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Guyver
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| Anticasper wrote: | | That was a very short and limited demo where I could hardly make any of my own choices. However it was nice to be able to see how the game looks and feels. |
what's in? only the starting-piloted mission? |
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 19:53 Post subject: |
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There are two tutorial missions and one part where you're in the base and can customize a character. The demo was pretty good (and performance was great on the highest settings, over 100 fps using only a 4.0 ghz phenom II and gtx 560 ti). My only issue is...why do all the soldiers have American accents?
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locke89
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locke89
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:04 Post subject: |
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To be honest I don't care, you will stop noticing that one hour into the game....
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zmed
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:12 Post subject: |
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There are things that really turned me off. 
the combat is ok I guess, but since it was only two tutorial missions, I cannot really comment otherwise. Hope there will be random, less linear maps later on.
What worries me is the upgrade system. The heavy guy got a skill which automatically grants the rocket launcher? Really? No more squad equipping? I purposefully didn't follow this, so I wouldn't be biased, but what the hell...That means no more manufacturing either? 
Also, squad size can be raised through Officer Training School? Really? Not by buying/building a bigger dropship?
Coupled with the horror stories about linear mission structure, I'll sit this one out with an ISO-demo, because as it looks now, it's waaaaay too removed from the original. I'm not against trying new stuff, but why change things that didn't need changing?
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:14 Post subject: |
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How can I download the demo? Keep clicking on the button on the steam page but it keeps looping me back to the homepage.
Any other way?
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:18 Post subject: |
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I had the same problem. Restart Steam, go to Store -> Demos -> XCOM and start the download from there. Worked for me.
ASRock B450 Pro4 || Ryzen 7 3700X || Patriot Viper 16Gb DDR4-3600 || ASUS GeForce RTX 3080 TUF GAMING || XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1Tb || Xiaomi Mi Surface Display 34" (3440x1440)
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:42 Post subject: |
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| zmed wrote: | There are things that really turned me off.
the combat is ok I guess, but since it was only two tutorial missions, I cannot really comment otherwise. Hope there will be random, less linear maps later on.
What worries me is the upgrade system. The heavy guy got a skill which automatically grants the rocket launcher? Really? No more squad equipping? I purposefully didn't follow this, so I wouldn't be biased, but what the hell...That means no more manufacturing either?
Also, squad size can be raised through Officer Training School? Really? Not by buying/building a bigger dropship?
Coupled with the horror stories about linear mission structure, I'll sit this one out with an ISO-demo, because as it looks now, it's waaaaay too removed from the original. I'm not against trying new stuff, but why change things that didn't need changing? |
I'm just happy its not a FPS 
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:45 Post subject: |
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5Gb pretty huge for a demo i hope its not just 1 level.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:47 Post subject: |
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| tet666 wrote: | | 5Gb pretty huge for a demo i hope its not just 1 level. |
Almost.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 20:49 Post subject: |
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Ah well i just read its only 2 tutorial maps i skip it then, i saw enough of the gameplay in videos allready.
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zmed
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 21:04 Post subject: |
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Tried the demo... what a piece of shit. It's made a mockery of X-Com.
Go here, now go here. Oh and commander? click this button, now click this button. Herp derp.
A rocket launcher is an ability now? what?!
What happened to having equipment?
Why is there bonuses to the placement of the base? this is some dumbed down shit. The only bonus there should be should be the location and the satisfaction of the country in which the base is placed. Not 50% cheaper and faster fighters or instant autopsy - how does an instant autopsy even make sense.
And I can't upgrade my radar and scan for ufo's I just go from mission to mission in a linear fashion. Doing what I'm told by the asshole in mission control.
Could find no way of turning off the action sequences either.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 21:34 Post subject: |
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As I expected, it's not much of a X-COM game. Should've been called Gears of Du..aliens: Shallow Turn-Based Popamole.
Hopefully the demo was just the absolute worst part of the game, and it magically opens up after those 2 missions.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 21:40 Post subject: |
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5 gigs?! Sheeeeeit.
Asus, B550, 3700X, 3060, 32GB.
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locke89
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 21:50 Post subject: |
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My mistake for expecting a demo to show me the reasons to buy the game, instead of the reasons not too.
Marketing really knows what they're doing these days
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locke89
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 22:00 Post subject: |
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| locke89 wrote: | | What I didn't like was that even when using mosue+KB I stll felt that interface was designed around consoles. The 3D cursor is sluggish/laggy, you can't rotate the camera using mouse and the whole interface lacks responsivness... Really disappointed in that regard. |
Precisely. I've give up after the first tutorial mission.
I'll try later again. But so far I really hated the control feeling.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 22:05 Post subject: |
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Well, it's a console port. Took them forever to even show off any PC gameplay.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 22:24 Post subject: |
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| djaoni wrote: | | Well, it's a console port. Took them forever to even show off any PC gameplay. |
So disappointed with the demo - it's truly is a console game through and through. Maybe the tactical part will be good, but as far as controls and UI are concerned it's very uncomfortable and awkward on PC.
i7 6700k @ 4.4 GHZ, 2060s, 16 GB RAM, SSD, Windows 10x64.
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 22:39 Post subject: |
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played in 1993 original..will play this in 2012! Its close to original that can be in these days. Back off windows-kids...
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| Posted: Mon, 24th Sep 2012 22:42 Post subject: |
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If the controls trouble you, give it a try with a gamepad. Gamepads are not a console only input system.
If the gameplay troubles you, well that's another thing.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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VonMisk
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Just the badly worded tutorial dialogue got me confused and didn't notice the equipment option at the soldier promotion. Looks oversimplified, but still better than nothing I guess.
