XCOM: Not compatible with Win XP.

[Andy of Comix Inc]

What do you expect? It was released in 1994. I mean, I always like it when games are updated to run on later systems, but...

...ohhhh. Ohhhhhh. You mean the new one. X-COM: Enemy Unknown. As apposed to the original game, X-COM - UFO Defense: Enemy Unknown. ...yeah. No. Dat's not confoosing at all

 

[Jaythulhu]

Best windows ever? Bahahahahahahahahaha! I remember well the wailing and gnashing of teeth that came with XP's launch and the hate for it up to 5 years later. All the guff & nonsense I've heard said about Win7 is the same guff & nonsense I heard about WinVista, WinXP, Win98 and Win95. Each of those (well, except vista, that was truly awful) was called the "best ever" for at least the first few years of the next os's life.

More on topic: Get over it and upgrade already. XP is a long-since-dead operating system. I've been running Win7x64 since day 1 and I've had no problems running anything except for some games from companies who make shit console ports, and aside from anecdotal stories from online forums (mostly people with systems too old and low powered to run the newer OS) I've never met anyone IRL who's had a problem with it.

 

[ResonanceSD]

I also use XP and I'm saddened that Company of Heroes 2 won't run on it. Hope they plan to make that compatible with XP. I do plan to get windows 7, it'll just probably be in a year or two.

Well then, I guess you'll be able to play CoH2 in a year or two then.

What a decade old OS won't run your game and you're forced to upgrade? THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED OR HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION BEFORE IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER AND I AM DISAPPOINT!

I can't believe my PS2 can't run ME3. Seriously man, that really got to me.

 

[RicoADF]

I'm new to PC gaming, but why does your version of Windows matter in terms of a game? I'd like to be enlightened if possible as this thread is confusing me a little.

Windows XP is no longer supported by the hardware manufacturers, this limits what hardware it can run on (or run well on) as it's no longer being properly updated/supported. Examples are video cards no longer fully (or at all) supporting it, it not supporting more than 4GB of RAM (which is required for most modern games), not fully supporting multicore processors (like the i5/i7), and not having the newer versions of Direct X (10 or 11) which games run off.

Simply put, Windows XP wont be able to run newer games in the very near future if its not already the case. The argument from some people is that most games (atleast for now), dont use Direct X 10 or 11 due to them being compatible with consoles that only use DX9, however they forget that the PC version needs to support the processor, newer cards and RAM which XP either wont use well, or wont support at all. Also, the PC version if ported correctly, shouldn't be running on 9 anyway as its made to utilize the advancements in the hardware. The fact theres a console version doesn't guarentee that the PC version isn't using the advancements of the newer DXs.

 

[ascorbius]

How many people here are looking forward to windows 8? and having the "Get with the times Man!" comment when a similar thing happens...? Just sayin'

Win 8 is the Vista Cycle. Win 9 is the XP Cycle. Think of it that way. You can safely jump from XP -->7-->9? without worries. Going from ME--> vista --> Win X will just make you cry.


Oh, and no one is forcing the Windows 8 upgrade on anyone here. The topic is Win XP

I agree, XP is the subject, but it can't hurt to look at it from another view point.

Also, as with investments - Previous performance is no indicator of future success or failure. Not all alternate OS versions will be bad. Afterall in its day DOS 6.2 and Win3.1 was good, as was Win95 and Win98.. only ME was rubbish.

I was a stickler for Windows 98 for the longest time until I was forced to upgrade to WinXP - Causing MANY of my games to stop working - Fail to install etc.. Only now with Good Old Games can I actually play them again after they've been "Fixed" to work with Windows 7. I've had to purchase them again though, but I digress.

Not everyone likes to stay at the cutting edge when they have games they love and may not be able to play.. it's also true the other way, someone who's not using the Current OS can't really complain that new games won't run on their system. With New OS's come new APIs, new ways of doing things and although DirectX does a good job of remaining backwards compatible, it phases out technological dead ends after a while which some older games may have relied on.

The only true solution is to keep a PC around for each generation. Win98/WinXP/Win7 etc.. that way you can guarantee that your games will run on something and you'll have something to play new games on... Doesn't sound very practical though.

