X-COM 2 War of the Chosen DLC

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Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 3:28:51 AM

Looks good so far. Can't wait for it. They seem to have added a ton of stuff to the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0j1T9Vp57c&t=9s

HJFudge
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 5:14:57 AM

Man I just spend the last 4 hours playing it....really liking the Lost. I didnt think I would, but its kinda super fun to see a pod of Aliens get overrun by zombies hahaha.

Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 6:35:12 AM

Oh I didn't realize it was already out.

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 6:40:54 AM

Just came out today... Can't wait to clock some time on it

Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 6:44:24 AM

Well I'll be adding that to steam once I get home. It looks like they added so much, is it 39.99 or 59.99?

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 6:48:53 AM

39.99 I believe.

Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 6:52:47 AM

nice

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 9:32:56 AM

30 gig download... It's not fast

Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 10:09:49 AM

Yikes, but lots of new stuff.

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 10:11:37 AM

Probably a complete rewrite of everything... wonder if this will break all of the mods

ArchSenex
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 10:23:35 AM

How long until we get Long War on top of it?

Hips
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 1:16:04 PM

That moment when you can't wait to get home from your vacation to get to your computer to play more XCOM...

::rubs hands together in anticipation::

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 1:35:08 PM

Confido Vigilo. The UI is different upon logging into the launcher. It's more similar to XCom 1's enemy within. Select which one you want to play. Validates the 30g download, it seems like it's a separate, standaloneish game rather than a true content patch, and allows both to be played independently with their own sets of mods, saves, etc. Sadly, that's probably as much as I'll get to play today, just seeing the browser and opening.

Apparently there's also now a challenge mode to compete for score/etc... everyone given the same troops/seed/whatnot, and competing. Interesting concept.

Sabotage
Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 7:20:30 PM

Going to have to wait until after work to give it a shot. =(

Wednesday, August 30th, 2017, 10:05:00 PM

Ok... this is awesome... It's been a long time since I've done tutorial stuff in XCom 2, but it looks like a complete overhaul of the game thus far. Leave it to Praxis to do an amazing job overhauling a complete game on just a 'DLC'

Btw... the XCom board game is fucking awesome as well... we just picked up the expansion to that this week, and should be playing it soon... It requires a laptop/tablet to play to handle the randomness... it's super fast and fun.

Sabotage
Wednesday, August 30th, 2017, 10:16:00 PM

So far I am really enjoying it. The Lost so far are just annoying but I know they are going to be a pain once the aliens get sprinkled in with them. Only about 2-3 hrs in (4 missions?) but it does feel like a new game.

ArchSenex
Wednesday, August 30th, 2017, 10:34:07 PM

@whirlin

I enjoyed the board game as well. We found a phone was big enough though.

Sabotage
Wednesday, August 30th, 2017, 10:37:45 PM

One thing is that I wished I paid more attention to the first people I bonded together. I have a bond that I don't really want to have together now.

Thursday, August 31st, 2017, 8:35:58 AM

@sabotage We started winning fairly consistently on the hardest difficulty, and we had to put the board game down for a while... It's super ridiculously awesome intense... Really one of my favorites... it forces turns to be taken ridiculously quickly, evaluated on how quickly you do it, and everyone is trying to manage multiple aspects of a complex command system simultaneously... Honestly, if you're a fan of XCom, you should absolutely pick up the board game... but requires 4 people to play. So... have at least three friends?

Sabotage
Thursday, August 31st, 2017, 8:49:22 AM

@whirlin Never heard of it before now. I'll have to check it out.

ArchSenex
Thursday, August 31st, 2017, 10:38:19 AM

@whirlin

You can play with fewer if you need to. We always played with 3

Sabotage
Friday, September 1st, 2017, 8:52:59 AM

Sharpshooter OP vs The Lost.