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21. "RE: XCOM 2½"
In response to message #12
 
   >Firaxis is literally the precise opposite of this, man. So is XCOM!

>Let's look at XCOM specifically. Right out of the gate, they offer a
>variety a ways to make the game as accessible as you want it to be.
>Ever played on Rookie? Both XCOMS and their various expansions and
>DLCs are walkovers on Rookie. X-rays die if you look at them hard, to
>say nothing of if you actually try and kill them. Chrysallids deliver
>cute little love taps. And of course even if you do manage to get into
>trouble, you have convenient quicksave/quickload options. That's right
>in the basic options menu when you first load in.

I understand the point you're making Merc, but I'm not entirely sold. If I remember correctly, the basis for the core concept of XCOM 2 (that you lost XCOM) was that when Firaxis reviewed the Steam stats they found that an absurdly small percentage of players actually WON XCOM (on any setting).

I think I said in an earlier XCOM 2 thread when the game came out, there are things about the 2nd that were definite improvements on the first. And I wasn't as bitter about the lost the first game conceit that apparently a lot of gamers had. But the decision to take a recognizably difficult game and ramp it up in even vanilla XCOM 2 over the first drove me nuts.

Brian


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   RE: XCOM 2½ Verbena Oct-18-17 1
      RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-18-17 4
          RE: XCOM 2½ drakensis Oct-19-17 5
              RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-19-17 6
                  RE: XCOM 2½ Verbena Oct-19-17 7
                  RE: XCOM 2½ Arashi Oct-19-17 8
                      RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-19-17 9
                          RE: XCOM 2½ Verbena Oct-19-17 10
                              RE: XCOM 2½ Pasha Nov-16-17 20
                  RE: XCOM 2½ drakensis Oct-20-17 11
          RE: XCOM 2½ Mercutio Oct-20-17 12
              RE: XCOM 2½ Peter Eng Oct-20-17 13
                  RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-20-17 14
             RE: XCOM 2½ twipper Nov-26-17 21
   RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-18-17 2
      RE: XCOM 2½ Verbena Oct-18-17 3
      RE: XCOM 2½ Star Ranger4 Oct-21-17 15
   RE: XCOM 2½ Gryphonadmin Oct-21-17 16
      RE: XCOM 2½ MoonEyes Oct-25-17 19
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      RE: great moments in game casting MoonEyes Nov-26-17 22
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