Yea, I already tried those. Just going to chalk this up to Steam being Steam and see if it works tomorrow. Oddly enough, that has sorted out a few Steam related problems I've had.
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Yea, I already tried those. Just going to chalk this up to Steam being Steam and see if it works tomorrow. Oddly enough, that has sorted out a few Steam related problems I've had.
Welp, I just had the Avenger base defense mission... and I officially have PTSD now.
I'm going to be starting over. I lagged behind on tech for way too long, and all my veterans have been wiped out. I don't have the patience to try to rebuild the squad at this point.
I think I learned a lot though, I'm looking forward to the next playthrough.
I'm going to be starting over. I lagged behind on tech for way too long, and all my veterans have been wiped out. I don't have the patience to try to rebuild the squad at this point.
I think I learned a lot though, I'm looking forward to the next playthrough.
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Fair enough, just those 2 things have solved every Steam issue I have ever had. Hope you get it going, as frustrating as the game is...
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Welp, I just had the Avenger base defense mission... and I officially have PTSD now.
I'm going to be starting over. I lagged behind on tech for way too long, and all my veterans have been wiped out. I don't have the patience to try to rebuild the squad at this point.
I think I learned a lot though, I'm looking forward to the next playthrough.
Yeah, that is what I am thinking, just start over with knowledge. My missions are a full on bloodbath now and I am on easy level.
Big McLargehuge
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$60 usd = $83.50 cdn
$80 cdn = $57.49 usd
Game is being sold on Steam for $59.99 here, so...yawn. Deflation sucks, but they're still making less on Canadian sales than they are on American ones.
My second play-through is going way better than my first was...need a couple of good results if my current play-through has any hope, though.
This is the game that may finally get me to invest in a SSD...the load times are killing me.
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worstfaceoffmanever
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Yes, reload does that. Seeds are done so once you do an action it is set and results will always be the same (just like Civ). However, if you change tactics or do something different it changes.
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Agreed $80 is too much but with a Greenman coupon it can be had for around $45 ($59 price [no DLC] then the %25 off coupon get you to about $45) and registers on Steam.
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http://www.cdkeys.com/pc/games/xcom-2-pc-cd-key-steam
$55 canadian on this site. Registers on steam and works just fine. I have used this site a few times.
About the game itself, I absolutely love the way the AI works, 10 times smarter and more realistic. I'm still really early in the game but I just played a battle where I ambushed a pod (fantastic new mechanic btw) but didn't manage to take it out entirely. Instead of just attacking me 1 vs 4 the remaining enemy threw out a reinforcements flare, then retreated into a building and joined up with another pod that I hadn't found yet. Fighting the new reinforced pod + the reinforcements was much more challenging then him just mindlessly attacking me.
Wow .., thanks!!! Def will buy it now.
Loved xcom since the original
Damn. Will that work for Mac?
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Never had a Mac so I've never really looked to see what is compatible. All they are selling is an activation code for steam though, so if steam says it will work on your computer then it will.
Big McLargehuge
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It's a Steam code, so it'll work for any platform the game works for (in this case it's PC, Mac, and Linux). Now if your Mac can actually run it...that's up to your individual machine. I can't even imagine how horribly this thing would run on my MacBook Air.
Buying codes isn't the most...legitimate way to buy a product, but it still results in a game being sold so...yeah. I greenman'd it myself when they had a 24% off coupon (basic 20% right now).
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I see it as compensation for digital games being the same price as hard copies. If its a smaller studio that needs some love I might go out of my way to buy it from them, like Red Hook with their game Darkest Dungeon (which I would recommend to anyone who likes XCom).
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Just to make sure so I don't mess up with the loot, when you get into the square are you supposed to do anything or do they pick it up automatically provided you stop in the loot square?
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The soldiers just pick it up, unlike some hacking or other things where you need an action.
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Just a note for people. When you have a mission that involves an evac if you end a soldiers second action in the evac zone it forces him to evac. I thought I would get my guys ready for a quick exit once we had the VIP out but it left me short handed to end the mission.
Also, don't throw a grenade and light the evac zone on fire.
Also, don't throw a grenade and light the evac zone on fire.
worstfaceoffmanever
These Snacks Are Odd
Just a note for people. When you have a mission that involves an evac if you end a soldiers second action in the evac zone it forces him to evac. I thought I would get my guys ready for a quick exit once we had the VIP out but it left me short handed to end the mission.
Also, don't throw a grenade and light the evac zone on fire.
One of my favorite things to do in VIP missions, after I clear the map and secure the VIP, is evac a few soldiers and leave a Sharpshooter, a Ranger, and one other unit spread out around where ADVENT is sending reinforcements. I get the Sharpshooter on a good perch and set him up with Killzone, then put the other units in position with easy reaction shots in case he misses. It's a nasty little surprise for the dopes who step off that airship, that's for damn sure.
I just finished the game. The final mission wasn't as satisfying as beating the Uber Ethereal at the end of Enemy Unknown, but I it sure was a whole hell of a lot harder, and a lot buggier, too. I'm going to wait a while before jumping back in, I think, and see if Firaxis can patch some of the bugs and performance issues.
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As the game goes on the time between turns seems to get longer and longer. Time to move to SSD to see if that helps.
DrFeelgood
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If you guys are having long loading times, hit the caps lock button on the loading screen. It will freeze the loading screen but load way faster.
Whiplash27
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This game looks amazing, but I haven't even played Enemy Unknown yet.
They are basically the same game. Xcom2 is just prettier, but the gameplay, missions and story is almost identical to Xcom. I am loving it but I wore out Xcom in the summer when I was layed up in the hospital and now wanted a new something. Xcom2 is great, but if the price is at all an issue Xcom + DLC is just as good (and usually cheap); just not as many customizations in Xcom (but almost all of those are purely cosmetic) - other than that it is the basically same game, just prettier. It is not at all like going from Civ IV to Civ V where gameplay changed dramatically.
Big McLargehuge
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The 'original' modern XCOM certainly isn't a necessity to play before this one. This is basically that game, but better. The story isn't why you play this game.
