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 (eight 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
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M?!?
― the late great, Friday, 5 February 2016 06:14 (eight years ago) link
lots of performance issues according to steam forum
― the late great, Friday, 5 February 2016 06:26 (eight years ago) link
i'm just going to pretend it doesn't work, i don't really want to spend that much anyway
― the late great, Friday, 5 February 2016 06:44 (eight years ago) link
It's a 2K game, so it'll heavily discounted soon enough. I never even got around to Enemy Within, anyway...
― Nhex, Friday, 5 February 2016 07:45 (eight years ago) link
Fuck it, let's do this.
Dealzon has links to like ~25% off, with a slightly better discount for UK/EU sites.
http://www.dealzon.com/deals/cheap-xcom-2#xcom-2
Is there an easy way to share squaddie builds yet? Are we all on the ILX steam group?
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Saturday, 6 February 2016 07:48 (eight years ago) link
Interesting set-up so far. Graphics are hitching during the cinematics, but okay during fights. Little delay in the scripting after alien activity before they shift it back to your turn. If this thing has gamepad controls, they're pretty limited so far.
Cover factors include not just distance and half/full blocking, but elevation too.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Saturday, 6 February 2016 09:15 (eight years ago) link
this is just about running at min settings on my 13in mid-2014 Macbook Pro. I get warnings about being sub-minimum spec (I think the graphics card is the weak link), but it lets you click continue. Long load times and it stalls when campbell tries to tell you things during missions, but first couple of maps have been comfortably playable.
― woof, Saturday, 6 February 2016 16:04 (eight years ago) link
bradford not campbell i mean
― woof, Saturday, 6 February 2016 16:05 (eight years ago) link
There must be optimization problems in this build or something. It runs like ass on my 3.3gz i5, 24gb ram, Radeon R9/2gb. All hinky even at low settings and resolution.
― antexit, Saturday, 6 February 2016 19:46 (eight years ago) link
man i hope this doesn't hurt them. seems a massive oversight, though: i don't think xcom players, on average, are really the gotta-have-the-newest-graphics type
― carly rae jetson (thomp), Sunday, 7 February 2016 00:37 (eight years ago) link
I was thinking "ok, I'm getting by, it's basically working, and I'm happy enough to be getting MORE XCOM on my just-under-the-bar laptop", but once I saw just how many problems there are, on machines that are >>>recommended spec… I think maybe do not touch this till it is fixed.
― woof, Sunday, 7 February 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
going to play it now though, it's such fun
― woof, Sunday, 7 February 2016 00:52 (eight years ago) link
Bradford should be played by Nick Kroll with a little too much eye-liner
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSlk8ITU8AAKk0g.jpg:large
Also, for those who want a little preview gameplay footage:
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CaerqUdUUAAa1yW.mp4
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Sunday, 7 February 2016 01:31 (eight years ago) link
I turned off action cam, vsync, dropped down shadow and AA effect, then forced them on with the graphics card app. Better.
Game still hard as shit. Thinking about dropping this down to easy for the 1st playthru.
― Darkest Cosmologist junk (kingfish), Sunday, 7 February 2016 01:33 (eight years ago) link
I had a quick try at it and lost on the first (non-tutorial) mission.
― inside, skeletons are always inside, that's obvious. (dowd), Sunday, 7 February 2016 03:08 (eight years ago) link