I would suggest using ironman even with normal, it certainly makes the game more enjoyable experience.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown |OT| Neo GAF is Under Alien Control
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Hey, I wasted a slot on an arc thingie before heading out to the
alien base
Would love to have possibility for a infestation and base defending mission due to an escaped chrysallid..
Would love to have possibility for a infestation and base defending mission due to an escaped chrysallid..
Central Officer Zombie Bradford is none too pleased.
Wow at the
on Classic. This is still early in the game and in 1 turn enemy count goes from 0 to 7. 3 Mutons are ahead, 3 floaters drop in right on top of me and there's something else in the distance. Survive the turn, take out about 4 of the bad guys, 3 cryssalids jump out and poison me. Mutans throw the grenades. Game over.
EDIT: reloaded and spread out my guys/overwatched for a turn. The 3 floaters popped in, but the rest weren't triggered. If this was on Ironman, it would have been game over right there and then. 4 Veterans out, plus a newbie I brought along. Only 2 people in the barracks, one a brand new recruit.
alien base
EDIT: reloaded and spread out my guys/overwatched for a turn. The 3 floaters popped in, but the rest weren't triggered. If this was on Ironman, it would have been game over right there and then. 4 Veterans out, plus a newbie I brought along. Only 2 people in the barracks, one a brand new recruit.
It's been difficult to decide lately for me to buy or not to buy the game. Now had six hours to play it on my friends PC and I am really mixed feelings about this.
It seems to me that most difficulty in this game comes from lack of tactical depth rather than super stellar balance, which by itself is horrible. Sometimes the battles are over before they start.
Now, where are my modding tools?
It seems to me that most difficulty in this game comes from lack of tactical depth rather than super stellar balance, which by itself is horrible. Sometimes the battles are over before they start.
Now, where are my modding tools?
Bro, I unlocked mine last night!
Four dead soldiers so far
You're dead to me
)My Funky Papa soldier is going to be demoted to toilet duty.
TheSpoiler
Member
Welp, despite Can You Run It telling me I can run this game with no problems, I can not run this game at all. I'm getting, like, 20 FPS here at the most.
Sucks, because Borderlands 2 runs better.
Specs:
AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor
3.20 GHz
4.00 GB
AMD Radeon HD 6450
I know my computer is shit, but I thought I could at least run this game. Oh well.
Sucks, because Borderlands 2 runs better.
Specs:
AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor
3.20 GHz
4.00 GB
AMD Radeon HD 6450
I know my computer is shit, but I thought I could at least run this game. Oh well.
Castor Krieg
Banned
You can run it. At 20FPS.
Are you at max settings?
And for a game like this does it really matter much if the fps are around 20? Seems like it would be perfectly playable at 20 fps.
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Explain?
TheSpoiler
Member
Low setting next to shadows doesn't mean disabling the dyn. shadows.
Check this post. I will write how to disable right away.
ed:Go to Documents\My Games\XCOM – Enemy Unknown\XComGame\Config find XComEngine.ini, open it and set dynamicshadows=true to false
masterkajo
Member
Oh yes please. I know that the alien abduction missions are part of the gameplay and strategic layer but damnit, once I have enough funding why not allow me to build a second Skyranger and deploy 2 teams at the same time?
I want a challenging game for sure (playing Classic Ironman) but there has to be a point where I get advanged and powerful enough to finally start fighting back and kick some alien butt instead of always just barely staying alive (could be that I am not doing so well on the strategic layer though
). And with fighting back I mean being able to easily handle alien abduction missions (multiple Skyrangers) while in the meantime advance far enough in the tech tree to start going after the aliens. I really want to turn the tide so the aliens suddenly feel like I felt at the beginning!Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
You're dead to me
My Funky Papa soldier is going to be demoted to toilet duty.
Toilet duty sounds safe. I'd gladly change the rifle for the mop.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
It is teh sex. Raw as fuck.
