XCOM : Enemy Unknown - by Firaxis Games - Thread

Game is awesome, however it's just bugged out for me. Sent two interceptors out, first destroyed the UFO and the second seemed to head to the north pole. Once it reached there the game is now just sat staring at earth with no UI and I can't do anything :/
 
My bad, was doing it from experience of purchasing non high street titles :(

Ingame question, I am getting really irritated by the pop ups when you do something, ie select overwatch and you have this tooltip that appears to ok. Is there a way of disabling these?
 
Done about 7 or 8 missions last night and haven't lost anybody.

Concentrated on researching weapons and armour so far. Got a vest thing that oddly takes up a weapon slot and isn't tied into body armour.

Game rattles on about taking one alive, yeah right. Get anywhere near them they shoot your face off. Anyone got any tips on doing this?
 
Arthur Hucksake said:
Done about 7 or 8 missions last night and haven't lost anybody.

Concentrated on researching weapons and armour so far. Got a vest thing that oddly takes up a weapon slot and isn't tied into body armour.

Game rattles on about taking one alive, yeah right. Get anywhere near them they shoot your face off. Anyone got any tips on doing this?
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I'm no expert, but I've taken a Sectoid, Slim Man and a Floater (giggle) alive so far. I usually give them to an assault class and just have them try and sneak up on one of the aliens. Slim Men and Floaters are the worst so far though, as they can move large distances around the map in a turn, so it's best to try and corner one.

It really is pot luck a lot of the time though. Oh, protip: don't waste a shooting chance trying to stun a Crysalid :(
 
I don't get why people find that a big deal. :confused:
The important bit is the shield logo.


I really need to restart, I didn't realize that the foundry was a must early on.

I really don't want to restart though :(
 
FoxEye said:
One thing that annoys me about the demo, and I don't know if it's in the game proper, but...

At several points the aliens seemed to shoot *though* a wall.
I just had this happen to me:

$ = soldier, @ = alien, ===|^^|=== is a door in a wall.

Theoretically, the solider is not only in full cover, but is *out of sight* of the alien. Yet the alien shoots and kills the soldier, and the animation shows the line of fire going through the side of the building.

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Apparently it's only the ggraphical representation that is incorrect. The reality is it isn't shooting through walls and the hit is accurate it just looks like it. There are posts ont he offical forums that confirm how it works but cant link as i am at work.

Also you can only carry 1 thing but later on you can skill in to carrying more. I think it;s a good idea, you need to share out the medics and grenades and also how you group the squad members as well.

All I used to do was ensure I had loads of grenades in case of being overwhelmed and lobbing a few out to save my butt.
 
Im on the verge of restarting now after sinking about 5hrs in last night.

I launched a 2nd satelite over America (base is in Europe, taking care of home first like you do....) as they gave $180 per month but i didnt have any Interceptors stationed there. Needless to say the UFO's i couldnt shoot down decided to shoot down my Satelite instead and now they are all panicing and theres nothing i can do :(

On the plus side i have my squad size up to 5 now and managed to half the time it takes for wounded soldiers to return to service. Got to love that officer academy!
 
So I never played any of the others, what kind of game is this like? I'm aware I can google it but want the input of you guys. What game could you compare it to?
 
cHk4 said:
So I never played any of the others, what kind of game is this like? I'm aware I can google it but want the input of you guys. What game could you compare it to?
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Turn based, but with an FPS style feel. Very strategic and unlikely to be that MP orientated.

Those on the fence should watch these

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KPGHW1A2hI
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzi92OGGT8
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGt8e3vG3xw

They give the best idea how the game plays.

I love it but will still mainly play lol and play this in the gaps :)
 
Still on my first play through, classic ironman.

Casualties were high on the first load of missions, until I managed to get the first new set of armor. Being able to take a hit now and walk away from it has made all the difference. Until a berserker one shots you lol :D

The support class upgrade that allows for 3 medikits is a real plus too.

The cheeky aliens have started using grenades regularly, my poor sniper has to dart from cover to cover, only for it to be blown away. Struggling to get a shot off at times!

Still enjoying it very much, I love ironman, not being able to save->reload when things go wrong, although occasionally painful when that 85% shot misses and a berserker wipes out your assault specialist, makes the game better for it. The game would be impossible to lose if you didn't take losses, lose money, ratings etc.
 
Mirage said:
Game is awesome, however it's just bugged out for me. Sent two interceptors out, first destroyed the UFO and the second seemed to head to the north pole. Once it reached there the game is now just sat staring at earth with no UI and I can't do anything :/
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Update: DO NOT SEND TWO INTERCEPTORS AFTER ONE UFO!

Seems a few people have experienced this bug. Fortunately I am not playing Ironman, but lost about an hours worth of play and two extremely successful missions by having to reload an old save before I sent them out.
 
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