XCOM2 - Glorious PC Exclusive (for now)

Maguined

Shiminay wrote: »

I've to bake a cake tonight. I shall reward myself with some X-Com when it's done afterwards!

We will remember this post when you are complaining about how tired you are tomorrow due to lack of sleep.

thegame983

Can anyone who is pre-loading confirm the download size?

It can't be 45gig as advertised can it?

Generic Dreadhead

28 hours till I can play (cause work and disc copy)

ahnowbrowncow

thegame983 wrote: »

Can anyone who is pre-loading confirm the download size?

It can't be 45gig as advertised can it?

It's 24.7GB.

degrassinoel

thegame983 wrote: »

Can anyone who is pre-loading confirm the download size?

It can't be 45gig as advertised can it?

it's around 27 24.7 (as above ^^) gig, but it will decrypt to 30something - the SDK is a lot bigger afaik, that's probably the 45gig but it's entirely separate.

thegame983

Thanks for the replys guys. 24 gigaroo. Don't think I'll be playing tonight so

ancapailldorcha

degrassinoel wrote: »

holy crap, Xenonauts 2 just got announced!

Tis the year of TBS!

What's Xenonauts?

ahnowbrowncow

thegame983 wrote: »

Thanks for the replys guys. 24 gigaroo. Don't think I'll be playing tonight so

No, it's 24 gigabytes, not gigaroos.

Dcully

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

What's Xenonauts?

http://store.steampowered.com/app/223830/

degrassinoel

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

What's Xenonauts?

It's a spiritual remake of the original XCOM UFO Defense game - XCOM's Dad, it's a really well done remake too

ShadowHearth

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

What's Xenonauts?

Its even more Brutal xcom, which is based more on originals and not casual friendly like new X-com.

Its actually really good, but god it is so much harder and so much more to learn!

Generic Dreadhead

Now we just a proper Jagged Alliance 3

Dave_The_Sheep

VPN to Australia, and we are in business.

Falthyron

VPNs are great...

degrassinoel

i read somewhere that valve has changed their eula to be able to slap bans onto accounts which have been using VPN's to bypass release dates etc...

Not sure how much truth there is to it but yeah i'm gonna wait - much as i dont wanna i'd rather not lose an account with over 150 games in it even if it just a rumour

Kiith

Let's not talk about any methods of bypassing regional restrictions folks.

Even if it is for a worthy cause :P

Falthyron

Kiith wrote: »

Let's not talk about any methods of bypassing regional restrictions folks.

Even if it is for a worthy cause :P

The fight for Earth can't wait... :P

Sorry! I won't say anymore and tbh, after reading the comment above I decided to not boot it up.

degrassinoel

1.15 hrs to go...

c'mon c'mon hurry up santa! :pac:

degrassinoel

Soon!

Rebel Rebel

still only pe-load on my steam. Was the release not 23:01?

Updating now

Awkward Customer

Rebel Rebel wrote: »

still only pe-load on my steam. Was the release not 23:01?

Yea it's released now, at least for me. It's currently unpacking the 24gb really slowly.

degrassinoel

man it's pigslow unpacking

eta 40 minutes lol - when i started it first it had 47 hours

Dair76

Yeah, taking its sweet time here too.

Lone Stone

ah just went to play it and 40 min unpacking >_< the feck.

degrassinoel

over an hour unpacking that monster, but it was worth it

so tired...

cant go on streamed it if anyones interested it'll be up there fairly soon
https://youtu.be/3jiEclXQ6VU

and again in the morrow

Spear

So it's now more practical to skip the preload and just download the game upon release, since it's 15 mins to download that way, as opposed to download and then decrypt, which would be 15 mins, plus 40 mins.

Kiith

Is anyone activating any of the three mods that are already available from the Long War team? The Leader pack and SMG pack sound good, though i might regret installing the Muton Centurion pack :P

Nody

Kiith wrote: »

Is anyone activating any of the three mods that are already available from the Long War team? The Leader pack and SMG pack sound good, though i might regret installing the Muton Centurion pack :P

Going with default run first to get up to speed on mechanics etc. before I go for the hammer to balls approach of LW mods :P

degrassinoel

thats what i did too, and still managed to get my entire team killed on the second tutorial mission...on normal.

not even joking

was funny, but yeah, it's different

Generic Dreadhead

Was this always €49.99 on steam, thought it was €39.99?

