Depends who you listen to. Retailers blame publishers and vice versa. My understanding is that 'convention' is for non-US release to be Friday, but that publishers CAN request simultaneous release if they want to.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown |OT| Neo GAF is Under Alien Control
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Depends who you listen to. Retailers blame publishers and vice versa. My understanding is that 'convention' is for non-US release to be Friday, but that publishers CAN request simultaneous release if they want to.
Hit a frustrating bug last night. Basically had a mission come up, assigned the squad and sent them out. They arrive and so I click "Begin Assault." Instead of beginning the assault it actually takes me back to mission control. The 5 soldiers I had sent on the mission are now forever on mission for some reason.
Losing a whole squad like this fucking sucks.
Nonetheless, I still am loving this game so far. Waited a long time for an update to classic X-Com and this one is coming through so far. May just start entirely over tonight cause I can't stand the sight of soldiers on my roster just locked in "On Mission" status for no reason.
Losing a whole squad like this fucking sucks.
Nonetheless, I still am loving this game so far. Waited a long time for an update to classic X-Com and this one is coming through so far. May just start entirely over tonight cause I can't stand the sight of soldiers on my roster just locked in "On Mission" status for no reason.
Support class can become better healers than the rest.
You can upgrade your medkits to heal more HP, and one of the upgrade paths of your support class is to use it up to 3 times per mission.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
I'm a leader not a reader damnit!
reading that might have saved this game
Haha Im in the same boat. If I had known that I would have much better weapons by now. Instead we're all about to learn Martian.
Neuromancer
Member
I'm at the point where if I lose any of my A team I'm reloading saves. I'm just too damn attached to them. They're my babies.
Terrible
Technosteve
Banned
Same on a radeon 4890 I don't understand why the game runs at sub 30 most of the time.
I'm on the latest beta drivers, I'm going to try rolling back to the latest ones and see if that fixes it when I get home. If not, I'm just gonna have to stick to Dishonored until it gets resolved. No way I'm suffering through that and ruining the experience.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Discotheque
Banned
noooo. Ironman shouldn't even be an option at this point.
XCom should be treated like the Dark Souls of strategy games.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Nice, If I can ever keep anyone alive long enough to get promoted that will be pretty usefull haha
VPN that shit!
Hehe. I had one of my veterans get crit down to 1hp. I immediately dashed him back to the end of the map and hunkered down for the rest of the mission. I wasn't going to lose him even if it meant doing the rest of the mission with 4 guys!
Basileus777
Member
The one unit I've managed to keep alive across this classic playthrough is an assault class, and I'm very thankful that the high rank abilities turn assaults into tanks because this is the one thing I'd rage at losing at this point. But with 22 health and being immune to crits, if she dies it's because I did something really stupid.
electricpirate
Member
That is sound tactical advice, I"ve bugged out on missions because of that very fact.
Also, I had just gotten OTS, so if I lost the sargeant I wouldn't be able to do the 5 man upgrade which has been pretty key to turning the tide. It's also meant that more guys get exp and level up, which has kept me from the rookie barrage.
Until this most recent wipe, I'm pretty sure I'm fucked now.
Minsc
Gold Member
That's exactly why I started my game with Ironman on, and in Classic difficulty (I'm guilty of doing that same stuff in the original games). These soldiers are Earth's last chance, and they're going to die trying defending us.
My first sniper to join the ranks, who was quickly showing promise by scoring a long range headshot, blown to pieces the next round by a shot passing through two windows of a building. The rookie who killed two aliens, got hit, panicked, and then while panicking destroyed the very alien who shot him, a tragic pile of dust on the ground shortly after.
It's my new favorite way to enjoy the game, probably part of the reason I found Kirkman's comics so interesting, the heroes make mistakes and fall. But everyone else presses on, until there's nothing left!
Hari Seldon
Member
Yeah I'm going to join the Ironman crew I think. I was going to play just the tutorial on Normal, and then restart, but I kept playing. But yeah, I'd probably have more fun on Ironman.
Dakota47
Member
Nah, I'll wait. Haven't got any proper time to play the game until Friday anyway.
andregnreis
Member
How do i do this?
I was ready to ask if there is a way to unlock the game early, when i saw your post
So I need to restart my walkthrough due to not even know I had to manually save. But I liked the experience of no save so I want to start in Ironman now.
Is there a was to play Normal Iroman and skip tuorial on xbox ? I dont think Ive seen that option.
Also, is there any disavantage to recruit soldiers only when I need them ?
Is there a was to play Normal Iroman and skip tuorial on xbox ? I dont think Ive seen that option.
Also, is there any disavantage to recruit soldiers only when I need them ?
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Yep, when you get to the difficulty select screen press the button for advanced options and you will see Ironman and Skip Tutorial. Scroll up to get to them.
Basileus777
Member
It takes a few days before they arrive at your base and are usable, so if you run out of bodies and they don't arrive before your next battle...
Nope. You get it back.
