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Important to remember that XCOM 2 has extremely robust options fully modeled and voiced anime characters, Star Wars aliens, etc. Don't see how you could go back to EU once you get used to Big Boss, Nien Numb, and all four RWBY girls piling out of the dropship!
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Meme Poker Party posted:Important to remember that XCOM 2 has extremely robust options fully modeled and voiced anime characters, Star Wars aliens, etc. This was actually my next question. I was sold on the game once I found that there were Star Wars mods. Is there a total conversion mod, or just a bunch of reskins and things of that nature?
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May 23, 2022 17:25
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Hold down Alt and you get the icons of what you would get if you move somewhere, so you can scan and find when they turn yellow for flanking. In OpenXcom final news: yeah wow. Loads of better human gear (research is way extended so cant use alien tech yet), but wow the aliens start rough. First terror had 6 reapers and 6 floaters, and my bullets barely scratch them. Luckily, I managed to research the shotgun so had dedicated AP rounds at least, but losing at least one tank or soldier every mission. That's XCom!
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May 23, 2022 17:36
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Gin_Rummy posted:This was actually my next question. I was sold on the game once I found that there were Star Wars mods. Is there a total conversion mod, or just a bunch of reskins and things of that nature? I don't think there is a "total conversion" mod for anything in the traditional sense. Meaning, nothing that goes so far as to change the maps or the strategic layer. But you can fully convert your XCOM roster into Star Wars rebels/aliens/clones and the Advent units into Empire troops if that's what you want. This will change all the units and their gear (so yes, lightsabers instead of swords and such). So you can definitely have the forces of the Rebel Alliance versus Galactic Empire in combat but they will still be fighting in the same environments for the same objectives and returning to the Brad and the Avenger after combat.
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May 23, 2022 17:37
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the only mod that matters is the horny beefcake mod
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The Sydney from Payday 2 voice pack mod is great because her voice actress was also vanille from ff13 and she switches to using that voice for one of her fake comms calls and it's hilarious every time she does. The mod repurposes it as one of her randomized combat barks and it comes in outta nowhere and gets me every time.
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May 23, 2022 20:48
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The Female Boss 1 from Saints Row 3 voice pack is my favorite. Oh grenades, what problem can't you solve?
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Coming back to this after Chaos Gate is a rude awakening, I have an addiction to activating pods on the final move of my final guy. Also did they add a propriety launcher that broke all the workshop mods? I'd swear I had the usual suspects (Evac All, Don't Waste My Time, Higherlander code-rework, etc etc etc) installed but none of them are actually functioning. I'm not even using any game-changing stuff, just basic cosmetic and QoL stuff. Beside this are there any other decent mdern turn-based tactics games out there? I finished Gears Tactics years ago and that was a great time, I hear good things about Expeditions: Rome even though apparently it's more RPG than TBT. I also hear Phoenix Point is the kind of interesting mess you get when an old-school dev says "i'm gonna make it the way it SHOULD be" and creates a huge awkward meltdown of a game. A lot of stuff seems card-based and I really don't enjoy those.
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Yeah, the mod mod launcher still works, but the official one tells me my mods are installed and then doesn't actually load them.
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May 24, 2022 00:39
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Filthy Lucre posted:The Female Boss 1 from Saints Row 3 voice pack is my favorite. I was skimming the preview video and burst out laughing at incoherently yelling I'M ON A CO-ED CURLING TEAM for a disorientation line. An inspired pick.
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May 24, 2022 04:26
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Pierson posted:Beside this are there any other decent mdern turn-based tactics games out there? I finished Gears Tactics years ago and that was a great time, I hear good things about Expeditions: Rome even though apparently it's more RPG than TBT. I also hear Phoenix Point is the kind of interesting mess you get when an old-school dev says "i'm gonna make it the way it SHOULD be" and creates a huge awkward meltdown of a game. A lot of stuff seems card-based and I really don't enjoy those. Othercide is a smaller game (somewhere between indie and AA) and very worth playing. Compared to XCOM: - Game aesthetics like the bastard son of Bloodborne and The Void - No equipment - Little or no RNG - Flexible turns. You get 50 AP/turn, but you can take up to 100 at once by skipping your next turn. - Big focus on timeline mechanics. Some abilities take effect after a delay or at intervals, some abilities let you delay enemies' turns or hasten yours - All damage is permanent (and many abilities cost health). Sacrifice a soldier to heal another one (and give them a stat bonus). - Roguelite mechanics. No save/reload. Losing a boss battle ends the run. Beating bosses lets you start the game from the next chapter with somewhat leveled soldiers. - Roguelite mechanics pt. 2: You can enable various global buffs by completing achievements. Some rewards give resurrection tokens, and you can resurrect old soldiers in new runs, keeping their level and stats. I would say that it reverses the classic X-COM balance (OK to fail missions, bad to fail the game). During individual battles, you want to be a perfectionist, minimizing damage taken and carefully planning the timeline of every turn. Outside the battle, it's a roguelite so doing a bunch of failed runs to learn before beating the next boss is expected. Don't go for the easy (Dream) mode, it basically removes half the mechanics that make the game interesting.
