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#3639754 - 09/06/12 08:05 PM
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Seems as good a place as any to me. I bought all the X-Com series on Steam a while back. Played the originals quite a bit when they first came out but could not get back into them. It's not lost any playability but I just can't live with the graphics. Hence why I am now working through UFO Extraterrestrials Gold 
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#3639761 - 09/06/12 08:12 PM
Re: X-COM sale
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The new one will be released in Oct. I am so looking forward to it.
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#3639962 - 09/07/12 07:32 AM
Re: X-COM sale
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Bulletstop,the pre-order is up on Steam right now (if Steam is your thing).
Let's hope they do the original justice.
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#3640197 - 09/07/12 04:22 PM
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Yeah really looking forward to the new one, all the dev videos they have for it on youtube, the gameplay looks great and like it will be a modern version of the original...
Will be preordering it for sure.
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#3640329 - 09/07/12 06:43 PM
Re: X-COM sale
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Had not heard about the lack of base invasions, looks like I need to readup on that.
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#3640455 - 09/07/12 11:36 PM
Re: X-COM sale
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I would like to know that too, If it is like the orginal I do not see why the lifts can not be utilized like before. I know Chucky and I get paid this coming Friday... I do think they will stick close to the orginal and I am hoping it is even better then the orginal.
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A truism "liberals, who believe that everyone should categorically agree with them because their theoretical positions are "a higher truth" than the positions of any person out there living in and interacting with the real world."
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#3640559 - 09/08/12 04:26 AM
Re: X-COM sale
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Kludger, that was pretty good thanks for sharing it, they leave a lot to be desired tactically,lol. it looked awesome and I can not wait to play it.
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#3640598 - 09/08/12 10:06 AM
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Any chance of a demo?
Damn, just watched 16 minutes of that test play and I am drooling. Anyone else pre-ordered this?
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#3640608 - 09/08/12 10:52 AM
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Not yet,but my wallet is starting to twitch.
I must not watch that video......I must not watch that video....
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#3640611 - 09/08/12 11:11 AM
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Yeah that guy playing in the stream was not the most tactical hehe, I haven't heard of a demo, but will definitely be pre-ordering, just waiting to see a decent preorder sale, so far GreenManGaming has it ~10% off... (it's a Steamworks game). If indeed there are no base defense missions (can't seem to find official confirmation just some forum posts from fans discussing being worried about it due to only one 2D base in the previews) then those defense will be missed as they were fun in the original game, but what I see there still beats 99% of the modern games I see coming out these days so I am definitely still interested. @Master have you seen confirmation on that base defense question? UPDATE: ---------- I looked on the official forums and saw a reference to this dev interview which mentions base defense: http://uk.pc.gamespy.com/pc/xcom-enemy-unknown/1220087p1.html
GameSpy: For the geoscape, and the map view, I assume that you only get one base this time around.
JS: That's true. You only get one base, and there are a couple reasons for that. But you have one base, and then you have hangar bases on every other continent that you expand your interceptor force into. So you still do interceptions on every continent, or every continent where you have satellite coverage. But the one base, also at the beginning of the game, when you choose what that continent is, every continent has specific bonuses associated with it. So the starting point has a difference in terms of what bonus you'll get, and as you add more satellites, then the bonuses increase on that continent. So there's a draw to expand your satellite coverage to other continents, because you're getting those continent bonuses, and there's also an exponential reward for keeping your satellites on the same continent.
That's one of the things that happens on the geoscape. And then, because we have one base, and this is where research takes place and engineering takes place, and all your soldiers are now in the barracks at this one base, the base-building is a little more involved. We have new facilities, and there are one-off facilities, but there are also facilities where, as you build them, the adjacency becomes more important. As you start to excavate, then you want to keep your, let's say your satellite uplinks or your power stations or your laboratories, adjacent to each other, because they all offer distinct bonuses if they're built horizontally or vertically adjacent. Things like that.
GameSpy: Does that base ever come under attack?
JS: Yeah. Later missions, we're not talking about.
Discussion on 2K xcom forums seems to mention removal of base defense, so it seems like it would confirm it... oh well, those will be missed for sure, but what I see in the game still looks really fun to me.
Last edited by kludger; 09/08/12 12:04 PM. Reason: base defense info
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#3640617 - 09/08/12 11:31 AM
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Hmmm... GMG here still lists it at £29.99 same as Steam...
Chucky, if you love your wallet more than XCOM, do **NOT!!!*** watch the video!
Feels like this'll be even more awesome than Jagged Alliance Back in Action...
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#3640620 - 09/08/12 11:38 AM
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Hmmm... GMG here still lists it at £29.99 same as Steam...
Ah must be the US Region that has the 10% off deal, conversely you might want to see if your GMG international version page for xcom allow you to use their 25% off voucher which is currently not allowed for the US version of xcom: 25% off Digital Games till Sep 10th Voucher: GMG25-1BW0K-K1A3G
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#3640626 - 09/08/12 11:46 AM
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£29.99 is at the limit for what I usually pay for this sort of game.I would like to see a discount for sure.
Steam just has a pre-order bonus,with a free copy of Civ V if enough pre-order it.Meh,I have Civ V already.
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#3640634 - 09/08/12 12:01 PM
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Chucky, you might want to try that GreenManGaming 25% off voucher code, it is supposed to work with xcom preorder everywhere except North America.
25% off Digital Games till Sep 10th Voucher: GMG25-1BW0K-K1A3G
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#3640641 - 09/08/12 12:40 PM
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Thanks Kludger. **Edited** Think before asking such a dumb question 
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#3640809 - 09/08/12 07:29 PM
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Yeah that guy playing in the stream was not the most tactical hehe, I haven't heard of a demo, but will definitely be pre-ordering, just waiting to see a decent preorder sale, so far GreenManGaming has it ~10% off... (it's a Steamworks game).
If indeed there are no base defense missions (can't seem to find official confirmation just some forum posts from fans discussing being worried about it due to only one 2D base in the previews) then those defense will be missed as they were fun in the original game, but what I see there still beats 99% of the modern games I see coming out these days so I am definitely still interested.
@Master have you seen confirmation on that base defense question? If that is true then I am very sad. Building and defending your base along with deciding if you should use a closer base with less experienced men on terror missions or if you should send in the big boys was one of the BEST parts of the original.
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#3640837 - 09/08/12 08:37 PM
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That voucher works with GMG taking it down to about £22. Still about £21 over my budget, dammit! Seeing as this isn't coming out until Oct., I wonder if I can wait until the end of this month to pre-order.... or if I can wait until it goes on Steam's Christmas sale...
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