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New thread for this game a full week before it's out? Hm.... Just how many of you are reviewers with review codes? (I know ImpAtom probably has one...)
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Hey, if they have a sword mod that lets you shred armor, it really will be Rules of Nature time.
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Jan 29, 2016 02:20
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Maybe it's ghost grenades. Those were always useful on a grenade-specced heavy in Enemy Within. They've been vague about a lot of the endgame stuff and a lot of the later-on goodies, but this is nothing new. Firaxis was even resistant to admit they had blaster bomb launchers back when Enemy Unknown was in previews. They are very stubborn about playing with all their cards close to their chest. I'm curious about one of the upcoming DLCs they promise in the spring, the one that mentions "elite" aliens and XCOM having new elite alien hunter specializations. Hmm... Procedurally generated extra-hard missions that generate more loot, like Slingshot only random? Speedball fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Jan 29, 2016 04:50
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If I'm reading it right, the "Fortress" ability makes Psi Operatives immune to exploding cars too, right?
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Jan 29, 2016 07:03
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Torrannor posted:I hope so, although the Grenadiers Blast Armor did nothing against exploding cars in one of Beagle's streams. That seemed to reduce the grenade damage at least. The Armor soaked up 1 damage and the 66% resistance soaked up the rest, so they only took 1 damage from their own kamikaze grenade.
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Jan 29, 2016 07:14
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I know the Skulljack gif is from this video, but a link to the whole thing ought to be in the OP because I love it. Its end is especially great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYhr7Du6z8U
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Jan 29, 2016 08:20
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Icon Of Sin posted:Are sectopods back and willing to drop artillery from deep within the fog of war on unsuspecting rookies? I need to know Sectopods are back and worse than ever. They have a stance system where they can hunker close to the ground squat like before, or stand up very tall on extendo-legs. They can charge straight through walls like Berserkers used to and have a variety of other nasty abilities we probably haven't seen yet.
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Jan 29, 2016 08:22
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Junpei Hyde posted:I don't like this no Junpeis rule. That's okay, we can have one.
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Jan 29, 2016 20:05
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One thing Apocalypse could have stood to have is a little more transparancy about what factions did what within the city.
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Jan 29, 2016 21:22
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A houndmaster class that detects enemies through walls passively, sics their dog on enemies to make them bleed, delivers unpinned grenades through hallways to drop at enemies' feet, pins an enemy down by biting their leg or other stuff might be interesting. Humanity's Best Friend!
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Jan 30, 2016 00:32
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Anime Schoolgirl posted:an entire team consisting of hounds and shivs They've been evasive on whether or not SHIVS are in this game. I mean, they probably will be? Firaxis didn't even want to admit they had blaster bomb launchers back when EU was in development.
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Jan 30, 2016 00:41
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LordNat posted:Just got done listening to a summery of Xcom 2: Resurrection. My theory was wrong. Xcom failed in the first 2-3 months. Only ever downed 2 UFOs (one of them being the Avenger). They did not even get attacked and wiped out, they just got shutdown and disbanded. Oh, man, it's sad when my writing is better than officially licensed novels. (because I'm not getting paid...)
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Jan 30, 2016 05:46
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Ilustforponydeath posted:I thought until recently that Xcom came to be due to backlash from the bureau announcement. It was in development at least as long as the Bureau was but for some drat reason 2K decided that Bureau was the big-money project everyone would be excited about and so only advertised it at first while Firaxis' strategy game was kept hush-hush until only a year before it came out. It was a strange and stupid year for games. And not the first time a beloved strategy game got replaced by a first person shooter (they also did that with Syndicate).
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Jan 30, 2016 15:40
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Bureau Mod. Turn the Bureau into a proper XCOM game with tactical engagements and guys with laser-shooting tommy guns. Hey, it could happen!
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Jan 30, 2016 21:29
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Coolguye posted:specifically this seems to be the section you are looking for: It's nice that even on a failure, you still kill the guy.
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Jan 30, 2016 21:43
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Ciaphas posted:Now I need to watch the video that GIF came from again It's a comedy throughout but the ending is especially good. I think the reason the overwatch failed to shoot Possessed Ryan is because he was a Ranger with Lightning Reflexes, ignoring enemy overwatch
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Jan 30, 2016 21:49
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Hive Queens sound like the "ruler" aliens they promised in one expansion.
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Jan 31, 2016 01:00
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Now that I think on it, I wonder if Solace works even during an enemy action. Say a sectoid dominated a ranger and sent him to chop up my psi op. Would he be freed of control and abort his attack as he got close?
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Jan 31, 2016 05:17
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Kanos posted:Not hard to get, just very expensive to train, so multiples of them is probably a poor use of resources. Kind of like a team of six Paladin MECs. Awesome but very impractical.
