sectoid, lost two men and had a third gravely wounded.

played a couple of missions. Nothing to blow the skirt up about....meh. So so game so far.
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Duque de Bragança

Beta 15 for Long War is available for PC
If you've got 5 hours (!) to kill and love detailed spoilers about the new features follow this Impossible (level) playthrough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MLLJHLSG6E&feature=youtu.be

Some vanilla perks are actually back

http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/?
Link to the mod

DGuller

Long War strikes me as a classic mod overkill.  More, more, more of everything is bad game design.

Duque de Bragança

#366
I like the dynamic aspect of the mod, closer to the original XCOM (Air War is also closer as in really challenging) and the challenging aspect of any playthrough till the very end.
Of course, it's not for everyone, pretty challenging and time-consuming, and that's not how this new XCOM should be approached at first.
Bonus points for making it available to Macs and Linux.

garbon

Quote from: DGuller on March 03, 2015, 05:03:04 PM
Long War strikes me as a classic mod overkill.  More, more, more of everything is bad game design.

It does appear that way from the outside, yes.
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Warspite

I've been playing Long War. Some additions are very good. But yeah, it feels like it's be put together by people who don't know how to edit.
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Tonitrus

#369
XCOM 2 officially announced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ

Basic premise: Aliens won, XCOM is the resistance (running around on a airborne carrier as the "base")

Also: Supposedly random tactical maps.  Snake(wo)men return! 

Caliga

The DLC is on sale today.  Prolly gonna pick Enemy Within up.
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Warspite

Quote from: Tonitrus on June 01, 2015, 08:35:26 PM
XCOM 2 officially announced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E_-2wIJIzQ

Basic premise: Aliens won, XCOM is the resistance (running around on a airborne carrier as the "base")

Also: Supposedly random tactical maps.  Snake(wo)men return!

For the aliens to defeat the insurgents, they will need to harvest hearts and minds.
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Grey Fox

I hope this one will have controller support too, I really liked XCOM's with a 360 controller.
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Tonitrus

Quote from: Grey Fox on June 02, 2015, 04:05:55 PM
I hope this one will have controller support too, I really liked XCOM's with a 360 controller.

While it may not kill that idea, I should also note that XCOM 2 is slated to be PC only.