XCOM Enemy Unknown

[chris-red]

Anyone playing this? It's really good, seems to have all the good points of the old XCOM games done in a modern way, I find I really get attached to the squadies, my first one died the other day, I was well upset!
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[duhawkz]

i am quite tempted to buy this, Many an hour was whiled away defending earth in the original and terror from the deep
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[CB77]

Didn't realise this had been redone, very cool. I too miss the days of the original on the Amiga, must have raided Cydonia a hundred times over. I'm off to buy it now, although £40 on the Xbox is a bit salty....

[Seb]

I was a bit disapointed at first, it struck me as a bit watered down and soft compared to how vicious the originals were. Then I got a few missions in and it started kicking my arse

Whilst I'm not sure it quite dethrones Apocalypse, it's a far more worthy follow up than any of the other worthless attempts that have been done.
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[Flatbadger]

This is a new one right? (they're all beginning to sound the same)!

My experience is that it goes from easyish to impossible in the space of one or two missions - have they sorted it out?
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[CB77]

Its a take on the original Xcom, i.e land based, starting from scratch, big green globe tracking alien activity, with the same sort of stuff: shoot down ufo's, alien abductions, and trying to keep nations happy etc. The gameplay is turn based, and when an alien abduction occurs you get a choice of which country to go to, with different difficulty levels. you can also save every turn, like the original, which takes a bit of the tension out unfortunately.

Having played for a few hours last night I thought it was good fun, but I suppose it depends what you like. IGN have a good review on it.

[Alpha-9]

[Shinigami]

I thought the new xcom was going to be an fps for some reason, downloaded the demo the other night and was pleasantly surprised!

May have to aquire the full game, though it was smart from the demo.

However most of my gaming time is taken up with borderlands 2 and guildwars 2 at the mo
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[Alpha-9]

[chris-red]

Difficulty hit me like a brick wall last night, I had done so many missions and only lost 1 guy, In 2 missions 5 guys most of them top guys died!

Really gonna have to be careful now, even worse the aliens have got grenades now,
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[Flatbadger]

[Alpha-9]

Didn't aliens already have grenades? They were ridiculous in two sides

I only really played UFO aftershock and Xcom: The two sides which was a community made mod which had multiplayer, it was awesome but got shut down by the official devs because....they were making this game!
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[Seb]

[Flatbadger]

[trevoriv]

[CB77]

Apocalypse was a good game, but this one is much more like the original version with far better graphics. Obviously.

There is a multiplayer, but I haven't looked at it.

[Flatbadger]

[CB77]

Completed on normal level. Very short game.... Maybe it's nostalgia, but the original seemed to take a long time to finish. This does not.

[Sixhundred]

the main problem/difference with the new xcom is it just dont feel as oppresive or on a knife edge as much as the original, and the bugs.... but as a multiplayer squad vs squad its not too shabby.

but if you liked the original, then this is worth a look at, just wait for a steam sale, its not worth full price imo.

[Rogerborg]

I set my kitchen and subsequently myself on fire due to playing the original XCOM obsessively.

But they can sod off it's been released with bugs. All of the rip offs have crashed harder than a sweaty European country's economy, and "We'll fix it later" isn't good enough.

I'll catch it when it's sorted, and budget.
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[Flatbadger]

I'm playing the original again in gorgeous 320x240 and having fun with my blaster launcher!
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[Amnesty]

Got addicted and swept through story mode in 5 days, ( not as long as i'd hoped )

Very good, imo, hoping to take some balls and got for impossible iron man, or at least classic iron man.

It's alot more 'maintstream' friendly as the older ones are ALOT more complicated i found.

All in all, A decent tactical strategy!
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[Rogerborg]

[Flatbadger]

[Darth-Simba]

I am playing it, played the originals too. Gotta love XCOM