Thread 720312631

Where's XCOM 3?

>>720312631 (OP)
So do you lose at the end of 1 or what

>>720312631 (OP)
Never I hope, 2 was so bad, play xenonauts nigga

>>720312631 (OP)
You didn't even beat 2 or its DLC. Show your achivements right now.

TheSpoonyOne killed XCOM

>>720312631 (OP)
Dead and gone
>>720312707
You lose near the beginning in one. During the scripted base invasion.

>>720312707
they're too busy adding george floyd as a leader to civ 7

>>720312631 (OP)
never it's dead

Neve played it do I need to buy only the base game or are the DLCs essential?

>>720312754
What if he didn't like 2 and just waiting for 3 instead hoping it will be better?

>>720312818
the hero classes from the DLC are overpowered and dumb but I'd say the rest is pretty essential

>>720312820
Name a game where 1 was good 2 was bad and 3 was good. Doesn't exist
>inb4 darkshart
1 is terrible

>>720312631 (OP)
Killed by Midnight Flop

>>720312707
Humans canonically got blown out in the first couple months, Commander (You) is captured by the ayys and the campaigns where you won were really just a strategy simulation they put him in to train his brain or something else just as stupid.

>>720312949
Lame. Are the original X-COM games that stupid?

>>720312734
2 is great, nigger.

>>720313003
They're the good kind of stupid where you win terror missions by obliterating civilians with explosives

>make Xcom: Marvel quip spinoff edition (flops)
>make marvel flop
>refuse to elaborate
>everyone involved with xcom leaves and jake solomon is now making dating sims

I don't know how firaxis isn't bankrupt yet

>>720312707
The timeline splits, XCOM and Chimera Squad are set in the timeline where you lose.
I'm not sure why the Commander is such an asset for both human and ayys, if he lost, but that's how it works.

>>720313061
If you like capeslop maybe

>>720312938
Bioshock. We can talk all we want about the wasted potential of Infinite, but do you even remember anything about Bioshock 2?

Chimera Squad was made by trannies that game was so trannyslop
tranny gameplay tranny artstyle tranny looking characters

>>720313164
The constant jerking off of muh commander by literally every living thing in 2 is really annoying after a while. The avatar in the final mission is platinum cringe.

>>720312631 (OP)
Le epic resistence plot killed the franchise

>>720313212
xcom art style since 1 is a comic book style dumbfag

>>720313369
Yeah that's why xenonaut rapes it

>>720313465
xenotranny indieslop

>>720313742
xenochad indiegem*

xcoom1 was based
part 2, not so much

It's called Chimera Squad. The gameplay itself was pretty good but the story was gay as fuck.

It's all about how the evil humans are prosecuting the poor alien refugees who just want to live peacefully on Earth now, despite trying to kill or enslave all of humanity very recently. There's even a mission to hunt down and kill Bradford because he's leading a human supremacist group, a splinter XCOM, and he's getting in the way of aliens integrating into Earth society.

>>720313129
>jake solomon is now making dating sims
wat

>>720314154
who is this potato

>>720313465
honestly I'd rate them both about the same. XCOM and Xenonauts are both pretty good

>>720312631 (OP)
Loved Enemy Within. After seeing the trailers for 2 where it's marvel tier capeslop as well as reading this >>720312949 I'm never touching this dogshit, not with a 10 foot pole.

Any games to scratch that Enemy Within itch?

>>720315527
2 is still pretty good, pretty much the same gameplay with a few improvements, and humans win in the end. But Xenonauts is pretty similar to old XCOM if that's what you're looking for

>>720312938
Halo
Deus Ex
STALKER
Half-Life

>>720314143
The first one did the whole "maybe the humans aren't so great either" angle without being too in-your-face with it. Liked how in your struggle you're rapidly essentially becoming just like the aliens.

>>720314143
>There's even a mission to hunt down and kill Bradford because he's leading a human supremacist group, a splinter XCOM, and he's getting in the way of aliens integrating into Earth society.

