/xcg/ - XCOM General

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First for remove ayys

>>144093519
>Gets it

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>>144093519
NO AYYS!

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>>144094149
For every alien we kill there are always ten more waiting to finish the job. This war is pointless, it's all fucked.

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>>144094280
Its a fight worth fighting friend

>fucked up activation
>shit fuck
>what do I do
>oh god let's try this
>it works perfectly and the mission is flawless

nice

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>>144094631
Nice

>>144094819
thanks

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>Dragunov gun mod released

>>144095916
WE ARE IN THE BLACK!

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>>144093306
Papal-themed Alien-killing mod called ExComm when

>>144096438
Thats a pretty metal concept bruh

>>144096438
GothCom
Habemus alienis
I have no cluse how extraterretrial or alien should translate, but i think alien is already a latin word

>>144096939

>The term "alien" is derived from the Latin alienus, meaning stranger, foreign, etym. "belonging (somewhere) else".

Seems legit

>>144096438
Looks like the Run as Admin sign for Windows

>>144097068
Been a while i left the latin classes
Thanks for confirming (even if i think the declination of the word isn't correct, but fuck it)

>>144096939
No
ExComm
Excommunicate, that post was made for the sole purpose of making a shitty pun

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>>144097701

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>>144096438
I always had an idea for a low fantasy mod that would transition into high science fantasy as the game progressed. Never really got past just having a couple half-cocked ideas for it, though.

>AC
>30 retarded looking hats
>ONE (1) new plated armor chest and legs
>ONE
>didn't even bother to make one for arms at all

why lads
why

>>144099401
It was a five dollar DLC and better than 90% of most of the cosmetic stuff released for other game, why the drama around it? I really don't get it

>>144099746
>better than 90% of most of the cosmetic stuff released for other game
what other game? you sound russian

>>144099746
well they've got to shitpost about something

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>>144093306
>missed an 80% shot
>missed another 69% shot
>critted out of low cover(understandable)
>critted out of high cover
>missed a 90% capture
All in one turn. Pure fucking bullshit. 2 guys out and no captures. what's the worst run of bad luck you guys ever had?

>>144099827
It was a typo, you know that

>>144100029
what other game though

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Cyclops eye mod when

Also, the first day of the month is a cyclops day

>>144100217
Eggs Combat: European Union

>>144094280
What mod is that mission from?

>>144100304
what game
you said AC content looks better than 90% of the stuff released for another game, what game

or did you just make that up

>>144099942
>x-com terror mission on the first month
>immediate los on two cyberdiscs
>no laser weapons
>prime the HE
>toss
>Doesn't clear the skyranger
>All 8/14 squaddies instantly dead
>Remaining 4 panic and run out of skyranger
>everyone dies, the end
If you though rocket scatter was fun, you haven't experienced throw scatter. Sometimes switching back and forth between xcom games can be fatal.

>>144100442
Are you retarded? He said other game was a typo, he meant other games

>>144099942
Whats the worst run of bad luck I ever had?

I got a lobsterman cruise ship mission on the second month.

>>144100567
for other GAMES?
oh man I didn't assume he was THAT wrong

>>144100587
Every once in a while I get this idea I should go play vanilla tftd but then I remind myself why that's a stupid idea.

>>144100427
It's from additional mission types, heavily modded though

>>144100261
When you stop being a prancing lala homo man

I lost my best unit today. I have never cried to hard over something like this... Man, fuck the ayy's.


I need a hug.

>>144100676
Name 5$ at release DLC's that are better

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Death to ayys!

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EXALT
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>>144100706
Put that shit on the workshop nigga

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I don't want to talk about the monetary value of Alien Hunters. Like, do we have to? Because, we could just not do that.

Or maybe we should just compile a copy pasta response so we don't have to trot this out every time.

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>>144100819
Sorry for your loss have an xcom death machine to soothe you

>>144100824
ok
http://store.steampowered.com/app/391680

>>144100992
I don't participate but it seems to me the problem is we've got people bitching that are so ridiculously vocal. It's not a bad thing to dislike it, but can you not make it your goal in life to convince the entirety of /xcg/ that it's the worst thing to happen in world history? It gets so tiring it's insane

>>144101189
Every sentence you wrote had a hyperbole, great job.