Not as hardcore as OG X-Com settings wise (I with I could pickup items from the floor), but other than that it's really, really good. GOTY contender.
doubleplusgood
Member
My collector's edition is somewhere in the postal system now. I just hope nothing gets fucked up so I don't get it before the weekend, if not I might have to do something useful this weekend.
TheSpoiler
Member
It helped. Still choppy on my PC, but I'll deal with it.
lorebringer
Member
So far on Classic Ironman I'm around 16ish missions in, have the mission to
and 2 countries have pulled out so far. Strategic situation isn't looking too hot as there are lots of countries with panic rising. In the tactical enounters though my dudes are kicking ass and taking names. I've yet to have a squad wipe although I had a few close calls at the start with 2 separate misisons being saved by lone badasses taking out multiple aliens. In the last 10 missions or so though the only people I've lost have been 3 rookies trying to get a capture, but 2 dead rooks for one live muton is a good deal. Have I just been lucky so far? I haven't yet run into any of the really bad ones I'm reading about, like
Anyway, game is awesome. Digging it.
capture an outsider
14 chrysalids oh god flashbacks to 1993.
Anyway, game is awesome. Digging it.
This seems like a game where it would take many hours before "getting it" though. What's the difference between normal and classic?
Hargenx
Member
I know...I sadly know...
So far I find that hit and cover calculations are shit. I shoot an alien through 3 walls and always miss, when the same bastard always kills my troops, same distance. It always comes to grenade bust or short-range because there is no option for long-range battles per se. Nada. It forces me to move around, because if I stay I am 100% dead next round. And no matter what surface, you can shotgun an enemy through zero-length aliencraft wall.
I am losing my men to stupid things. There was an occasion where I and the enemy were three meters from each others, behind a short cover. I couldn't target at it. I had to move up one tile to do that. Or if I had moved one tile less earlier, I would get a yellow shield on it. got killed by it next round. Can't flank. Always ends up close-range or unable to aim.
Two actions per move kinda is a bullshit way of reducing time spent on each mission.
Other than combat and satellite crapola I am enjoying the rest of the game.
Good. You can try and disable dynamic lights too, but I think that would affect the atmosphere the game wants to accomplish.
Q: Dashing cancels enemys OW?
If by OW you mean overwatch then no. But you have a higher defence while dashing then you would have if you moved twice.
Isn't that the 2nd or third "priority" mission? Have you just been avoiding it?
Anyway,
alien base
Just checked, I have 11 dead already. 3 weren't my fault, so that's 8 real deaths. And I only have one active rookie, the rest are in the infirmary.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Holy fuck, I just got a 3/4 casualty rate on my second mission. One of my KIA was my badass shotgun dude.
This game is unforgiving.
This game is unforgiving.
That is exactly what I meant. Thank you.
How do I know if I got the pre-order bonuses? I bought the game but it's still locked and I can only pre-load it but I didn't get the free Civ5 and I'm not sure if I got the suits?
This is what the Steam page for it looks like for me but I don't have Civ5 in my gifts?
This is what the Steam page for it looks like for me but I don't have Civ5 in my gifts?
Just to clarify: i meant you have a higher defence while moving.
Unhandled Exception
Member
Hit the 16 hour mark and I'm just getting completely fucked from all angles. Enemies are exponentially more powerful, I can't keep up with satellite/interceptor demands AND afford important gear for my squad. The economy in this game is one cold hearted bitch.
Understood that.
Happened to me too. In alien ship, owerwatch on everything and I opened the doors.....
I was really mad at myself. Rage: The game, often times.
Define finish. Because, unless I've somehow fundamentally fucked up in the geospace, my guess is that most people will "finish" relatively early,
alien base
SuperSonic1305
Member
You get a free weapon.
marjo
Member
edit:
.81% is not what I would call astronomically low. Given the number of shots you take in the game, it means most people are likely to see something like this sooner or later.
This. Honestly I restarted my normal game because, though my economy was doing good and research was going well, it was drying up fast because all my vets were dead and any downed UFO was wiping me with
Mutons, Heavy Floaters, and Sectoid Commanders
XCOM.