What's the answer?
Pucker up and accept the winds of change and rely on emulation or on people like GOG to make old games compatible?,
Stay in the past and accept that new games won't work?
or insist that the PC as a platform must remain 100% backwards compatible irrespective of the dead ends it'd have to keep around to achieve that?

 

[Aposthebest]

Windows 7 is a worthy successor of the XP. It's about time people moved on.

About that, I'm more concerned that X-Com is not compatible with my region until the 12th instead. DAMN YUNKIES!





*p.s. No offence towards U.S. residents. Just to be clear.

 

[Andy of Comix Inc]

...ohhhh. Ohhhhhh. You mean the new one. X-COM: Enemy Unknown. As apposed to the original game, X-COM - UFO Defense: Enemy Unknown. ...yeah. No. Dat's not confoosing at all

Well, just to circlejerk a little:

the old X-Coms have the *-* in the title, the new one does not. So not 'that' confusing *hehe*.

XCom: Enemy Unknown <-> X-Com - UFO Defense: Enemy Unknown

I was actually being a little disingenuous. It was actually called UFO Defense: Enemy Unknown, and then X-COM: UFO Defense. It was called X-COM: Enemy Unknown for the PlayStation release, but... who even knows now it was on PlayStation?

I actually have an opinion on the topic at hand. I'm glad I was pedantic and silly instead, that makes me feel like I contributed to the conversation much more constructively.

 

[namhorFnodroG]

Well, I guess that Windows XP's lifecycle is just on the edge of death right now. It has been out for quite some time now, It isn't such a big suprise that It's gonna pass the torch I guess

 

[Isalan]

I was running XP til about 2 weeks ago when a power cut just toasted my windows install. Lacking an XP CD I ended up using a friends copy of 7. And honestly, better in every way.

And like people say, XP is 11 years old now. Stars have been born and died in that time.

Captcha: Father Uncle. Maybe in your state, captcha.....

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

Fuckin' finally. PC ports that are not compatible with Xp are better optimized for PC because of the native Dx10 and Dx11 support. Something to do with the way shadows are done which makes the game run a lot faster. I forgot.

 

[Tohuvabohu]

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There's apparently a way to get the game running on XP with some elbowgrease if you really want to.

Found a post on the Steam forums that might interest you if you're in this boat.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33049516&postcount=1

 

[Triangulon]

I'm actually going to kind of side with the OP here. I'm not arguing that all new releases should support XP, however this is the first game I have wanted to purchase that will not run on it. The first one. So as far as I'm concerned there is hardly a case of XP support being the exception.

Windows 7 is still £70-80 which is not exactly cheap. Once could buy several games for that. As there are many things more important for me to spend money on than my OS, couple the price tag with the effort required to back up all my files, game saves etc. then is it any wonder I haven't upgraded for ages?

It just seems harsh to me that someone should be ridiculed because they have chosen to use an operating system that although old, is still serviceable.

 

[Realitycrash]

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There's apparently a way to get the game running on XP with some elbowgrease if you really want to.

Found a post on the Steam forums that might interest you if you're in this boat.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=33049516&postcount=1

Awesome. Thank you.

 

[ResonanceSD]

What's the answer?
Pucker up and accept the winds of change and rely on emulation or on people like GOG to make old games compatible?,
Stay in the past and accept that new games won't work?
or insist that the PC as a platform must remain 100% backwards compatible irrespective of the dead ends it'd have to keep around to achieve that?

None of the above. The answer is to get a new OS, faster than every 11 years. Windows 7 is objectively better than XP.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

I hear you loud and clear.

However, I must admit that, while I still use XP for embedded and pro purposes, my gaming and multimedia life has to take place in a decidedly 7 environment.

Don't get me wrong, I love XP, I hate 8.

But 7 is the mutt's nutts. Trust me.

 

[gigastar]

Who...cares?

Seriously, just get Windows 7

Or just not get XCOM, smart move on limiting the market for a game that has limited appeal already. I do agree that no one cares, now if it was a game that people cared about then people would actually complain.

People do care about XCOM, else the XCOM game OP would be complaining about would be the upcoming XCOM first (third?) person shooter, and not the XCOM turn-based tactical-shooter.