X-Com 2 - Announced
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It's got some cracking scores.
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My girlfriend is going to hate me when this comes out.
As it is I've spent loads of time on Rise of the Tomb Raider this weekend.
As it is I've spent loads of time on Rise of the Tomb Raider this weekend.
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Nope, nothing like that.
I know, but I am very busy atm, so I am going to have to wait a bit before I play XCom 2. I have started Long War as something to tide me over for a good 3-4 weeks until I am in a position to give 2 the attention it deserves
There's some long war mods in from day 1, nothing tooooo crazy (yet) but the was a panel at pax south (look it up, if you find it on twitch I think it's around the 2hr 20 mark for firaxis/xcom 2).
There will be 3 bits from the long war creators:
1) Muton Centurion: bigger, badder muton that buffs soldiers around him, appears at a suitable point in the campaign
2) SMG weapons: Kinda like in long war, you get a weapon that's smaller/lighter with a lower damage trade off. The extra point this time is that it affects the aliens detection range (you start each mission "cloaked" now as you're the attacker this time) so guys with SMG's will be able to get closer before they trigger a response.
3) There's an "officer" type skill tree that goes on top of any units usual skills (again, ala long war). The trade off being that officers can't go on the same missions together any more so it will restrict your choices a bit (on top of resources etc).
Trying to find the pax south video but... dunno.
Edit: bingo, this should be it and the X-com banner pops up a few seconds after 2:20 so yeah, there.
The point of the panel was to talk about modding and tbh the scope available looks massive. They're basically giving us all the tools they used to build the game and there's a LOT of the underlying engine that helps modding (down as far as each action in the tacticals is recorded and replayable/rewindable, you can change views with dev mode enabled to help debug what guys can see/pathing/etc).
From what they look to have on offer (along with the hiring of the long war guys basically making a push towards "come on community - work with us! Maybe get hired!") I think we can expect a crazy amount of stuff to be available for it. Like, Skyrim levels of modding going on with community made campaigns and all sorts.
3 days!
I'm sure there's some good reviews out there but heres another from one my preferred sources: Ars Technica
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I'm about... 6 months in on my best long war run. Just about to get the 3rd tier of weapons (I won't spoil it, there's more tiers than just laser and plasma though) and finally starting to feel on top of everything.
I think I play it well but maybe I'm not as careful as I could be or something
I've only bailed from about 1 mission so far so maybe it's not liking loosing 
I still bring the odd "red coat" rookie along and... if I need to sacrifice someone... yeah LOVE long war though. I might try and finish my run before friday but... I don't see it happening
I'd seriously love to take a look, but decided to avoid all videos so I can go into it completely spoiler free.
Really hoping I get to pre-load, looks like quite a hefty download!
I'm about... 6 months in on my best long war run. Just about to get the 3rd tier of weapons (I won't spoil it, there's more tiers than just laser and plasma though) and finally starting to feel on top of everything.
I think I play it well but maybe I'm not as careful as I could be or something
LOVE long war though. I might try and finish my run before friday but... I don't see it happening
I'm loving Long War. Really I am, but I'm not over the moon about some of the damage changes. In the second month atm and just done a mission with loads of chrysalids and brutes. I did really well against them though it was a struggle. Then suddenly 3 thin men appear out of nowhere and take 3 shots, all of them do 3 times as much damage as my guys have and kill 3 of my best soldiers!
Just seems really pointless as there is nothing I could have done.
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Long War does add a dose of RNG every once in a while.
You play cautious, an enemy pops up, three of your troops miss 90%+ shots and the enemy crits your half-health trooper who's in full cover halfway across the map.
Outsiders are utter ***** for doin this.
Playing the St. John's recon mission with the basic ballistic weapons is fun too....
You play cautious, an enemy pops up, three of your troops miss 90%+ shots and the enemy crits your half-health trooper who's in full cover halfway across the map.
Outsiders are utter ***** for doin this.
Playing the St. John's recon mission with the basic ballistic weapons is fun too....
Cant decide whether to pull the trigger and buy it, or give it a while. Im impatient and somewhat skint, and there hasnt really been much in the way of unmissable deals (not since Nuuvem locked down) so its looking like i'll be playing a waiting game.
This pre-order dlc - "Instantly unlock a survivor of the old war as a recruit in your barracks", is that letting you transfer a fully levelled soldier over from EU/EW? cos that seems a little exploity.
This pre-order dlc - "Instantly unlock a survivor of the old war as a recruit in your barracks", is that letting you transfer a fully levelled soldier over from EU/EW? cos that seems a little exploity.
It's not a transfer, if I'm remembering what I read right (think it was on one of the devs twitter runs) it's a random recruit that comes with a special tactical vest that's styled after the EU gear so one of your recruits will have a (at least initially) decent piece of gear and look like a survivor of the old war.