Nody

Cormac... wrote: »

Was this always €49.99 on steam, thought it was €39.99?

Always 50 EUR as long as I can recall; standard retail price.

KonFusion

Anyone else getting weird graphics glitches?

Running an R9 380, on latest beta drivers

Generic Dreadhead

How are people finding the optimisation?

I'm very concerned my PC is starting to reach "not optimal" stages now (self build 3 years ago)

Any general advice here would be appreciated, is my GPU getting over the hill (bare in mind I only really use my PC for strategy games and it runs Starcraft 2 LoV on ULTRA and Total War Shogun 2 on Vey High)?

MY PC:

CPU Intel 3rd Gen Core i5-3570K CPU (4x 3.40GHz Turbo) processor
SSD Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5 inch SATA
Tower/Case FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse Arc Midi Tower
OS Windows 7 Home Premium
MoBo ASUS P8Z77-V PRO, Sockel 1155, ATX, DDR3
GPU EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Signature2
HDD Seagate Barracuda 7200 2000GB, SATA 6Gb/s
RAM 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile
CPU Fan Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD
Extra Fans 3x BitFenix Spectre PRO 140mm Blue LED
Even more Fans 2x Xigmateck PWM 140mm Blue LED
PSU Seasonic X-650, 650 Watt, 80PLUS Gold
Optical Drive LG CH10LS Blu-Ray ROM Bulk

MINIMUM REQUIRMENTS:

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows® 7, 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 45 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7, 64-bit
Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
Storage: 45 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

Lone Stone

playing on commander difficulty keep dying on the first proper mission \o/.
game looks fantastic god dam.

BKtje

Cormac... wrote: »

How are people finding the optimisation?

Im downloading it at the moment off of Steam and my machine is VERY similar to yours. Infact the only major difference is that I got a SSD.

I'll report back shortly (ish ) on how it runs.

Generic Dreadhead

BKtje wrote: »

Im downloading it at the moment off of Steam and my machine is VERY similar to yours. Infact the only major difference is that I got a SSD.

I'll report back shortly (ish ) on how it runs.

I too have an SSD (running windows), HDD is just for storing stuff.

God, I wouldn't run a PC off a HDD anymore.... what is this? The 90's? Jeez

Shiminay

There are a couple of small graphical things I've spotted and some delays to animations, but otherwise it's behaving itself (after only 2 missions and a total restart because an exploding truck wiped 3 of my 4 squadies).

Running an i5 2500k (stock clock), 8GB RAM and a 970 and installed on one of my mechanical hard disks.

Vicxas

Shiminay wrote: »

There are a couple of small graphical things I've spotted and some delays to animations, but otherwise it's behaving itself (after only 2 missions and a total restart because an exploding truck wiped 3 of my 4 squadies).

Running an i5 2500k (stock clock), 8GB RAM and a 970 and installed on one of my mechanical hard disks.

Total Biscuit said that the game was in no way optimised yet, and that they will hopefully patch it out soon.

Nvidia usually have a game ready driver on release day or very damn close to it.

BKtje

Runs fine on auto detect settings with some drops in fps during some sequences. To say it ain't optimised is bang on the money.

Still first non tutorial mission runs fine though. On commander difficulty i've failed two out of two attempts. Here's hoping for third time lucky

Generic Dreadhead

Shiminay wrote: »

Running an i5 2500k (stock clock), 8GB RAM and a 970 and installed on one of my mechanical hard disks.

I feel bad now

But why didn't you go SSD? I thought you'd be on that like white on rice

ShaneU

Cormac... wrote: »

Was this always €49.99 on steam, thought it was €39.99?

