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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I'm playing on classic and i'm just barely holding my own. I was a big fan of the original and this doesn't disappoint. The UK left after the first month and a few other nations are close to leaving. Not sure if I'll last this month. I would have played Ironman mode too but I'm worried about encountering a bug and having the whole game scrapped.
    How does the gameplay compare to the original? Are you able to use past-strategy?
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  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    Jason P wrote:
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    I'm playing on classic and i'm just barely holding my own. I was a big fan of the original and this doesn't disappoint. The UK left after the first month and a few other nations are close to leaving. Not sure if I'll last this month. I would have played Ironman mode too but I'm worried about encountering a bug and having the whole game scrapped.
    How does the gameplay compare to the original? Are you able to use past-strategy?

    Not at all. Game mechanics have changed significantly. There was a lot more freedom in the OG with a different moving system. You could build multiple bases around the world and have upto 14 men in a squad. The changes are good and are more 'sreamlined' I guess. Giving the soldiers abilities offsets the overcumbersome amount of men to move in the OG. Loving it so far but I just botched a terror mission. Looks like I'm gonna have to restart :lol:
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    I was bouncing back and forth between Dishonored and XCom yesterday. By the time I arrived at the game store, I'd pretty much settled on XCom. Then the staff there convinced me to go the other route and get Dishonored. They told me to get that, play it for a week or two, finish it and trade it back (plus some dollars), for XCom. If I don't get it done I'll probably just buy XCom anyway.
  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    uninnocent- wrote:
    I was bouncing back and forth between Dishonored and XCom yesterday. By the time I arrived at the game store, I'd pretty much settled on XCom. Then the staff there convinced me to go the other route and get Dishonored. They told me to get that, play it for a week or two, finish it and trade it back (plus some dollars), for XCom. If I don't get it done I'll probably just buy XCom anyway.

    Sounds like good advice to be fair. XCom is a long game and you may want to have multiple play throughs.

    Don't know a great deal about Dishonoured but its getting some very impressive reviews. XCom is the first Xbox game i've bought in 12 months.
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Digital Twilight wrote:
    Sounds like good advice to be fair. XCom is a long game and you may want to have multiple play throughs.

    Don't know a great deal about Dishonoured but its getting some very impressive reviews. XCom is the first Xbox game i've bought in 12 months.
    That's fair, Dishonored was my first game purchase (except for Soul Calibur V), since December. I wanted something to fill my no-hockey void. I figured XCom would occupy a lot of my time and I'd never get around to Dishonored, so doing it this way gives me the opportunity to play both.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    lol:
    XCOM:
    The game went from like a 3 difficulty to a 10 when the Aliens attacked Vancouver. I went down to save a bunch of people. Brought my best troops (luckily my 2 best were injured and resting).

    Those Floaters were new and different. OK, I could deal with those.... But those insectoid things that turn people into zombies who burst into more zombie-making aliens if you dont kill them quick enough... It was a bloodbath and all 5 troops I had out there were massacred and all the people died.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    Assassins Creed III and Need for Speed are out today.

    UBISOFT still has the review embargo up on AC3 which usually isn't a good sign ... at least they didn't delay sending out copies to review sites like EA did with Medal of Honor Warfighter which turned out to be a steaming pile of poop.

    Criterion is producing Need for Speed so I have high hopes for it.

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  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Jason P wrote:
    Assassins Creed III and Need for Speed are out today.

    UBISOFT still has the review embargo up on AC3 which usually isn't a good sign ... at least they didn't delay sending out copies to review sites like EA did with Medal of Honor Warfighter which turned out to be a steaming pile of poop.

    Criterion is producing Need for Speed so I have high hopes for it.

    HALO 4 NEXT WEEK!

    Damn... MOH looked sweet... AC3 looks stupid to me. I dunno, I think the Revolutionary War thing is kind of a turnoff for me... having that kind of an assassin there seems really out of place.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    NFS Most wanted or Forza Horizon?

    :think:
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    The Halo 4 review embargo has been lifted early ... and the results look stellar. I was a little concerned with the end product since a new studio took over but it looks like all is right.
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    Still got XCom, havent had a chance to hit it in the past week.

    Grabbed the Silent Hill for the Vita.

    Also thinking about going with either Borderlands 2, AC3, or Dishonored.
  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    Anybody else thinking about picking up Nintendos new system? Had no intention of buying it until I heard about ZombieU.
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Cant wait to see the first latest trailer for GTAV
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,289
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    Anybody else thinking about picking up Nintendos new system? Had no intention of buying it until I heard about ZombieU.
    I imagine they will be hard to find just like the Wii for at least a year.

    I'm not sold on it so far.
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  • tvismyfriend
    tvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    Jason P wrote:
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    Anybody else thinking about picking up Nintendos new system? Had no intention of buying it until I heard about ZombieU.
    I imagine they will be hard to find just like the Wii for at least a year.

    I'm not sold on it so far.
    The deluxe versions seem to be selling out online, but the regular ones seems to be in stock at most sites. They really aren't advertising it well though. Supposedly the first tv ad in the states just came out and the system is being released in a few weeks. That and the ad makes it seem like an add on for the wii instead of an actual new system.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,821
    Another year will be coming to an end...
    Another year with me NOT playing a video game..

    I now think it is 30 years, without me playing a video game.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Another year will be coming to an end...
    Another year with me NOT playing a video game..

    I now think it is 30 years, without me playing a video game.

    I don't give a rats ass about whether you play video games or not
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,168
    To all the gamers out there, you must check out Wreck It Ralph! Does a great job of combining some old video games and the newer latests ones.
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  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I just got Madden 13 in the mail today. I didn't even know I had it coming. Apparently it's my free gift from Sports Illustrated this year. I'm excited to check it out.
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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    SatansFuton wrote:
    I just got Madden 13 in the mail today. I didn't even know I had it coming. Apparently it's my free gift from Sports Illustrated this year. I'm excited to check it out.
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