Universal XCOM®: Enemy Unknown - (by 2K Games)

Discussion in 'iPhone and iPad Games' started by Sanuku, Jun 19, 2013.

  1. trystero

    trystero Well-Known Member

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    Soooo... This seems to have dropped off the main top charts for paid and gross in the US. Hope it did well enough to convince other shops to bring AAA titles to the App Store.
     
  2. C.Hannum

    C.Hannum Well-Known Member

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    In this case, not one bit. This is not a stability issue, per se, it's an unhandled exception. You could be running this game on a mythical 12GB RAM iOS device and this particular crash will happen 100% of the time, which is why I reported it. The instability from the OS killing the game for excessive memory page requests were old news a week ago.
     
  3. C.Hannum

    C.Hannum Well-Known Member

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    While it's no longer charting on paid, it's still sitting at #110 for grossing and that's still well performing for any app. I wouldn't worry.
     
  4. drmad

    drmad Well-Known Member

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    not really....i think i already have more council meeting
    i grind a lot before building the hyperwave beacon
    already got all country with satellite also
    i play on normal though
     
  5. RinoaHeartily

    RinoaHeartily Well-Known Member

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    Hmm so that's how it works.. I must remember this when I play this on classic.. Those priority research and construction will trigger scripted events
     
  6. gquiller

    gquiller Well-Known Member

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    #966 gquiller, Jul 1, 2013
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    My apologies if asked before, how do you switch between weapons? There are 2 there, but I can select the one I am not currently using. I'm trying to switch to the rocket launcher?

    Thanks in advance!

    Figured it out - duh
     
  7. Talbs

    Talbs Well-Known Member

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    Pretty sure the rocket launcher is a one off use per game round by the soldier. It's accessed by the commands icons down the bottom dead Center of the screen. The icon tray that you'd used to target an enemy or activate over watch. The launcher I'm pretty sure is a yellow icon. It does not require switching like is done using the gun icons on the right.
    Hope that helps
     
  8. shiftdelete

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    Ok quick question:
    Should I buy Kotor or Xcom?
    I only have enough room on my iPad for 1. Note- I also own both games on PC and have never played either for more than an hour or 2. I do like that Xcom is universal too.
     
  9. RinoaHeartily

    RinoaHeartily Well-Known Member

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    Hmmm kotor you need more attention to it.. You can't really pick up and play.. U can though but u will forget the story pretty easily and which shine on kotor most..
    I have both on my iPad but dropped kotor for xcom coz I haven't played xcom before lol
     
  10. gquiller

    gquiller Well-Known Member

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    Thanks & you can't use it when you have already moved.
     
  11. RinoaHeartily

    RinoaHeartily Well-Known Member

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    After the first two missions I never use grenades nor launchers.. They destroy everything I don't think u have the corpses too
     
  12. Bytebrain

    Bytebrain Well-Known Member

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    When your Heavy gain ranks, eventually he'll get the option to fire a rocket twice in a mission though.
     
  13. marker1c

    marker1c Well-Known Member

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    Played for about 10hours so far and im glad to report that no crashes so far on my iphone 5
     
  14. jamiejap

    jamiejap Well-Known Member

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    lot of crashes on my iPad not sure if I had a 2 or 3. often before or after a mission.
     
  15. jamiejap

    jamiejap Well-Known Member

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    that's why the game started to be so hard. suddenly I didn't have any chance against those aliens. that's wired.
     
  16. RinoaHeartily

    RinoaHeartily Well-Known Member

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    The game starts to get tough.. Few assistance if you guys may..

    Do I need emp and fire storm to bring down overseer?

    How do I get additional slot for my squad? I can't build officer training school no more.

    I have researched until skeleton suit and plasma rifle..researching the archangel armor.. I have 3 labs.. Do I need that many or can I deconstruct?

    Finally I think I discovered a bug on launching satellites.. My satellite gone but the country didn't receive it.. Duh
     
  17. JayTay

    JayTay Active Member

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    Certainly Firestorm, you may be able to get away without the EMP but I'm not sure.
    You don't build the school, it's included as part of the barracks.
     
  18. C.Hannum

    C.Hannum Well-Known Member

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    Only if the game was started on Easy or Normal.
     
  19. C.Hannum

    C.Hannum Well-Known Member

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    Firestorm helps with everything, but you do not need the EMP cannon (it's not even that powerful). Took it down with 3 ships armed with nothing better than Laser cannon in my first game. Will have Plasma waiting for it this game :D

    You buy it in the Officer School, which, assuming it's built (and since you're playing on Normal IIRC), you get to from the main Barracks screen.

    I haven't built more than 1 on either of my games fwiw.
     
  20. Appletini

    Appletini Well-Known Member

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    The EMP cannon isn't about power (although it is powerful), it's about not breaking everything in the ships you shoot down, so you can loot more functional tech and other resources to use or sell after you've cleared it out on the ground.
     

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