2012-09-14, 00:26 | Link #141 |
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Gametrailers - XCOM: Enemy Unknown First Contact Preview
And more previews on youtube: Finally, we have two full, uninterrupted gameplay vids with no commentary, giving us our clearest look at just plain gameplay.
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2012-09-16, 14:33 | Link #145 | |
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It's odd that for a long time, Valkyria Chronicles was actually compared to X-COM (the original game with a hyphen) as its spiritual successor.
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2012-09-16, 19:37 | Link #147 | |
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2012-09-24, 10:31 | Link #149 | |
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Gamespot preview: Triple post bump: Gamespot and Firaxis will be holding a livestream featuring more XCOM: Enemy Unknown later today at 10am PDT. Also, 4th part of the OXM video series, as the squad takes revenge for Kitkat Chunky: Man, Quadruple Post, but for Important News this time: XCOM: Enemy Unknown now has a DEMO! Button isn't working as of yet unfortunately, seems it might go up in a couple of hours after the livestream.
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2012-09-25, 15:21 | Link #152 |
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I have just checked out the demo, it's a short one and I can only really comment on the tactical combat.
The things I like is the fast paced feeling of the combat and the mini talents of the individual character. On the other hand I did not like the level design so far, it's small and really linear, I really hope that's only for the early game/demo.
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2012-09-26, 18:47 | Link #153 |
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Apparently people have been poking around in the demo, and found the names of the possible Hero Easter Eggs. Sid Meier is a given, but others found were Ken Levine, Joe Kelly, Steve Martin and... Otto Zander. Those who've followed Guava Moment's Lets Plays of the classic games should know the last name. Yep.
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2012-09-27, 00:51 | Link #154 |
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Oh man I just played the demo and I want the game nao!
Good news is I found two new videos of a person playing the "Preview" version for the news media people which shows off more stuff than the demo version for the general public. Spoiler for For size:
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2012-09-27, 08:52 | Link #155 | |
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For those who don't know, if you rename one of your soldiers into the name of the hero unit, the game automatically transforms them into said hero unit with their own unique stats and abilities. Doing so however disables achievements. Also, for those who want to get more out of the demo, DHX from the 2k forums released this Demo Editor that allows you to select the enemies you fight in the second mission, how many soldiers you can deploy, difficulty level and even allow you to use Laser or Plasma weapons. Here's a screenshot from a playthrough I did with it: (The Demo Editor may give you an error when you first run it. If this happens, just run the demo, exit, then run the Demo Editor again.)
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2012-09-27, 11:18 | Link #156 |
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Playing the demo made a question pop in my head.
In the old X-Com, your base was build from a top down perspective and converted into the mission map, when it was attacked. But in the new Xcom the base is seen from the side. So... How is base defense going to work? Does this mean we can't build chokepoints anymore?
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2012-09-27, 15:35 | Link #159 |
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The lead developer Jake Solomon said base attack was out, but "might" possibly come back later. I that's hinting at a expansion or a DLC.
I tried that Demo Editor and can't seem to get it to work. Is it suppose to auto find your XCOM game directory or are you suppose to manually put it in?
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