mutonizer
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Also, question for those who have played far. Do you even shoot down UFOs in this game? That's one of the most fun parts of the previous games, (the infiltrating part at least) but I'm guessing since you don't have interceptors in this game it doesn't have them.
No, you don't shoot any down, but you do have some landed UFOs mission with that infiltration part you mention.
I must be getting old and senile but even Veteran Ironman's kicking my butts sometimes, though yea, most enjoyable so far, at least for my first run. 2-3 months in, some enemy/pods combos can really fuck up your team fast. Feels just on par with Classic Ironman XCOM:EU so far, at least for people like me who just play without much cheese/ultra-meta.So I was right that veteran ironman is the most enjoyable.
Love (and fucking hate) the pressure timers bring to the table on missions with them active. Really fits the concept (and make me appreciate missions without timers). That, random maps and mission variety completely remove any of the "been there done that <yawn>" feeling from XCOM:EU and even hours into the game now, every single mission keeps me ultra on edge, which is great, but also really tiring. One little fuck-up and bad luck had 4 out of 6 of my big guns captured just a while ago on a so called "easy" mission. No idea how to get them back yet but that's gonna make things even harder from now on since all their gear is gone as well...
Slowdowns/Pauses still drive me crazy here and there but really good game so far, way above XCOM:EU. Long term, the replayability is gonna be really cool too.