Johnlenham
Member
That's exactly why I started my game with Ironman on, and in Classic difficulty (I'm guilty of doing that same stuff in the original games). These soldiers are Earth's last chance, and they're going to die trying defending us.
My first sniper to join the ranks, who was quickly showing promise by scoring a long range headshot, blown to pieces the next round by a shot passing through two windows of a building. The rookie who killed two aliens, got hit, panicked, and then while panicking destroyed the very alien who shot him, a tragic pile of dust on the ground shortly after.
It's my new favorite way to enjoy the game, probably part of the reason I found Kirkman's comics so interesting, the heroes make mistakes and fall. But everyone else presses on, until there's nothing left!
Kinda wishing I hadnt just quit out earlier. I ende dup fighting something like 9 mutons at once and using various rockets I managed to take them out but I lost one of my best close range guys and my best healer (blew him up by accident).
Should have just toughed it out, its the first time ive reloaded in the whole game and Ive lost guys before.. no idea why I felt the need to do it now :\
Classic (as in the original) X-com players
is there anything you miss or changes you dislike?
Before going in, I really thought I would miss the inventory management in-mission. However, I think it was a wise choice to take this out as I used to spend so much time at the start of each mission equipping all my soldiers before even stepping out of the Skyranger / Avenger. Im sure they could have improved on the inventory management system, but going with the simple system they went with is much more user-friendly. What I do miss is being able to pick up a dead soldiers weapon / item (or an alien weapon) when getting low on ammo or needing an item they had. I guess unlimited ammo helps with that a bit.
The other thing I think I will miss is the base attacks. One of my favorite moments of the original is that I didnt know my base could be attacked, so all my soldiers were out on a mission except for one wounded soldier (my brother) that had to be left behind. When my base was attacked, I defended the base Die Hard style, taking out all the aliens one by one with that single soldier. Another great part of base attacks was playing the mission in a map that you assembled yourself. It was cool to suddenly be playing a mission in something that I created and that you used to run your entire operation. Again though, I see why they made this change since there is only one base and it would suck to lose your game that way.
Anyways, Im loving this game so far and even though the original will always be in my Top 10, it feels good to play a 2012 version.
Before going in, I really thought I would miss the inventory management in-mission. However, I think it was a wise choice to take this out as I used to spend so much time at the start of each mission equipping all my soldiers before even stepping out of the Skyranger / Avenger. Im sure they could have improved on the inventory management system, but going with the simple system they went with is much more user-friendly. What I do miss is being able to pick up a dead soldiers weapon / item (or an alien weapon) when getting low on ammo or needing an item they had. I guess unlimited ammo helps with that a bit.
The other thing I think I will miss is the base attacks. One of my favorite moments of the original is that I didnt know my base could be attacked, so all my soldiers were out on a mission except for one wounded soldier (my brother) that had to be left behind. When my base was attacked, I defended the base Die Hard style, taking out all the aliens one by one with that single soldier. Another great part of base attacks was playing the mission in a map that you assembled yourself. It was cool to suddenly be playing a mission in something that I created and that you used to run your entire operation. Again though, I see why they made this change since there is only one base and it would suck to lose your game that way.
Anyways, Im loving this game so far and even though the original will always be in my Top 10, it feels good to play a 2012 version.
Basileus777
Member
It's a shame they don't let you control class promotions, it makes it difficult to experiment with different combinations because they balance it out so you get close to an even amount of everything. I want to try out a squad of assaults and supports, but getting enough of those classes is more of a hassle than it should be.
I've been wrecking everything since rushing to lasers, but I know that isn't gonna last too long. Those Mutons are just around the corner I can FEEL it.
In the meantime I'm training up a bullet swarm/HEAT ammo heavy. I haven't lost any soldiers in a long time and I don't feel like having a Cyberdisc ruin my day when they start appearing.
In the meantime I'm training up a bullet swarm/HEAT ammo heavy. I haven't lost any soldiers in a long time and I don't feel like having a Cyberdisc ruin my day when they start appearing.
It's my new favorite way to enjoy the game, probably part of the reason I found Kirkman's comics so interesting, the heroes make mistakes and fall. But everyone else presses on, until there's nothing left!
They're certainly a depressing read, that's for sure.
I have always liked games where once your character is gone then they're gone for good (e.g. Tactics Ogre) but the Ironman setting really makes it awesome since I can't go many missions back and do everything differently. Also, this game isn't fucking around.
So what's the situation with the inclusion of 1080p movies not being used by the game?
I can see very clearly that I'm only getting 720p videos on my system. I know there is a workaround but I'm wondering if the developers are aware of this bug? The 720p videos are quite hideous and there are a LOT of them. I can't believe how often they cut to video. :\
I can see very clearly that I'm only getting 720p videos on my system. I know there is a workaround but I'm wondering if the developers are aware of this bug? The 720p videos are quite hideous and there are a LOT of them. I can't believe how often they cut to video. :\
TheApatheticOne
Member
I think this is one of the first games Ive ever played where "everything going to shit" is a complete pleasure (not while it's happening though lol). Love reading everyone's stories about things going good.... going good.... going good..... team wipe!
