X-Com!

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:29 am

Two new X-Com games within a year and absolutely no discussion on Jolt Country? I'll kick it off then.

X-Com: Enemy Unknown - played for a grand total of twenty or so hours before the game decided it would crash whenever it loaded a commonly used enemy animation!

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - just bought it, but the first day I'll have time to play it is this Sunday!

Anyone else?

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 12:14 pm

And next month Enemy Within comes out. An extended version of Unknown.

I thought Unknown was cool. Not as cool everybody made it out to be, but cool. Cool enough that I want to play it again one day.

The Bureau seems like a wait until it's 10 dollars type game.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:24 am

HI! OLD GAMES DUDE HERE!

It was inferior to the original X-COM.

Try to enjoy it anyway! Ha ha ha!

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:14 pm

The Bureau is already for sale on Gamefly for 17.99.

2 months after release.

Something tells me that game is not a hit?

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Thu Nov 07, 2013 6:07 am

I'm having mixed reactions to it, mainly because its engine runs at maybe 20 FPS on my computer and it doesn't look any better than Bioshock Infinite (which ran fine). Okay! There is more action on the screen, but otherwise its kinda the same aesthetic.

Anyway, each generation of video games needs its filler that will be pirated without any fanfare in five years: The Bureau fits the bill.

Retro

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Sun Dec 01, 2013 5:26 am

Installing X-Com: Enemy Within as I type this - guess I'll see if I like it.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:00 pm

The Bureau just hit 8 dollars on Gamefly. I am the proud new owner of The Bureau.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 11:00 am

RetroRomper wrote:Installing X-Com: Enemy Within as I type this - guess I'll see if I like it.

I wonder if we will.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 1:01 pm

the new x-com game sucked dick

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:33 am

I'm finishing up the story element of X-Com after maxing out research, upgrades, technology, weapons, etc, etc. and the game is absolutely boring at this point.

My major issue is that I have enough meld, resources, etc. to do whatever I want and yet I can't ignore now regular Council and randomly generated missions, when the main storyline beckons.

Breaking that down my problems are:

1. The game is too easy if you have even a smidgen of how to play it (rush satellites, focus on research and ignoring the first two EXALT missions).

2. Missions themselves become repetitive: I've killed over a thousand aliens at this point and the game is about 85% done (I think).

3. A few of the game mechanics feel as if they are designed to screw over the player: there isn't a direct way to reduce panic in nations that are about to leave X-Com. Okay, EXALT missions address this, but still...

Having fun, but after a big push to finish the game I'm now taking it in small doses.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:43 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:the new x-com game sucked dick

That is not the right opinion, by the way.

That is not the right opinion.

RetroRomper · Post by **RetroRomper** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:06 pm

Are we at the point where anything new that is in the same vein, but different is somehow lesser than the old?

All I can tell you, is that I do not want to be that guy.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:43 pm

RetroRomper wrote:Are we at the point where anything new that is in the same vein, but different is somehow lesser than the old?

All I can tell you, is that I do not want to be that guy.

No, we're at the point where idiot children are re-making classic games without the slightest bit of understanding as to what made the original games worth knowing about 20 years later though.

For example.

You can not put panic in an X-COM game when you've limited the squads to four people.

The new XCOM game is a pointless waste of time. Ben never even played the original. No wonder he liked XCOM. It's easy to like the new XCOM when you've never played the original because they ripped off a lot of stuff from the original. THey also just fucked it up badly. Terrible game, the new one.

lethargic · Post by **lethargic** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:37 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:No, we're at the point where idiot children are re-making classic games without the slightest bit of understanding as to what made the original games worth knowing about 20 years later though.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:56 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:The new XCOM game is a pointless waste of time. Ben never even played the original. No wonder he liked XCOM. It's easy to like the new XCOM when you've never played the original because they ripped off a lot of stuff from the original. THey also just fucked it up badly. Terrible game, the new one.

I don't think this is your actual opinion. I think you want it to be your opinion so you can write posts such as the above.