kino: the game
Playing it on impossible rn. Managed to do the council mission on first month, had the rescue Van Dorn one. It's been a breeze since then. EXALT rekt and OP snipers just dropped a 3 sectopod pods in one mission.
not bad, but mechanically wotc is way betterEU and EW nailed the atmosphere though
Xenonauts clears
any mods worth getting?
>>726062075Long War obviously
>>726061537Second one is a direct upgrade in every way.
>>726062075Short Peace obscurely
is xcom 2 as good?I already boughted it
>>726062382
>>726062524wotc is great outside the meh atmosphere and anime-tier writinggo for it
>>726062382Nope.It looks like a capeshit film. Aesthetics were a straight downgrade.
>>726062075Medium Civil Unrest maybe
>>726062524Most missions are on a turn timer, and the main story cannot be delayed indifinetly, like you can on EU & EW.Most people agree 2's gameplay is far better, but the overall game was easier and the visuals and writing were sub-par.
>2nd mission is 4 fucking pods of 12 fucking sectoids in totalIt's just not balanced very well. And if you survive that - Hello Bomb mission, a mission so totally bullshit that even the best just surrender.
>>726062763>and the main story cannot be delayed indifinetlythis is just plain wrong
>>726062382These games and their expansions just got better and better up until Chimera Squad. It was a wonderful time, knowing the next best XCOM still lay ahead. If WOTC is to be the last, at least it had a good run.
>*ruins your game*
I actually loved The Bureau
>>726063094I love how snakes in every single iteration of XCOM is the scariest part about each game. The original because they bring Chryssalids on their terror missions, the remake because 6 HP doing 9 CRIT behind full cover and the sequel because of pornography.>>726063271What's it like?
>>726062891I mean, you can mod it out. But yeah, it's annoying as fuck. Once you had sat coverage in EU & EW you could stall forever. Sadly in 2, a counter goes up counting down to game over.You can delay it to some degree but not forever. I think there is a way with WOTC where you can, but it's very specific and annoying to do.
>>726061537You know what would be sick?If there was a replay option that spliced every action done in a mission together seamlessly.
>>726063271Angela Weaver is my waifu.
The unknown enemy is within.
>>726063094Everyone rants about the 80 aim and crit chance, but it's the poison that does it for me on classic and impossible.I can move back, full cover, overwatch and pray with their shots. But the posion being a ranged attack with 100% chance to hit is fucking retarded. It's a death sentence on impossible.
>>726063482That would be sick. XCOM is strangely fast-paced for a turn-based strategy game, letting you buffer actions on one unit while the other units are moving.
>>726063370>I think there is a way with WOTC where you canyou can stall it indefinitely in WOTC and it's very easy
>>726063348like mass effect 2 in regards to game design, not story or companions and no open world exploration.
>>726063774Sabotage isn't enough, and the covert action comes with a nasty ambush risk. I've heard that doing solo blacksite missions with a Reaper is possible, but I've never had the balls to try it.
>>726063482Would be awesome as fuck. But they need to fix the jank as fuck animations first. I always used to get that spazzing out teleporting 180° left to right shit all the time.
This is the one where the aliens just teleport around until you overlap them by accident? And then they get a free turn, so they are always in cover, 100% of the time, and you flank or snipe 100% of the time.And when the developers noticed than players had found away to play around that dumpster fire design (back up out of sight and overwatch) they added fake urgency to the sequel to prevent optimal play.I've never encountered another game exactly like this, where the developers are both too stupid and too stubborn to implement actual enemy AI.Most of you don't remember Enemy Unknown and Terror from the Deep. Not perfect, but at least you were fighting an actual AI opponent instead of a script written by a high school student.
>>726063673>play the first escord mission>thinmen with no warning drop in and go straight into overwatch>kill my escort despite being hunkered in full cover 20 tiles away>spit poison and kill 2 soldiers with the DoTthanks firaxis very cool
>>726064274>Rush MEC trooper>Dies in 2 hits instead of 1
>>726064238sorry I meant UFO defense, not the shitty enemy unknown
>>726062524i dont like it as much gay turn timer and aliens are extra fucky with some of the bullshit they can pull on you
>>726063094how do you even prepare when they just fall from the sky
>>726063968>nasty ambush risk>I've never had the balls to try it.ah you're a noobnot typing this to insult youat some point after playing enough you "click" and you just make wotc your bitch every run
Post yfw this plays on pod activationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMLpv0QwHhA
>>726064637Snipers on overwatch when you get the warning. It's the only way of higher difficulties. You HAVE to outright kill them, or kill enough andget the remaining one low enough to run.
>>726064747>Combat Music 9BASEDI love this track, it always comes on at the best times>March large landed and it's the first song you here>Playing LW on I/I and doing a large landed when the snowball starts and you have to fight off 3-4 pods at the same time>In BI when playing a Swarming abduction, mid-game large landed, or Terror mission with the pod of like 8 lids and 3 mechtoids pulls>Doing a Raider on the Trash Hill map and everything pulls>On BI for the Zhang missions and you pull the heavy EXALT pod and the 6-7 thin man pod at the same time>BI Portent>Gangplank when you're cleared the first pod and climb the ladder to the top point and have to climb back down>Terror mission with SectopodsIt's KINOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOURS
What's the most broken soldier you've got with training roulette, not created equally and hidden potential?I have a sniper with 123 aim and overwatch sentinel. Combined with mimetic skin, strong legs, in the zone and a plasma weapon...dear lord this guy pod wipes on his own.
long war makes this game any good
>>726061537Mogged hard by the original. Ultramogged by any of the mods like Xpiratez.
>>726064747>When you pull 5 pods but have the Blaster Launcher and are about to BLAAAAST
>>726061537I had fun
>>726062271>>726066243>deployed for half an hour at best>have to take a week offno thank you
I'm surprised by how unnecessary gene upgrades were.and i wish awakening didn't change your armor
>>726066481Faggot.
>>726066918Hmm?
>>726062075extended conflict
>>726066760>colonel boomer
>>726067052shotguns go boom tooprobably had the second biggest killcount behind my sniper
>>726062075expanded squad size because I never figured out how to deal with the ruler reactions. The mod that gives you the actual % of hitting, the mod that tells you your inventory when selling on the black market
>Had a Sniper that took me to my first victory>Her name was "Somebitch 'Named' Deltrice">Every Xcom playthrough after, even into WOTC has someone with that name and is my GOAT.https://youtu.be/E9Ql1vISTCI?t=7
>>726067435didn't this dude literally fuck very spider bitch?
>>726067435>>726067772snake i meanwhere the fuck did spider come from?
>>726064637You don't do early council missions, especially not bomb disposal.
>>726061537Why do all vidya threads struggle to stay alive?