When? I've played through chimera squad multiple times and never came across this at all. They most ive seen of Bradford is like 1 or 2 quotes.

>>720316368
It only shows up if you follow a certain path of investigations, I forget which ones, I came across it by accident. You don't know it's him until you've almost completed the investigation, and I dropped the game right there. I'm not about to play XCOM to hunt down the Commander's top guy.

>>720312631 (OP)
They made Chimera Squad, it didn't do very well for obvious reasons, and they interpreted that as XCOM no longer being viable. It also doesn't help that they have no idea where to go with the story. We won't be seeing a new XCOM for a very long time.

>>720314154
>This gal's reactions may be low but her smugness is maxed out

>>720312631 (OP)
I'm playing 2 right now
gotta say I miss the atmosphere and music from 1
also no flying armor? fucking boring

>>720315527
>marvel tier capeslop
That's already nuXcom1, let alone fucking Enemy Within. Even worse, it has cartoony aesthetics

>>720317041
Chimera Squad was just little side project to train new hires, Marvel game is what killed the series.

>start a new game
>Bradford constantly yapping
>shen and tygan constantly yapping
>chosen fucking constantly talking
>can't scan for 2 days without getting interrupted all the fucking time
>soldiers can't go on a mission two times in a row because they get tired now?!
oh and let's not forget constant reminders of the same fucking thing all the time

>>720318873
There's some pretty crazy armors in 2, maybe you're still in the early game. And I'm pretty sure there's a flying armor, if not then the spiderman armor does the same thing and more.

>>720314154
He's saving Sim-like games.

>>720318921
"capeslop" is not visual aesthetics you fucking moron. Jesus fucking christ, I had to alt-tab out of my game for this shit? Stop wasting my time and brick your fucking skull, retard.

>>720319536
the closest is the dlc archon king armor that lets you jump to any tile on the map

>>720318873
You can get the soundtrack through one of the DLCs

>>720319710
>"capeslop" is not visual aesthetics you fucking moron.
You are deranged

But that's not even all anyway. NuXcom 1 is no different to 2 in it's design nor atmosphere. You are still commanding a bunch of superheroes in it, with literal superhero powers, committing superhero acts.

>>720319880
Do you really have nothing better to do with your shitty life than to waste hours of your life pretending to be retarded on an anonymous image board?

>>720320154
How are you superheroes with Mimetic Skin and Muscle Fiber Density doing?

>>720320154
1 and 2 are pretty much the same game dipshit.

>>720313301
yeah it was a little much

I don't really trust firaxis with 3, there's no way it wouldn't be completely compromised with dlc and microtransaction bullshit after civ 7. we're actually lucky 1 and 2 are as pure as they are.

>>720312631 (OP)
Apocalypse and TFTD need remakes.

>>720312631 (OP)
>Where's XCOM 3?
It's Chimera squad but just mod 2. Also what are some good mods for xcom and where to get them I have played long war.

>>720317041
A kind of reverse XCom where you infiltrate the aliens' planets to prepare them for invasion would be so cool

>>720320154
I'll fucking kill you

>>720319257
play lwotc like every other anon does, anon

>>720312631 (OP)
>Doesn't look any better than EXCOM EU
>Requires hardware 15 times more powerful to run it properly
>70+ fucking gigs of space
How the hell do you manage to fuck up your optimization this badly? Is it the ESG hires?

>>720312920
Not him but do you get one hero class per faction? Am I allowed to have a custom skirmisher and a custom reaper, or do I have to be stuck with the storyline retards? Can any of them solo missions reliably? I wanna try making a lone wolf character.

>>720315527
>EW
>Your soldiers go "beep boop order aknowledged boop beep" if you cut off their arms and legs to make them into heavy units
>Not marvel tier capeslop
Very consistent views you got there, normalfag-kun. Definitely not regurgitating what you think is this website's consensus.

