Jean-Luc

Quite nice, making trailers for slower and turn based games must be really awkward.

It's terrible how XCOM has now set the standard with what it possibly the dumbest cover system I've seen. Even the 1994 game had a more nuanced cover/los. XCOM technically doesn't even have a cover system because "cover" merely reduces to-hit chance, it doesn't provide actual cover, it doesn't block shots. Not to mention the game's derpy physics and line of sight. Xenonauts' cover and line of sight/fire are not nearly as fluid and precise as in JA2 but at least this game makes an effort to do it right.

Yep. Also after a pulse laser shot (from a Scimitar).

By "cover system" the reviewer probably meant line of sight referring to how you can sometimes get shot from seemingly impossible angles.

http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php/10204-OK-what-are-Steam-Trading-Cards-and-why-would-you-want-them As for spoilers the same could be said about any game that has Steam trading cards which, these days, is pretty much every game that comes out on Steam. Don't look at them I guess?

What about getting gibbed by a Reaper?

Keep your werfers in your pants gentlemen. Everyone knows mine shoots the hottest flammen anyway.

Nope. Well, you can technically *send* more than one but only a single dropship can actually engage.

I'd just like to confirm that this bug is present as of 1.02.

Yeah, I got an officer on my very first crashed corvette. Not only that but he was kind enough not to camp deep inside the ship and instead chose to squat in the hallway behind the outer doors.

Pretty nice, would go well with Skitso's oppressive UI I think. A blue-ish hue might be a good alternative to purple, not sure.

We don't really know but Chris mentioned there would be an announcement in a couple of weeks. If I were to speculate I'd guess at some sort of Syndicate successor since Chris mentioned having his eyes on it in the past and it's another classic that got the first person shitter treatment in a modern remake.

Wasn't this changed?

How can flashbangs and machineguns help you if the alien is behind doors and you can't even see him and then he comes out or just opens the door and shoots one of your guys (or three) before you can react?

Grenade, bad luck or both? Never approach without shields man.

3) Sebillians (lizardmen) are immune to the effects of smoke, it's their "special ability" (aside from regeneration) so maybe you've been running into many of those. Or maybe it's bad luck.

Sometimes when there's good cover outside the UFO it can be good to take positions away from the doors and blow them up with a rocket. Then you can shoot the aliens inside from further away (assuming you have line of fire) and take reaction shots against them as they move about inside the ship (good for training both reflexes and accuracy). I've done it with the big scouts and it's worked out really well so far.

Use F12 if you're playing via Steam.

Buy from Desura and then use the Steam key they give you. Spread the love around.

Heh, it was baby's first financial bubble.

Like achievements the cards exploit gamers' completionist mentality to make money off worthless things. They're an ode to stupidity that people are all too happy to embrace.

Next game is Xenonauts: Enhanced Edition of course. Bringing you such things as HD textures, new lighting effects, widescreen support and new achievements. Preorder now for way more than this thing should cost!

I'm betting it was the thought of Steam trading cards that kept you going all these years. Whenever you felt like rage quitting and setting fire to the office you simply thought of those delicious trading card profits.

AoW3: http://www.gog.com/game/age_of_wonders_3 Expeditions: Conquistador: http://www.gog.com/game/expeditions_conquistador Battleworlds Kronos: http://www.gog.com/game/battle_worlds_kronos Eador: http://www.gog.com/game/eador_masters_of_the_broken_world Fallen Enchantress: http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-FELH/fallen-enchantress-legendary-heroes Soon to be released: Steam Marines: http://store.steampowered.com/app/253630/ Legends of Eisenwald: http://store.steampowered.com/app/246760/

Maybe ironman mode could prevent the player from manually dropping or storing away their weapon during combat.