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[Barack Lesnar]

Lack of any real plot made it difficult for me to progress through the first game. Hopefully we get some world building and memorable characters this time around.

 

[Mifec]

YES YES

I've been waiting for this.

 

[Blade30]

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

 

[BlazinAm]

Maybe I will get a new GPU this year.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Really hoping they don't ditch controller support since it's PC only. It worked amazing well in the first game.

 

[AkuMifune]

Really, millions in marketing and so many smart people behind this and the best they could come up with is xcom 2?

Hah, true. Especially with so much they could have pulled from.

I'll take more xcom though.

 

[Dictator93]

Not a very flattering screenshot for a PC exclusive.

Maybe it is simulation heavy. Who knows.

Quite surprised about its PC exclusivity. Does it have to do with how it sold?

 

[FStop7]

So the premise is that the aliens won?

Man, I hate it when all of the efforts a player spends "winning" a game are nullified for the sake of a sequel.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Well, PC only sucks donkey balls. What the fuck 2K?

 

[Sojgat]

PC only?

 

[Felix Lighter]

I'm fascinated by the PC only choice by 2K for this one. I'm very happy to see that it explicitly mentions mod support.

 

[CloudWolf]

Even though Firaxis disappointed me with the terrible Beyond Earth, I will be there first day for this.

Not a very flattering screenshot for a PC exclusive.

It's a top-down strategy game, it does not need to be a graphical powerhouse. This screen looks great IMO.

 

[Leafhopper]

What's with the random screenshot of Mass Effect 1?

Acq please lol.

 

[void666]

I suck at strategy games but i loved enemy unkown. I'm in.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Really hoping they don't ditch controller support since it's PC only. It worked amazing well in the first game.

It really did. I don't think there's a bad controlling version of XCOM anywhere.

 

[Octavianus]

Last Xcom was underwhelming to say the least. Hope this isn't more of the same somehow but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Sciz]

Hopefully PC exclusive means the UI will actually work this time. Couldn't believe how bad the mouse controls could be in EU.

Procedural maps and mod support mean this'll be playable forever, though.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

OH MY GOD.

X 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

 

[hemtae]

Really excited to see what PC exclusive means.

Hopefully robust mod support for one thing.

 

[Majanew]

PC exclusive and... that's the best it looks? What is that, reflective grass carpet?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Lack of any real plot made it difficult for me to progress through the first game. Hopefully we get some world building and memorable characters this time around.

My goddamn soldiers were memorable to me. None of these narrative constrains. This games needs no chains.

 

[barit]

PC exclusive? No TFTD theme? I'm disappointed son

Spoiler

still buying Day-1 tho. I'm weak

 

[Durante]

As a PC player, this kinda sucks. I don't feel like XCOM suffered from getting a console release, and I know a few console owners who really enjoyed Enemy Unknown.

I disagree, the Mouse/KB controls for XCOM were just serviceable. Perhaps they can do better with more focus.

 

[BaronMonstro]

Nice.

Real nice.

Holiday season release is a bit surprising to me though.

 

[munroe]

PC will probably the testing platform then improve upon it for a console release next year.

Well I'll get it for PC when it releases. Not day one though, I've stopped doing that.

 

[LiK]

Underwater levels coming?

 

[DoubleTake]

...I need a pc ughhh

 

[texhnolyze]

Procedural maps and modding.
Good lord.

 

[lighthouse777]

sigh gonna break my pocket book this fall

 

[Jawmuncher]

Why are they trying to upset the alien rule? They should just role with it.

 

[funkystudent]

They mention mods a bunch.

Hopefully the PC exclusivity isnt because they plan on supporting it with paid mods or something.

 

[Doomshroom]

Fuck, guess i wont play it.

 

[Glass Rebel]

damn my mans at 2k did console-only people dirty

I hope they keep the gamepad controls for the PC release tho

 

[Shake Appeal]

Best news.

 

[Steel]

Odd that they would go PC exclusive for this. It's not like it's a hardware problem, it's Xcom not crysis.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

tu's and random missions please

 

[PumpkinSpice]

Really hoping they don't ditch controller support since it's PC only. It worked amazing well in the first game.

Hopefully Steam OS is enough incentive to keep good controller support.

 

[NecromorphTX]

''PC Exclusive''

 

[xaszatm]

...wait, people are complaining about it being PC only? I highly doubt this game is going to require a fancy gaming computer to play, guys.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Lack of any real plot made it difficult for me to progress through the first game. Hopefully we get some world building and memorable characters this time around.

In the original, the actions of your characters made them memorable. I remember some of my characters from the original more fondly than most characters in games.

Thank go for procedural generated levels.

Game of the year edition will be on consoles

 

[Kacho]

Oh hell yes. I understand that some people are bummed about the lack of console version but it being PC exclusive makes me happy. The game should be better because of that.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

PC stay winning

 

[T.O.P]

HOLY FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Poodlestrike]

So the premise is that the aliens won?

Man, I hate it when all of the efforts a player spends "winning" a game are nullified for the sake of a sequel.

I don't think it's that the aliens "won," per se. They didn't conquer the world through force, and that's what they were trying to do last game. They figured out... another way to win.

Hopefully they'll touch on all that implies.

Anyway: mod support woo! Procedural maps, eh. Bummed about no console release, tho. Curious to see how the mobile base works out.

 

[Alo81]

I imagine PC only means, currently, PC only. I'd expect a console port in the future, and maybe eventually mobile again.

My SO will be bummed if it doesn't find its way to Android tablets again, she loved EU on her tablet.

But mod support is HUGE, and procedural maps will be a big boon. The game really seemed like it could benefit from that.

 

[Kresnik258]

No console? Gah.

Still, procedurally generated maps is a buy from me!

 

[Jb]

XCOM 2 is such a weird name for this, but I understand they wanted to convey that this is the big sequel to Enemy Unkown people have been waiting for.

 

[Fracas]

I'm buying it in PC but wut at no console versions

 

[FStop7]

Hopefully PC exclusive means the UI will actually work this time. Couldn't believe how bad the mouse controls could be in EU.

But the controller implementation was brilliant and totally surpassed the need for kb+m in the PC version.

 

[Percy]

Oh wow, PC only... never would have expected that

Sorry guys, guess you're just gonna have to... console yourselves over this one