Xenonauts 2 is releasing in a few hours! Hopes and fears?
>>736227316I thought it released 5 years ago or something
>>736227384It did, this is "Full" release, AKA another marketing push.early access is fucking AIDS.
>>736227384It did, on early access.
>>736227316I heard 2 was shit.
>>736227682It changed a bunch of shit from 1 for no reason, then reverted it all over the course of EA, but it's still somehow less for content than 1. They're probably banking on mods fixing it.
I hope it's good.But when I played it at EA launch it was fucking rough and felt very sterile.
>>736227796And didn't they go with 3d shit? I really don't understand why devs think 3D = Better? Honestly it's so stupid. So many devs make this mistake and so many IP died because of it.
>>736227682I wouldn't call it shit, it's just more of a "10 years for this?" feel. We had a bunch of interesting TBT games like Battle Brothers or upcoming titles like Mats Tactics doing different things but after all this time 2 is basically a polished version of 1, which was already a sidegrade from a decades old game.>>736227796Less content? Are you talking about vanilla 1 or Community Edition 1?
>>736227316i want to play this but it seems way too fuarking hard
>>736228063How is it hard? The game will be waiting for you to do something.
>>736228317im just really bad at the macro stuff like air defense, base building, managing resources, etc
Besides xenonauts and xcom, what are other tactical turn based combat games in the similar vein which are already out. Is Menace any good? I heard you can't customize your soldier appearances.
>>736230024Jagged Alliance 3 but that's more RPG-esque.
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>>736230458Downgrade, I hear
might try it later down the line but i still need to beat xcom files
>>736227384This is why I lost all interest in Xenonauts. They hyped up the game's release and told nobody it was early access until the "release date". Fucking deflated me instantly. Now the devs have to win my trust in a world where the OpenXCOM Coop mod exists.
>>736230024i love menace but i would recommend waiting until full release
>>736227316I hope Nival will get their shit together and finally develop Silent Storm 3
>>736230205lol noJagged Alliance 3 is rotting pile of shit
>>736234413Lol. Lmao.But they opensourced SS engine this year, maybe nerds will do something useful with it.
>>736227316I don't even know what this point of this is in a world with OpenXCOM.
>>736234571man can only hope : (
>>736230024Thinking about making a spiritual successor to XCOM: Terror from the Deep after my current game.
>>736227316Why did it take so many years to make the same game
>>736227796There are some good changes. Late game psykers no longer have 50 chance of making your max bravery team kill each other from the other side of the map, every 2 turns(they can still do it if they have line of sight, but there is way more counterplay now), and training centers reduce the tedium of replacing casualties. There is also way less potential for cheap OHKO deaths after the first couple of months, which encourages bold play like breaching, supression, playing around reaction fire ect. instead of moving at a snail's pace, hiding behind corners, and taking potshots all day long.
>>736230024Phoenix Point. It's more about the geoscape though. If you concentrate all your forces, tactical missions will be easy, but you have to split them up to cover the entire world and get resources and XP to outpace the constantly evolving Crabmen.
IT'S UPWell it was already up with the beta branch all this week but now it's official.
