Yea but that takes place late game. Still haven't received the triad mission yet. I'll report back if I get zhang firs since you get him pretty earlyt. If one of the charecters are in it the other is bound to be... I hope.
One question If I skip XCOM EU , will I miss something ? Or XCOM EW is the same as Enemy Unknown but with more tech ?
Same + more tech, new human enemies, and special missions. But the special missions might be a no. Still trying to confirm if they've cut it out.
Sorry but the Zhang and the French Girl missions are out of the ios version. THe Zhang is the slingshot dlc and French girl (Annete Durand) is Operation Progeny. From 2K site: What changes were made in porting the game to mobile? •This version of XCOM: Enemy Within will include the latest patches for the PC version of the game, but it will not include the “Slingshot” or “Elite Soldier Pack” DLC packs or the “Operation Progeny” mission. Additionally, level maps have been reduced. Link: http://support.2k.com/hc/en-us/articles/203902806--iOS-Android-XCOM-Enemy-Within-FAQ Apparantely the "fishing village" mission and the base defense are in the game though. New Story Elements: Investigate a terrifying threat in an abandoned fishing village and defend the XCOM headquarters from alien attack in a series of new plot-driven missions. Sorry guys...
Meh But the other two missions above were also great. Reduced maps...that was expectable but how much?I really disliked to play the same"five' (well,that's how it felt after a while) maps in EU over and over again..
We can all blame apple for this. 2GB limit on the AppStore for developers is a joke. Why not make it a 10GB? Anyway, I will hold off from double dipping on this...
So far the one major difference I can see between the two versions is that EW runs much smoother and is lag free thus much more playable and enjoyable. That is a huge difference for me personally because I found the lag on EU stopped me from playing often. However this is not the case with EW. So I can start all over again and play properly without any jitters or lag. The graphics are clearer and look better. As far as content I don't know because I'm not very far in but it is supposed to have more enhancements so I'm looking forward to that because at least this is playable. EU was playable but annoying lag spoiled the experience for me. So for playability alone it's WORTH the A$17 for me that I paid. I recommend this now after playing it a while mainly because of the lag free. This is the app they should have released from the start. Shouldn't have had to pay twice but XCOM is a game we'd rather have on ios than not and it needs to be profitable for 2 K so glad they're on board and I hope we get more from them. Upped score to 4 stars.
Dammit i have not finished the first game in my ipad. I love the game. Whenever one of my troops die, I restart the mission. I want all of them to survive. I will buy for my iphone 6+ this version is worth it. Man I wish 2k made a warhammer game with this engine.
If someone has not played EU, all these maps that have been cut off are so important to the story / gameplay or the new ones can replace these and fill the gap?
Finished EU on hard mode, played ranked multiplayer often.I bought Enemy Within few hours ago, played up to mission 7.It is an excellent game as always, but Basically I bough enemy unknown again with couple of additional mission , 2-3 new maps and more customization options ( that should have been added to EU long time ago as a part of old DLC for EU ).I don't know what to think about all of this anymore...
Ok - is it time to make another thread that focuses on the 2Gb limitation of the App store as well? Related to THE GAME - anyone notice Meld getting collected automatically even if the canisters were not found during the mission?
Game is actually not as smooth as EU for me. EW within every time it shows the view through multiple floors the game stutters and "lags". Not sure why when I'm using the iphone 6. It's kind of annoying and it won't go away until I leave the heavy graphic areas.
New enemies including a new faction, new technologies that can change the mechanics of how you play the game and the addition of a new resource that provides a new strategic layer everytime you do a mission amd thats on top of everything you said on your post. For $13 dlc seems like a bargain to me
I think if you spot the canister you can collect it automatically if you beat all the enemies before the countdown. I haven't done a mission where I haven't located any so I can't test out if you'll find them when they're all un-located.
Found the answer in one of the wikis - Meld is collected similar to deactivating power nodes in Bomb Disposal missions (free action once a soldier moves next to it). Meld is also recovered by clearing the map of all aliens before the timers run out. Apparently 2 canisters will be on missions, 1 easy to find and 1 harder. The easy one has a 5 turn timer and the hard one has a 10 turn timer. If you find and collect them before their timer expires they're yours but if you also complete the mission before their timer expires they also get collected automatically.
