you mean the apple store version, right?
is there a particular way to unlock slingshot and gangplank?
― the late great, Thursday, 18 July 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
Am I the only person here who plays the multiplayer? I love it.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
i haven't tried it yet. working on beating the main campaign first.
― Mordy , Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:07 (ten years ago) link
sanpaku's hints upthread pretty much sum it up
― the late great, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
is there dlc for ps3
― we're up all night to get (s1ocki), Thursday, 18 July 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
i played this up til the council mission and it became kind of obvious the game was mucking dice rolls so i could get to the end of the tutorial, which made me feel somehow worse
― i better not get any (thomp), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:17 (ten years ago) link
haha the autosave thing got me too. the third tutorial mission, the VIP escort, 3/4 of my squad goes down in a hail of plasma fire and panic. my remaning dude pushed on, grabbed the VIP and slowly and laboriously killed all the aliens on her own.
after that i turned autosave on, it makes the occasional ridiculous panic spirals way less frustrating.
― adam, Friday, 12 October 2012 13:06 (9 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lulz
― i better not get any (thomp), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:30 (ten years ago) link
how do you keep thin men from poisoning your dudes w/ acid spit?
― the late great, Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Enough range
― Your Own Personal El Guapo (kingfish), Sunday, 21 July 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
that's part of what makes those escort/rescue missions so aggravating, when they just jump into the map behind or ahead of you
― Nhex, Sunday, 21 July 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
yeah that is arcadey in a weird way and i can't decide what i think of it
― i better not get any (thomp), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
YESS i have managed to kill off all my dudes and doomed earth to alien exploitation
― i better not get any (thomp), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 22:58 (ten years ago) link
kind of hard to tell where the tutorial ended, there
― i better not get any (thomp), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
disheartening that no one is still playing this
so q., does the geoscape backend work like in the original? -- i mean, is the game genuinely going to the bother of generating ships + missions + flight patterns and then calculating the odds of my satellites noticing them? because it feels more like it's just rolling on a random encounter table tbh
― i better not get any (thomp), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
honestly don't have the time!
― sassy, fun, and RELATABLE (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 18:02 (ten years ago) link
i rebought on Mac; will get back to it someday
geoscape is way simplified compared to the original, there's no ship pursuit tactics, just a pop up screen at random intervals. still, like a lot of things in the game it's good enough
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
so do you reckon no backend, then?
― i better not get any (thomp), Wednesday, 24 July 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
don't know for sure but i doubt it - the variables are so few (month, continent, city, ship type, mission type) they really don't need a full-on sim
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 19:58 (ten years ago) link
i'm not really finding the geoscape stuff to be that different from the OG tbh
― the late great, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 20:01 (ten years ago) link
are you kidding man, remember all those hidden bases you had to find, sending out patrols for discovery and intercept, and a million ships over the earth at once and having two or three Skyranger crews to cover the load, it was micromanagement hell
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
are you playing on classic?
― the late great, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 20:07 (ten years ago) link
oh.. nope
― Nhex, Wednesday, 24 July 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
i was thinking 'man i am going to run this into the ground and start again in classic ironman and ace it' and yup i just died on the first mission
― i better not get any (thomp), Friday, 26 July 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
declassified blows. why anyone would emulate mass effect combat play is beyond me.
― best null wave (bnw), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 01:28 (ten years ago) link
that's a shame, but expected given how messed up the development has been for that. it was supposed to come out before Enemy Unknown!
http://games.on.net/2013/08/xcom-enemy-within-will-expand-enemy-unknown-and-add-replayability-mechtoids-and-more-we-speak-to-firaxis/
First actual confirmation on Enemy Within that I've seen. Surprised it won't be a DLC add-on for console though, as it will be for PC.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
ah i see, embargo was lifted today
― Nhex, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
mass effect combat works on paper, i can see why they might want to try and fix it, plus i mean it sells i guess
enemy within sounds potentially a mess.
“In order to construct the MECs and MEC troopers, you’ll need a resource called Meld that we’ve introduced on all the maps. Meld is stored in self-destructing canisters, so if you want it, you’ll have to be a bit aggressive. The risk can be well worth the reward.”
hm
is xcom rubberbanded at all? i keep losing all but one of my entire force and then storming something with a bunch of rookies in a way that seems ... odd
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
I totally prefer "Elerium".http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/28/world/europe/new-chemical-element/index.html?hpt=hp_c5
― Nhex, Thursday, 29 August 2013 06:37 (ten years ago) link
ios is 50% off right now.
― sofatruck, Friday, 11 October 2013 13:41 (ten years ago) link
whats this like on console vs mac? usually dont like keyboard/mouse gaming but seems like it would be the better option here
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
it's sick on mac
― the late great, Friday, 11 October 2013 19:23 (ten years ago) link
yeah? might grab it on steam then
― ṿῗᾄǤℝᾄ (am0n), Friday, 11 October 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
XCOM 2 announced as PC-exclusive for the fall. kind of surprised!http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/01/xcom-2-announced-ign-first
― Nhex, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:48 (nine years ago) link
anyone who likes XCOM should def try Invisible Inc
― Mordy, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:51 (nine years ago) link
A mobile base: a flying aircraft carrier called the Avenger
Subtle, innit?
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Monday, 1 June 2015 21:42 (nine years ago) link
That was in the original game!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
oh wait, this thing?
http://ufopaedia.org/images/4/4e/UP001.gif
I always thought of this as just a lander or pursuit craft, a bigger version of the skyranger, not a flying aircraft carrier.
― Purves Grundy (kingfish), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 04:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah, it was, though tbf it was the really souped-up version that let you hold way more people and tanks than the old crappy Skyranger
― Nhex, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 04:39 (nine years ago) link
powered by Elerium-113 (tm)
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/04/xcom-2s-procedurally-generated-maps-ign-first
sounds cool
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 4 June 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
xcom 2 delayed to February 5
NOOOOOOOoooooooo
― 1995 ball boy (Karl Malone), Friday, 28 August 2015 17:56 (eight years ago) link
the good news it's almost february 5th and these reviews look pretty dope
― Worth Taking from Little Kid (Will M.), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:29 (eight years ago) link
yyyyyyyeeEEEEESSSSSSSSS
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 February 2016 21:32 (eight years ago) link
I have a pretty weak ass old imac so I assume I cant play u_u
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 2 February 2016 22:58 (eight years ago) link
pretty much dragged out fallout 4 for 2 1/2 months for this ^_^
― bnw, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 19:20 (eight years ago) link
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:58 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah hoping for a demo just so i can confirm it works on a laptop that's, like, par at best for 1, before i throw money at them
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, 4 February 2016 04:40 (eight years ago) link
Minimum specs aren't that bad. 2.4gz, 4g ram, Nvidia 650 or better. It'd be the video card that'd be the barrier.
― antexit, Thursday, 4 February 2016 21:54 (eight years ago) link
ha, that's exactly what i have, but a crappier video card, i think. not the game's fault, considering my iMac is eight (godforsaken!) years old now
― Nhex, Friday, 5 February 2016 00:20 (eight years ago) link
wow i can't believe you kept your mac alive for eight years
― Mordy, Friday, 5 February 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
easy when you're cheap, foolish and stubborn
― Nhex, Friday, 5 February 2016 03:24 (eight years ago) link