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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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SplitYourInfinities
Member
Boo, the 95% title was better 
ldcommando
Banned
Already did my timezone convertions, will try to vpn this bad boy later.
Psychoward
Banned
The rush for meld was a huge improvement in EW to try and get rid of over watch camping. Put me in the camp that's for time limits as long as they're not every other mission.
I also have 2 keys, was already wondering if I accidentally got the DLC too.
CecilRousso
Member
I was that stupid
. The DLC key caused Steam to freeze and crash three times before it worked.
Banderdash
Member
It was my understanding that the meta game did have a time limit... specifically to prevent you grinding in prep for the end game, and that it was a loss condition.
I can't remember if I read it in the Eurogamer or Polygon review... but I know it was in one of them.
Is that not the case?
EDIT: It was the Eurogamer review.
I can't remember if I read it in the Eurogamer or Polygon review... but I know it was in one of them.
Is that not the case?
EDIT: It was the Eurogamer review.
I would not worry, at the end of the day it's a turn based game so high FPS are not as crucial. Also since TB has got silly specs in terms of a average gamer, he tends to gets over obsessed with stuff, due his very expensive rig.
I am running Rise of the Tomb Raider quite happily on my 770 GTX on med/high settings, my PC is 4 and half years old, and know I need a new one, but I am happy to wait a few months. But I am not bothered with maxing graphics and having every effect running, as it can get OCD and rather expensive to keep up with the latest stuff.
Looking forward to playing it, tomorrow I am tempted to up the difficulty as I did not really struggle on on Normal on my two playthroughs of the first game
Yeah it has a global lose timer.
Jaggies are noticeable regardless of what type of game it is.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Yes but you can move the timer back by undertaking certain missions. I think by the end though it won't let you grind endlessly.
It's not a timer as such, but the aliens have a win condition this time. They don't need to beat you, they just need to fill up the Avatar Project bar. Which you can also drain by doing things. It's more of a tug-of-war than a timer.
Banderdash
Member
NumberThree
Member
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Gentlemen, prepare to kick some Alien weird hairy ass. Or die trying.
And remember, 95% chances to hit it's still not 100%
... b-but my fragile ego.
Aztechnology
Member
This I'm fine with. A set timer not so much.
Ah ofcourse, thanks!
Well, semantics. It's a timer you can slow and they can speed up. The advancement rate depends on how many bases they got set up at any given time.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
I can't even get the Regular code to work right now..
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I'm saddened the OT is other than XCOM 2 |OT| It's raining Chryssalids
Not when you have poor eyesight like me (which I struggle to tell the difference), but I realise it's like paying for expensive headphones or anything once you are used to something, I admit I notice the difference with 720p and I do struggle playing older games nowadays.
The best comparison is a 'tracker' that many board games use. If you ever played Arkham Horror, you'll know how the Avatar counter works.
I'm also pretty concerned, I have sli 760s I'm just gonna assume sli is not going to work. Frame rate drops below 60 drive me crazy even with gsync so hopefully lowering all the shadows to med or low will get me the performance I need to not hate playing the game.
Lanrutcon
Member
"Miskatonic University's Drama department holds a play from the King in Yellow. Again.
Add 4 tokens and an unborn fetus to the Doom Track."
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Really? Thought this mostly alleviated the issue?
Also, drive you crazy? Do you ever game below 60fps? While not preferable, it certainly wouldn't drive me out of my mind....
In his latest "WTF is" video, TotalBiscuit states that his review version has still the same performance issues like the preview version he had played a few weeks prior and that the problems with the action cam even got worse. He went with completely disabling AA and ambient occlusion, as those two appear to be the culprits, and recommended to disable the action cam until it's fixed. If I'm not mistaken, I recall him calling these action cam related issues "gamebreaking".
That doesn't sound too good. Any word on a day 1 patch?
That doesn't sound too good. Any word on a day 1 patch?
Maintenance
Member
Sigh, the last thing that I wanted to hear. I guess I'll just wait then.
Crap, monster rig still giving performance issues, wtf firaxis?
Is he running 8K or something maybe that would explain it.
No, but the app has been fiddled with several times since the pre-load went live.
Moff
Member
Multiple reviews mentioned performance issues, ranging from minor to very noticeable. Didn't reflect on the score, though.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Would assume that there have been no release drivers for GPUs as a factor in poor performance too.
Ivory Samoan
Gold Member
Maybe one of Long War's first mods will be controller support like was in EU/EW... I was planning on being a couch commander again, guess not! (I didn't read the fine print about no controller support at launch).
Which seems to be a problem with review scores rather than good news for the game.