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[Beardz]

aw yiss motha fuckin XCOM 2!

 

[Luke_Wal]

PC EXCLUSIVE I QUIT VIDEO GAMES.

What could possibly be the rationale for this? The first one sold fairly well on consoles! I hope to God this makes it to a console at some point, preferably PS4. But I look forward to playing this on my iPad 6 months after launch.

 

[yuraya]

"Tailored to take advantage of the platform's strength" must mean its heavily tied around keyboard/mouse.

Which is great news. Sucks for console gamers tho.

That trailer with the cobra O_O looked fantastic.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Odd that they would go PC exclusive for this. It's not like it's a hardware problem, it's Xcom not crysis.

how did it sell on ps3/360?

 

[Falifax]

XCOM: Enemy Unknown was good.

This is good.

 

[Leafhopper]

PC exclusive and... that's the best it looks? What is that, reflective grass carpet?

Again, X-Com isn't about the graphics.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Funnily enough I ordered both PS3 Enemy Unknown and the Bureau for 6.40 total from Best Buy yesterday.

Had it Unknown on Plus and enjoyed what I played will played the sequel eventually.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Well it showed mac and linux icons at the end so it's not really PC exclusive, right? In any case, it looks pretty sweet. I do hope it comes to consoles soon as I'm sure it will eventually.

Spoiler

Hopefully.

 

[K.Jack]

XCOM 2? HELL YES.

PC exclusive? FUCK YES.

 

[Lostconfused]

I disagree, the Mouse/KB controls for XCOM were just serviceable. Perhaps they can do better with more focus.

Yeah there were definitely issues with view levels and unit movement. Probably other things. Clunkier than it should have been, don't remember if it ever got fixed in Enemy Within.

 

[Gravy Boat]

I was so happy until I read 'PC Exclusive'. I loved the last one on PS3.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Damn, there's a snakeman in that trailer. Total fan service.

 

[Welfare]

PC only???

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[inky]

FUCK YES!

 

[Natiko]

PC only? I'll probably hold off and pick it up for dirt cheap during a sale down the road then. Nothing against PC games but for whatever reason I tend to find myself less motivated to play them on that platform and end up never beating them.

 

[Mesoian]

SNAKE MEN!

Day one!

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Lack of any real plot made it difficult for me to progress through the first game. Hopefully we get some world building and memorable characters this time around.

That's on you, mang.

That's how it is in created-character games.

 

[SeanTSC]

Well, as someone who enjoyed the game enough on consoles to buy the DLC/Expansion stuff for it on there - this is extremely disappointing. I guess you have no interest in my money, Firaxis.

Oh well.

 

[WhiskeyKnight]

PC exclusive

Never thought I'd see those two words again.

Super curious about that decision considering the last one worked so well on consoles.

 

[Forerunner]

Enemy Unknown was great. Can't wait for this!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

It is baffling that people think now that exclusivity and graphics go hand in hand. Like where were you for the last decades of strategy games?

 

[occelinho]

[...] ,which will be available exclusively on PC this November.

Will still get it, but that's a bit disappointing.

 

[McNum]

Oooh. New XCOM? This is nice. Very nice indeed.

I will have to keep an eye on this.

 

[J3ffro]

What's with the random screenshot of Mass Effect 1?

Great - now that's all I'm ever going to think. Thanks for nothing!

 

[zenosparadox]

Edit: didn't mean to make it sound like I was port begging. I was just surprised that console platforms were not announced. I thought they sold quite well?

 

[martino]

pc exclusive....
If this means drop of gamepad support -> no buy

 

[fwpx]

Oh man, what a glorious day.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Hoping that the screenshot is just unfavorably lit. It doesn't seem like that much of a step up from Enemy Unknown, visually, but the trailer looks great.

Also super excited for melee combat!

 

[shiftplusone]

was hoping for underwater and fucking ridiculously challenging, just like the last time around

but this year is perfect.

based 2k

 

[Sjefen]

A friend of mine will go apeshit over this news.....

 

[uncleniccius]

I'll have a new Macbook Pro by then so hopefully I'll be able to run it.

If not..

 

[Doomshroom]

...wait, people are complaining about it being PC only? I highly doubt this game is going to require a fancy gaming computer to play, guys.

Dosent matter i worka t computers all day the last thing i wanna do when i get home is sit infront of one. This sucks one of my favourite games and i wont get to play it.

 

[GeoGonzo]

LOVED the original, loved the remake. I'm 99% on board!

Spoiler

Missed!

 

[Goldfishking]

Not too annoyed about it not being on consoles, as long as my crappy pc can run it. But the awesome controller support was one of the main draws to me, i hope that is still there.

 

[Sinatar]

“We’re thrilled to implement long-time fan requested features such as procedural levels and modding support, as well as adding more of what makes XCOM great like new aliens, enemies and soldier classes.”

Yipee!

 

[keit4]

OH
MY
GOD

Day 1.

 

[T.O.P]

Time to replay the first one, goddamn i'm HYPE

Dying to see more

 

[BlackJace]

LET'S
FUCKIN
GOOOOOO

 

[sixteen-bit]

Still gotta pick up the first one (I liked the little I played), but this is cool news.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

oh my

 

[bonesmccoy]

Awesome.

I wonder if it will feature the Cydonia or Bust mission?

 

[Nzyme32]

That pic doesn't look too hot.

Couldn't care less. Xcom shines in its gameplay, so as far as I am concerned it could look exactly the same as the first. What is important is that they expand upon the mechanics. Going procedurally generated is an awesome step in the right direction along with stronger mod support. Xcom's Long War mod is something that demonstrates how good can be for this kind of game.

 

[T.O.P]

LOVED the original, loved the remake. I'm 99% on board!

Spoiler

Missed!

YES

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Dosent matter i worka t computers all day the last thing i wanna do when i get home is sit infront of one. This sucks one of my favourite games and i wont get to play it.

Good thing you can play PCs on a TV these days with a controller.

 

[The_Monk]

I have very great and fond memories of this game so I can't wait for this! The release month will be a very packed one, that's for sure, but XCOM managed to be such a great time sink.

Here's hoping for a tense atmosphere with some decent variety in the missions.

Bit off-topic but I've yet to play XCOM: Enemy Within, hope I can get a Steam copy soon. With the amount of hype I just got if I wasn't on such a tight budget I would be buying right now! For reference I invested around 30-40 hours in Enemy Unknown on PC (also played a bit in the PS3 version) and I know that people put hundreds of hours in XCOM! Can't wait for this wait and I hope I can get XCOM EW while I wait.

 

[Impeccable]

Gah.

 

[Hopeford]

Oh my god I'm freaking out so much right now. This is the BEST announcement I could have heard, bar none. Everything about this pleases me.

 

[Skab]

The PC exclusivity actually makes me quite happy, though I do feel for those who would have played it on consoles.

But new XCOM hype!

 

[Heebie Jeebies]

Expansions complete Firaxis games, i'll wait and see how things go.

 

[galv]

Holy shit, so damned hype.

PC exclusive but I hope gamepad is still supported - I actually liked how it worked in the last game especially when playing it on my big-screen.