XCOM: Enemy Within Spotted on Ratings Board

[Niccolo]

Gimme gimme gimme!

Another XCom is always welcome. The first one was really good, though it did have some issues. For instance, troop class assignment being random was annoying.

Hahaha, I remember seeing several third-party programs to fix exactly that. Hopefully 2K take it as a sign! A few more classes of weapons wouldn't hurt... Even some different grenade types. Smoke grenades would be of great use. I know that the support class got them, but really, they never felt effective to me. Damn aliens would somehow still shoot my sniper's tits off.

 

[octafish]

XCOM: Attack of the Mole Men?

I've said before that I would pay full price for an expansion of XCOM like TFTD.

 

[toms]

Money launchers set to overwatch.
Bring it.

 

[ron1n]

Still want a Warhammer 40K game using this engine

 

[Meatrod05]

Hmm... Enemy Within. Sounds to me like it might have something to do with something going wrong with the psychic abilities that some soldiers could get. They did mention that it would have some pretty significant effects on the way that people on earth live after the alien attack. I'd love to see a story that delves more into that side of things.

 

[scorptatious]

Can't wait. I really enjoyed XCOM: EU, and I just hope that they take what the last game had and improve upon it.

 

[Teoes]

I would be very happy to see this. It would be nice if the game were a little more complex than last time - EU was a fantastic romp and I can understand why it was streamlined down over the original games, but wonder if the streamlining was maybe taken a little further than necessary.

More depth to base management, more than one base available, more weapons, more troops in squads, etc. etc. for a sequel please.

Aw hell I should just dive into that Xenonauts beta, shouldn't I?

XCOM: Attack of the Mole Men?

Behold, the Underminer! I'm always beneath you, but nothing is beneath me!

 

[unstabLized]

Yes. More more. Loved Enemy Unknown to death, it was one of the best games of last year. Fun as hell, intense, and it revived a feeling about games that I hadn't felt since I was a child on the PS2. Will pre-order the shit out of it if I see it on Steam.

 

[Thomas Barnsley]

They should do more games in the X-Com style. I know things from Bioware like Mass Effect and Dragon Age would be amazing with x-com combat (maybe without perma-death though. For me it just meant I had to save scum a lot. Yes, I'm a terrible person, sorry I use such cheap methods, don't hate me).

 

[PBMcNair]

Maybe it'd just be adding the ability for your base to get infiltrated or attacked, bringing that element of defending it back?

are you kidding, that was such a huge fan-demand that they could not pass that up.

could they?

There are a few problems with adding base defence to the current system. Firstly the monster-closet style of enemy placment probably wouldn't work well in an base-attack scenario. Secondly, it would probably be one map(as having your base randomly generate every time would be wierd). Which would probably mean people would be clamouring for base-building. Actually something I enjoy, and miss in the current game, but would be more work for the devs. And thirdly, veteran X-Com players mostly saw base attacks as a boon, "free" gear/loot delivered straight to their door.

Almost forgot the squad size limit. Be a bit strange for a base to only have 4-6 guys fighting for it.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have base defence back, but I wouldn't put money on it happening, at least not like it used to. Maybe some form of raiding, like XCOM Apocalypse had. Roll in, kill everything that moves, wreck/steal equipment and run.

 

[Barciad]

The more XCOM the better, in my opinion. Just keep them coming. Plus, what do people find so difficult about the originals? It's as if men were men back then.

 

[Kahani]

My only concern is how they would make the underwater gameplay feel like underwater gameplay. There was no real difference between moving, firing, and throwing grenades underwater, or on land. It was easy to ignore back then, but these days that kind of thing wouldn't fly.

Considering how well they dealt with 3D movement in Enemy Unknown, I really hope this isn't going to be set underwater.

Hmm... Enemy Within. Sounds to me like it might have something to do with something going wrong with the psychic abilities that some soldiers could get. They did mention that it would have some pretty significant effects on the way that people on earth live after the alien attack. I'd love to see a story that delves more into that side of things.

This is exactly what I assumed as well. They made a big fuss about psychic powers, and the bad guys were psychics with a plan revolving around humans developing psychic powers. How could a sequel/expansion called Enemy Within not involve human psychics running amok in some way?

 

[Teoes]

The more XCOM the better, in my opinion. Just keep them coming. Plus, what do people find so difficult about the originals? It's as if men were men back then.

I've tried a few times but admittedly could try harder. Personally it's the interface that's a brick wall for me. If I could get over that and the feeling of not having a clue what I should be doing (although of course finding out that should/shouldn't be done and what is a good or bad idea is all part of the learning curve) I bet I'd have a ton of fun with it.

 

[Ix Rebound]

Hell Yeah!

Also, is this planned to be a sequel of sorts? Cause if it is it would be fun to be able to import some of your previous soldiers from Enemy Unknown, have some real veterans commanding the rookies

 

[lancar]

Oh please oh please oh PLEASE for the love of GOD do not let this be a spinoff game for tablets or smartphones!
I'll be horrified if this turns out to be just that.

I was depressed enough when that new Deus Ex game turned out to be a shitty tablet title, and Plants vs Zombies 2 was a complete dissapointment as well.
It seems that I can't be excited for anything on rumors alone anymore due to publishers being high with iOS hormones.

I sincerely hope this is either the XCOM:EU expansion we're longing for, or news about a sequel.

 

[Drummodino]

Awwwww yeah!! Love me some more XCOM!