Falksi
Arcane
Does anyone know if the PS4 will get a hard copy release of WATC, similar to Enemy Within?
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X-COM XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen Expansion Thread
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luinthoron
Learned
That is not entirely true. From what I noticed when starting the game myself, Lost and Abandoned can not be disabled if the tutorial is enabled and is considered part of it in that case, but is still there otherwise if you leave it enabled. Start of the tutorial was definitely still the same old, though, so I do admit I did not bother doing the two old tutorial missions after noticing that and went straight to the updated Gatecrasher instead (and got a smaller statue to blow up this time), so if there are any changes to the old tutorial missions, I would not exactly know. Still, we do not meet the new factions or the Chosen before Lost and Abandoned in either case, so I don't think there can be any new story before that.
Ah, now that is just silly. It's quite sensible of the system to show you only unsafe spaces seen by enemies you know of. You can't possibly expect to know you will be seen by an enemy when you don't know the enemy is even there. Or a civilian, for that matter, those fuckers can mess up your stealthy approach as well when they suddenly appear behind a corner.PCGamer said:
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I am on the middle of the campaign (researching plasma atm) and this xpack is so good.
Even if it is more difficult than vanilla (chosen are annoying, need a much BIGGER roster), there are a lot more tools to help in both strategic and tactical.
Performance wise i don't see improvements other than loading times (still fps drops)
However, my favourite feature is the huge amount of missions and environments you can find, so much variety and another level compared to vanilla.
Even if it is more difficult than vanilla (chosen are annoying, need a much BIGGER roster), there are a lot more tools to help in both strategic and tactical.
Performance wise i don't see improvements other than loading times (still fps drops)
However, my favourite feature is the huge amount of missions and environments you can find, so much variety and another level compared to vanilla.
Played a very short time. I really miss Not Created Equally and some of the QoL features from the LW pack, but the loading times have been improved tons.
Of course the new content is displayed through annoying, scripted missions. Haven't check yet but I assume there's a way to turn those off like with the DLC. There seems to be a lot more variety in tilesets, maps and missions. The special hero units seem such a tacked on design, though.
Of course the new content is displayed through annoying, scripted missions. Haven't check yet but I assume there's a way to turn those off like with the DLC. There seems to be a lot more variety in tilesets, maps and missions. The special hero units seem such a tacked on design, though.
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So lame that this is only for the expansionized game!
Been watching a let's play for a few days now and I really like the new content. Yeah, the hero introductory missions are annoyingly scripted, that will hurt replayability a bit. And the Chosen are irritating. They have this Disney Channel design, the prattle incessantly and talk like the villains in the old Ninja Turtles cartoons I loved when I was 10. Oh and the new Chosen weapons are a bit too OP methinks.
But I love the variety. The new missions, new threats, new skills, new heroes (btw I don't see them tacked on at all, I think they're pretty interesting). Good stuff overall. Only Firaxis really should stop putting cartoonish art in their games, first Civ 6, now this. Jesus, who do they think play their games, schoolkids or aspies in their thirties?
But I love the variety. The new missions, new threats, new skills, new heroes (btw I don't see them tacked on at all, I think they're pretty interesting). Good stuff overall. Only Firaxis really should stop putting cartoonish art in their games, first Civ 6, now this. Jesus, who do they think play their games, schoolkids or aspies in their thirties?
It worked rather well for these guys:Maybe with the Ninja Turtle look they want to appeal to our childhood memories..?
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-turtles-shadows-of-the-past-b?ref=nav_search
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$862,211It worked rather well for these guys:Maybe with the Ninja Turtle look they want to appeal to our childhood memories..?
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-turtles-shadows-of-the-past-b?ref=nav_search
pledged of $250,000 goal
Been playing for a few hours, and I am greatly enjoying the experience. The only big issue I have is that they really front-load all of the new content on you within the first hour or so of gameplay with scripted events, to the point where it really fucks with the base-game's pacing and makes early game feel very disjointed as a result. Think they should've tried to gradually introduce this shit a little later in the game, maybe five or so hours in, just so that you have some time to take everything in before they throw you in the deep end.
Parabalus
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A warning if you run into a Chosen who has 'Brutal' - the Will drain seems to be permanent, he can mindrape your team to uselessness extremely fast.
That's safe to install on a run in progress, right? That pod activation range indicator has me going
That's safe to install on a run in progress, right? That pod activation range indicator has me going
Space Satan
Arcane
So far I like what I am seing. Game is more intense and filled with lots of things. map is filled with lots of missions, a lot of existing missions got reworked and chosen present a new challenge. Heroes have separate upgrades for their stuff so players' resources are stretched even thinner. New buildings require more resources and fucking flamethrowers prevent melee chars to be superkillers. Also, loading times for me 2 times shorter, to the point where loading animation not always could start as you have gerr to go for mission start already. We'll see how it goes. For now it's not a total fuckup I was expecting
A bunch of civilians gather inside a small room, a resistance guard opens the door and let advent troops massacre civilians through that door. Good to know the AI is still 10/10 
For randomization junkies such as myself:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1124521276
If you install this, I recommend reducing the amount of starting soldiers as well as available recruits - otherwise it can quickly become a net buff.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1124521276
If you install this, I recommend reducing the amount of starting soldiers as well as available recruits - otherwise it can quickly become a net buff.
Space Satan
Arcane
Yes but from my experience they added more missions with either late start timers, options to extend it(shoot node, get 1 turn) or "soft" timers, like zombies arriving in swarms. Plus there's an option at the start to double timers.
MadMaxHellfire
Arcane
tag me when lw2 and all the main mods have been ported, please.
if ever...
if ever...
LW2 is decline, it's like darkest dungeon, fun at the beginning, tedious in the mid and late game.
Play vanilla first, then LW2.
Anyone knows if we can get more than one Skirmisher/Reaper/Templar?
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