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

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you can, if you somehow manage to change the game genre and focus. i also enjoy skyrim with the frost mod, the combat mod, the hunt mod, the difficulty mod, pick a bow and go hunt rabbits and stags, chuck some wood and build my house.
 

Mazisky

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So, after the first months patches, Dlcs and polishing how is this game now? Better or worse than Xcom2?
 

Shog-goth

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Steve gets a Kidney but I don't even get a tag.
So, after the first months patches, Dlcs and polishing how is this game now? Better or worse than Xcom2?
Personally, I consider this "game" still a pre-alpha (Snapshot never said otherwise, on the other hand, they silently jumped beta stage at all and landed directly at this laughable "release" version) and just a complete and utter disaster. If you're interested, at least wait for Steam release (aka the "real" 1.0) because only then will it be possible (I highly doubt) to find if there is something to save of this incredible mess.
 

ArchAngel

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New major patch. Looks awesome. I will report back on it when I try it.
Patch Notes - v1.0.57335 “Derleth” - 28/04/2020
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Today we have released the "Derleth" patch which addresses a number of bugs, balance changes and gameplay updates. This includes a reduction to acid damage. We have plans to further address the way which acid works in a future patch.

Features
  • Changed the Lair missions' layout and objective. Players now have to evacuate all of their units after destroying the Spawnery.

  • Units are no longer interrupted while they are using the Dash ability.

  • Added a new model for the Scavenger Sniper.

  • Added projectile penetration to all weapons. Now if a projectile hits and destroys a wall or body part the projectile will continue flying with the remaining damage.

  • Virus damage ticks on the affected target's turn just like other damage over time effects.

  • Added event filters that trigger music according to the missions and factions related to them.

  • Added new tactical music.

  • Balanced sound levels for most of the tracks.

  • Added an HP bar to weapons that appears when you select a weapon that is damaged while in the Tactical layer.

  • Added a character info tooltip when hovering over a character that is not currently selected by the player.

  • Replenish screen now gives the option to replenish ammo for weapons that don't have any magazines in storage.

  • Partially full magazines will not be visible in the equipment section of the Personnel tab. They will be used to automatically refill their respective weapons after a Tactical mission.

  • Added more recruit info in Haven screens showcasing the recruit's skills, stats and weapons.

  • Havens with recruits now have an icon next to them showing the recruit's class.

  • Added a new trading interface accessible from Geoscape without going into Haven info that has a slider and trade all button.

  • Added a new set of encounters when a player becomes Supportive, Aligned, or Allied with any faction.
Balance changes
  • Disabling certain Spawnery body parts now causes the target to receive more bleed damage per turn.

  • All mind control abilities can be used only once per turn.

  • Reduced the damage on alien enemies' acid weapons and attacks:

  • Siren Acid Spray reduced from 40 to 30 acid per tick

  • Acid Grenade Arthron reduced from 20 to 10 acid per tick

  • Elite Acid Grenade Arthron reduced from 30 to 20 acid per tick

  • Acid worm explosion reduced from 50 to 30 acid per tick

  • Chiron acid mortar reduced from 20 to 10 acid per tick
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue that was causing only a smaller portion of the maps to be generated.

  • Fixed a series of hangs that were caused by various edge cases involving the Panic status.

  • Fixed a hang when Overwatch fire destroyed an enemy's weapon right as they were about to shoot with it.

  • Fixed an issue with the Microsoft Store version of the game causing users who edited their keybinds to have their UI corrupted after loading a saved game.

  • Fixed a hang when the Scylla used abilities related to the Spitter Head body part.

  • Fixed a rare hang that occurred when Spider Drones tried to move when they had few AP remaining.

  • Fixed a rare hang that occurred after successfully defending a haven with low population numbers.

  • Fixed a rare issue that caused the player-controlled aircraft to freeze mid-flight.

  • Fixed an issue where the player's aircraft couldn't move after acquiring more than 10 total ships.

  • Fixed an issue that made the overwatch cone bigger at night despite the player's units having reduced perception.

  • Fixed an issue with Gungnir SR-2's overwatch cone being too short.

  • Fixed a performance issue before activating the Dash ability on certain maps.

  • Fixed an issue where players weren't receiving the damage bonuses from certain alien vivisection researches.

  • Fixed an issue which caused the camera to focus on the Pacific Ocean when loading a Geoscape save.
 

ArchAngel

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New UI improvements are very good, Dash fix is awesome, Acid nerf was welcome. Game seemed to run better, maybe they also had some undocumented changes.
They nerfed Sirens even more :(

Didn't yet get to try new Lair, it should be much better now.
Ran into some new UI bugs, nothing terrible.
 

geno

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New UI improvements are very good, Dash fix is awesome, Acid nerf was welcome. Game seemed to run better, maybe they also had some undocumented changes.
They nerfed Sirens even more :(

Didn't yet get to try new Lair, it should be much better now.
Ran into some new UI bugs, nothing terrible.
Care to post pics? I want to see these UI changes.
 

ArchAngel

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New UI improvements are very good, Dash fix is awesome, Acid nerf was welcome. Game seemed to run better, maybe they also had some undocumented changes.
They nerfed Sirens even more :(

Didn't yet get to try new Lair, it should be much better now.
Ran into some new UI bugs, nothing terrible.
Care to post pics? I want to see these UI changes.
Trade UI:
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New recruitment icons:
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New info screen that lets you check out soldier stats and equipment before you buy them:
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ArchAngel

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I tried new Lair mission, it is noticeably easier mission now than before. Anyone that found it very irritating due to hidden objective and crazy amounts of reinforcements will like it more now. Now it is no longer hidden but when you kill it you need to evacuate all your troops but they reduced spawn rate of enemy troops.
 

Agame

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it's not hard to be better than vanilla xcom2.

Vanilla Xcom 2 doesn't exist since we are in 2020.

Being maybe better than vanilla XCOM 2 is still a fucking disgrace. This game looks and plays like a nu-xcom mod, Gollop should be ashamed of himself.

I wish all these old game devs would just retire and play golf and stop ruining my childhood memories.
 

Togukawa

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The general lore/story is still very boring and uninspired. It's sad that they sacrificed the original art direction and setting for this.
 

ArchAngel

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it's not hard to be better than vanilla xcom2.

Vanilla Xcom 2 doesn't exist since we are in 2020.

Being maybe better than vanilla XCOM 2 is still a fucking disgrace. This game looks and plays like a nu-xcom mod, Gollop should be ashamed of himself.

I wish all these old game devs would just retire and play golf and stop ruining my childhood memories.
It certainly does not play like nuXcom. And looks can also be discussed.
 

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