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if I liked the new XCOM will I like Silent Storm?
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Nvm, read it wrong.
Re widescreen resolutions in Silent Storm, there's a thread over at GoG of it:
http://www.gog.com/forum/silent_storm/widescreen_resolutions
Apparently not in the game, but may be added on with drivers.
Nvm, read it wrong.
Re widescreen resolutions in Silent Storm, there's a thread over at GoG of it:
http://www.gog.com/forum/silent_storm/widescreen_resolutions
Apparently not in the game, but may be added on with drivers.
archnemesis
Member
The game is excellent, but you might also want to consider the original three X-Com games. They're currently 50% off on Steam.
I recently installed the GOG version of Silent Storm, but my PC died before I had the chance to try it. Back when I first played it, I really loved the beginning of it.
I recently installed the GOG version of Silent Storm, but my PC died before I had the chance to try it. Back when I first played it, I really loved the beginning of it.
Napalm_Frank
Member
Oh man Silent Storm! That game was awesome 
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.Rickenslacker
Banned
Oh, it's on GOG? I might actually have to pick it up in that case. Heard it had a bug that made it not start on systems with over 2GB of ram. Remember playing a little bit of it back during release and it was pretty fun.
archnemesis
Member
I like the old 2D graphics myself, but if you're looking for something more modern than Silent Storm is your best bet. Gorky 17 might be worth taking a look at, but it's closer to a strategy RPG.
There is nothing clunky about JA2. It holds up well today. The absolute peak of the genre, its masterpiece.
That being said, Silent Storm is miles better than the new XCOM. The environmental destruction was ahead of its time. If you're in a building, you can shoot a guy on the floor above you through the ceiling and he comes crashing through. Or blast away whole walls with grenades. What a brilliant engine.
Sentenza
Member
You never fail to disappoint me.
To be fair the battle system is somehow better but the overall campaign and management parts are at least as bad.
good news, I liked the campaign and management in XCOM.
yeah, I noticed robots but I don't mind them.
I also tried to play Fallout Tactics but just couldn't get into and that's strange because I replayed Fallout 1-2 last year.
of course it's serious. If I wanted to play a strategic game with no graphics I'd play chess.
Wow! Cool, I thought this was only released in Russian.
The second game had these cool walker suits that made it more like a steampunk alternative history game. Though, looking at the screenshots... This game has aged horribly.
Discotheque
Banned
If I liked XCom a lot will I like Omerta City of Gangsters? Somebody answer this when the game comes out lol
looks much better in motion, take a look on youtube.
I was eyeing this as well.
edit: here's gameplay
edit2: here it is in better quality
edit3: here's some combat
I'll vouch for Silent Storm; while it's a different theme altogether than X-Com, it's definitely the better, deeper game. Silent Storm was an amazing strategy game through and through. To me it was all about the the bullet ballistics, which X-Com really doesn't have. In Silent Storm, if you want to, you can try to spray through a wall or shoot someone through a wall if you wanted to try to. Not to mention that explosives really deform everything they touch, to the point where buildings and such will crumble if they take enough damage.
downloading ATM!!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Bought x com since I thought it would be.more like ss. Severely disappointed. SS had a great system in place and setting but did get goofy. Still I loved how the enemies came after you and moved as well and there was no detection bullshit. Also, setting traps immensely satisfying.
soooo Sentinels supports 16:9 and S2 does not
I think they're trying to get the game on Greenlight, I think if that happens they would manage to fix issues like that...
Sentenza
Member
I already did my part.
ahahaha, no, it's not Nival trying to get the game throught Steam Greenlight. It's some publisher which doesn't even have any right to do it (JoWood afaik) doing this and Nival didn't know about this two months ago when Greenlight was launched. Source: russian industry podcast. So by supporting this on Greenlight you're supporting not the developer but some crook pub which went beyond distribution rights granted to them.
soooo Sentinels supports 16:9 and S2 does not
Apparently Silent Storm (1) had some issues depending on which version you got:
http://www.gog.com/forum/silent_storm/widescreen_resolutions
They mention the stretching there too.
