KickStarter Phoenix Point - the new game from X-COM creator Julian Gollop

[Zombra]

To be precise, shoulder armor in general isn't the issue. It's these colossal shoulder pads that weigh about 200 pounds and you could park your car inside them. None of these guys from the classic games have shoulder pads twice as big as their head.

 

[Mustawd]

It’s shoulder pads that look like they belong in Madden. Or soccer ball shoulderpads.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

*Sigh*
There they go again, like those armors weren't complete non-sense in every other way.

 

[Zombra]

There they go again, like those armors weren't complete non-sense in every other way.

Sure, but for me these shoulder pads are

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

There they go again, like those armors weren't complete non-sense in every other way.

Sure, but for me these shoulder pads are often

I was planning to use phrase; "vaguely militaristic equivalent of underwear on top wearing crime fighters" to describe it, but now change for that is lost for forever.

 

[Leechmonger]

They forgot a small detail in that reload animation.

 

[Cyberarmy]

They forgot a small detail in that reload animation.

See Ivan, if you never use your magazine when reloading, you'll never run out of bullets.

 

[GrainWetski]

That might as well be from FiraXCOM.

Such a generic look.

 

[ArchAngel]

At least it does not have shoulder pads :D

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

It does look a lot like a Reaper from War of the Chosen.

 

[Grotesque]

https://wireframe.raspberrypi.org/f...erview-phoenix-point-x-com-rebelstar-and-more

Phoenix Point is scheduled to launch on Steam and GOG.com in June 2019

lololololo

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Phoenix Point is scheduled to launch on Steam and GOG.com in June 2019

Better to do it August or September.

 

[Shog-goth]

The game it's not even in alpha. At best Q4 2019, more likely Q1 2020.

 

[Grotesque]

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[Space Satan]

I can't get rid of the feeling that people who cheer and happy about physical rewards like bags or shirts or pieces of dev's clipped nails are like kids from "special" schools where they are awarded with GOOD BOY badges.
Only gameplay matters.

 

[Higher Game]

I can't get rid of the feeling that people who cheer and happy about physical rewards like bags or shirts or pieces of dev's clipped nails are like kids from "special" schools where they are awarded with GOOD BOY badges.
Only gameplay matters.

You sound like a loser who never got any good boy badges.

 

[Zombra]

I can't get rid of the feeling that people who cheer and happy about physical rewards like bags or shirts or pieces of dev's clipped nails are like kids from "special" schools where they are awarded with GOOD BOY badges.
Only gameplay matters.

You sound like a loser who never got any good boy badges.

He sounds to me more like someone who thinks the Phoenix Point mail bag is an actual physical object.

 

[Grotesque]

I can't get rid of the feeling that people who cheer and happy about physical rewards like bags or shirts or pieces of dev's clipped nails are like kids from "special" schools where they are awarded with GOOD BOY badges.
Only gameplay matters.

Leaving alone the bags and shirts part, physical rewards as a whole of a collectors edition for example, they're appreciated by some because there is something tangible translated from the digital world to the physical world, something to display or to browse in the case of a book.
Having something like an art book that you can hold and that does not depend if electricity or internet are available, is something attractive.

Of course gameplay matters and good gameplay of a game dictates how much sought after are the physical rewards of that said game.

Also in the last years where digitized distribution of games is king, the number of old boxed games collectors increased in number and those games have become a physical reward in themselves that sell at high prices.

And if there will ever be clipped dev nails as a physical reward, there will be someone to buy it, not because they're kids from special schools but because there is a possibility that those nails will sell tenfold in a decade.

 

[orcinator]

Shoulder pads are love, shoulder pads are life.

The real problem with that heavy armor is that it's busy as fuck, especially because all the little dumb details that seem to serve no practical use are painted different colors as if the modeler was trying to show off how much time he put into it.

 

[Puteo]

While I can't say I am a fan of the armour; let's not forget how godawful Nuxcom armor is

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

I don't see the problem though? I mean, you can change individual parts of the outfit, so if you don't like one combination you can try another.

 

[baud]

While I can't say I am a fan of the armour; let's not forget how godawful Nuxcom armor is

I'd say the late-game armors are even better, especially once painted in bright colors. And with DLCs and mods, it gets even better!

Spoiler

 

[ArchAngel]

And almost all of them got shoulder pads but at least they are not huge.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Galdred]

Star Wars Rebellion is incline: Completely imbalanced, but memorable. And it has a ton of randomness!