EPTXCOM: Enemy Unknown - Page 8
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Arevall
Sweden1133 Posts
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
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Odoakar
Croatia1837 Posts
Edit: oh, and it's really great, much better than the demo heh | ||
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Godwrath
Spain10133 Posts
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ToT)OjKa(
Korea (South)2437 Posts
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Dranak
United States464 Posts
On September 29 2012 21:54 Myles wrote: and holy shit if that wasn't a bug when shots went through friendly units without them taking damage... There's been no specific confirmation either way on that one from the devs in all the interviews I've seen, and no instances of shooting through a friendly causing damage. I've seen people try to induce it to happen in the demo, (line everyone up between a unit and an alien and shoot through them) without causing damage. I'm hoping like heck that's just a bug. | ||
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vasculaR
Malaysia791 Posts
Pre-ordered it but currently getting distracted in MoP. I have high expectations for the game so hope it doesn't disappoint | ||
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Hargol
United States52 Posts
 I never played the original xcoms, should I get them on steam to hold me over? And I've heard they're pretty hard, so would I need a guide to get started or just figure it out as you go along? Thanks  | ||
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tyr
France1686 Posts
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
On October 01 2012 02:14 Hargol wrote: Ok, well Civ V is pretty bad I never played the original xcoms, should I get them on steam to hold me over? And I've heard they're pretty hard, so would I need a guide to get started or just figure it out as you go along? Thanks Dont spoil yourself too much. Just get them! The old XCOM games are actually easy to learn. You dont really need a guide. The hard part is the actual missions where rockets and plasma shit hits you out of nowhere. | ||
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ToT)OjKa(
Korea (South)2437 Posts
On October 01 2012 03:00 DaCruise wrote: Dont spoil yourself too much. Just get them! The old XCOM games are actually easy to learn. You dont really need a guide. The hard part is the actual missions where rockets and plasma shit hits you out of nowhere. hardest part is stepping one foot outside on a terror mission ;ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo | ||
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Deleted User 101379
4849 Posts
On October 01 2012 03:17 ToT)OjKa( wrote: hardest part is stepping one foot outside on a terror mission ;ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ... and knowing that there could be a Chryssalid right around the next corner, just waiting to zombify your whole team ... | ||
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YMCApylons
Taiwan359 Posts
On October 01 2012 02:14 Hargol wrote: Ok, well Civ V is pretty bad I never played the original xcoms, should I get them on steam to hold me over? And I've heard they're pretty hard, so would I need a guide to get started or just figure it out as you go along? Thanks You should get X-COM and try it! It's just so good. The first time you play, start with beginner (no shame in that, it's a hard game), and don't use a guide. The game will be easy enough to forgive most of your mistakes. This will let you experience the game the way it was meant to be, as a commander of an elite paramilitary force fighting an unknown enemy. You get freaked out every time a new type of alien appears, and that's a good thing. After that, it's up to you. Fire up UFOpaedia and crank-up the difficulty. Start diving into game-engine mechanics. One of the things I enjoyed most in xcom was lining-up aliens with mind-control to be shot down by reaction-fire firing squad, just to boost soldier stats. It was an exploit, but it was fun. The alien would twitch, get shot by a hail of pistol bullets that did almost no damage, panic the next turn, get shot some more, and then finally die. Then I'd mind-control the next alien and march him up to the firing squad. It was a fun end-game ritual after mopping-up a UFO crash site or something. My super-soldiers could out-draw anything but an ethereal commander. | ||
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Godwrath
Spain10133 Posts
Commander - "Welcome to X-Com Rookie Yamato. We are glad to have you." Yamato - "Can i have some armor?" Commander - "No, take this blaster bombs instead and run to the enemy" | ||
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PandaCore
Germany553 Posts
I loved the original X-COM games (well 1 and 2) and even play them on and off up to today. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On October 01 2012 12:55 YMCApylons wrote: You should get X-COM and try it! It's just so good. The first time you play, start with beginner (no shame in that, it's a hard game), and don't use a guide. The game will be easy enough to forgive most of your mistakes. This will let you experience the game the way it was meant to be, as a commander of an elite paramilitary force fighting an unknown enemy. You get freaked out every time a new type of alien appears, and that's a good thing. After that, it's up to you. Fire up UFOpaedia and crank-up the difficulty. Start diving into game-engine mechanics. One of the things I enjoyed most in xcom was lining-up aliens with mind-control to be shot down by reaction-fire firing squad, just to boost soldier stats. It was an exploit, but it was fun. The alien would twitch, get shot by a hail of pistol bullets that did almost no damage, panic the next turn, get shot some more, and then finally die. Then I'd mind-control the next alien and march him up to the firing squad. It was a fun end-game ritual after mopping-up a UFO crash site or something. My super-soldiers could out-draw anything but an ethereal commander. UFO Defense is a bit easier to learn. Newbies might want to consult a tech tree if they are doing TFTD, though. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
Which game should I start out with? I figured I would just start with Enemy Unknown but I was wondering if there were better games in the series that I should play first. | ||
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Heinsenzerg
Argentina2279 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On October 02 2012 00:22 Heinsenzerg wrote: no, go in order, they all rock! ok will do, thanks | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21996 Posts
On October 02 2012 00:22 Heinsenzerg wrote: no, go in order, they all rock! All is big word :p Enemy Unkown, Terror from the Deep and Apocalypse are good imo but stuff like Interceptor is beyond bad :p | ||
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