This is so backwards I even don't know where to begin. Jagged Alliance is one of the best games of all time and people make themselves a great disservice by not trying it. Its graphics are serviceable, they were never amazing to begin with, but they haven't aged all that badly either.
I would like to recommend Incubation while we're at it.
but they are not serviceable.
anyway finally got SS working with no scaling (had to switch it on GPU) so I'm off to try the game.
You are dumb, dismissing a true classic and the pinnacle of the genre like this. I feel sorry for you.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I was wondering where it was. Gonna go do my part I guess.
DeliciousDoc
Member
I recently bought jagged alliance 2 off steam. After some issues trying to get it to run the latest unofficial patch (most guides are outdated) I noticed another problem. The instructions are not clear. My guys keep walking backwards, I spend ap to turn and don't turn where I want to be facing, I managed to trigger fast travel through luck but don't think I could do it again. Is there a reliable way to learn how to play somewhere? I'd like to play but it's a pain.
okay. I also refused to play XCOM back in 1996 because of its cartoony graphics (my friend tried to lure me in but we ended up playing C&C the whole day just because it didn't look like it was drawn by a drunk kid). Feel free to say something else about my intelligence and so on
As far as I remember, it is pretty much the pinnacle of the genre.
It is a shame that the sequels have been so crap.
Sentenza
Member
It is, both on the tactical and strategic side.
The original UFO: Enemy Unknown is the only thing that comes close.
So I completed the first mission of Silent Storm 2 and in my opinion it's a groundbreaking game in this particular genre just because physics and relief actually matter (dropped magazines are rolling down the hill, Remo would love it). Actually a shitton of things matter - where you look, how you are positioned, in what stance you are in. I can see how XCOM can be viewed as a simplified game. But SS2 is also much, much slower (and equally enjoyable).
This team should have tackled XCOM but well, it is what it is.
This team should have tackled XCOM but well, it is what it is.
Sentenza
Member
The interface in JA2 is perfectly fine.
Woo-Fu
Banned
You're entitled to your opinion, don't get too upset that I don't share it.
Sentenza
Member
Still unmatched in turn based games as far as I know.
I'm not upset at all. I simply think you are completely wrong.
I'm playing through all three games now (XCOM by Firaxis, JA2 and SS2, also Hunters HD on iPad) and it's very interesting to compare them. SS2 feels like it has the deepest combat - tons of stances and options of movement, well developed physics engine, 6 fire modes, relief and due to that it's the slowest one of the three. I can't say anything about base management yet.
JA2 feels like fast paced Fallout with party. I don't know why people think that it's THE BEST TBS EVAH because it has less tactical options and freedom than SS2. But I can already say that its strategic layer promises to be the best amongst three.
XCOM feels like it's the middle ground - it's fast paced as JA2 but due to destructability and 3D engine offers more strategic option than JA2 but not as many as SS2. As I understand there is quite limited destructability in JA2 if there is any. As for AI all three games provide enjoyable experience in this department but I must play more to compare it (and it's hard to compare them because tools availavle for AI differ too much).
All three games are very good. Any HD mods for JA2?
JA2 feels like fast paced Fallout with party. I don't know why people think that it's THE BEST TBS EVAH because it has less tactical options and freedom than SS2. But I can already say that its strategic layer promises to be the best amongst three.
XCOM feels like it's the middle ground - it's fast paced as JA2 but due to destructability and 3D engine offers more strategic option than JA2 but not as many as SS2. As I understand there is quite limited destructability in JA2 if there is any. As for AI all three games provide enjoyable experience in this department but I must play more to compare it (and it's hard to compare them because tools availavle for AI differ too much).
All three games are very good. Any HD mods for JA2?