>>144101096
Are you serious right now or just pulling my leg? This adds so much less customization options than AC, didn't it have like nearly 100?

Also, I asked in plural

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Is the turn recovery mod any good, it seems kinda weird.

>>144101303
>checked because that sounds retarded
>This rebellion-themed content pack introduces more than 100 new exotic customizations
Huh.

>>144101189
Personalyy i think ayy ruler is decent. Fucking mad max rejects pack are pure shit though especially since mods are wayy better it's like they're mocking the effort.

>>144100992
>It wasn't even Alien Hunters
>It's still Anarchie's Children
I didn't even read the correct dlc everything is just blurring together.

>>144101303
>Teen Punk and the Mad Max Rejects DLC
>Mostly negative
>What I posted
>Overwhelmingly positive

Why the knee-jerk shilling? Garbage is still garbage, I don't care about the quantity. I guess you must be right and everyone else must be wrong.

Another example would be all the Fallout New Vegas DLC expansions, which are 5 bucks each and add entirely new campaigns to the game.

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>>144101540
I'm indifferent. There are some good pieces stashed away and the volume of stuff is great for what you have to pay.

SLG looks to be better than AC and AH though

>>144101776
None of the FNV ones were 5$ at release. I'm not arguing for AC being great - or even good - it's just that the ridiculous amounts of trash they get is unwarranted in my opinion since they give you your moneys worth

>>144101803
The clipping makes it look like their mask has eye brows

>>144101776
>Mad Max Rejects
PLEASE HAVE MY CHILDREN MADMAXREJECTSANON

>>144102137
>>144101776
You two are otp

>>144102193
Thank you anon, I log onto my favourite general and see my husbando posting and then someone says we're made for each other. My day cannot get any better.

>>144101937
>it's just that the ridiculous amounts of trash they get is unwarranted in my opinion since they give you your moneys worth
The problem is that majority of the stuff that you pay for doesn't even look like it belongs in the game. I understand Jakes point of view about having one or two special snowflakes in the team just to mix it up. But when you design the entire DLC around that concept and then another one right afterwards when the content in the base game was already lacking, that's a pretty damn big let down for most players and the reception has shown that.

>>144102629
>when the content in the base game was already lacking
How about no

>>144102629
Anyone who's hyped for fucking cosmetic DLC is cancerous anyway and responsible for how shit the games industry is.

>>144102724
Hahahaha

>>144103745
If you honestly believe cosmetics was a big issue for launch X2 I don't really know what to say.

>>144104015
Hahahahah

Dropped xcom2 after 150 hours of failing Legendary Ironman.

Time to come back and try it again or should I play another C/I with the new dlc enabled?

Dropped xcom2 after 15 hours of failing to play a mission without gamebreaking bugs and terrible performance

Time to come back and try it again or should I just play LW?

>>144104805
Specs?

>>144105108
>the clean, crisp aesthetics
>the bulky but restrained design of xcom
>the alien looking aliens
>the super solid and strict gameplay
>the tainted, hostile but calm smell of air after landing on the sparsely populated woodland wilderness of russia

why couldn't we get a proper sequel lads

>>144105713
I only dislike the new muton design and that the weapons don't feel as powerful and game deciding anymore.

>>144105713
Ok

>>144105956
What draws me the most out of X2 are the timers attached to every single thing you do, always on the clock and the game constantly holding your hand with voice lines nagging down your neck every time you try to do something.

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>>144105713
I wouldn't judge that hard.

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>PS2 helmets have been removed

Even if it was just TR I liked it. Here's to hoping it's not because of copyright shit.

>>144106524
I would

>>144106697
It got hit by an DMCA
I still have them on my PC though

>>144106697
daybreak games living up to their name

>>144106697
>trusting smeddy

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>>144106704
But xcom2 looks better in every way.

>>144107110
No

>>144106907
Smed left, as did higgles

>>144107110
I'm with this guy

>>144106524
God I miss the rocket launcher.