>>720312631 (OP)
fortunately nowhere
if they are to make it would be good awful piece of leftist propoganda

>>720314143
>>720316587
>Doing that whole post 2010s thing where they bring back the beloved white male character just to shit all over him

>>720324647
I think if you disable the DLC stories in the options before starting a new game (which you definitely should if you've already played them at least once) then you can get them as mission rewards, or train normal recruits into them later

>>720315527
>he thinks ayys can't make new strategies
Micronoids aren't even in and you already gave up. I'd never trust you with overwatch.

>>720324913
Much appreciated, thanks. I haven't finished a WOTC story playthrough but I might just skip it anyway because the DLCs were clearly designed for autistic fans who already got done with their first playthrough and followed every dev blog, which is why WOTC chronology is dogshit and you get hit with updates on project avatar before you even know it exists because you got hit with about 300 side missions before you even raided the first blacksite and the game's pacing is shitting itself to death.

Come home, Commander...

>>720325121
Yeah I like the stuff the DLCs add, but they throw way too many missions at you right off the bat. btw I'm not 100% sure about those other ways to get the DLC classes, you might wanna double check elsewhere before you commit to a playthrough on that

is this worth $25? It's on sale. Keep in mind, I dislike turn based and have only enjoyed 3 in the last decade - XCOM 1, BG3 and Unicorn Overlord.

XCOM 2 can lick my ass, I don't like autistic western balance complete with mission timers in my turn based games.

>>720325374
I like it a lot but it's pretty different than XCOM, aside from tile based arenas, cover systems, and being turn based. It's a lot heavier on the story, lots of reading, far more build autism, and much less action than XCOM. I guess you could say it's somewhere between XCOM and BG3.

>>720312631 (OP)
At this point based on Chimera Squad I don't want it.

>>720315876
>Halo 2
>bad

>>720312938
Devil May Cry

>>720325241
Qrd on PirateZ?

>>720324581
>Doesn't look any better than EXCOM EU
Bro you need to buy some glasses, the game did run badly without expansion but the graphics wise XCOM 2 was faaaaaaaar superior.

>>720326947
XCOM lost the original alien war, it's 600 years into the future the earth is now a backwater shithole ethereals no longer care about. You and small crew of uber gals(mutant musclewoman) decide to become pirates and take over the world, there are also other playable races but gals are the primary unit.

Fucking xenos
ruining earth

>>720327705
lmao birthright citizenship for xenos NOW

>>720325284
I'll check once I have 70 gigs to spare. I'm mostly just gathering info for a future (potentially never ever) playthrough.

>>720312631 (OP)
soon to be announced, as ya'll shilling it for days.

>>720327685
Not him but who are (you) in this situation? You're not playing as some kind of f*male warlord, are you?

>>720324647
I forget the exact requirements, probably ranking the faction up, but you can eventually get a second of each hero class. No more than 2 of each at a time, but if they die you can do covert actions to recruit more.

>>720327705
You know at first I thought this was a jab at Torque's atutism, but now I understand it's just another bit of globohomo propaganda where they think some arab rape baby has the same claim to citizenship as the real citizens.

>>720327705
>>720328219
It's the fucking coomer viperfag lobbyists, they did this!

>>720328630
You are, the Captain is canonically female. And by extension pretty much all of your units are female too with exception of slave soldiers, ogres and various beasts you can deploy in combat.

>>720312631 (OP)
I'm playing 2 rn
were the timers always this strict or am I just retarded? I've had to complete objectives with 1 turn left and exfil mid-mission (mission fail but the task is still completed so whatever) way more than I ever did in 1
>>720319257
the constant fucking cutscenes and shit nearly gave me an aneurism

>>720313129
Midnight suns is based thoughbeit.

>>720329223
I think they tightened up the mission timers after 1 to force you to be more aggressive and take more risks, instead of gradually moving across the map and covering your angles with overwatch. Plus I guess it makes a bit more sense since you're fighting a revolution against the xeno controlled planet government, so you have to get in and out quickly before they show up with overwhelming force

>>720312920
is it fine to ignore the DLC? I've enabled Alien Hunters but find myself having a hard time with the game (my ass got raped and party wiped by the one male snake in the world) so I want to put it off, but I heard that they can just appear randomly in missions

>>720312631 (OP)
Apparently Midnight Suns is decent but I dislike comic books so idk if I want to put up with it.
But yeah it's dead dead.

