Universal XCOM®: Enemy Within (by 2K)

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  1. Edmilan

    Edmilan Well-Known Member

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    Make your own war stories, that's something imho only the XCOM franchise can give. I remember in EU on my first playthrough. On the final area facing the boss with iirc 10hp left, all my soldiers were either dead or mind controlled except for my sniper with only 1 health left. She hit a critical and boom! Ending sequence. Well she was also the chosen one so...well I won't spoil the ending.
     
  2. Sildani

    Sildani Well-Known Member

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    Could someone please point me in the direction of a good strategy guide/tutorial for this? Thanks!
     
  3. VirtualBoyFreak

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    If you play on easy and activate both tutorials, it should be enough. I'm not good at all at strategy games, but XCom was easy enough for me to pick up and play by following the tutorial.
     
  4. Edmilan

    Edmilan Well-Known Member

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    You can also try gamefaqs
     
  5. bored2death

    bored2death Well-Known Member

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    Yea... I never finished EU on the xbox cuz I couldn't finish that mission for some reason. Kept DIEING again and again and again probably cuz of my difficulty setting. Got EW and went all mech xcept 1 to make sure there was no way that would happen again. On the other hand I agree the xcom takes the spot for video game war stories next to ARMA.

    It's got me wondering though what frontline experiences other players have with this game especially since it's been released again for mobile. There's probably a discussion on some forum somewhere on the web on this topic but I'm more interested in what the Touch Arcade community has to say about it.

    Share your stories guys! Or don't. Up to you. It be cool to hear em though.
     
  6. C.Hannum

    C.Hannum Well-Known Member

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    You all know how once a soldier reaches a certain rank, the game gives them a suitably action movie sounding nickname that is pulled at random from some list. I'm playing through this godsawful terror mission and I wind up in this clusterfark where there's a Cyberdisc Cannon and a Chryssalid right on top of a panicked rookie.

    As soon as the aliens' turn comes, I'm going to lose *at least* the panicked rookie, dude is at 2HP and cowering at point blank range. I have other panicked soldiers, others have already made their move whittling down the cannon's HP, so we're about to face a much more powerful CC and have a Chryssalid in our midst which can kill my guys in one blow in the shape we're in.

    I have only one soldier who hasn't gone, a Heavy class, and there is only one move I can make that is a net gain for my side. I fire her single rocket round right into the middle of the CC/C/R trio. BLAMMO! Cyberdisc Cannon is killed, yay. Chryssalid is killed, yay. Miraculously, the rookie is only critically injured, he can be stabilized with a med kit, yay... No, wait, Cyberdisc Cannon wreck explodes and Rookie is killed.

    Then I notice what nickname my Heavy soldier has had for some time: Collateral :D
     
  7. Wediafom24

    Wediafom24 Well-Known Member

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    Loool! You're a great story teller Hannun:)
     
  8. Savant

    Savant Well-Known Member

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    Had that rookie reached the rank where he were to be given a callsign - you'd be surprised that it was "Expendable". ;)
     
  9. Alc819

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    I cannot get the game to load. It runs the initial sequence 2K, Fireaxis Games, 2K China, Powered by Unreal, the title screen comes up, and then it repeats this sequence indefinitely. I tried reinstalling, any other ideas? Thanks.
     
  10. marker1c

    marker1c Well-Known Member

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    What's your device?
     
  11. Ayjona

    Ayjona Well-Known Member

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    This happens to me when I've no GameCenter connection. But only occasionally.
     
  12. Bytebrain

    Bytebrain Well-Known Member

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    It happens to me once in a while too, but killing the app usually fix the issue.
     
  13. Alc819

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    iPad Air. Have not been able to make it past the title screen. Just repeats the initial load sequence indefinately.
     
  14. Luciano1084

    Luciano1084 Well-Known Member

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    Ouch, I'm using an iPad mini retina and for the most part it performs pretty good.. Some stutters here and there but no big deal
     
  15. Fafner

    Fafner Well-Known Member

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    I get the same thing sometimes but it clears up when I completely shut down the app and reopen it
     
  16. Luciano1084

    Luciano1084 Well-Known Member

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    Ugh panic everywhere pretty much, except my continent #
     
  17. Crabman

    Crabman Well-Known Member

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    I remember my first playthru in EU having a similar situation and i thought all is lost.but then in the very last moment i had to attack something...important.That lowered the worldwide panic.I love the game for situations like this :)

    The message is:don't panic ;)
     
  18. Luciano1084

    Luciano1084 Well-Known Member

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    Lol thanks brother.. As long as I hold it down in the Americas I'm good.. Sorry France
     
  19. Pipipitchu

    Pipipitchu Well-Known Member

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    So is this a port as good as Enemy Unknown?
     
  20. marker1c

    marker1c Well-Known Member

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    With understandble compromise to make it fit and work for mobile but other than that just as good plus you can now bring it to the bus stop :)
     

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