I miss so much of EU, hopefully that guy who did the armours does some of the weapons too.

>>144107110
detail wise, absolutely but design wise hell no.
2 is actually a step back in quite a few places.

>>144107326
>KRITISCH!
Yeah I imagine that's what it sounds like to be punched by an Andromedoeadeoeon

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>>144107414
I have to agree that the new muton's design is horseshit.

>Back then
Murdering 400 lbs psychopath

>Now
Literally a trained humanoid pig with bane's mask

>>144107826
The muton is the one bad ayy design in the game though and thats because they tried to make it more human to fit the lore.

>>144107826
first run in with mutons in EU/EW is always terrifying as fuck

in X2 it's just... whatever

>>144108131
>Start mission
>Hear mutons groan somewhere

>>144108241
>it's a UFO site
>you're still on ballistics
heh

>>144108346
>you only brought rookies to trian them up

>archer voicepack

oh boy

>>144108527
>when the terror hits before beams

>>144107110
I agree

>>144097117

The only permission he needs is justice.

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X2 just doesn't get the atmosphere right.

>>144110925
ok

>>144106110
The maps are pretty overloaded with stuff, too.

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>it's an Xcom2 is shit EU did everything better shitposting episode

>>144111145
What do you mean?

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Post-100th for Pistols are Useful.

>>144111416
not even close buddy

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>>144110925
Maybe you miss the gloomy lighting?

>>144111214
I'm just ignoring it. Its the resident shitposter who even opened with his favourite complaint

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>>144111416

Awaken my pistols

>>144111214
>tfw going to bed soon
utter indifference.jpg
i'll let you amerifriends suffer through this one, with any luck they'll have gotten it out of their system tomorrow

>>144111548
What happens if you grenade the walls with the sleeping Advent bodies?

>>144111548
I miss being able to breathe during missions and not being forced to dash through half the map
I miss aliens actually looking like aliens
I miss prolonged firefights being viable and not "grenade them now or lose someone next turn"

>>144111662
>Amerifriends
You forgot us NEET yurofriends who have to suffer still

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>>144096438

This please.

We had these Medieval-COM discussions before with all sorts of warriors and wizards but a concrete idea is yet to be found.

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>>144111653
>>144111416
Pistolfriends assemble, we've got a thread to save!

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>>144111779
>miss prolonged firefights being viable

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>>144111870
I remember HopliteCOM anon had some good ideas

>>144111779
>"grenade them now or lose someone next turn"
>Not having your squad as Medic Support, Hack Support, 4 Grenadiers with Acid, EMP, Proxy mines and more acid on grenade slots.
Anon please

>>144111947
RESIDENT SHITPOSTER SHITPOSTS, NEWS AT 11

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>>144111881

>>144111779
>I miss prolonged firefights being viable and not "grenade them now or lose someone next turn"
Gee whiz anon, you sure you're not just wearing a pair of rose-tinted glasses there? That's not how it worked at all. Or are you just mixing vanilla EU up with LW? That does happen to the best of us tbqh

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>>144112213
Nu Bumblebee, is that you?

>>144112223
Even Long War was a lot of "kill each pod in one or 2 turns"

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>>144111214
>Few anons have a discussion about the differences in each game and post favorite screenshots
>You try to make a war out of it

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>>144112523
Except he's spot on

>>144112506
A lot, but there was always the alternative of going full damage control with functional supression, flashbangs and most of all the breadth of AI changes from Vanilla which made the aliens so keen on playing the long game rather than being ultra-agressive. Long War was great in that sense.

>>144112223
even in vanilla thanks to smoke and suppression being super useful, but more so in LW yes

>>144112523
No its not, its one shitposter crying, one or two people going "well I guess mutons aren't that great" and everyone else ignoring him because they realise he's the big blocky armour guy

>>144112523
That's not at all the discussion climate, two or three people were circlejerking about how XCOM2 was inferior in every way

Never played EW before, I did play XCOM EU though.

Should I do an EW save or a long war save?

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>>144112679
>even in vanilla
Top fucking kek. take your rose tinted glasses off

>shooting at UCLA

HostageCOM when?