>>720329034
Disgusting. No wonder my normalfag americanoid scumbag of an ex friend recommended it to me. Thanks for safeguarding my time, anon.

>>720330028
You are missing out on some of the best xcom engine has to offer only because the units are female, which they were present from the very first xcom game.
But hey it's your loss.

>>720329778
IIRC it's fine if you just ignore the missions, but if you turn off those story missions in the new game settings then they'll just show up randomly unless you disable them too. The rewards for killing them are pretty good, but if they show up at a bad time or too early then they'll probably rape you

>>720330118
>You are missing out on some of the best xcom engine has to offer
Sorry, not interested in your selection of lipstick for my pigs.
>only because the units are female
Please don't assume anything about people ever again. It's normal and even useful to assume, but you're not good at it.
>But hey it's your loss.
No, it isn't.

>>720330221
Ah so you never played xcom and you're here just to shitpost.

>>720330636
Dumb stupid idiot moran.

>>720316113
yeah the way they did that was cool
you start off seeing floaters and thinking "holy shit that's fucked up" and then by the end of the game you're ripping people's limbs off and stuffing them into mechsuits and if you had the tech you'd probably be making your own fucking floaters

>>720312631 (OP)
You didn't play it.

>>720331514
Yes I did.

>>720313061
>line of play
>you're most likely to be crit in full cover
bet you zoomies don't even know what any of this means

These games should have some sort of demo replay mode where you can watch your playthrough unfold in real time or something, kinda like what they tried to do for that John Wick game but for a non-shitty game.

>>720312631 (OP)
Right here

If there will be a 3rd mainline XCOM, what will be the setting? First is the vanilla commander defeats the aliens. 2nd was a rebellion style, so 3rd will be fighting a third force eldritch horrors?

>>720313164
>I'm not sure why the Commander is such an asset for both human and ayys, if he lost, but that's how it works.

There's been a theory among the fanbase that the Commander himself wasn't what the Elders were after, but what was controlling him. They believe that the reason why the Commander was kept in stasis and playing wargame simulations while connected to their psionic network was that the Asaru, the true Ethereal from The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, was bonded to the Commander.

>>720334512
>you're most likely to be crit in full cover
That just makes sense though. If something hits you in full cover then it was a damn good shot and is more likely to hit something important.

>>720335859
I always wanted XCOM 3 to be about humanity invading the homeworld of whoever sent the invasion to Earth. The games are all about taking and repurposing the alien tech, sometimes even improving it, so surely humanity can find them and reach them now.

>>720314143
>>720316368
>>720324901
What the fuck are you talking about. Bradford appears in a few lines of dialogue, where he's skeptical about the Chimera Squad, but is not otherwise involved. The human supremacist group (that is actually working with all kinds of aliens, because they want to be the human Advent) is led by an absolutely different character who doesn't look, sound or act anything like Bradford.

>>720312631 (OP)
Dead in the water, since Midnight Suns failed.

>>720336083
Maybe would work with portals. You still defend earth but now you also send guerrilla forces to the alien planet which then get intercepted by the alien's equivalent of xcom. Villain is the alien commander.

>>720336083
>be xcom
>go to the alien homeworld
>ferment a color revolution
welp

>>720314143
You're lying.

>>720329849
I enjoyed it a lot. There's a lot of heart and soul put into it, but it is very much capeshit and you need to have a high tolerance for that kind of writing.
The card based mechanics seemed offputting initially, but it ended up working well for the setting At first I thought they should have just made XCOM, but with Marvel characters, but that grindy type of gameplay doesn't really suit superheroes—it needs a little bit of bam ham to feel good. Turns end up being more tactical as you plan out the best use of the cards in your hand. Many don't like that, but I appreciate the srpgs with more puzzle like elements.

>>720325374
>Unicorn Overlord
>turn-based
Maybe you're confused.