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[Gonzito]

I've been playing this game for the past few days and I am having the time of my life

What an incredible experience this is. To give you some context, I am playing War of the Chosen on pc and I can't put the controller down. Its exciting and constantly engaged

The amount of options, customization, management, missions and things to do in this campaign are overwhelming, in a good way. The music is fantastic as well, Michael McCann never disappoints and I love the tactical combat. You have to think and plan your moves which is refreshing coming from traditional action games

The graphics still hold up pretty well, I am playing with DLDSR on pc and it looks clean and crisp. The art style is great and I really appreciate the variety of environments

I loved the previous XCOM when it came out in 360 and when XCOM 2 came out I played on ps4 I played it, but the crashes, bugs and extreme loading times killed my enjoyment. I could see how good the game was underneath but these problems ruined my enjoyment

Ten years later and I am now on pc, playing with DXVK which is a vulkan wrapper that basically eliminates loading screens or any sort of crashes and gives a good boost in performance and I am enjoying this very much

Seriously, for anyone who has never tried this franchise, please play it. I am not exaggerating when I say that it's one of the best games I have played ever, you will thank me for the recommendation and honestly, skip the vanilla campaign and go directly to War of the Chosen which enhances the vanilla campaign in a way that it's hard to go back

Cheers

 

[Nowa]

Never tried this series. If I start with 1 first, do I need to play enemy unknown or enemy within?

 

[Aurelius]

I personally liked XCom Enemy Within slightly better. But a great game for sure. Shame we never got a remake of Terror from the Deep.

 

[HRK69]

I couldn't get past how slow it felt. Even with certain mods, it's still painfully slow, in my opinion.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Great game, but too hard for me. I always ended up left behind tech wise and getting my squad wiped out.

 

[Froggo]

As long as you mod it to remove the stupid timer then yeah it's amazing. Although I'm still annoyed they removed the mechs that there in the first one.

 

[Gonzito]

As long as you mod it to remove the stupid timer then yeah it's amazing. Although I'm still annoyed they removed the mechs that there in the first one.

In War of The Chosen, you can do the convert ops which basically slow down the Avatar Project.

It's quite manageable to be honest.

Never tried this series. If I start with 1 first, do I need to play enemy unknown or enemy within?

Play Enemy Within first and learn how to play these types of games. I think it's a fantastic game as well although I prefer this one better

 

[amigastar]

I love XCOM Series. One of my fav game franchises. At this moment i have over 115 hours of gametime in XCOM 2, thats pretty big for me.

 

[Senua]

Xcom 3 plz

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

I liked XCom a LOT. Xcom 2 never clicked with me.

 

[archangelmorph]

Why they went from this to that shitty spin off follow up, to completely abandoning it I will never know.

This game was sooooo fucking good.

I hope XCOM3 sees the light of day someday

 

[Chukhopops]

Yeah it's one of my favorites, and I love how WotC mixes up the gameplay with the new classes and mechanics.

It's also the strategy game with the best animations and combat feel, the tension, etc.

Why they went from this to that shitty spin off follow up, to completely abandoning it I will never know.

This game was sooooo fucking good.

I hope XCOM3 sees the light of day someday

Midnight Suns is completely different but it is also really good.

Midnight Suns flopping is the reason why we'll never have XCOM 3 btw.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Play og UFO Defense if you really wanna feel the pain.
Cruise ship terror missions in Terror From The Deep were a real punch to the balls too.

 

[Hudo]

 

[ClanOfNone]

Yeah it's one of my favorites, and I love how WotC mixes up the gameplay with the new classes and mechanics.

It's also the strategy game with the best animations and combat feel, the tension, etc.

Midnight Suns is completely different but it is also really good.

Midnight Suns flopping is the reason why we'll never have XCOM 3 btw.

I disliked Midnight Suns, especially when compared to the Xcoms.
The card based combat was fun enough, but the social stuff was torture.

 

[owandeseis]

Yes it is, and fuck Marvel for almost killing Firaxis and wasting their time BUT:



Keep an eye on this game, coming in just a bit over a week (early access tho, but with a good amount of content), the previews from the Demo (playable right now on Steam) are very very good, a lot of people saying it's the most exciting tactic game since XCOM 2.

Hopefully it'll be one of the sleepers this year, and one of my fav games since i also loved XCOM series

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Hit chance 95%. Proceeds to miss 6 times in a row.

 

[bender]

Play og UFO Defense if you really wanna feel the pain.
Cruise ship terror missions in Terror From The Deep were a real punch to the balls too.

My first XCOM game. Teenage me:

 

[Dynomite]

Missing with a 99% chance to hit made me uninstall.

 

[Lorianus]

The loadout music before the mission is made of 200% hype

 

[Gonzito]

Yes it is, and fuck Marvel for almost killing Firaxis and wasting their time BUT:



Keep an eye on this game, coming in just a bit over a week (early access tho, but with a good amount of content), the previews from the Demo (playable right now on Steam) are very very good, a lot of people saying it's the most exciting tactic game since XCOM 2.

Hopefully it'll be one of the sleepers this year, and one of my fav games since i also loved XCOM series

It doesn't seem to have controller support right? I know many people love to shit on people like me, who play strategy games with controller but I play games in my sofa and I can't do it woth KB and Mouse

 

[TanDad25]

What's the gentle verdict on the Switch 1 version?

 

[TintoConCasera]

For those that really, really dislike the % chance on hit, maybe check out WH40K Mechanicus, kinda similar in gameplay but attacks always hit.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

I also recommend playing XCOM1 Enemy Within first and then XCOM2 War of the Chosen. No vanilla versions. Both games are really made by their DLC, it's essential imo. I was actually pretty disappointed in XCOM2 until I got to play the dlc on pc, Just like op. Vanilla XCOM2 is lacking and dlc is unplayable on PS4.

Another thing, it might sound crazy but the most fun way to play these games is Ironman mode. Ironman means permadeath for your soldiers - you can't load an old game, the game autosaves your choices as you progess so all your decisions matter and have a lot of weight. This means you can fail a mission and even the game, but it also makes a turn based game thrilling and hype. Winning feels so much more satisfying when you aren't save scumming your way there.

Keep an eye on this game, coming in just a bit over a week (early access tho, but with a good amount of content), the previews from the Demo (playable right now on Steam) are very very good, a lot of people saying it's the most exciting tactic game since XCOM 2.

I'll keep an eye on menace.

But over the years I've often watched youtube videos that say "15 games that are just like xcom" or something to that effect. I've played many of them, some of them are good but none of them are really that similar to xcom. Can't beat the real thing I guess.

 

[Touch fuzZy. get BizZay]

What's the gentle verdict on the Switch 1 version?

switch 1 version on switch 2 is enhanced I hear but haven't tried. Switch 1 version on switch 1....well, you know what they say about 3rd party ports on switch 1

 

[LectureMaster]

Absolutely.

The gameplay loop is just satisfying as fuck. Going into fields do deep tactic combat - going back to base to do resource/time management - going back to fields with stronger gears. Never gets old.

We desperately need XCOM 3.

 

[Froggo]

Never tried this series. If I start with 1 first, do I need to play enemy unknown or enemy within?

You'll probably have more fun with the first