>>144113042
EW is 100% worth it, pretty much just an upgrade over EU. I would reccommend an EW camaign first, preferably at Classic difficulty before jumping into LW.

>>144113076
Wouldnt that be like RainbowCom

>>144113281
That's the term I was looking for.

Or SWATCom

>>144113281
or SWAT4com

>>144113270
I already did EU on possible. I own EW but didnt play on it yet.

Should I try EW on immortal maybe?

>>144113648
>>144113270
what I meant to say was: I already did EU on classic. nice brainfart there

>>144113281
>>144113404
First person ayy clearing sounds neat

>>144113787
If your eager to get into Long War, you might want to stick to Classic just to experience all the new content and familiarize yourself with it. Really though, its up to you.

>>144113648
You might as well just do LW, just make sure to tweak the airgame

>>144113972
>lw airgame
I'd rather play xenonauts than deal with that shit again.

>>144113076
What the fuck I have friends at UCLA

>>144114276
It was a murders suicide, so there's no active shooter.

>>144114276
Better call them

>>144114276
Me too


Emailed my professors and they're okay

>>144114276
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36429661

So what does xcg listen to while playing xcom?

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>>144111267
Wow I tried to throw up some comparison in paint but I couldn't prove my statement.

In xcom 2 I always had the feeling that you can reach more cover spots with your soldiers each turn so you don't have to work around empty deathtraps and that the areas on the map are not as defined as in Eu/Ew (This is the vehicle repair shop, stepping on specific tiles will reveal other pods who are outside of it, This is the Parking lot which provides only cover for 2 soldiers and can be flanked easily, etc. Hope I explained it sufficient)

But it seems like this is not the case, the amount of cover is nearly the same in both games. I guess it is because you learn all the pathways on each map in Eu/Ew after a while.

>>144114654
The ingame music

>>144114654
I listen to rap for doing most things tbqh

Also >>144114751 when I'm not feeling it

>>144114751
Ah your no fun

>>144114654
X GON GIVE IT TO YA

>>144114654
Throat singing

>>144114963
you're* Just kill me now

>>144114718
X2 goes for more realistic style decorations while EU/EW is a lot more stylised so it looks like the covers are different when in reality they're fairly similar.

>>144114996
/twg/?

>>144114718
This is nice, we're actually comparing the games instead of shitposting!

I think there's definitely a trade-off to be made in randomly generated maps. On one hand it gives more replayability, on the other the hand-crafted one is always going to look more vivid and alive. I like both for different reasons, but in the end XCOM2 comes out ahead for me, probably because it has better graphics in general. EU's maps are always going to be so darn comfy to go back to though.

>>144114654
kpop

>>144113076
>Shooting in america
>Whole army comes to save the day
>TV journalists actually faster than the police

I'm amazed everytime

>>144115423
I really don't mean to start an argument, but the problem is in their gun laws and the culture surrounding them

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>>144114654
What I always listen to, let's plays or just people talking in general to fill the dead air and distract me from my crippling loneliness.
Other than that, it depends on the theme of the run.

>>144115286
I honestly find the seconds games maps more lifelike, feels more detailed and less cartoony

>>144115286
as far as randomly generated levels go, XCOM2 is the best that I've seen in any game

it may not be perfect for pacing the game, especially when you have to rescue a VIP on the other side of the map who happens to be on top of a building and the only way to get to that building is a screens worth of empty space, but the worlds generated by the game feel authentic and not random at all, that's probably the biggest improvement over EU in my opinion

as far as graphics go I'm a sucker for clean aesthetics rather than photorealism so I prefer the way EU looks

>>144114654
The original soundtrack of the game, Just like how the devs intended. Using your own music is basically using a sound mod, and we all know mods are cheating, and i'm no cheater.

>>144115726
/xcg/ approved answer right here

>>144115726
Damn you got me

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>>144111881

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amateurs

>>144115726
kek

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Oh, are we posting pistols?

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>>144112069

Some good ideas were throw back then.

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>>144116402
>>144116549
These are very nice

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>>144116549
I'll have the spaghetti and meatballs, please

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>>144116743

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>>144107414
>detail wise, absolutely but design wise hell no.

