XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Page 10

On October 03 2012 01:40 Morfildur wrote:
One question to know wether it deserves the name "X-Com" or not:
Does it have chryssalids or comparable units?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrAspdYchGo#t=538s

On October 03 2012 01:40 Morfildur wrote:
One question to know wether it deserves the name "X-Com" or not:
Does it have chryssalids or comparable units?

On October 03 2012 02:18 Godwrath wrote:


Of course it does. The only things i hadn't seen was Snakesman, Reapers and Ethereals right now. Hope Reapers are gone for good, useless shit, and the close combat mutton should get rid of it's role to be honest.

On October 03 2012 01:30 Endymion wrote:
just so everyone knows i'm planning to do a 12 hour stream of either a classic or nightmare ironman run on release.. i've beaten ufo defense and TFTD like dozens of times, can't wait for this game to come outttt! i love the lead dev too, he's actually really personable and seems to know what he's talking about(unlike dustin balder). here's to hoping it's awesome!

On October 03 2012 02:34 Random() wrote:


You have really beaten TFTD dozens of times? If so, then I envy your patience :-) Those ship missions are sooo long and repetitive.

On October 02 2012 21:24 zocktol wrote:


OK let me address these points, because i do not think it is made easier.

Looking at TUs in comparison to only 2 moves(which can be varied by abilities of soldiers) does not in fact make it simpler i think. The amount of TUs in my opinion made it easier, because you could move through a door, shoot an alien and move out(assuming the alien does not react). You can slowly inch forward and do not have to commit to anything that is not safe.

Smaller squads but a lot higher emphasis on a single soldier. I for one played the first x-com with around 14 soldiers, 6 of these mattered to me. The other 8 were just cannon fodder which was supposed to walk around, scout and die. For this makes it harder to decide, which move is the correct move, because if i make a mistake and Sgt. Fuzzy Boots, whom i carried around since the first mission, dies, i am royally screwed. This to me seems not easier but actually harder than the original.

I have no idea about friendly fire, but that is only a minor point in my eyes.

The fact that you only have one base, which you have to develop (you can station interceptors in bases on every continent) does not make it dumber just because it is easier. The decision where you place your first base, matters so much more because of the initial bonus that base will give you(e.g Europe cheaper Sci and Eng, US cheaper air force, Asia better future warfare).

I for one think saying it is simpler thus making it dumber, is just flawed logic. No one would say that chess is a dumb game, even though it is simple.

Btw. anyone on TL interested in playing Multiplayer once the game is out?

On October 03 2012 02:50 Endymion wrote:


it's certainly been a trial of spirit... i'm a master of ship terror missions though, the navy basically hired me as a consultant because i can run through them so quickly!

joking aside, that's one of the things i'm looking forward to with this reboot.. the game is much more streamlined in terms of having 6 soldiers instead of like 20, i feel like the game will be just as tense just a lot "faster" paced.. plus there will be a muchh closer connection to each soldier because of the customization levels and class system.

one concern i have is that the aliens are going to fall off in terms of usefulness like floaters did in the original.. i.e. you won't see them past the first 1/3 of the game. That's the vibe i get from the dev team regarding sectoids, that they'll be replaced by mutons (unlike in the original where they became badass with psi skills right before ethereals started touching down on earth).

On October 03 2012 03:08 Godwrath wrote:


+ Show Spoiler +

So i guess you will start to stream on 9 ? Will you go for singleplayer or multiplayer at first ? Poor Europeans guys like me will need their X-COM fix baby! ;p