Beaten quite a few missions, but may start over. Spent to much money to fast I think. Getting to a point where one person is living per mission, so every new mission filled with stronger enemies, Im sending out four rookies and a one mission vet.
Beaten quite a few missions, but may start over. Spent to much money to fast I think. Getting to a point where one person is living per mission, so every new mission filled with stronger enemies, Im sending out four rookies and a one mission vet.
whalleywhat
Member
These Mutons ain't so tough. *pets Scatter Laser*
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
The only things I miss are the base invasions (both mine and theirs), free aim, and getting off the dropship ramp
The Saving Private Ryan dropship moments were vintage XCOM so I miss them for nostalgia, but I can see how that would be incredibly discouraging to people if youre trying to reintroduce XCOM. Really though most of the changes I dont mind or rather enjoy, and the ones I don't like are just minor gripes nothing big. The game is awesome
So I named my dudes after some real life friends of mine. Everything is going great, and I just unlocked +squad size from the officer training school... So, I decided to add my friends brother to the ranks.
First mission, he get's poisoned, panics and shoots a teammate... have him bringing up the rear and holding overwatch for the rest of that mission.
Next mission, new guy gets the arc thrower, time to redeem yourself John. Clear out the perimeter of the crash site... get inside... pop a smoke... John rushes in and hunkers down.
But Alien outsider don't give a fuck, and John gets vaporized. NOOOOOO! In comes his younger brother, the squad assault.. Run & Gun around the corner and sends that alien son of bitch straight to hell.
John Chess: 2 missions, 0 kills. Died in the line of duty, avenged by his younger brother. RIP
First mission, he get's poisoned, panics and shoots a teammate... have him bringing up the rear and holding overwatch for the rest of that mission.
Next mission, new guy gets the arc thrower, time to redeem yourself John. Clear out the perimeter of the crash site... get inside... pop a smoke... John rushes in and hunkers down.
But Alien outsider don't give a fuck, and John gets vaporized. NOOOOOO! In comes his younger brother, the squad assault.. Run & Gun around the corner and sends that alien son of bitch straight to hell.
John Chess: 2 missions, 0 kills. Died in the line of duty, avenged by his younger brother. RIP
Well, I thought it was known pre-release. Sorry for spoiling it for you, I didn't realize people didn't know that.
=( ... shoulda PM'd it.
was capturing a landed ufo that was on its way to a terror mission, went inside the ship, killed everything, captured a berserker and a muton (for its plasma rifle) , and all that with no one dead, map didn't end though, so apparently i had some aliens left, I split my team up to look for them, and one side finds a cyber disk, the bastard continues to shoot two of my soldiers before he died, one a fully maxed out sniper! yet he was in critical condition, yet i was out of med kits... my solution? have someone run to the jet and run the fuck away! yet what do i find on the way back? 3 cryssalids! after having my support die as well, I manged to kill them, and a mission that was going perfectly ended with 3 dead, and 3 wounded...
whalleywhat
Member
That's pretty early going. People should probably refrain from complaining about things that are 'missing' from the game until they've finished it.
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Not yet they keep asking me to but Im blowing them to hell to save my own skin. I'm about a month away from losing this playthough, I'll try to do it right on the next one though. But that is good to hear! I was under the impression
that alien base attacks ahd been removed
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Just beat the game on normal ironman to get the spoilers out of the way so I can play multiplayer. Good shit, I enjoyed that a lot. Time for the real meat and bones with Classic.
I dunno what it is but I sorta miss the micromanagement of the original xcom's geoscape. The new one, while deeper in strategy, doesn't have the same feel of scouring the Earth for UFOs.
I dunno what it is but I sorta miss the micromanagement of the original xcom's geoscape. The new one, while deeper in strategy, doesn't have the same feel of scouring the Earth for UFOs.
That's okay... would have been more exciting to find out on my own though... I think I'm just about to discover that mission if what you mentioned is the pre-requirement.
Is my screenshot working up there? Doesn't seem to be showing up for me... but I'm using safari so It might just be my browser.
Time is always moving forward, and missions can pop up randomly at any time. You can speed up time progress by scanning for activity.... it's very likely that a mission will pop up, but it's not like you are guaranteed a mission every in game day or anything like that.
It's an alien invasion... there are no time outs or cease fires.
It's an alien invasion... there are no time outs or cease fires.
You can ignore the mission and just advance the time, but that's going to lead to panic.
one damage per turn for 3 turns... Not sure if the 3 turns starts from when you initially get poisoned or the turn you leave the poison cloud.
Maybe they're lost in the Jungle, like Arnold in Predator 1. Maybe they've gone rogue, or been assimilated? Maybe the secret last mission is to fight them in all their psionic hybrid glory. You'll never know if you start over now.