Fucking this. Graphically speaking X2 is a big step up, but so much of the designs on both XCOM and the Aliens feel so unimpressive and inferior

I feel like they put all of their effort into characterizing and designing ADVENT and T1 XCOM, and everything else was an afterthought.

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>>144111881
>Pistols are absolute sex in X2
>No dedicated anims for using just pistols like in EU

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>>144117738
I feel you

>>144111881
This pistol looks so damn good, reminds me of that DX:HR one. Y'all know which I'm talking about

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>>144117498

>there are people who unironically think the advent have cool designs while things like the andromedon are considered to have shit designs

>>144117498
Nah, you're just not looking at the ayys enough. If you pay attention a lot of them mesh the human merges with the alien design will really well. Sure theres a few outliers like Mutons but most of them are on par if not better than EU/EW

>>144117498
I disagree with you. The argument that XCOM2 has worse aesthetics than EU is subjective though, isn't it? Visual fidelity on the other hand isn't, that's mostly just numbers

>>144110925
I love XCom 2 as much as the next guy (it's the only one I've played :O) but I do agree that they missed the atmosphere. I would've hoped for a kind of desperation, and way more gloomy. I would have hoped to see the ADVENT oppression and the police state, and the questionable moral decision that comes with an uprising/terrorist movement.

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>>144117738

This indeed.

I still have hopes for a re-appearance of the covert-agent at some point.

>>144118387
They weren't going for that though, if you look at the earlier concept art they decided against for the spooky oppressive government and instead went for one thats great on the surface but evil underneath.

That kind of dystopia is just as valid as the 1984/Half Life Combine style dystopia

>>144118762
Fair enough I guess. While I do stand by what I said, in that the game lacks an oppressive, desperate feel to it, when I have played the games recently, It has more been to play the game than to appreciate the story which may have led to a kind of plastic, rinse and repeat feel.

>>144119437
>game lacks an oppressive, desperate feel
Becuase they're not going for that, the devs haven't failed or fucked up in not achieving that because they're not aiming for it. That means its entirely your taste that you prefer games in oppressive dystopias to evil behind the scenes dystopias and not an issue with the games tone or atmosphere

>supply raid
>shoot up a pod
>it goes well
>camera pans to fog of war
>kaboom
>MENACE 1-5 WATCH THOSE SUPPLY CRATES

>>144119676
Tripped the trap F A M

>>144119642
I think he's talking from the resistance side.

>>144119642
But it is, XCOM is an established franchise and it has always borrowed heavily from horror elements which XCOM2 does not.

>>144119642
I wasn't implying that the devs had fucked up or failed, I love the game. I just don't feel the game captures the "Guerilla resistance" theme so well.

>>144119809
Oppressive government =/= horror genre

Also they do go into the horror genre with mainly the Gatekeeper and the eldritch vibe you get from the ending. I'll agree that's not much, but there wasn't much in EU either

>>144119676
Now you know there is an andromedon or a sectopod

I don't understand why people like the mutons from EW more than the ones from Xcom2, the Elites or whatever(the red ones) did look better, but the generic green muton just looked like a big dude in EW, at least the ones in Xcom2 look like Ayys.

On that subject, i never understood why they look more like ayys now that they have human dna.

>>144120161
I agree, Elites looked amazing but Mutons were ridiculously silly. Much more so than anything in X2

>>144119785
Even then I don't see the issue, they clearly haven't aimed for that style of resistence, it feels more like a scrappy rebels than desperate guerillas.

>>144119809
They still have the horror elements in the blacksite and what does an oppressive government have to do with horror and why aren't they allowed to mix things up a bit?

>>144119890
Thats fair, the way you opened and with what you'd replied to I thought you were saying they'd completely failed at atmosphere. my bad

>>144120297
It's always interesting to hear a different point of view senpai.

The new realitymachina mod looks really cool, I've been waiting for something like this for ages, although I was thinking more of an action causes attributes approach.

>>144120297
>it feels more like a scrappy rebels
Not at all really. The only scrap you have is slapping a laser sight on your gun that an advent body dropped off for some reason.