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Phoenix Point is absolutely an interesting mess but it has me gripped right now. Battle Brothers and Wartales for your medieval mercenary tactics needs. Battletech if you somehow missed it. Phantom Brigade if you want another interesting mess in mech form.
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Seconding Battletech, I'm finally getting around to it for the first time and it really scratches the XCOM itch. It's got a lot of good ideas XCOM 3 should poach if it ever gets made, particularly the events that pop up when you're traveling between planets -- gives a huge amount of personality to your procedurally generated soldiers. I miss the hell out of overwatch though, but Battletech is much more attrition-based than XCOM so it probably wouldn't fit in as well there.
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Battletech is a great game, and there are all sorts of mods to tweak it if you want. I use a couple of small mods that add additional mechs without changing much about the gameplay, but there are a couple of big ones that dramatically change the way it works.
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May 24, 2022 18:18
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Pierson posted:Beside this are there any other decent mdern turn-based tactics games out there? I finished Gears Tactics years ago and that was a great time, There is https://store.steampowered.com/app/470310/TROUBLESHOOTER_Abandoned_Children/
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MikusR posted:There is https://store.steampowered.com/app/470310/TROUBLESHOOTER_Abandoned_Children/ albeit a weird one between a strong anime aesthetic, the devs maybe going a bit overboard with the number of mechanics available, and most importantly, apparently something like the opposite of the XCOM difficulty curve, where you're OP AF to start out and the game doesn't get challenging til endgame personally i couldn't get through the opening 15h or so, felt like grinding with no challenge as i stared utterly confused at the stats level up screens for barely any progression. having premade characters with lackluster writing didn't help
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I have over 200 hours in XCOM 2, and just started War of the Chosen because I was worried I wouldn't like it as much. This is great, it feels like XCOM 2 But Better. Runs much smoother, more beautiful environments, and I love the propaganda posters.
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May 25, 2022 07:29
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War of the Chosen is just Xcom 2 with some more content right? It doesn't progress the story or anything right?
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May 25, 2022 07:30
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Zzulu posted:War of the Chosen is just Xcom 2 with some more content right? It doesn't progress the story or anything right? Basically. It adds more characters to the story, but it seems to be working towards the same ending.
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OzyMandrill posted:In OpenXcom final news: yeah wow. Loads of better human gear (research is way extended so cant use alien tech yet), but wow the aliens start rough. First terror had 6 reapers and 6 floaters, and my bullets barely scratch them. Luckily, I managed to research the shotgun so had dedicated AP rounds at least, but losing at least one tank or soldier every mission. That's XCom! Only losing one soldier per mission before midgame is pretty good pace. As long as you don't lose your craft or have your item pile explode it's a success. If you go back to XComFiles then it's normal for the first real roadblock, cult outposts, to fullwipe your team and craft if you aren't at the right tech or know what you're doing. Even early cult safehouses can be brutal 2-3 losses (of a team of 4-6) if you aren't used to openxcom in general.
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Chamale posted:Basically. It adds more characters to the story, but it seems to be working towards the same ending. it hints at some sorta story poo poo in a future game verrrrrrrry vaguely TFTD2 when jake
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This game really needs a “this is my first time playing this game” difficulty setting that includes detailed tool tips about new enemy types and a loving UNDO button. My biggest gripe right now is making a move that I am *sure* is going to finish off the pod, only to find out that this new enemy type can completely counter/nullify my ranger’s slash, or snag my grenadier with its tongue from eighty feet away THROUGH cover…
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Gin_Rummy posted:This game really needs a “this is my first time playing this game” difficulty setting that includes detailed tool tips about new enemy types and a loving UNDO button. My biggest gripe right now is making a move that I am *sure* is going to finish off the pod, only to find out that this new enemy type can completely counter/nullify my ranger’s slash, or snag my grenadier with its tongue from eighty feet away THROUGH cover… That’s XCOM!
