XCOM 2 Reviewed at RPS

[PanzersEast]

What's up with the turn limit?  ::)



PE

[Huw the Poo]

What's up with the turn limit?  ::)

There's a turn limit?  :(

[Capn Darwin]

PE, don't get me started on that or probability, or OP sectoids in the first missions. LOL ::) So much whining on the Steam forums on this stuff. Kills me that not being good at a game or learning a game is somehow the Dev's fault for making a crappy game. So sad.  :'(

[undercovergeek]

What's up with the turn limit?  ::)

There's a turn limit?  :(

a few turns are timed - theres a lot of bleating

[Bison]

What's up with the turn limit?  ::)

There's a turn limit?  :(

a few turns are timed - theres a lot of bleating

Whatever Geek.  Perhaps you can lament over some tea and crumpets with the lady friend this evening but kids complaining about turn limits instead of actually playing the game.  :P

[undercovergeek]

lol - they were there in the first ones, theyre nothing new - you have 10 turns to disarm the bomb, stuff like that

[tgb]

Tgb, what vid card are you running?

Geforce 650TI Supercharged.  But I posted prematurely - I started having crashes again. Finally I tried verifying files, and that turned up two missing.  Once restored I've had no problems (other than my own incompetence) so far.

[Nefaro]

Went through the tutorial and started a game. My only complaint so far is, only six custom faces??? Why can't we change more of the facial details?

It will be DLC.

Just wait & see.    :P

[JasonPratt]

Zipped by the house at (late) lunch to turn on the computer to finish downloading and unpacking or whatever by this afternoon.

This afternoon, after work, I hop up to the room and... the computer had, for the first time I think maybe ever, stopped booting up shortly after getting to the desktop.



27 minutes to finish the dl, who knows how long to unpack.

[JasonPratt]

11 minutes 41 seconds + unpack... 

[FarAway Sooner]

I know nothing about the specific scenarios in question, but as a gamer, I find arbitrary time limits as the primary driver of victory conditions in every game a trifle boring.

That said, when it has a reasonable place within the story, I don't mind it, especially if it's something that only rears its head occasionally.  As a guerrilla leader, I'm fond of a more leisurely approach to my own hit and run raids...    8)

[IronX]

Can I get a hallelujah!? I find time-sensitive scenarios a poor game mechanic, but I'm so used to them now (I'm looking at you, Combat Mission) it doesn't worry me too much. However, I have found the first few missions in this game pretty challenging even without factoring in the time limit. Clearly I need to polish up my X-Com skillz.

[bbmike]

Went through the tutorial and started a game. My only complaint so far is, only six custom faces??? Why can't we change more of the facial details?

It will be DLC.

Just wait & see.    :P

I suspect you are correct, sir.

[Windigo]

Went through the tutorial and started a game. My only complaint so far is, only six custom faces??? Why can't we change more of the facial details?

It will be DLC.

Just wait & see.    :P

I suspect you are correct, sir.

Check out the mods from Long War Studios, I know there are 3 of them.

[Gusington]

My current dog still has his balls and is currently playing through the last mission of the original XCOM. Unmodded.