So hyped for this game that I'm tempted to pre-order. But I won't.
wait, you wont buy it or you wont pre-order it out of some moral stand against pre-orders? because you can save quite a bit by pre-ordering
So hyped for this game that I'm tempted to pre-order. But I won't.
I can understand the complaints of time limited/turn limited, I usually hate this mechanic but if I am playing turn based games, I don't mind it as much because as it encourages me to change my generally defense play style, But as long as it flexible enough not to be frustrating, but people want to win every battle with little or no casualties, where true X-Com is not like that.
The beauty with the Original X-Com that you can customise the difficulty to you liking, I usually play games on Easy/Normal but found the first a tad easy on Normal, but as I am not a fan of time limits I will stick to normal. I am really looking forward to this as there not alot on the horizon which takes my fancy.
Hmm. $48 at GMG? Not a bad price at all but...I think I can wait.
A couple of minutes in and the game sounds buggy as hell.
Ninety four percent
A missed shot rings out tonight
A civilian dies
"The game has some issues with optimization"
welp. shit.
A couple of minutes in and the game sounds buggy as hell.
Nobody's doubting the game is great. It's just frustrating because Firaxis is a PC-focused developer making a PC exclusive game and yet there are optimization issues even though their games have always been pretty well optimized. There's no reason for a turn based strategy game being as demanding as this is. Also for ironman people gameplay bugs and glitches can ruin an entire run. Even more frustrating since the game was delayed already.Some quotes,
"It's excellent, astonishingly excellent frankly. A brilliant improvement on the original. I would wholeheartedly recommend it. "
"I love XCOM 2 to death, it's my favorite GOTY so far [...] this game is excellent. Outstanding. Fantastic. Needs to be patched but I had a load of fun with it and I imagine you will as well"
Yeah, now I feel bad for minimum spec people.
Hi. Whatever, I'm sure it'll be sorted out eventually, just hope they release the Resistance Warrior Pack down the line, gotta have my customization.
Anyone know if it's built upon/continues from EW as a code base, like how Civ:BE was built from Civ5? I'm not surprised that it has optimization issues considering how EW ran...
where's the best/cheapest place in NA to buy a key? Does gmg have a discount?
where's the best/cheapest place in NA to buy a key? Does gmg have a discount?
IMO, they could handle this issue much better than just by slapping time limits onto more missions.I think this is the goal of the time limits.
X-com is all about managing risks and the "optimal" playstyle in EU was super defensive since it was the least risky. There was no punishment for taking your time. and - more importantly - there was no reward for taking risks.
Yeah, now I feel bad for minimum spec people.
IMO, they could handle this issue much better than just by slapping time limits onto more missions.
"The game has some issues with optimization"
welp. shit.
"You wouldn't really expect a strategy game like this to be demanding in terms of the performance, and yet it is. And that I imagine is because I imagine they didn't prioritize optimizing it before releasing it".
Doesn't sound like Firaxis to me, back to waiting for trying it on Steam first before buying.
on the last thread getting locked, I still think it's silly that OTs don't go up a week in advance anymore. Are we supposed to talk about VPNs here or create a new thread orrrr
Actual tactical ramifications? Depending on map/mission, reinforcements for one. Or have the AI react in such a way that excessive turtling can be dangerous. Reward offensive maneuvers. In ew it could be suicide to move forward or flank as pods could be "activated". Quite frankly, if they're that close they should already be in the fight.How would you do it, then?
IMO, they could handle this issue much better than just by slapping time limits onto more missions.
I thought he retired already
I thought he retired already
I do think a week in advance was too much, a few days in advance might be good tradeoff though. But the last thread being closed was weird since the rationale stated was just strange given that the thread had been active for weeks and weeks.on the last thread getting locked, I still think it's silly that OTs don't go up a week in advance anymore. Are we supposed to talk about VPNs here or create a new thread orrrr
I do think a week in advance was too much, a few days in advance might be good tradeoff though. But the last thread being closed was weird since the rationale stated was just strange given that the thread had been active for weeks and weeks.
watching tthe total biscuit WTF is... video has me worried about difficulty.
I was planning on playing on veteran (normal) but he claims its too easy. Now, I dont particulary like super hard games, I get frustrated, but I worry about power creep, and power creep in xcom 2 seems much bigger than 1, because those late game abilities you get seem super OP.
maybe its best to go the one after veteran, and probably save scum a lot >_>
watching tthe total biscuit WTF is... video has me worried about difficulty.
I was planning on playing on veteran (normal) but he claims its too easy. Now, I dont particulary like super hard games, I get frustrated, but I worry about power creep, and power creep in xcom 2 seems much bigger than 1, because those late game abilities you get seem super OP.
maybe its best to go the one after veteran, and probably save scum a lot >_>
Why is this game 50 gigs though?