>>144120742
I don't think you understand what I meant by scrappy rebels, I don't mean relying on scrap parts I mean as in determined and not letting anything stop them.

I'm currently playing XCOM EW for the first time (on Classic). I turned both tutorials on. I played through EU years ago but I dont remember much.

Should I get the Scientists or the $200 in my first abduction mission? The scientist mission is where I have my base (in the US) so they cant drop out of the project, while the one with the money is in China, so panic is relevant there.

>>144120987
I don't get that vibe at all when you still have full access to all the military grade equipment and development there is. The fight in EU feels much more desperate than in 2.

>>144118387
Play EU/EW you little shit.

>>144121000
Money for satelites

>>144121228
Reread what i wrote, I'm not saying they're the desperate constantly on the backfoot style of rebels that are struggling like in BSG but rather the star wars style some setbacks here and there, behind the bad guys but still have some level of technology and are determined and hopeful.

>>144121265
Is it even worth it? Also that was hurtful :(

>>144121548
You can pick up both for like 10$ when on sale.

>>144121613
Not worth as in money wise as in, gameplay wise. It was my belief XCom 2 is just an updated version.

>>144121548
>EW
>Worth it

It's about 5 bucks on sales, get it it is great.

>>144121730
One of the reasons some people don't like Xcom2 is because it plays around with a lot of the gameplay concepts from EU/EW and plays quite differently tactics-wise

>>144121000
Engineers all day everyday.

>>144121493
That doesn't make sense though since there is no army, the Avenger is the only military force XCOM has.

>>144121909
I cant choose engineers i my first abduction mission my man, this is with tutorial on.

>>144121730
They are different games. Things like modding support graphics, randomized maps are 100% a step up, and alot of mechanics are arguably and improvement in X2.

But they have different aliens, different tactics, different art styles, different themes, and different a different strategic game.
Yes it will still be xcom, but in no way will you feel like your playing the same game.

>>144121947
How does a scrappy resistance not make sense? Not everything needs to be grim and dark when dealing with rebels and resistances. Does Star Wars not make sense because they're just a tiny little rebel fleet against the Galactic Empire and aren't grim and moody?

>>144122016
Aren't there 3 options? Can't remember the tutorial.

>>144122106
>Does Star Wars not make sense because they're just a tiny little rebel fleet
The fuck have you even watched Star Wars?

>>144122081
Exactly, XCOM2 stands very well as its own game but if you went in expecting EU2 rather than its own deal then you're bound to be disappointed.

>>144122292
The entire rebel fleet is present at the Battle of Endor in Ep6, its small compared to the single Imperial fleet present there nevermind the entire Galactic Empire.

>>144122081
Ah I see, I might give it a crack

>>144118387
>>144121548
Just so you know, using emoticons on 4chan is considered poor form and you'll be ripped apart for not knowing the board culture in any general/board less friendly than this one

>>144123142
>culture
>>>/v/

>>144123303
Didn't we have this discussion last thread?

>>144123303
Emoticons are retarded as hell and generally not used here for good reason.

>>144123349
Yes, apparently this particular anon is triggered by the word CULTURE.

>>144123303
4chan having a specific set of norms that everybody adheres to is just the way it goes. Like no namefagging except for very specific circumstances, for instance.

>>144123349
He's trying to make it a meme

>>144123494
>Like no namefagging except for very specific circumstances
Someone should tell /ksg/ that tbqh

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>>144123142
>>144123303
>>144123349
>>144123503
>>144123494
>>144123436
>>144123423

>>144123349
>implying im here every thread

>>144123436
>implying same anon

>>144123668
You're wrong just take your emotes and go away.

>>144123748
No one else cares about culture and you did the exact same thing yesterday

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EXALT
X
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>/xcg/

>>144123849
>and you did

>>144124016
This is exactly how you did it yesterday, even down to pretending to be a third party.

What should my first building in xcom 2 be.

>>144124185
Guerrilla Tactics

>>144124016
Why are you even arguing here? How new does a guy have to be to not admit there's different norms on different boards?

