Thread 717238609

Why the fuck does everyone suck this piece of shit off? I started playing SRPGs on the PS1 and this is the worst of them
>no undo
>Shortsighted men refuse corrective lenses (low vis)
>no cool moves - explosions deal less damage than lasers lol
>retarded difficulty spike after first main mission
>double click your weapon to make sure it switched? you mean forfeit your turn?
>snipers can't hit shit even with upgrades
>enemies are the only cool part of the game
>camera is ass and constantly moves while you're clicking for movement
>move one space off because this game is trash
>die
so what's the idea? ignore the main story because they couldn't produce anything of substance? Just farm and grind on maps where you can't even enjoy 15% of the scenery at a time? Play, die, repeat? In any case, not worth my time. No space in the archive for trash.

I've enjoyed the game; I still agree with some of that. Hope you find you something you like in the genre, Anon.

>>717238609 (OP)
>no undo
Weak bait

Genuine answer is that XCOM games are in their own genre and not typical SRPGs.

Ah yes XCOM 1 reboot on PS1

>>717238609 (OP)
>no undo
Embarrassing.

I dunno what no undo means but nuCOM does suck shit.

>>717243960
It was the version with the best soundtrack.
https://youtu.be/AS-Hojd7PnE?si=SMDwvr6D4Btod-Qf

>>717244416
The picture in the OP and what he was describing is the first reboot, not the original XCOM, for the people that want to play the OG XCOM aka the best one i would highly reccomend just using OpenXCom, you can even play with the PS1 version's soundtrack since there is a mod for that

>>717244882
Are you autistic?

>no undo
stopped reading here EVERYBODY LAUGH AT THIS RETARD WHO WON'T ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS ACTIONS

>>717238609 (OP)
Its OK. My main complaints about it are:
>if you lose one fight its over, you have to save scum or start again from scratch cuz your 1 good squad of dudes died
>shit was way overpriced for a LONG time.

If it was $30 on release instead of being $100 for almost 10 years I would've bought it legit instead of pirating it.

2 was somehow worse, adding turn limits and ruining everything we liked about the first one.

>>717245879
1 is easy as shit. By the time you learn how to not play like a retard you can just grind encounters with a bunch of mass produced drones. 2 is actually good because it doesn't let you do that.

>>717238609 (OP)
Wow you are terrible at games

>>717238609 (OP)
The part that I hate is the "when you see an enemy the enemy automatically sees you too and gets a free movement, even if you see them with your last unit and from far away, leaving you open for their turn"

>>717246183
These bad boyz are called 'pods' and it encourages turtling, except you can't because of the timer

>>717238609 (OP)
It's piss easy, overwatch turtle and rush androids, they fucking shred everything.
Now XCOM2 is bullshit, enemies dodging and getting grazed by point blank shots is fucking ridiculous.
>get a concealed ranger to flank a spectre
>shoot him with talon rounds
>GRAZED: 4 DAMAGE
>proceeds to shadow clone your gunslinger sniper and disappears
>waste some other troop's turn to kill clone
>it fucking misses
>whole squad gets nuked by gatekeeper you were supposed to kill that turn with the gunslinger
Epic, simply ebin.

>>717246351
>turtle
yea it's just a sad state for a video game to be in. it's like turn-based rainbow six.

>>717242318
well then fix the fucking ui. I shouldn't have to fight the game if they want to make it this sweaty intentionally. and ffs it's not like it's a new release. no excuses, just dogshit. ignore whichever of my numerous complaints you want and you still have a solid list compiled from a fresh experience explaining exactly why this is an over hyped piece of shovelware which has never had a meaningful sequel and never will.

>>717246491
Your XCOM 2 experience sounds like my XCOM complete edition experience and that makes a lot of sense. I'll dig up the original and try that. Thanks for being helpful, anon

>>717246098
>terrible games are hard
>I don't feel patronized while forced to savescum
life doesn't have to be this.painful, friend

>>717245729
>oops, your camera moved on its own while selecting a space and now your sniper is out in the open lol
>oh, and when your assault moves one space hell uncover a troupe of mutons who will kill two of your squad members behind cover lol
yea nah,.I said I was gonna try to find the original instead of complete edition but thanks for saving me the time. Think I'll play Hard West again. That was actually fun.

>>717238609 (OP)
Skill issue. The second game is even more hard in the early game and I found both easy on veteran. The only hard part about the games is the early game kek.

>>717238609 (OP)
I've done many impossible Ironman runs and came to the conclusion that's its mediocrity thanks to shit balance. Most of your options to utilize are useless and the strategic layer needs to be played in a linear manner to get any use of anything good. I don't get why they simplify the game but make more of the tactical equipment and options FUCKING USELESS.

It's just a slow crawl of camping high cover while spamming overwatch, and hoping you don't trigger more than one enemy group. Otherwise gg. Because losing one valuable soldier early on is basically a full game reset.

>>717246351
The timer is the main reason why XCOM 2 is better than XCOM 1, forces the player to actually engage with the game instead of overwatch spamming, Long War Rebalanced fixed that issue in the first game though

>>717247294
Hard West was a great game. And ignore the buckbroken, play the OG Xcom first and then play modded Xcom. Xpiratez is great.

>>717245729
Outted himself as a retard with his first greentext lmao.

>>717246351
>Devs want the player to move fast and not spam overwatch
>Proceed to put the player at a disadvantage, sometimes huge, when not turtling