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[Crimsonclaw111]

I second this. Game is fantastic and it's a great port.

It's also one of the games the developers of EU took influence from.

 

[Atraveller]

Great news, looking forward to it!

 

[Remachinate]

I was really afraid Invisible, Inc. would get largely ignored, and it seems to have happened.

I feel like Klei dropped the ball a bit in promoting it; if I hadn't bought in from the alpha way back I'm not sure if I would have ever heard of it.

Hey, XCOM-GAF! Pick this game up to fill the void between now and November!

 

[Xamtheking]

free to play maybe ?

Is this what all juniors are like?

 

[Fragamemnon]

Consoles have USB ports and hard drives. They could make mods work. Unreal Tournament 3 did right?

How is the content delievered? Who hosts it? Who approved it? On Steam, all of these issues have turnkey answers provided by the service's platform infrastructure. Firaxis would have to develop a system of delivery entirely on their own and find a a way to do so without the hardware makers throwing a fit. Not worth it.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

free to play maybe ?

Not a chance.

 

[Solid Samus]

oh shit, november? Firaxis gonna Firaxis. Feels good to not have to wait even a year for my favorite games.

free to play maybe ?

no






no




just

no

 

[Axial]

Timed and of the escort variety too?

Absolutely yes, gotta feel dat pressure.

 

[davepoobond]

free to play maybe ?

..............................

20 years in the future, and pretty much everything we did in EU / EW was unsuccessful, and the aliens won. So this is kind of a role reversal, where Xcom are more mobile and fighting against the odd to get Earth back

yeah it would have to be "unsuccessful" cause they have to destroy the old XCOM base and their forces for this to make much sense as a power-reset.

 

[Leafhopper]

free to play maybe ?

...Where are you coming to this conclusion?

Because its a PC game?

What.

Absolutely yes, gotta feel dat pressure.

10/10 post.

 

[RPG_Fanatic]

The XCOM website has been updated and has some other small details:

• The mobile base is called "The Avenger" and is a converted alien ship.
• There are five classes now — I'm guessing "Ranger" is the new one. They mention "Momentum" as a new class ability.
• "The state of the world affects each combat mission's environment."
• "Use concealment to ambush enemy patrols." (YES.)
• "Loot enemies for precious gear and artifacts."
• You can save fallen soldiers by carrying them to the extraction. (YES.)
• "There are virtually infinite combinations of map, missions and goals." (YESYESYES.)
• Also confirms head-to-head multiplayer on generated maps.

I'm drooling here. Glad to here you can conceal yourself to ambush aliens this time around. Aliens always being able to able to find cover after being spotted was annoying.

Really happy to see random maps come back. i wonder if the environment will be any more destructible this time.

 

[RM8]

Valkyria Chronicles. No, seriously.

I bought this at (PC) launch, played a bit and some other games got in the way. I'll make sure to finish it before XCOM 2 releases

 

[ShadowSoldier89]

Valkyria Chronicles. No, seriously.

god yes, game is so good

 

[Shake Appeal]

Xenonauts

Man, I wish Xenonauts had XCOM's two-move system instead of TUs. I still haven't finished it (and may never go back to it, with everything else that's out there), in part because the tactical layer is so fiddly and slow.

 

[Archaix]

I was really afraid Invisible, Inc. would get largely ignored, and it seems to have happened.

I feel like that's happened with every small Early Access game that needed to build up word of mouth. People who loved the games got burned out on them during early access, others ignored them entirely until full release, and nobody ends up talking about the games at launch as a result.

 

[Durante]

I bought this at (PC) launch, played a bit and some other games got in the way. I'll make sure to finish it before XCOM 2 releases

It starts out slow strategy-wise, with a lot of exposition/story, but it gets much stronger in terms of gameplay later on.

 

[Bob White]

Save fallen comrades?

What is this babby dumbing-down?!

If they do something like Darkest Dungeon, where the saved person is all fucked up in the head and it takes forever for them to get up and running again, I think it'll be fine.

 

[I H8 Memes]

In 2012's EU, you make the memorable characters. That game was all about emergent stories of each soldier making you feel attached to them, which in turn made you feel absolutely horrible when they died.