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>>144115572

>>144124185
GTS > AWC > PWR > RCO > PG > Wherever you want, usually Shadow Chamber or Psi first

>>144124423
because he's baiting

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Live

>>144127141
this always happens when yuros go to bed

>>144127141
no

Anyone here ever play Battle for Wesnoth?

>>144127315
I'm a yuro and I'm still awake!

>>144127562
Go to bed yuro

>>144127654
Never

>>144127548
Yes, i stopped a while ago but this game is great.
Necro so fucking imba

Why does shit randomly explode in x-com 2?

>>144128068
Because its a flammable/explosive object that got hit by weapons fire

>>144127952
I feel like I'm missing something fundamental, I just can't seem to clear even Novice campaigns.

>>144128068
Jake likes 90s action movies. Andromedoms and Sectopods destroy environments by walking through them, random gunfire can set stuff on fire, swards adn all weapons deal environmental damage, and on some maps vehicles literally explode for no discernible reason.

>>144128264
It just seems to me like shit really far away randomly explodes.

>>144128068
I think it's all the highly reactive argon floating around, they use a ton of that stuff in producing andromedons and shit

>>144128298
>clearing campaigns
You mean speedrunning those 12 turns limit ?
Fucking hard man. I always only did skirmishes and some mutliplayer.
I probably miss this "something fundamental" aswell

>>144128298
>Jake likes 90s action movies
And its wonderful

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Why are there no good machine guns replacements yet? Tier 1 machine gun is actually pretty nice

>>144128436
>Fucking hard man
Ok, well at least is not just me. But still, Ipick the core campaign, which claims its novice difficultly, then I set it on normal and like 5 scenarios in I'm stuck. Oh well, maybe I'll go read up on it, it could tactics, or it could even be larger scale strategic mistakes I'm making.

>>144128531
Modders don't appreciate dakka

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>>144128531
But there are

>>144128345
Fucking Advent, they shouldn't be leaving such dangerous toxic space gases floating around

>>144128673
I love the artstyle of the game, that's what push me to play it some more sometimes.
Still, AI is fucking merciless

>>144128737
>>>/tg/

>>144129116
Don't be that way

>>144128737
Fa/tg/uys please stay and stay stay

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Tell me, why does he bait?

>>144124185
Laboratory

>>144129238
She is bait for the aliens

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Post screenshots

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>>144130078

>>144130284
>JL looked at this and thought the base defence was balanced
On that note has anyone ever seen an air base defence?

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>>144130686
That base defense was crazy fun, I've no complaints at all. It was I/I so I knew what I was getting into.

Rest in peace, Colonel Morales

Also I've seen it, usually uber lategame when grinding for psi. You have to starve 'em out for it to happen.

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>>144128531
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=641554054

>>144130906
EU had such a cozy memorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vx_RdaFHeE

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>>144131098
I actually have that, but the sounds are really underwhelming. The guy said he was going to add the machine gun from Halo Reach, so that would be amazing.

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new DLC when

>>144132038
never ever

>>144129116
No
>>144129171
Also no

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>>144132038
Soon. I for one am looking forward to the Spark MECs.

>>144132865
Fill me in on the datamine please? i'm not really into digging through the 'chives.

>>144133381
It's in the OP news. The gist of it is that there are MECs, spark is supposedly a resource, Shen does stuff, Julian goes rogue and is probably some type of AI and some more shit.

Redpill me on Long War

>>144133381
Theres references to MECs and something that may be an AI

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>>144133381
So in the XCOM2 SDK there are folders for the third DLC already sitting there. There are nothing in those folders, but they basically tell us the new class in named Spark MEC

>>144133381
We're getting what seems to be a rouge dude that takes control of MECs
We possibly seem to be getting a friendly one to work with, possibly with a friendly MEC class
Also Kamikazee MECs

>>144133635
Not sure how Lenghty Shclong is right outside of purging xeno filth for humanity

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>285 posts
>Ctrl-F Snek
>No snek
You could have prevented this, Jake. You could have saved us. Instead you sent us a King instead of the Queen we needed.

Fix your game Jake.

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>>144134020
Cool it anon

>>144133635
Its a game mode with an indepth FAQ and description in the OP

>>144134020
>>144093519
It is literally in the first post.

