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She asked what I wanted.
Admittedly, she did remember me playing the original on my Amiga which I was pretty shocked by. |
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Just went on steam and bought the 5 game collection for £8.99, kind of a blind word-of-mouth purchase as I've never played them, but it's cheap enough to take the plunge.
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Enemy Unknown, Terror From The Deep and Apocolypse are great. The other 2 get rid of the strategy and add a flight sim or a 3rd person shooter depending on the game. A fine idea, but the execution is awful.
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Only the first two parts matter. Third one was alright I guess, better than those shitty FPPs for sure.
Also, Hasney, what do you mean by "poking" your mom? |
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I really like the 3rd one. Not in that real- time mode though, that was wank.
And by poking, I mean to encourage my mum to pre-order me the game ASAP and nothing involving appendages. |
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#46 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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I hated graphics in the third part.
Like trying to look futuristic or something. Dunno, just weird. And I remember switching to the real-time mode a few times when there were some hard parts in the game, cause for some reaoson the real-time mode was way easier. |
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I always thought Terror From The Deep was the weakest of the three. Pretty lame aliens, except for LOBSTERMAN.
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#48 |
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Got it anyway. Up above 40-odd % now!
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#49 |
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We're at 66%. Nearly there.
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79% to free Civ 5!
Not convinced yet? Well I don't want to call you manliness into question, but this here might change your mind: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012...urs-with-xcom/ Quote:
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#51 |
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Oh shit, missed the fact there was a demo.
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#52 |
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Awesome, now I get to find out in advance if I wasted my money.
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#53 |
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Hooray, the demo runs ok.
Not had the chance to play it much, but the game seems alright. Less evil than I remember the original game being, which is a good thing in my eyes. |
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WE DID IT GUS! FREE CIV 5 FOR ALL!
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#55 |
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Now to find someone to give my copy to.
I really enjoyed the one "proper" mission in the demo, I want more, now! |
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Played the tutorial and didn't go any further. It was too fucking good that I want to wait for the actual game to play the mission!
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#57 |
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Disappointingly, no matter which abduction site you choose, you get the same mission.
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The other XCOM is coming out by the end of the year too. Now 3rd person instead of FPS and one guy who played it said it had the feeling of being a "1940's Ghostbusters".
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Hasney Tip Off
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Baird
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Not really being grabbed by those screenshots. Hopefully Enemy Unknown will have plenty of mileage in it.
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Pre-loaded. Cannot freaking wait until Tuesday.
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#62 |
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Will we get it on Tuesday though, or are Steam a bunch of shits who'll make us wait til Friday?
I'm really hoping for Tuesday, since I've got a day off on Wednesday. Friday is bad, because I've got work on Saturday. Eating into my alien killing time. ![]() -edit- Steam is telling me it's available Friday. Bastards. |
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#63 |
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Oh Baird, I have so much to teach you via the magic of PM.
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http://www.destructoid.com/review-xc...n-236113.phtml
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95% on Game Informer
9/10 on Eurogamer 4.5/5 on Joystiq Looking pretty good with the critics. I assume any dropped points are due to the absence of Snakeman and that alone. |
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#66 |
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I was going to hold off on getting this for money / work reasons but now I'm teetering on the verge of pre-ordering the day before release. Somebody push me over the edge then I can hold you responsible.
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Free Civ 5! 2 excellent games from the price of 1!
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#68 |
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Very good point Hollywood Hasney but I'm going to have to get this on console since the Steam demo almost made my shitty laptop explode into tiny fragments.
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#69 |
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Some twitchiness when aiming the rocket launcher and frag grenades aside, I am really enjoying this game.
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Just played the demo on PS3, really WANT this game. Tempted to get a last minute online pre-order to get the Elite Soldier bonus stuff, whatever it is, but I may be too impatient and just go into town tomorrow and buy a copy.
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"Ironically, the PC controls are abysmal"
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I've not had any M+KB issues at all yet, but my 360 controller is on hand just in case.
Last mission I did last night wiped out most of my non-rookie crew. Those thin men are bastards for poisoning. Once of them dropped in and had overwatch immediately. Thought I was safe running through the building to get a better vantage point... Was not expecting them to shoot through the skylight. |
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Walked into GAME and bought it on PS3, the Elite Soldier Pack comes bundled inside anyway, unless GAME have special copies, I feel like pre-order incentives are a big bag of lies.
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The Steam Civ5 and TF2 gear weren't lies. They were pre-orders only.
I don't mind pre-order bonuses like that. They're not going to effect the game you're buying. I hate the ones with locked content in the product you're willing to hand money over for though. |
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Beg for your hat, son
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Looked at the clock and it was 9pm. It locked up on the final mission and I'm glad it did because I was about to die and I would have reloaded. That was 1:30am.
They've just streamlined the game in the best ways from the original. Can't see anything else topping this as my GOTY. Going to start an ironman game after I finish. |
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#78 |
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Love this. Named my troops after people I know and so far my girlfriend, best friend and former college lecturer have all died. Going to gloat that I outlived them all in the alien invasion and they will have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Completed it last night, runs like dogshit on PS3 after the first few months in-game. Gonna wait for a patch before I try and tackle Classic mode.
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Tried Ironman Classic twice and it was game over by the time the terror mission showed up. Absolutely brutal, aliens wiped out the entire cast of Breaking Bad, Lost and Firefly.
Think I'm going to play Dark Souls for a while to reinflate my gaming ego. |
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