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X-COM XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen Expansion Thread
- Thread starter Morgoth
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I know that shit-talking on modern games and praising the old ones is in fashion, but you are doing it the wrong way. Focus on gameplay rather than ashestetic if you wanna be believable.
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Okay, go back to watching your cartoons dude. I'm done talking to you.
I'll do, i'll start with the Ufo-defense cinematic intro.
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Firaxis XCOM is not intended for UFO players.
Firaxis Civilization is not intended for Civ players.
It's as simple as that. These games have the name and the look but they are no true sequels.
Firaxis Civilization is not intended for Civ players.
It's as simple as that. These games have the name and the look but they are no true sequels.
True, they are a re-imagine, which means a similar game adapted for the modern market. I've loved both old and new.
My dream still is a Ufo:defense carbon copy with modern graphics, tho.
ArchAngel
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Mine is not. UFO still had balance problems. I would prefer something like Xenonauts but better made instead.
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Xenonauts 2 is shaping up nicely IMO
Citizen
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Didn't firaxis make Civ4? It was great
ArchAngel
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No it wasn't. That Culture shit was complete shit in how it worked.
I played it once, made a big army, walked into enemy territory and beat their best army. Then walked into middle to take best city I could find and took it. Left my units there there for 5 turns to heal and city turned around and became their again and took my troops with it.. wtf. Uninstall.exe
Firaxis did from Civ III onwards
Actually, I would love the old UFO Defense to get a remastered version with better UI and graphics, but it doesn't really happen for isometric games.
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They could have done it with xenonauts, but i guess making a 1:1 clone of another game is too much to handle for the ego, even if the final result is a clone anyway.
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Are you aware that there is an option to turn cultureflipping to previous owner off in the game creation screen?
Kem0sabe
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Mod recommendations?
ArchAngel
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This was long time ago, I never bothered to install it again and I will not now. I usually try every new Civ game, play it for 1-2 games and uninstall it.
Me too, but I am not sure it is because they get worse. To me, it is mostly because they still feel the same, and I played Civ1 to death (because Civ2 was most certainly superior).
ArchAngel
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Similar for me. It is reason why I liked Civ 5, the new combat system was at least something completely different than previous Civs and it made it exciting to try. Otherwise all Civ games almost feel like playing same game with a few more options.
holla_cabezas_de_mierda
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okay I am playing LW2 and a million missions pop up constantly, I am used to trying to tackle every one that pops up in these games, but that is seeming to be damn near impossible in LW2. How important is it to do every mission? Do I need to try and keep up with every one that pops up? Or is it okay to ignore some of them? I mean time is hardly passing at all with all the missions popping up, its crazy.
Raghar
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I installed XCOM 2, and found when I don't have checked neither integrated DLC nor DLC 2, alien rulers STILL appear.
Now in comparison to them rest of enemies are drastically easy. The worst thing is they appear on random missions, thus you have a serpent strangling Mox, and alien ruler nearby. Then serpent is shot and alien ruler as reaction shot freezes both Mox and serpent.
Also is it hard to give a choice if soldier from soldier pool would use his class he has selected as preferred? Basically Now I wonder if Phoenix Point is worse than XCOM2 with alien rulers appearing randomly and basically inverting game flow.
Now in comparison to them rest of enemies are drastically easy. The worst thing is they appear on random missions, thus you have a serpent strangling Mox, and alien ruler nearby. Then serpent is shot and alien ruler as reaction shot freezes both Mox and serpent.
Also is it hard to give a choice if soldier from soldier pool would use his class he has selected as preferred? Basically Now I wonder if Phoenix Point is worse than XCOM2 with alien rulers appearing randomly and basically inverting game flow.
Iluvcheezcake
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Wotc long war is in the works but not by Pavonis?
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The one that lets you have guardsman clothing.
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Guardsmen as in Imperial Guardsmen?
Look like it.
I only did one playthrough of XCOM 2 (during the free week-end), I used one mod to show health for the enemies as numbers instead of the small health bar which weren't very readable past 10 hp, one to reduce pauses between actions and one to show if items are required for crafting/research in the black market.
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