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May 25, 2022 13:37
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Captain Foo posted:That’s XCOM! Thanks I
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Gin_Rummy posted:This game really needs a “this is my first time playing this game” difficulty setting that includes detailed tool tips about new enemy types and a loving UNDO button. My biggest gripe right now is making a move that I am *sure* is going to finish off the pod, only to find out that this new enemy type can completely counter/nullify my ranger’s slash, or snag my grenadier with its tongue from eighty feet away THROUGH cover…
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Sombrerotron posted:Unless you're playing on Ironman (which would be a silly thing to do for a first-timer), there's nothing to stop you from save-scumming during missions. Yeah, reloading is a totally reasonable thing to do, particularly since a lot of the initial difficulty spikes come from new mechanics getting sprung on the player (and being totally expected by veterans). A variation of this is so-called Bronzeman, where you reload the mission if it goes sideways but not individual turns.
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Sombrerotron posted:Unless you're playing on Ironman (which would be a silly thing to do for a first-timer), there's nothing to stop you from save-scumming during missions. Nothing except the annoyingly long load times.
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Gin_Rummy posted:Nothing except the annoyingly long load times. Transferring the files to a solid-state drive should help with that if you haven't already.
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Kaal posted:Transferring the files to a solid-state drive should help with that if you haven't already. That’s actually not a bad idea. I tend to keep my games stored on my regular HD, but for something like this swapping to my SDD would probably help tons. I hadn’t even thought about that.
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I second the SSD thing. Since I did that, the loading times are totally different experience. Missions are ready to go on the avenger before Bradford can start reading the briefing. Bronzeman is how I normally play. I started on the PS4 version and I've had a bunch of game breaking bugs that would've totally hosed an ironman run in the past. Hell, I started an ironman save at the weekend to grab a steam achievement and on maybe my 4th or 5th mission I lost my only medical protocol specialist because she got KOd and the game refused to let me pick up her body, so l had to evac without her. Only captured, not Kia so I might see her again, but I also lost my only medkit and supplies were really tight so that stung. This is also a campaign where I accidentally have the alien rulers walking around randomly when I meant to disable the DLC, so some of the gently caress ups have been my fault to be fair.
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xcom 2 also seems to have a weird thing where load times are increased by the number of save files you have. so delete or moving them may decrease the length. WOTC seems to do a little better too vs base game, if i recall?
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Re: voice packs, the Bob Ross voice pack brings me great joy. A whispered “beautiful trees” as people and things and aliens explode makes him sound completely insane and I love it. As per usual with voice packs, the volumes are all messed up, but a small price to pay.
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Gin_Rummy posted:That’s actually not a bad idea. I tend to keep my games stored on my regular HD, but for something like this swapping to my SDD would probably help tons. I hadn’t even thought about that. Modern AA and AAA games made past like 2012 are increasingly built under the assumption they're being installed and run on SSDs, so load times are going to be absolutely atrocious if you're running them from an HDD.
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Yeah on my PS4 load times were seriously like 2-4 minutes and on my Xbox series x they are about 15 seconds. It's a huge difference.
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MikusR posted:There is https://store.steampowered.com/app/470310/TROUBLESHOOTER_Abandoned_Children/ Before I move on I'm doing one last save where I absolutely mod the poo poo out of the game (while still trying to keep it stable and lore-compliant, whatever that means). Musashi looks like he has some great mods that make stealth more of a real thing but I can't seem to get his Stealth Overhaul working that remakes stealth into something you can actually build for. Everyone still just has the basic Squad Concealment rather than the %-based stuff he adds. Did anybody else use that mod and run into issues with that? I've made the .ini changes from the comments and nuked by XcomEngine.ini as reddit suggested but no joy even on a new campaign. Besides that are there any extra classes that are fun and worthwhile while still being regular and not like, Jedi Master or anything?
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Best Friends posted:Re: voice packs, the Bob Ross voice pack brings me great joy. A whispered “beautiful trees” as people and things and aliens explode makes him sound completely insane and I love it. It saddens me that there isn't a Donald Duck voice pack from the old-timey cartoons
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gosh I’m having a lot of fun with XCOM 2 / WOTC but I’ve got a bit of a problem I unchecked the integrate DLC stuff at the start and I delayed investigating the Alien Ruler scanning spot until the late game when I’m basically just flying around leisurely bullying the Avatar project into negative progress, and I don’t seem to have the Alien Nest mission popping up after I grabbed the weapons It’s been three in game months and I’m just delaying the final missions indefinitely while I wait for something to trigger. We’re in February 2036. Have I broken it?
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Chamale posted:I have over 200 hours in XCOM 2, and just started War of the Chosen because I was worried I wouldn't like it as much. This is great, it feels like XCOM 2 But Better. Runs much smoother, more beautiful environments, and I love the propaganda posters. You're in for a treat. Takes one of the best games of all time and makes it even better.
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I’ve now got Enemy Within on my phone lmao
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Scandalous posted:I’ve now got Enemy Within on my phone lmao I got it for my iPad, but forgot about how many QoL mods I had installed for my PC version 
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