Jack Burton Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Didn't take long for the price to drop. Dishonoured which was released in the same week as Xcom is also down to £20-25. I rarely buy games when they come out as they drop in price so quick these days. I've not played this much at all recently. I started playing the Orange Box again after Half Life 2 making the top 50 games. I'll go back to Xcom later as I really enjoyed it and the DLC should be out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 Didn't take long for the price to drop. Dishonoured which was released in the same week as Xcom is also down to £20-25. I rarely buy games when they come out as they drop in price so quick these days. I've not played this much at all recently. I started playing the Orange Box again after Half Life 2 making the top 50 games. I'll go back to Xcom later as I really enjoyed it and the DLC should be out soon. same not played for a week or so gone back to Skyrim for a bit. At the stage where im just grinding my characters (sounds so wrong) to make sure im ready for the next big mission Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Just started playing this again after Green Man Gaming were giving away copies to people who voted in the Golden Joystick Awards. Got my son a copy, but he's not interested. I'd forgotten how b*****dly difficult it is! Save scummed like a madman, but still tremendously good fun. I assumed that Enemy Within was some sort of semi-sequel, and didn't start it until after finishing the base game again. D'oh! Looks interesting though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 was a tremendous game back on the PS1, a fucking b*****d of a game though, one i never completed without the aid of the action replay cartridge at the time, think i played the game for a year dying a lot, losing all sorts of bases etc, eventually gave up lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 was a tremendous game back on the PS1, a fucking b*****d of a game though, one i never completed without the aid of the action replay cartridge at the time, think i played the game for a year dying a lot, losing all sorts of bases etc, eventually gave up lol This is actually the thread for the remake that I necro'd - I've got the originals on Steam, but never played them. Not sure there's any point, considering how good the remake is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock001 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 X-com apocaplypse is fecking awesome although these days it looks terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Here is a game that some might be interested in, Xenonauts - http://www.xenonauts.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 Here is a game that some might be interested in, Xenonauts - http://www.xenonauts.com/ Interesting, thanks for that. Looks very similar. Will give it a go when it inevitably ends up in a bundle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 XCOM 2! Fuckin' yassss! I'm so out of the loop; I'd no idea this was in development until I saw it appear for pre-order on Steam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 It's only coming out on PC at the moment hopefully they release it on the consoles later on. Not actually completed the first one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 XCOM 2 out next Friday the 5th. Tempted to pre-order, as I put aside £35 for it a while back and you can pick up the Digital Deluxe Edition for £38.40 from Green Man Gaming if you use the 20% off code (which basically entitles you to all the DLC, by the looks of it). I'm not seeing any reviews yet, however, although surely it'll be hard to bollocks it up. Surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Alright, 34 reviews in and 90% on Metacritic. Money spent I take it there's not a lot of anticipation for this one on P&B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmeat Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Alright, 34 reviews in and 90% on Metacritic. Money spent I take it there's not a lot of anticipation for this one on P&B? I'm getting it, enjoyed the first one but completed it ages ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Aw pish. Bought from Green Man Gaming with their 20% off voucher at £38.40, only for them to send me a 25% discount the day after Here's the code, if anyone wants to use it; not sure if it can be used more than once: #000031-9CS1B0-I03ABB Worth mentioning that you get a bit of DLC, the Resistance Warrior pack, if you pre-order. Sounds like it's just a load of extra customisation options for your soldiers, but it also brings back a mystery guest from the original (Zhang, I'd guess). No doubt it'll eventually be available to buy through Steam for a couple of quid anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Alright, 34 reviews in and 90% on Metacritic. Money spent I take it there's not a lot of anticipation for this one on P&B? I pre-ordered it having seen a few videos on YouTube of it. Really enjoyed the last one and it was one of those games that I would start playing at 9pm and find myself saying "just one more mission" until it was 3am and I had to get up for work at 7am. Should have arrived today but typical in a situation like this I'm away to Dundee tonight and then at the football on Saturday so won't get to play it until Saturday evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Interesting review on Kotaku. The reviewers style of play for the previous XCOM sounds similar to mine. It'll be interesting to see how I also adjust to the sequel. http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/02/05/xcom-2-the-kotaku-review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Gutted this isn't on consoles, I really loved the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Anyone playing X-Com 2? They have tried to change the way you play. A lot of missions have timers which mean you must achieve a certain objective within a set amount of turns. Also when you start most missions you're concealed which means you can set up ambushes. The Rangers and their swords are pretty awesome. I was sceptical of them when I first started playing but these guys rack up the kills with their shotgun/sword weapons combination. There are already loads of mods. One I'm tempted to try is one that means the objective timer doesn't start counting down until your concealment is broken. I think that makes sense and would encourage you to set up a proper ambush as the timer means you often have to rush. Overall if you liked the previous game then you'll enjoy this one two. The rage you feel when your solider misses a 91% shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Haven't had time to do more than the tutorial yet Certainly looks tasty. I love the conceit that you basically played through the original on Impossible and got your arse handed to you in a major way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Andromedons are fucking brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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