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Jan 31, 2016 05:35
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Bizzare. The cheevo list is still unreleased. Firaxis is REALLY keeping their cards close to their chest.
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Jan 31, 2016 19:31
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The Codex is also a really bizarrely interesting enemy. It looks like it's made of pure data.
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Jan 31, 2016 21:18
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poptart_fairy posted:I'm hoping there's enough little WHAT THE poo poo moments in terms of enemies. Imagine being able to go into the game and not have a clue about Chryssalids, for example. Probably gonna be a lot of people going in blind and going "what the poo poo" about chrysalid cocoons.
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Jan 31, 2016 23:11
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Fuzz posted:I had no idea this was coming out so soon. gently caress yeah! You should check out Satellite Reign, its by the makers if Syndicate and has similar but updated gameplay.
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Feb 1, 2016 06:04
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He keeps making MGSV references, I love it.
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Feb 1, 2016 16:20
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Beagle promised he was gonna try to save as many civs as he could but he still didn't rush enough during the terror mission. Too many civs getting cut down by stormtroopers. I like it. You NEED to go out there and put your troops in the line of fire to win retaliation missions. No more turtling.
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Feb 1, 2016 16:32
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ZenVulgarity posted:Wait people can get captured now? If you leave troops behind, they're not KIA, they're "captured" and you have a chance of rescuing them in a later mission.
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Feb 1, 2016 16:38
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Oh god one Dark Event is a hidden Faceless in EVERY mission.
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Feb 1, 2016 16:44
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AlternateAccount posted:Fuckin FRIDAY release??? Who the poo poo does that?? People who hate me because I work on the weekends arrrrgh!
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Feb 1, 2016 16:52
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I think trying to play stealthy in this mission was a mistake. It's a container detonation mission, right? Probably should have just gone in blowing poo poo up like crazy with the grenadier.
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Feb 1, 2016 17:00
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Looks like your new rule is Always Bring A Specialist, too. Gotta have guys who hack mission objectives at a distance.
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Feb 1, 2016 17:08
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Piquai Souban posted:This sounds super hard. Is there a casual/easy mode, or do I just resign myself to never finishing it? Dadgamer life. Yeah, there is, Beagles just playing on super hard mode.
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Feb 1, 2016 17:14
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Haha, the enemy won't go near his over watch camping.
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Feb 1, 2016 17:21
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Coolguye posted:Wait is Bradford doing this or beagle Beagle, he made one soldier look like Venom Snake, complete with ponytail and red arm. "Let the legend come back to life!" *misses pistol shot* "Engravings don't give you tactical advantages!"
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Feb 1, 2016 17:35
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I solemnly swear I will never, EVER rely on overwatches like Beagle does, because clearly they're cursed to fail you when you need them most.
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Feb 1, 2016 18:29
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Demiurge4 posted:God drat Faceless are an amazing unit. Terror missions are just so drat tense and scary because of them. Yeah. It looks like Battle Scanners take some of the sting out of them but they're still nasty customers. And I underestimated the usefulness of Phantom Rangers, on missions where you normally get no concealment they still start in concealment. And it looks like Phantom Rangers are great for rescuing civvies.
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Feb 1, 2016 18:56
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Stun lancers really seem as scary as Chryssalids Yeah, they don't turn you into a zombie but they rush you and slap you in the face with a lightning rod. Jesus.
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Feb 1, 2016 19:07
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Kenshin posted:Holy crap, I leave to go to my team's standup meeting while beagle was doing great in the rescue civilians mission and come back and it's near squad wipe. He started off strong by rescuing like 5 of 6 civvies early, but then it turns out swarms of enemies were lurking in the distance.
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Feb 1, 2016 19:12
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Kenshin posted:Even if he's starting to recover from that huge loss earlier, I just can't seem how Beagle is possibly going to stop the Avatar project in this playthrough. He's been really stubborn about avoiding expanding his territory. Maybe that served him well in the demo build but it's really biting him on the rear end here. Without territory you can't attack Dark Events well.
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Feb 1, 2016 20:28
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Internet Kraken posted:Wow I love the crappy cheap robot voice the Advent MECs have. Do they have a winding key on their back? They might not even have a human brain in there. It's like the drone suits Whiplash made in Iron Man 2: an exo-armor that has the human brain replaced.
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RBA Starblade posted:Man it really bugs me the more I think about it. I hope they just run with it and have the intro be you losing all your rookies to a sectoid in month 1, then smash cutting to 20 years later. I'm going with my "mental time travel" fanon theory. Ethereals let humans in in game 1, come back earlier with foreknowledge of everything in game 2, kill XCOM before it even gets off the ground.
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