Zero Punctuation: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Aw. After all the drama surrounding it, the fan-hate and the changes the developers promised etc., I was kind of hoping it would be good. Not really fitting to X-COM (neither in terms of gameplay nor in style) as that seemed out of the question, but good in its on right. Too bad.
Oh so it's a generic shooter a la Syndicate 2012 with just the odd reference to the original series with crap management of squadmates. Well I'm still trying to finish XCOM: Enemy Unknown so as amazing as this sounds I'll just go back on that, though the whole "Mission to Base to Mission to Base" thing of XCOM: EU puts me in a trance.
Good video, loved the increase of pace in the voice, though I think I preferred being called "Not you" to refer to an attractive person for the Expo advert.
Good video, loved the increase of pace in the voice, though I think I preferred being called "Not you" to refer to an attractive person for the Expo advert.
What, no lengthy rant about how awful the squaddie AI is? Just a token joke about sitting on a grenade? Because, seriously, based on the footage I've seen the AI seems to have been designed specifically to piss players off. You send them to a spot and they run there with a complete disregard for anything that might be shooting at them or even standing directly in their way (Noah "Spoony" Antweiller said he saw a teammate try to run through a giant alien on his way to the cover spot, and of course get instantly killed by it), and if they do manage to survive long enough to get into cover, they'll immediately get up again and run somewhere else because they have nothing but contempt for you, the mission, or the notion of self-preservation.
Or how about the fact that it's yet another game based entirely around the concept of shooting from cover and that the snap-into-cover mechanic manages to be both overzealous and too picky at the same time. Seriously, this game was practically made to have Yahtzee tear everything about it to pieces and instead he spends almost the whole video complaining about the dull story.
Or how about the fact that it's yet another game based entirely around the concept of shooting from cover and that the snap-into-cover mechanic manages to be both overzealous and too picky at the same time. Seriously, this game was practically made to have Yahtzee tear everything about it to pieces and instead he spends almost the whole video complaining about the dull story.
That's pretty much my take too, most of the time. In this particular instance though, it's more that his "review" is reinforcing the opinion I'd already made.DataSnake said:
I'll still probably get the game eventually on a Steam sale or something. I'm just not eager to bound down to the Best Buy and add it to my collection of discs I paid too much for.
Showing my age but did anyone play [link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM:_Interceptor"]XCOM Interceptor[/link]?
I'm one of the 5 people who bought and liked that game. I think the base management, mission choice, and research components were really well done. The actual flying was crappy compared to X Wing but then again nothing could ever beat that.
I'm one of the 5 people who bought and liked that game. I think the base management, mission choice, and research components were really well done. The actual flying was crappy compared to X Wing but then again nothing could ever beat that.
I kind of liked the first rendition of this too. Perhaps if it had realigned itself where it focused more towards investigation than shooting aliens, and not turn into the squad shooter it is now, it might have been a better product.
Considering the recent announcement of Burial At Sea, it sounds like more people would be interested in a game that's focused on investigative work with a light coating of shooter elements.
Considering the recent announcement of Burial At Sea, it sounds like more people would be interested in a game that's focused on investigative work with a light coating of shooter elements.
It kind of feels like 2K had poured so much money into the game that by the time the backlash happened and Enemy Unknown got released and loved that they still had to release declassified to earn their money back. I kinda see two executives from 2K talking about "Just get it out so we can break even and forget about it. Then get back to work on Enemy Within."
Nah, I mostly liked it too. The shooting and squad control mechanics were pretty awesome (even if the squaddie AI could use some work), and that whole thing with the Prisoner was fucking amazing. Best twist I've ever seen in a game, especially since it was reinforced by the fact that it's actually in a game.kiri2tsubasa said:
My only real complaints with it are the frequently-suicidal squad AI and the fact that, as a prequel to Enemy Unknown (which 2k has apparently said it is), it simply doesn't work. It just doesn't fit into the lore at all, to any reasonable degree.
For some reason this episode reminded me of how good the "cartoon" is of this show. Even just the small things. Sometimes the on-screen stuff is even funnier than what Yahtzee is saying.
Oh and that includes the often hilarious end bits
Oh and that includes the often hilarious end bits