scorpio Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I have not yet bought this game, but I am only delaying to avoid spoiling things for myself (sounds a little strange, what with having played original X-com and the new one - how different can things be, but I mean mechanics-wise). It all looks very promising and I just have a question regarding difficulty: I'm someone who plays at the hardest settings, and enjoys the challenge. I've beaten the original on superhuman, but the newest on Ironman Impossible too - which is much harder than the original at that setting! So, will this game have a suitably high enough difficulty available, and a near-insurmountable challenge? I would love that. I only ask because I have seen a couple of videos, and there seem to be relatively few aliens - I realise its the smaller ships I'm seeing, and people are not always playing on hard difficulties, but the battlefields seem a little sparse in terms of alien numbers. Also, how is the AI shaping up? I would love seeing intelligent moves - the new XCOM has aliens that make pretty much optimal moves, admittedly that's because of the design decisions regarding a very gamey, cover-based model, which I'm sure most are familiar with, but still it IS good that they make those good moves. I understand this game isn't designed that way, but it would be great to see some clever AI movements now and then. Keep up the great work, I look forward to beating another alien invasion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 At the moment there is only the difficulty level for development. So, there's no cast iron way of answering that right now. What I can say is that the garbage collection guys are starting to complain about the number of Xenonaut corpses that they're having to dispose of, the bank is about to foreclose on Xeno-base, I never seem to have enough alien alloys and if one more of my soldiers get killed by one shot by a Big Alien Gun then I'm going to sulk. These are all things, judging from your post, you will like greatly. While there will be further AI development, I've lost half a squad to >spoilers< and nearly an entire squad to >more spoilers< so it certainly has it's moments even now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Xenonauts will have an iron man mode but we have no way of knowing how hard the hardest setting will be until it's actually implemented. Should be pretty hard though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 what i can say is that the garbage collection guys are starting to complain about the number of xenonaut corpses that they're having to dispose of... Damn it! Tell them I'll take care of it already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 um.. is shooting the garbage disposal guys really taking care of it? sure, they've stopped complaining... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 As Stalin said, no garbage disposal guy, no problem...except for garbage disposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpio Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 ClosetYeti's two latest videos are promising; from my point of view of course, and not so much from his what with the death and destruction his forces have met. Game looks awesome, cannot wait to get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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