X-COM XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen Expansion Thread

[Mazisky]

After another playthrough i think Rulers are a great addition to the mid game, early game is a bit easier tho, powerful weapons just right at start.

I guess probably the game will be even easier with the last Dlc cause of the new powerful class, we'll see.

Btw i really hope the game will be supported enough for a full expansion and other dlcs, this is the kind of game that can get infinitely richer with all addons to the main campaign.

I'm a bit worried because it sold 800.000 copies, not bad but not really great either considering the production value

 

[Baron Dupek]

 

[Mazisky]

Someone expert with modding and expecially xcom 2 and editor tools?

 

[Mazisky]

XCOM for PS4 and XBOXONE CONFIRMED TODAY.

This kinda explain the poor optimization

I was expecting new content on the announce :\

But i still hope it will sell good anyway, for the franchise to go further

 

[Zeriel]

To go further? Further into the dirt, you mean?

I dunno why they are intent on the console push considering how poorly it sold last time around with so much effort put into selling on consoles, but hey, it's their money and time to waste.

 

[ArchAngel]

XCOM for PS4 and XBOXONE CONFIRMED TODAY.

This kinda explain the poor optimization

I was expecting new content on the announce :\

But i still hope it will sell good anyway, for the franchise to go further

I think with Gollop new game, Long War people new game and Xenonauts 2 coming we don't need more Firaxis poor attempts at making a really good Xcom game. I am sure one of these 3 games will deliver better. (and I am hopeful Hard West devs surprise us with their next game being a much larger and improved version of HW which would also be better than Firaxis's Xcom).

 

[Jimmious]

Long War devs are making something different if I'm not mistaken, something like a 4x

 

[Mazisky]

XCOM for PS4 and XBOXONE CONFIRMED TODAY.

This kinda explain the poor optimization

I was expecting new content on the announce :\

But i still hope it will sell good anyway, for the franchise to go further

I think with Gollop new game, Long War people new game and Xenonauts 2 coming we don't need more Firaxis poor attempts at making a really good Xcom game. I am sure one of these 3 games will deliver better. (and I am hopeful Hard West devs surprise us with their next game being a much larger and improved version of HW which would also be better than Firaxis's Xcom).

I prefere having a non shitty unispired crap art and 1991 graphic instead of action points tbh

 

[ArchAngel]

XCOM for PS4 and XBOXONE CONFIRMED TODAY.

This kinda explain the poor optimization

I was expecting new content on the announce :\

But i still hope it will sell good anyway, for the franchise to go further

I think with Gollop new game, Long War people new game and Xenonauts 2 coming we don't need more Firaxis poor attempts at making a really good Xcom game. I am sure one of these 3 games will deliver better. (and I am hopeful Hard West devs surprise us with their next game being a much larger and improved version of HW which would also be better than Firaxis's Xcom).

I prefere having a non shitty unispired crap art and 1991 graphic instead of action points tbh

None of these 3 games will have that and Hard West was also very nice looking. I think you are just retarded.

 

[baturinsky]

Is there any other tactical game with similar tactical layer (2AP and cover using)?

 

[Mazisky]

XCOM for PS4 and XBOXONE CONFIRMED TODAY.

This kinda explain the poor optimization

I was expecting new content on the announce :\

But i still hope it will sell good anyway, for the franchise to go further

I think with Gollop new game, Long War people new game and Xenonauts 2 coming we don't need more Firaxis poor attempts at making a really good Xcom game. I am sure one of these 3 games will deliver better. (and I am hopeful Hard West devs surprise us with their next game being a much larger and improved version of HW which would also be better than Firaxis's Xcom).

I prefere having a non shitty unispired crap art and 1991 graphic instead of action points tbh

None of these 3 games will have that and Hard West was also very nice looking. I think you are just retarded.

Xeno 2 will go again with crap cold war setting, also 3d unity, low budget 3d will look like 90's 3d, like playing Dungeon Keeper or some of the first ps1 games. Art is guaranteed to be crap.

Long War game will take so long to be made (no details, they're still working on xcom 2) that you won't play it cause already dead

Gollop no details yet but the first screen is a Xcom 2 clone with crap brown palette and industrial unispiring setting.