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>>144134020
Get out anon, I already fucked all of your waifus. They never want to hear from or see you again.

>>144134169
As if I was possibly advocating for the removal of snek.
>>144134207
I refuse to accept this explanation. There's no way he could have fucked them all.

>>144134340
>there's no way he could have fucked them all
You don't believe that yourself. I just "Ruler Reaction" them when they try to run, simplest thing in the world.

>>144134340
Well he has and it leaves coydex, patsy and ampelle as the only good waifus

>European bros go to bed
>American Furries crawl out

>>144134340
His two dicks get rock hard everytime he kills an XCOM member. His portal also leads directly to your waifu.

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Disregard snek, acquire bulky armour.

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>>144134595
>tfw european
>tfw still waifuposting

>>144134829
WAIT WHAT!

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>>144134895
Can you waifu this?

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>>144134595
>implying i am not an eurobro snekfag
Get out

>>144134974
no

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>>144135003
>fellow european with taste this bad
This can't be happening

>Mfw we get MECs
>Mfw MECs get their own killing animation for berserks, Advent MECs, Andromeddons and Faceless

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>>144135616
Do you feel in charge ?

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>>144134474
>coydex
>good

>>144135616
>he wouldn't a snek
GET THIS HOTHEAD OUTTA HERE

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>>144136052
>coydex
>not good

>>144134829
MY FUCKING DICK

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>>144134829
>big blocky armour that covers the face
WHEN WILL JAKES MADNESS END?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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>>144134829
>current year
>disregarding snek
wew lad tbqh famfam

>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=695216006
>Valkyria Chronicles Potential mod
I love these mods that add more customization and character to your soldiers. The guy making this stuff is pretty awesome.

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>>144136756
>overwatch
>snek
Can taste get any worse?

>>144136052
Was having shit taste part of your plan?

>>144136871
>Was having shit taste part of your plan?
Of courshe! Jake refused our waifu in favor of his shitter king, we had to find out what Beagle told him.

also:
>implying that snek isn't a qt
no anon, you are the shit taste

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>>144134440
>>144134474
>>144134610
SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! MY WAIFU WOULD NOT BE SEDUCED!

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>>144137118
>dumb ugly snek
>guaranteed to leave you for snek king
>not shit

>>144136808
Reminds me of Darkest Dungeon quirks

>>144136808
>Tsundere
kek

Also no Darcsen hater equivalent?

>>144137423
>be snek
>can have the undivided attention of one human
>or can leave to live with the shitter king and be forced to compete for his attention with an untold number of other sneks, all while getting cucked millions of times in the process
gee, what a hard decision to make. Just make sure you don't date a slut snek and you'll be fine

>>144140038
>be snek
>see king snek genetically modified to be perfect
>king snek wants to fuck me
>king snek has 2 penises and can teleport anyway
>2 penises
>or can live with dumb smelly human

>in the year 2035
>having a waifu
>not having a harem of all ayys

>>144140030
>snek hater

>>144140516
But anon, if they're not loyal to snek they won't get as much pleasure when they get cucked by snek king

>>144140516
SNEK KING GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Sneks are lame

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Gib me names for my soldiers /xcg/

>>144114654
Opie and Anthony or Sleepycabin

>>144141954
Broduski

>>144142048
nationality?

>>144142212
Mexico

>>144142212
>>144142246
What? No. US. I always think of this scene when I think of Broduski.
>https://youtu.be/nG_Z0rd7eK0?t=2m22s

>>144142246
I don't have any

>>144142445
Dont listen to me I was fuckin around

console port when

ree

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>>144142731
But seriously it's not gonna happen

>>144142884
Maybe people will actually acknowledge its existence when it goes free in a few days

I know 2k can't resist those MS funbucks

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XCOMS GONE! AYYYYYYY!

>come back to XCOM 2 after not playing for a long time
>start up the hive
>second wave of the ambush goes up
>on top of the ambush two snek pods wander in and activate
>bradford pops another pod while trying to reaper

That was more snek than I ever wanted to see

And bradford got 13 kills, this guy is a fucking legend