anyone pickup XCOM yet?

[cofi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uHHmTSDCvA

its an amazing game i put 20-30 hours in so far and haven't even scratched the surface battlefields sittin there collecting dust......this games tough when your solders die there dead forever, there is so much stuff to do and not nearly enough time

i highly recommend it

[fitz19d]

So excited about it spelling went out the window. ^_^


First play through I did just standard so I can reload saves etc. After that I'll be doing a Classic difficulty Iron Man. (Pretty much no manual saves/loads/difficulty.)

Few games have good easter eggs or out right cheat stuff outside of console commands so it is funny that they have the following. (Uber soldiers with faces/names of famous people in gaming industry.)

http://kotaku.com/5950751/how-to-play-as-sid-meier-or-ken-levine-in-xcom

[RMAC757]

Is this an RPG, FPS ? This post has me wondering if we could talk the Mods into a games thread. It's always nice to see what people think before plunking down 50-60 bucks.

[Ridge]

For any of you guys that have Origin, EA let out a coupon that nets you $20 off any game. the code is OS3874XVC

From another forum:


Note that this code only seems to jive for North American audiences, and not all games in this price range work. Still, we’ve seen success with the following list of titles:
Battlefield 2
Battlefield 2142
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Bulletstorm
Burnout Paradise
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Dead Space
Dead Space 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening
Dragon Age II
FIFA 12
Mass Effect 2
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Mirror’s Edge
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit
Need For Speed Shift II: Unleashed
The Saboteur
Shank
Sim City 4
Spore

I used it to pick up Need for Speed: Pro Street last night. Mass Effect 2 is an awesome game, if you are looking for something new to try. I got tmleadr03 hooked on it earlier this year :)

[Eggysrun]

I have it, love it!

[02ducky]

Playstation? Or CPU only?

Had the original, loved that game.

[zteknik]

Looks prety neat.Kinda looks like a Halo,Mass Effect mix going on.
Gotta give it a try one of these days.

[Monky]

I think it's PC. It's out? When did it come out.. I was just at best buy and didn't see it..

Loved the original. I think I cried when I lost 3 of my guys on a mission to a stupid collision issue in the game..

[Eggysrun]

Pc, xbox and ps3

[cofi]

Is this an RPG, FPS ? This post has me wondering if we could talk the Mods into a games thread. It's always nice to see what people think before plunking down 50-60 bucks.
turn based stratigy i cant spell for shit im using my kindle on the shitter and it doesnt have spell check

i would love a gamer thread!!

[fitz19d]

Came out like the night of the 8th. Do yourself a favor, if you have a decent gaming PC, go steam when possible for games. Way more convenient, better CS etc.

Recently had a shitty game advertised to me as being same as Mount and Blade, luckily it had an early release beta kinda thing. Saw it for it what it was and steam refunded me the price. (Which I immediately put into xcom.)


As for game type, it's a kinda like turn based squad tactical game. In a kinda laughable way basically battle chess. You chose where to move or do whatever a guy, then the animation will play. If he runs across an enemy's overwatch area then the alien shoots at him. The hit/miss that kind of thing is based on a random dice roll vs a percentage created by circumstances. (Range/cover/etc.)

Can be a very tough brutal game. Requiring constant reloads or if playing hardcore potentially a very painful long time beating it if not requiring a complete restart due to being too far down and out.

[Monky]

turn based stratigy i cant spell for shit im using my kindle on the shitter and it doesnt have spell check

i would love a gamer thread!!

You can't spell for shit on the computer either.. mama bear already said if your posts are spelled correctly with grammar it's all her..

[cofi]

You can't spell for shit on the computer either.. mama bear already said if your posts are spelled correctly with grammar it's all her..

its true its true bp calls me the forums resident nigerian [ROFL1]