€34 here http://www.gamesrocket.com/download/XCOM-2.html

Generic Dreadhead

ShaneU wrote: »

€34 here http://www.gamesrocket.com/download/XCOM-2.html

Damn, too late

Lone Stone

actually really starting to piss me off every mission so far for me has had a timer on it

Dave_The_Sheep

Lone Stone wrote: »

actually really starting to piss me off every mission so far for me has had a timer on it

Sometimes the timer seems really short, but it pushes you forward. Led to a few intense moments for me, got everyone out at on the last turn in a mission last night, just as Advent forces were closing in. Felt great.

Generic Dreadhead

I hate timers


Like i understand their necessity, but they annoy me, SC2 LoV is plagued with them

Kiith

As someone who tended to creep forward at my own pace (which was bloody slow), timers are probably going to drive me mental.

Shiminay

Yea, the timers are making for a very rough experience - especially with the double penalty of not only revealing yourself to enemy, but blowing the entire team's cover.

Dcully

Yeah timers seem to be annoying a lot of people.
Only seems to hinder the joy of working on a plan and taking your time to carefully plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaeTE2er5Q

Falthyron

Going for Commander difficulty on Iron Man in my first play-through. I have no doubt I will be an emotional wreck within a few missions as I am putting friends and family in the game! :pac:

I really am enjoying the customisation options, particularly the bio!

I wrote this for my brother's bio:

Simon likens himself to the Space Marine in the popular computer franchise, DOOM. When the Aliens arrived on Earth they sought to remove all superfluous activities, including computer games. This made Simon angry. Very angry. Between killing Aliens and polishing his big gun, Simon seeks out rare computer game titles and hopes to open a museum dedicated to gaming after the war.

I hope you make it, Simon!

Generic Dreadhead

Found these tips on reddit

• Grenades thrown at vipers will not harm and soldiers they are binding.
• Advent stun units can attack you from an entire turn's worth of movements away.
• There is an ability in the guerrilla warfare center that allows soldiers to have a chance to get an extra ability when they level up. Get that as soon as possible.
• Armor can be really tough! It can make shots that would normally do 3-5 damage do 1 instead. Use grenades to shred armor.
• Enemies that have the ground blown out from under them will take fall damage. This will instantly kill turrets.
• Most of you probably already know this but killing a sectoid will free any units from it's mind control and instantly kill any psi zombies.
• If a faceless attacks a unit in cover next to a vehicle the vehicle will instantly explode.
• Units can extract from an extraction zone even if they are out of action points.
• Countdown timers end after 1. You do not get a "0 turns left"
• Don't sneak past patrols. Doing so will mean that once you do get revealed the patrol that is now behind you will come after you. This will end up trapped between 2 squads.
• The Avatar project bar filling up does not cause a game over. You are given a ~20 day timer to destroy a blacksite to reset the bar before game over.
• Reloading does not end a turn. Firing rockets or using gremlins do not cost both action points.
• Flashbangs are wonderful early game utility item(ie: keeps sectoids from using psionics), disoriented stun units won't attack you, and Sectoids lose control of zombies and mind controlled units by being flashbanged.

And these ones that may contain spoilers (from a player who got pretty far)

[*]For the love of god, don't use elevation when there is even the slightest threat of the Faceless. Their AOE attack will wreck the ground you are standing on, and essentially this means that if you take 2 points of damage from it, you are just ****ing dead because of the fall.

[*]Did you know that Faceless can attack with a 3 square range? I didn't. Did I mention the AOE?

[*]You sometimes won't get a chance to select which Event to counter. I didn't even have the option to counter Faceless showing up in every mission. Seriously, if you don't counter this, good ****ing luck with extraction missions... you'll need it.

[*]Don't forget that sometimes, you can't even take advantage of this absolutely insane Dark Event to make the super powerful meme beacon. In extractions, you won't be keeping the corpses.

[*]Lancers won't melee stun you if you disorient them. Still doesn't mean you should get too close, as they'll just run up to your face and shoot you.

[*]2 missed shots hitting a car can easily blow it up before a chance to move away.

[*]The meme beacon won't work every time. It didn't work for me this one time when an enemy did not have LOS to it, even though his friends did.

[*]The trigger for mutons to grenade you is very likely whenever that grenade can hit 2 of your soldiers