XCOM spreads CIV love!

[Ajidica]

Have any of you been having any game crashes? I've been playing for about 90 minutes and I've already had 2 crashes. I don't think it is due to graphics as my laptop can handle Deus Ex (also using the Unreal Engine) just fine.

 

[bhsup]

None yet. ATI HD 5750 here (or 5770, I can't remember.) It's been working like a champ for hours since that initial "corrupted file" error the very first time I tried to launch it. Thankfully that was a quick "validate game cache, close steam, restart steam" fix for me.

 

[Ajidica]

Do you have the Steam Community overlay on? I turned it on to get Morroblivion to work.

 

[bhsup]

I honestly don't do much "community" stuff on steam at all, but if you simply mean the "shift-tab" thing, yeah that is enabled and works.

 

[Ajidica]

Grrrrr. Crashed again while in China.

 

[woody60707]

mine hasnt crashed.

 

[Ajidica]

Despite the occasional crashing, I am completely loving XCOM.
Unfortunately my French sniper just got jumped by a Floater and died. *sniff* She wasn't particularly skilled but she had a special place in my heart after she missed every time for the first three missions. As a result, I nicknamed her "Miss Shot".

 

[Masada]

I have a low opinion of snipers in general now. Who misses at 98% twice in a freaking row.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Classical X-COM. Percentages are more like an illusive ethereal concept.

 

[bhsup]

My fave squad build. They got kinda beat up this round. The KIA, well I feel sorry for the kid, but he was substituting for my heavy who was already injured. Also, continuing my highly sexist practice of having a "Tits McGee" in pretty much any game I play, if possible.

Spoiler :

 

[Leonel]

OKAY I BOUGHT IT. JEEEZ YOU GUYS. I hope you're happy because I am.

 

[Arakhor]

I have a low opinion of snipers in general now. Who misses at 98% twice in a freaking row.

0.04% of people do.

 

[woody60707]

I'm winning ever battle and losing the war. I already lost 4-5 nations. (can you get those back?). I took my sweet time getting around to attacking the 1st base. I lost two nations before it click that this was a losing srat. Saw i had nowhere near the number of engineers, so it took me a few more rounds as I slowly watched the world go in to mass hysteria.

And my interceptors couldn't shoot down a UFO to save my life (no I didn't upgrade them, no money). So there's that.

 

[Grisu]

in the original you could never get a country back once they signed a treaty with the aliens...dunno if they changed that

 

[Winner]

BTW, is there a UFOpaedia in the new game?

 

[bhsup]

You can access the research archives for things you've researched, but it's not as good as the old style ufopaedia. For instance, to look at gun specs, I have to pull up a soldier, check their loadout, and look at the gun to get the specs.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Great game.

Ziggy likes.

 

[Winner]

You can access the research archives for things you've researched, but it's not as good as the old style ufopaedia. For instance, to look at gun specs, I have to pull up a soldier, check their loadout, and look at the gun to get the specs.

I mean some background stuff about what you're actually researching. Or is it just "Fancy Tech Name"+one sentence description+what it does in gameplay terms? Because that would suck big time.

 

[bhsup]

You get more than a one liner, for sure. Here's one example, xeno-biology. Note the scrollbar on the right that's hiding even more of a description than is being shown.

 

[Lillefix]

I like how this is written by the good doctor herself, and not by some anonymous team.