It's ok, boot it up, lose, and then uninstall and wait because you're all set for for XCOM 3.
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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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It's ok, boot it up, lose, and then uninstall and wait because you're all set for for XCOM 3.
Keeping the canon pure. You are totally right.
cripterion
Member
I've never purchased any game I own on Steam using a VPN but I unlocked quite a few titles early. I sure hope it will be doable in the future as well.
Have to say I panicked as well too.
Sarcastically comparing the best of ClassicCOM to ShitCOM.
The game wasn't that bad, at least I could see it through the end.
It sure is a lost opportunity though.
Vigilo Confido
Imperfected
Member
Guys, I want to vote Commander/Bradford ticket, but the more I look at it the more I realize I really like what the Advent Administration has done for urban infrastructure and bioscience funding. Besides, I'm pretty sure the "Avatar" thing is just a political smear campaign.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Love the OP!
Weak title tho.
1. Veteran or the next one up, depending on how my mood is. And yes to Ironman, because otherwise I generally forget to save and have to repeat hours of the game at a time <_<
2. Not customize, generally; I like my guys to seem like they picked out their own stuff. If I get an idea I might go for that, though. Plus color coding for classes at low ranks.
3. Born on the battlefield!
4. Yay. At least to the Muton Centurion, not sure about the Leader and SMG until how they fit into the balance of things becomes clear. Leader especially could be broken depending on how those class abilities work.
5. Here Lies the Unknown Rookie. They had a name but nobody cared.
Weak title tho.
1. Veteran or the next one up, depending on how my mood is. And yes to Ironman, because otherwise I generally forget to save and have to repeat hours of the game at a time <_<
2. Not customize, generally; I like my guys to seem like they picked out their own stuff. If I get an idea I might go for that, though. Plus color coding for classes at low ranks.
3. Born on the battlefield!
4. Yay. At least to the Muton Centurion, not sure about the Leader and SMG until how they fit into the balance of things becomes clear. Leader especially could be broken depending on how those class abilities work.
5. Here Lies the Unknown Rookie. They had a name but nobody cared.
Aztechnology
Member
They're all named Red shirt and wear red gear until they level up.
1. I have to play Ironman, bugs be damned. I'll cave in and reload saves constantly otherwise.
Difficulty is still undecided. I keep hearing conflicting reports of Veteran behing harder AND easier than normal in EU.
2. Main Ranger Takeru Shirogane - last time I did this he lived through Classic Ironman. Specialist and Sharpshooter (sniper) as two of my friends (they both ended up being ridiculous on my original playthrough of EU). Will definitely use that Jake Solomon preconfigured guy.
Other than that I have names and color schemes that I frequently use in mech games to quickly identify the roles assigned to units. It applies to XCOM too.
3. I might make a few tomorrow morning before work while I eat breakfast or something. But I need to get right into it.
4. Nah. Second playthrough maybe.
5. peperony and chease
Freeman76
Member
Haha i like it, would have been a better OT title choice in my opinion.
decoyplatypus
Member
Fuck my weekend.
Yup. As far as anyone is concerned, I'm dead this weekend.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I have social engagements this weekend ;_;
TC McQueen
Member
1. Probably Normal, just to get a feel for the game.
2. Probably just armor, might go a little silly with that.
3. Random characters for the first playthrough.
4. Probably the SMG, then I'll add the others in later playthroughs.
5. Nope, I like to actually base my epitaphs on in-game events, so if the person sucked, it'll be immortalized.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Not anymore!
Moments like these I normally have to choose. Do I get laid this weekend or do I spend my time in front of the PC?
Most weekends I choose the sex, but this weekend it's going to be a tough choice.
Unaha-Closp
Member
11:01 pm GMT - I am ready. 9 hours away or so........must hold on........must be strong.....
Maintenance
Member
Hey, the wife isn't usually in the mood if I'm spending most of my time trying to topple an alien regime...lol.. Just telling it like it is.
Haha.
Xamtheking
Member
XCOM 2 |OT| Game Mods, not Gene Mods
Maintenance
Member
Hey, the wife isn't usually in the mood if I'm spending most of my time trying to topple an alien regime...lol.. Just telling it like it is.
I understand, 'twas but a joke.
I know
. There aren't many games that would make me think twice. This is one of them.
ISee
Member
I do not want to highjack this thread but the performance thread isn't up yet and I think people would like to know more about performance because of TBs warnings (and at least this is a PC exclusive game so it's not completely out of place).
There are 5 presets Minimum, Low, Medium, High, Maximum.
The game seems to run fine on a gtx 970 (~59fps) and 390 (~65fps) on the High preset. The maximum preset needs around 4.2 gb of VRAM because of 8xMSAA and runs like shit on most GPUs (no big surprise here). A gtx 980 seems to be able to handle the maximum preset with turned down MSAA to 2x.
All infos are from the latest (?) steam review build.
More infos and some graphs here...
There are 5 presets Minimum, Low, Medium, High, Maximum.
The game seems to run fine on a gtx 970 (~59fps) and 390 (~65fps) on the High preset. The maximum preset needs around 4.2 gb of VRAM because of 8xMSAA and runs like shit on most GPUs (no big surprise here). A gtx 980 seems to be able to handle the maximum preset with turned down MSAA to 2x.
All infos are from the latest (?) steam review build.
More infos and some graphs here...
Shake Appeal
Member
One of my favorite things about Long War is it stripped out all this unnecessary fluff (including the pod reveal animations, which I was sick of after a few hours). I can't wait for a mod that does the same.
But yeah, given that the action cam is apparently what's causing a lot of buggy behaviors in XCOM 2, I'll probably turn it off from the start.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
Thinking I'm doing Ironman. Feels like the proper way to play.
Maintenance
Member
Not bad, I can live with high. 8xMSAA is overkill to me anyway.
The loadings though...eek
35 to 40 seconds to load, though they did not test SSDs.
Shake Appeal
Member
My laptop specs are in and around the "Recommended" mark. CPU is a little slow. I'll try High with FXAA on and AO off and see what happens.
TC McQueen
Member
I wonder how it runs with MFAA instead of MSAA.
Hope my 780 Ti is up to task... I'll prolly do a mix of high and max playing with the AA settings at 2x and 4x.
Thank god, I installed this on an SSD, so that should help a bit. Can't wait after work?
It's alright if we use a VPN to play early correct?
No.
Novum_Veritas
Member
I wonder how it will perform with a 980Ti and an SSD.
Weird that they didn't test that.
Weird that they didn't test that.
Shake Appeal
Member
Don't know if it was mentioned, but XCOM 2 has native Steam Controller support:
Maintenance
Member
Apparently they are missing a few hardware pieces, if I'm not mistaken. Somebody asked about the Fury card too.
I think we are...I'm not 100% sure though.
Novum_Veritas
Member
Pretty weird that they missing these hardware bits, especially they are a hardware magazine. But we can soon test it ourselves.
Mobius and pet octopus
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XCOM 2 |OT| Make Earth Great Again!
1. Default
2. I always put my friends and relatives in.
3. I have no idea what you are talking about, I should read up.
4. See 3.
5. ''First of many''
Yeah that one from the other thread was perfect
Novum_Veritas
Member
That was my intention, the AA method seems the most demanding of the whole bunch.