Agiel Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Starting with all the Meld stuff in EW, I kind of don't get Firaxis' efforts to take out the "thinking tactically" portion of the game. There's a time and place for acting quickly and decisively (hostage situation or a flanking maneuver, for instance), but the whole making _everything_ time sensitive seems to me like persuading players to act recklessly so they can get on with losing people. Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 On the other hand some of the best missions in EW were time sensitive. The bomb disposals and the one where you had to place the transponder on the train. The big alien ship missions got a bit too long I think and could easily encourage you to get sloppy and walk into a bad situation simply because moving and going to overwatch on every turn was too cumbersome. I think terror missions were meant to be time sensitive in that civilians died inside the fog of war every turn but mostly because of the spawn system going after them in a concerted manner was never worth the risk so you were essentially just fighting the aliens and if you happened to walk into a civilian or two to rescue, great. I'd like to see a little of both so you don't have to sacrifice combat effectiveness to complete objectives in every mission. That would be going too far. It all depends on how well the missions are crafted I guess. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixp Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) Starting with all the Meld stuff in EW, I kind of don't get Firaxis' efforts to take out the "thinking tactically" portion of the game. There's a time and place for acting quickly and decisively (hostage situation or a flanking maneuver, for instance), but the whole making _everything_ time sensitive seems to me like persuading players to act recklessly so they can get on with losing people.It's a turn-based strategy game. There's no such thing as "Quickly" - without analyzing a situation and making sound tactical calls, you'll likely be toast on higher difficulties. What Firaxis is trying to prevent is abusing the game's mechanics in a way which degenerates gameplay, like moving 3 tiles a turn because of how pack triggering worked in the original games. If anything, the concealment mechanic should give you a lot more tactical options than EU and EW ever did. Edited January 11, 2016 by Fenixp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilcat Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I am a bit hyped for XCOM2. The reboot XCOM fit my taste with mix of easy tactical, strateg layer cut to only important stuff, and a bit of plot with characters. The way dr Vahlen talk about speciment being useful before it expired was most delighful. And it seems XCOM2 is just old stuff but improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktchong Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Wow, his crew got the promotions that best fit their appearances: the rugged girl with the bandanna became the ranger, the guy hidden in the half face mask became the sharpshooter, and the nerd in glasses became the specialist. Edited January 13, 2016 by ktchong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkpriest Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Yeah that was funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) Ha! I never made the connection. V. Lols. For Leferd https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX3Lrcp0eZlxDDCt-yK9j4fuiy3ct83ej (will add more videos to the playlist later) Edited January 19, 2016 by melkathi 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkpriest Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) The last bit from PAX. I'd say it's a dream of PC master race and modders: http://www.twitch.tv/pax2/v/38694034 EDIT: A part of me wants someone talented to mod the **** ouf of this and create Wasteland 2 or Pillars of Eternity in it. :D Edited January 31, 2016 by Darkpriest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/02/01/xcom2-review/ Will wait for sale. (CAD is tanked) Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktchong Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) N/M. Edited February 1, 2016 by ktchong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Whelp, I'm on the hype train. I pre-purchased (for no reason in particular) and have a plan that involves me hiding out with my computer on Friday to get a good start on the game. I'm pretty pumped, I played a few missions of Enemy Within to get in the mood, I was thinking about tanking to get the right feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks for the reminder to take Friday off Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Thanks for the reminder to take Friday off I have a staff development day, so I may try sitting in the back of the meeting and getting a few turns in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadySands Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) XXCOM2-DIGDUL-23PERC 23% off digital deluxe version from Green Manga Ming Edited February 3, 2016 by ShadySands 1 Free games updated 3/4/21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofAnakin Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Damn it, looks like I won't be able to play this. "Console exclusive is such a harsh word." - Darque"Console exclusive is two words Darque." - Nartwak (in response to Darque's observation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Ok, I tanked for a couple months and got the council taken over by aliens. I'm now up with the current canon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 GMG just send me my key. Nice that they did manage to send them out early enough 1 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkpriest Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) So hyped.... it is happening: after 41 reviews it sits at 91 points on metacritic. highest rated PC AAA game among TW3 and MGS V http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/xcom-2?ref=hp Edited February 4, 2016 by Darkpriest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 We'll see. I like to have a few real world reports before I spend money. Real people, not reviewers and game sites. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 I'll play some before going to bed and report first impressions for you. That's what I call sacrifice 2 Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 My copy is in the mail and it's probably a 50:50 chance it even gets here before the weekend. But if it doesn't, eh, I've been pushing my Long War campaign as far as possible because it's the first time I've gotten to the point of fielding MECs and psions. Would be a shame to abandon that save cold turkey but we'll see I guess. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 A shame you can't import a few sqaddies from EW. They made that a DLC. Cheap bastards. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 A shame you can't import a few sqaddies from EW. They made that a DLC. Cheap bastards. I can't find anything on that. It just sounds like they have a character creator tool that lets you create custom soldiers, and then import them into the game. Do you have a source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 It's in the DLC pack description. You get some EW war 'survivors'. They don't actually import from EW, they are just high level operatives you can customise. That's what I think anyway. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 It's in the DLC pack description. You get some EW war 'survivors'. They don't actually import from EW, they are just high level operatives you can customise. That's what I think anyway. It's just one soldier with some special look. Similar to how their previous game had the old UFO haircut as a dlc. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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