You said it brother! Like my best soldier, Col. Mona "Tombstone" Jacobsen. 14 missions and 25 kills. Shes a beast. Shrugs off crits then 1 shots Chryssalids.

But I wouldnt know anything about any soldiers dying. Nope, no sir, never happened.

 

[thekiddfran]

No console version, no purchase unfortunately

 

[Nzyme32]

Anyone here complaining about the PC exclusivity need only look at the sales of XCOM to see how this is obviously going to go down.

2015: PC Exclusive
2016, Summer: Tablet Releases
2016, Fall: Console "GOTY" Releases

They'll have more info tomorrow about why it is on PC only - "And, later this week we’ll go in-depth with Solomon and DeAngelis on the reasons behind the bold move to take XCOM from a multiplatform series to a PC exclusive, and how XCOM 2 will be tailored to take advantage of that single platform’s strengths – followed by Firaxis’ exciting plans to support modders and their work."

Without any real info on it, there is no way of guessing, but I'm assuming they are going the route of Civ, more mechanical depth, strong mod support etc. If that is the case, there could still be some sort of Civ Rev type game but for Xcom that appears on consoles. Some previous posts suggest some pretty abysmal console sales for Xcom last time round, so not sure if that is also part of the decision, but like I said, find out this week. They have a preview tomorrow apparently

 

[UnrealEck]

I've had Enemy Unknown in my library for about 2 years and have barely played it.
I know a lot of people are a bit upset that Xcom 2 seems to be only on PC, but it looks like you'll be able to play it on a very affordable (or older) machine.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

No console version, no purchase unfortunately

A shame but that's probably why it's pc exclusive anyway.

 

[BLunted]

I have played all the X-com games since the 90's and am excited to play this. Kinda happy it's pc exclusive, that way development wont be held back by consoles.

 

[Syrus]

Will wait for Console version and Steam sale.

 

[-tetsuo-]

...umm, you can easily use a mouse and keyboard on consoles with an adapter.



Modding is the obvious answer.

There is a difference between the system being able to use a mouse and keyboard and a mouse and keyboard coming with every system. They have to design the game around what comes in the box, not what peripherals a user possibly has.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

I'm guessing it will come to consoles eventually unless they hate money.

 

[Grimsen]

OMFG.

Not a particular fan of Apocalypse, but this looks good. Real good. In Solomon we trust.

And unless some surprise announcement comes at E3 regarding consoles, looks like I'll be building a new PC this fall.

Witcher 3 had a good run.

 

[Xamtheking]

There is a difference between the system being able to use a mouse and keyboard and a mouse and keyboard coming with every system. They have to design the game around what comes in the box, not what peripherals a user possibly has.

This
Consoles weren't designed to work with a mouse/keyboard

 

[Qwan3356]

love me some XCOM. Can't wait.

 

[Willy Wanka]

Procedural maps and mod support? Oh yes please. I can't believe it's due this year as well.

E3 month off to a great start already.

 

[MrCompletely]

PC brahs, if I loved EU/EW, what other strategy games would you recommend? For some reason Civ doesn't look like my kind of game.

Invisible Inc. GO NOW.

 

[Red UFO]

Rad.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

I'm guessing it will come to consoles eventually unless they hate money.

At this point I think the sales split between the PC and consoles version should go in the OP.

 

[ISee]

free to play maybe ?

Does not look like free to play to me.

 

[Shake Appeal]

If they do something like Darkest Dungeon, where the saved person is all fucked up in the head and it takes forever for them to get up and running again, I think it'll be fine.

It kinda fits with the shift from X-COM to XCOM, where a single soldier is much more important, and where you're basically building one or two teams of superheroes rather than interchangeable squads of rookie fodder and one or two vets.

As long as it creates an interesting set of decisions (and so interesting narratives), I'm all for it.

 

[electroshockwave]

I can see the reasoning behind this being PC exclusive but I'd be lying if I said it didn't make me jealous. I thought the last game worked really well on a controller.

 

[nai]

Woo!!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is one of my favorite games in a long time, so this made me really excited.

 

[Hopeford]

It starts out slow strategy-wise, with a lot of exposition/story, but it gets much stronger in terms of gameplay later on.

