XCOM: Enemy Within

elrasho · 11 Nov 2013 at 13:27

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:

Crimefighter · 11 Nov 2013 at 13:48

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.

Jed Shields · 11 Nov 2013 at 13:51

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

Verponian · 11 Nov 2013 at 14:01

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.

Jed Shields · 11 Nov 2013 at 14:15

Verponian said:
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.

Ditto, £13.50.

elrasho · 11 Nov 2013 at 14:20

Damn I missed that, I'm getting it for £17 still worth it as I'mm be putting 30+ hours in it

Jed Shields · 11 Nov 2013 at 14:27

I've got 159 hours logged on Enemy Unknown, so I have no doubt that I'll get my money's worth

spike2011 · 11 Nov 2013 at 22:24

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.

Verponian · 12 Nov 2013 at 10:21

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.

spike2011 · 15 Nov 2013 at 08:03

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.

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.

Diplexbullet19 · 15 Nov 2013 at 09:22

just come on this morning and added the expansion and now have a 7.5gig download.

Crimefighter · 15 Nov 2013 at 09:41

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)?

xaldub · 15 Nov 2013 at 10:09

It adds extra elements ( and quite a few ) to the original campaign. It's not an entirely new story/campaign.

Crimefighter · 15 Nov 2013 at 10:24

xaldub said:
It adds extra elements ( and quite a few ) to the original campaign. It's not an entirely new story/campaign.

Cool, thanks for clarifying that

MonkeyBasher · 15 Nov 2013 at 14:26

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

Pighardia · 15 Nov 2013 at 15:08

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.

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.

Pighardia · 15 Nov 2013 at 16:21

Just the addition of the voices is enough to make the expansion worth it imo

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!

varkanoid · 15 Nov 2013 at 16:32

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

Pighardia · 15 Nov 2013 at 16:40

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!

xaldub · 15 Nov 2013 at 16:44

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.