XCOM: Enemy Within

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Couldn't find a thread for this so I've created one, cannot wait for this. Gonna be hard to balance gaming between this and BF4, loved Enemy Unknown and skipped The Bureau (although you can get it for £7 now).

Anyone else looking forward to this?

A review 9/10 :cool:
 
I will almost certainly buy it, mainly as supposedly it addresses one of my main pet peeves of the original - lack of map variety.

My other main criticism, which I am not sure will be addressed, is the pacing of the game. Basically, if you makie it through month 3 with a decent squad intact and not far behind on tech, the game actually gets easier not harder, and barring disaster, you will win. That made mid and late campaign very "samey" each playthrough.

Hopefully this expansion will make the game a challenge the whole way through.
 
I can't wait either. I've held off starting a new game on XCOM for the past couple of months as I'm waiting for this. Absolutely gagging to play it now :D
 
Picked it up on preorder at gmg a while back. I don't normally preorder on principle but the early looks and footage looked awesome. Plus gmg discount isn't bad.
 
I thought it was already released but didn't check DUH lol.
Was not going to pay £17.99 for it but seeing it now for 25 % off that price now at GMG going buy it should be great.

Just bought it £13.50 nice.
 
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Big 4GB update for xcom on steam this morning. Assuming it's a massive patch for the DLC. Surely they're not installing the DLC for everyone and just leaving it there until it's unlocked.
 
Verponian said:
Big 4GB update for xcom on steam this morning. Assuming it's a massive patch for the DLC. Surely they're not installing the DLC for everyone and just leaving it there until it's unlocked.
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Looks like that big update had nothing to do with Enemy Within updated XCom last night an now downloading the DLC now can't wait to play it. ;)
 
Slightly confused about something....is this expansion played after completing the original campaign, or does it add extra elements to the original playthrough (in other words, it is played in parallel with the OC)?
 
The big 4GB patch was updates and improvements to the "Base" game.
Such as 1080p videos across the board, some of which have been altered and improved. Some of the UI/gameplay changes have also been patched into the base game.

The EW content is a seperate 7GB download.

When you launch the game you can choose EU or EW.
If you start a new game and choose EW, it will start from day 1 but with all the EW stuff intermingled, I am assuming slingshot still works, but it hasnt triggered for me yet.

For me, so far the biggest change has been to missions. The first few turns are much quicker and agressive
 
Oh, we are talking about this game in here!
MonkeyBasher said:
If you start a new game and choose EW, it will start from day 1 but with all the EW stuff intermingled, I am assuming slingshot still works, but it hasnt triggered for me yet.
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You can select Slingshot, and the other one(can't remember the name) in the advanced options tab when starting a new game, so it definitely works, and I assume is bundled in with Enemy Within, as I don;t have the other one, but was able to select it?. I hope it is delayed personally, as it could disrupt the flow of the game to have too much introduced at once!...tbh, I already think Meld was introduced a bit early imo.
 
Just the addition of the voices is enough to make the expansion worth it imo:p

The introduction of Meld totally reshapes practically every mission!...though I still don't know what it is, or how it is used as I haven't researched it yet. Research in this game really is an incredibly good mechanic, as it allows you to pretty much control the pace of the game. I imagine researching Meld is probably what truly starts the 'Enemy Within' content, so I shall hold off for a bit and get in to the game first.

PS. It seems that I had never played the tutorial before, as I remember none of it!
 
Pre-ordered this cant wait to have my time sucked away again.

Are the missions locations the same before or are they improved ?

eg Yellow American Taxi cabs, US Mail Boxes etc in London
 
Ok. Something is up...end of the first month, and I have already lost a country! I didn't receive any money from the Council, so can't buy any satellites or anything!
 
Locations are now much more varied - which is a really nice change. Like some on the official forums, I'm finding the aliens to have "better" aim than I recall them having in EU.
Lost two rookies already at the start of a new campaign. The "meld" resource definitely encourages a more aggressive playstyle which may account for more soldier deaths. I think the aliens are smarter too - seem to work more closely in teams, better use of overwatch etc.
 
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