Hard West is a different game in a different setting, nice game but different from ufo style feelings

GOTY

 

[eXalted]

Is there any other tactical game with similar tactical layer (2AP and cover using)?

The new Shadowrun Series.

 

[Mozg]

Don't play Shadowrun with the expectation you'll do any significant tactical thinking, though. The TB combat in it is clearly designed to mimic XCOM but it's both much less robust (e.g. there's only XCOM-style waist-high-box cover, no doorway cover because they can't afford swing-out coding/animations, no cover destruction) and really shallow. It's OK as RPG "see what the character you've built can do" filler in short bursts.

 

[Galdred]

Don't play Shadowrun with the expectation you'll do any significant tactical thinking, though. The TB combat in it is clearly designed to mimic XCOM but it's both much less robust (e.g. there's only XCOM-style waist-high-box cover, no doorway cover because they can't afford swing-out coding/animations, no cover destruction) and really shallow. It's OK as RPG "see what the character you've built can do" filler in short bursts.

Another thing that makes it more limited is that you usually start very close from your opponent, and don't have much room to maneuver.

 

[Mazisky]

The next Dlc spoiler for those interested

Spoiler

We have a new mission in a new place, the ADVENT TOWERS, 2 buildings\skyscrapers linked by a skybridge, in which, along with Lily Shen on mission (specialist), we'll have to find the Shen Mec forgotten prototype.

In this mission there will be elevators and poisonous gas traps, and we'll encounter many enemy Mec, with a human-bot hybrid Sectopod as final boss.

New class (even if it was obvious) is a MEC.

 

[baturinsky]

The next Dlc spoiler for those interested

Spoiler

We have a new mission in a new place, the ADVENT TOWERS, 2 buildings\skyscrapers linked by a skybridge, in which, along with Lily Shen on mission (specialist), we'll have to find the Shen Mec forgotten prototype.

In this mission there will be elevators and poisonous gas traps, and we'll encounter many enemy Mec, with a human-bot hybrid Sectopod as final boss.

New class (even if it was obvious) is a MEC.

Fuck. Now I want to play Long War with those gorgeous 8 Mec pilot classes and 7 Mec hulls again.

 

[Alienman]

They are doing this Xcom dlc all wrong. Mad Max props and now one new mission...

 

[Mazisky]

Next expansion spoiler leaks:

Spoiler

2 new Biomes, Dungeons and Abandoned city:

the first are interiors underground things like Subway, Sewers, Tunnels, etc., the second i don't know exactly, maybe some sort of fallout city, dunno.

Also, there are huge ADVENT bases (called factories,a maybe where they produce robotic stuff) that will be related to some new gameplay, and lot of Coastal\Sea stuff, probably they want to do a TFTD theme for the Xpack.

 

[rvm1975]

Next expansion spoiler leaks:

what is source of leak ? and thanks for update

 

[Mazisky]

Next expansion spoiler leaks:

what is source of leak ? and thanks for update

Assets found trough the UPK editor named as "XPACK" (same as the Shen Last Gift leaks that were named "DLC90")

This is the original post on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/4nmrsq/new_environment_types_referenced_in_sdk_big/


They are working on it (as predictable), i guess it will be released somewhere after Civ 6 release

 

[Brinko]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/4oknjc/shens_last_gift_perks_abilities_spoiler/

I found in Sdk the new unit PERKS names.

-WRECKING BALL

-STRIKE

-SACRIFICE

-REPAIR

-OVERDRIVE

-NOVA

-INTIMIDATE

-HUNTER PROTOCOL

-BULWARK

-BOMBARD

-ARSENAL

-ADAPTIVE AIM

-ABSORPTION FIELD

Well, it's a robotic stuff for sure, expecially by REPAIR and OVERDRIVE names.

Those means to me fully robotic and no human, also they look like tank\support oriented on one side, and full offensive on the other perk tree

 

[Mazisky]

New achievements loaded confirm the fully robotic New unit, it looks like a Mec but thinner, more human in shape

 

[Galdred]

Wall-E is now part of XCOM

 

[Mazisky]

Fortunately there are many different heads to choose from, so it's fine

 

[Modron]

Fortunately there are many different heads to choose from, so it's fine

I kind of like the Johnny Five is alive head.