Just be sure NOT to look up guides. It's pretty easy to completely break the game if you abuse certain game mechanics, but as long as you don't "pull back the curtain" too much you can still have a lot of fun with the missions, difficulty wise.

 

[autoduelist]

My gut says this will be announced for consoles too. Maybe at E3. Not saying it will be, but it was quite successful on consoles so it makes sense. eDit - welp, maybe not.

 

[Leafhopper]

I'm guessing it will come to consoles eventually unless they hate money.

You mean the money they barely made from consoles?

My gut says this will be announced for consoles too. Maybe at E3. Not saying it will be, but it was quite successful on consoles so it makes sense.

Not really.

 

[Spoo]

Looks great! I actually like the art style; the sterile look makes it feel like Mass Effect 1 meets XCOM:Enemy Unknown, which is a good mix.

Between this and big E3 megatons coming (Fallout 4, Doom), I feel like it's a good time to be a PC gamer

 

[AnthonypUK]

Some previous posts suggest some pretty abysmal console sales for Xcom last time round,y

If the sales were so Abysmal why did they go the route of releasing the expansion later on consoles? if EU sales were that bad they wouldn't go through the bother of putting out the expansion, they'd have just ducked out after the base game.

I think its more to avoid the console rush of games in November, theres more X-Com players on Pc, they'd pick it up holiday season or not,console players will be with their halos etc, i think they look for a slow Q2/3 months next year to drop the console version.

 

[Fragamemnon]

Man, I wish Xenonauts had XCOM's two-move system instead of TUs. I still haven't finished it (and may never go back to it, with everything else that's out there), in part because the tactical layer is so fiddly and slow.

TUs are donkey nuts compared to fluidity of blue move/yellow move of EU/EW. I agree that the glacial pacing of the combat is its weak point but it's not that much slower than playing OG X-Com or(soon hopefully) TFTD in their "open" forms.

 

[Doomshroom]

My gut says this will be announced for consoles too. Maybe at E3. Not saying it will be, but it was quite successful on consoles so it makes sense.

If it were coming to consoles later i dont see the reason to say its PC exlusive. They could just say coming to PC 2015 and leave it at that. All its doing now is pissing people off, me included. Fuck this shitty day.

 

[Quentyn]

Firaxis will do a livestream tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/FiraxisGames/status/605418628700192768

 

[AHA-Lambda]

I feel like Klei dropped the ball a bit in promoting it; if I hadn't bought in from the alpha way back I'm not sure if I would have ever heard of it.

Hey, XCOM-GAF! Pick this game up to fill the void between now and November!

This, the most marketing that game got was at early access.

Klei don't do a good job marketing its games, MotN was same at launch, so it should pick up hopefully.

 

[Xplatformer]

Well I guess that means I have to play the first one, it's still in my backlog.

+1

And the new game better support Xbox 360 controller input. I'm one of those PC gamers that hates using a keyboard and mouse to game.

Yeah, I'm one of those.

If it doesn't have controller support then there is zero chance of me purchasing it. Couch gaming with a keyboard and mouse is not something I enjoy doing.

This.

Controller support will determine whether I purchase this or not. I still haven't got past 10% of Mass Effect 2 on the PC because controller support wasn't built into that version from the beginning (YES, I know there is support now. I'm going to finish it eventually).

PC gamers aren't just kB/mouse gamers anymore.

 

[Dlacy13g]

How is the content delievered? Who hosts it? Who approved it? On Steam, all of these issues have turnkey answers provided by the service's platform infrastructure. Firaxis would have to develop a system of delivery entirely on their own and find a a way to do so without the hardware makers throwing a fit. Not worth it.

The Golf Club seems to have solved the issue of user made maps and populating them across all versions... not sure why Xcom would be different.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

Firaxis will do a livestream tomorrow.

https://twitter.com/FiraxisGames/status/605418628700192768

Can't wait. Enemy Unknown was a great game.

 

[solokazama]

+1

And the new game better support Xbox 360 controller input. I'm one of those PC gamers that hates using a keyboard and mouse to game.

Yeah, I'm one of those.

Same