X-COM XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen Expansion Thread

[Makabb]

I remember fond memories of playing ufo aftershock back in the day

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

Nice stats

 

[Jimmious]

I have no fond memories of real-time decline

 

[Raghar]

I remember fond memories of playing ufo aftershock back in the day

This is from first game. The second game doesn't have interception. They have space battleship where they don't know how to use its weapons.

 

[Zero Credibility]

I hope randomized stat gains on level up setting isn't hidden behind a fucking 2nd playthrough+ wall this time.

Aye, and a lot of other stuff too. Like wounds reducing aim and movement (for both enemies and xcom) and gradual reduction of cover bonus the closer you are to flanking position. I have no idea why those two weren't the default in the game in the first place.

 

[Wintermute]

Xenonauts is more fuckin X-COM than this game.
And Xenonauts is a watered down version.

If you want a watered down X-COM, go OpenTFTD.

 

[Zombra]

Xenonauts is more fuckin X-COM than this game.
And Xenonauts is a watered down version.

2012 just called, I told them you'd call them back to say obvious things 3 years later.

I have no fond memories of real-time decline

You missed out. UFO After- series was cool.

 

[anus_pounder]

Wasn't there a UFO game that was turn based?

EDIT: Found it. UFO : Extraterrestrials

 

[ArchAngel]

Xenonauts is more fuckin X-COM than this game.
And Xenonauts is a watered down version.

2012 just called, I told them you'd call them back to say obvious things 3 years later.

I have no fond memories of real-time decline

You missed out. UFO After- series was cool.

First one was not. You could not even enter houses if I remember well.

 

[Zombra]

First one was not. You could not even enter houses if I remember well.

"It wasn't X-Com."

 

[Jimmious]

I'm pretty sure I tried the first one of them but I just couldn't get into the RTwP gameplay it had. Might give them another go sometime, you can never kill enough aliens

 

[Cyberarmy]

Dunno why but I really liked Aftermath a lot back then.

 

[Zombra]

I'm pretty sure I tried the first one of them but I just couldn't get into the RTwP gameplay it had. Might give them another go sometime, you can never kill enough aliens

FWIW, those games get better with each iteration. Aftershock > Aftermath and Afterlight > Aftershock.

 

[ArchAngel]

I'm pretty sure I tried the first one of them but I just couldn't get into the RTwP gameplay it had. Might give them another go sometime, you can never kill enough aliens

Just skip the first one. The other two are decent.

 

[Makabb]

Dunno why but I really liked Aftermath a lot back then.

Because it was close to the original ?

 

[Raghar]

It had great sense of scavenging for ammo and weapons from military bases, and it had also restrictions. Basically it wasn't as simple as other games.

 

[Jimmious]

Devs streaming gameplay currently
http://www.twitch.tv/firaxisgames

 

[Inspectah]

I want this game. Someone give me a new pc

 

[anus_pounder]

I want this game. Someone give me a new pc

I hear Crispy runs a computer store, he can hook you up with the good shit...

 

[Harg Harfardarssen]

Courtesy of /xcg/, PC Gamer (UK)'s Jan issue:

Spoiler

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I see that at the top of p. 29 it says that the second soldier in an overwatch chain won't waste their shots on dead enemies.

Not a huge deal, but it was pretty annoying when a glorious ambush was ruined by a single enemy drawing all of your overwatch fire.

 

[Mozg]

If soldiers ration their overwatch to prevent overkill it seems like they'd have to nerf the shit out of overwatch or give the AI flat counter tools to deal with it, 'cause they weren't very good at assaulting XCOM's overwatch even with overkill (in the case where they can't see any XCOM at the start of the turn, anyway).

 

[Zeriel]

Courtesy of /xcg/, PC Gamer (UK)'s Jan issue:

Spoiler

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I see that at the top of p. 29 it says that the second soldier in an overwatch chain won't waste their shots on dead enemies.

Not a huge deal, but it was pretty annoying when a glorious ambush was ruined by a single enemy drawing all of your overwatch fire.

Yeah, it was announced ages ago at E3. Still one of the best features of the sequel, though, that and LOS indicators will be fantastic. Maybe overwatch abilities will actually be worth taking now.

 

[Stompa]

Maybe overwatch abilities will actually be worth taking now.

Well, they were already worth taking, depending on the ability. Sniper's Opportunist was godlike compared to the other choice on that level, support's Covering Fire was a good thing to have since it could trigger on things that aren't covered by regular overwatch and Sentinel is an alright idea if you ain't going full healbot. The only one that's kinda shit was heavy's Rapid Reaction, since it depended on the soldier not missing the first overwatch shot, and heavies have the lowest aim out of the bunch (unless you luck out with aim 80 rookie getting promoted in that class).

 

[anus_pounder]

Whys that rebel scum on the semi-final page holding a sword? Does the slow blade penetrate the shield?

 

[Wirdschowerdn]