Henry Jekyll

ok, i hope the final version will be available as standalone installer without the need of steam! this was promised at the beginning, i remember.

and what is with the normal version of the game? when will be a download/key availaibe for it? i have not bought a steam game and i dont use steam.

it´s bullshit and you know that.

this game is bad, imho. reasons: the main part of the game is the tactical combat. for that reason alone the developers have made 4 significat simplifications: 1. you can´t move free in the map. 2. you can´t make the number of actions you like even if you have enough time, only 2 and sometimes only one. 3. you have umlimited ammo. 4. you can equip only a predefined amount of predefined equipment in predefined slots. every simplification in this game makes it poorer, the diamont looses one facet one by one. after all you have a glass marble instead of an diamond. general: * only one base. another simplification. the radars you can build can scan the entire airspace of the world because there sattelites. the aliens dont shoot this sattelites, they are safe in the earth orbit. in xcom you must build an base on every continent or you take the risk to miss some importent alien activity in some regions and it was always possible to lose a base (alien raid). this is history, no alien raids on the base in firaxis game. this game was created for casual gamers, the developers try to be all things to all men. the only way to ensure maximum profit. henry

if a game is too easy, then the game is completely worthless for me -it doesn´t matter how perfect it is in all other aspects (graphics gameplay, sound, depth ...). it´s only a routine piece of work to finish the game. like i mentioned in another thread: it has a reason that sniper rifles doesn´t appear in the original xcom games, in fallout tactics they will only be available very late, also in jagged alliance 2. if a game is really challenging and the other stuff is also perfect, then it will be a diamond like demons souls. this game has the potential to get a diamond if the difficulty issue is proper resolved otherwise it gets garbage -sorry but that´s the truth!

and he sould also be avoiding the "sniper" issue. it has a reason that in the original ufo games was no sniper available. this is simply too easy, you have 6 snipers and every mission is a "walk in the park". a possible solution is maybe to get the sniper only available for soldiers who have a accuracy >90. not every soldier gets a sniper training in real life, only the best/most talented (hope this was correct english). my opinion.

i had buyed xcom:eu for the ps3 yesterday morning, played it some hours and get it back on evening to the shop to get my money back. imho this game is crap. everything was simplified! only one base, no micromanagemant of the soldiers inventory (i mean more than 4 slots for predefined! content), no free movement in the ground combat, this fucking 2 actions-rule... . in the base-screen: endless events ("pleace come to xxx") -that sucks. than, in the ground combat: in every move i make, the screen tearing is horrible (this is no fps-shooter!). i shot with my mg some time, out of ammo. i want to take some extra ammo clips in the inventory to prevent this in the future -oh my fault -this is not possible. soldier promotion is not adjustable, i must promote the soldier, the game suggest me?! the german translation is horrible, the voice actors also. and the best of it, the price: here in germany (heidelberg) the game costs 59,95€ (78,52$, 48,60 £). the game magazines gave xcom:eu a rating of 85 of 100. this was the reason i buyed the game. in future, i play first the demo. henry

ah ok. i will wait and hope the best. :-) thanks.

hello folks, i have played xcom 1,2 and apocalypse and i loved every game. by a fluke i saw this game and it was love at the first sight. after preordering and downloading the v16 alpha, i started playing on veteran. and now, after some hours of gameplay there are some things that confuses me: * i shot with a sniper rifle on a large distance on an alien with 50% chance to hit. ->instand kill. this was happen everytime i used the sniper. * assault rifle was the same: max. 50% chance to hit: one shot one kill. everytime. * none of the alien-shots was a hit. it seems, the weapons are too acurate and have to much power and the aliens shoots to inaccurate. on easy this is ok, but veteran? another thing: i won 15 of 16 aircraft fights with one f17 in a row against small ufos. also, the ressources on the beginning are imho to big: 4 000 000$, armored vehicles and sniper-weapons? btw. how can i buy things? i cant find any "buy"-button. otherwise, the game is great, haven´t seen a better xcom-clone before. if the difficulty would be much harder, then the game was perfect. henry p.s. how can i add this "premium preoder"-badge?