Current Events > XCOM 2: War of the Chosen Announced

(+) Yeah! (+)

Comes out August 29th, info taken from the Steam store:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/593380/

XCOM® 2: War of the Chosen, is the expansion to the 2016 award-winning strategy game of the year.

XCOM® 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against ADVENT when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.

NEW FACTIONS & HERO CLASSES
Three additional factions have emerged to strengthen Earth's resistance – the Reapers, Skirmishers and Templars – each with its own unique abilities and contrasting philosophies. These factions provide powerful hero class soldiers to aid in missions and new opportunities for the strategy layer.

THE CHOSEN
The Chosen are the most cunning enemies XCOM has ever faced, each with unique strengths and weaknesses that will be introduced with each new campaign. The Chosen are on the hunt for the Commander and will kidnap, interrogate, and kill XCOM’s soldiers to complete their objective. The Chosen can also invade the strategy layer and ravage XCOM’s global operations. Find and raid the Chosen’s strongholds to defeat the enemy for good.

NEW ALIEN & ADVENT THREATS
A deadly new alien known as the Spectre, capable of creating dark copies of XCOM soldiers, has snuck onto the battlefield. Adopt new tactics to counter it as well as the explosive attacks of the ADVENT Purifier and the psionically charged ADVENT Priest.

NEW ENVIRONMENTS AND MISSION OBJECTIVES
Engage in tactical missions across new environments from abandoned cities devastated by alien bioweapons during the original invasion, to underground tunnels and xenoformed wilderness regions.

ENHANCED STRATEGY LAYER
Manage XCOM’s relations with factions and counter The Chosen’s operations from the Avenger. Employ new Resistance Orders to prioritize your personal strategy. Soldiers, scientists, and engineers can now be deployed for Covert Actions that award supplies and boost faction favor if successfully completed.

GREATER CUSTOMIZATION & REPLAYABILITY
Soldiers can develop bonds with compatible teammates for new abilities and perks. The SITREP system dynamically adds new modifiers to the tactical layer to make sure every mission provides a unique challenge. Advanced campaign options allow for finer adjustments to game length and difficulty.

CHALLENGE MODE
Utilize the perfect strategy in new regular one-shot community challenges to claim the top spot on the global leaderboard.

SHARE THE RESISTANCE
Customize and pose your soldiers, then add filters, text and backgrounds to generate your own unique resistance posters that appear in-game and can be shared with friends.

Requires XCOM® 2 game. Sold separately.

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My body is not ready
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chill you need to figure out how to play hearts of iron 4. shit is legit now that I am starting to understand it a little.
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but xcooooooooooooooooooom
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@Darkman124
@Antifar
@I_Like_Toast
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How much is it gonna cost? There's already so much I wanna get in August.
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Based on the previous Firaxis expansions, I'm thinking $30
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oy

i still havent started playing xcom2 reg
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I'd like to play XCOM 2, but it feels like a game best experienced on a PC. And I'm too lazy to get one of those.
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@clearaflagrantj
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

I'd like to play XCOM 2, but it feels like a game best experienced on a PC. And I'm too lazy to get one of those.

I put ~50 hours in on Xbox without a hitch
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Antifar posted...

GeneralKenobi85 posted...

I'd like to play XCOM 2, but it feels like a game best experienced on a PC. And I'm too lazy to get one of those.

I put ~50 hours in on Xbox without a hitch

I remember reading though at release that the console version lacked a couple very minor features. Not a big deal, but still kind of bugs me. Although I never actually looked into that, so it could have been false.
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Any word of a console port?
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IIRC the only thing missing from the console versions are mods. It's a turn based game so I don't think there's any drawbacks to using a controller.

Speaking of mods, that reminds me that I should probably keep an eye out for anything that could wreck the new expansion, although most of what I have are extra cosmetic options.
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alphagamble posted...

Any word of a console port?

This is coming to PS4 and Xbox at launch
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chill02 posted...

IIRC the only thing missing from the console versions are mods. It's a turn based game so I don't think there's any drawbacks to using a controller.

Speaking of mods, that reminds me that I should probably keep an eye out for anything that could wreck the new expansion, although most of what I have are extra cosmetic options.

Ever since I found voice packs I've gotten a new love for the game. Nothing like Wrex running around with the voice of Duke Nukem blasting aliens.
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So... how's this gonna work with LW2?
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SlashmanSG posted...

So... how's this gonna work with LW2?

one of the reasons I didn't bother with it
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Where's the XCOM Declassified sequel? :V
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Oh boy, now I can lose even harder

SSJGrimReaper posted...

Where's the XCOM Declassified sequel? :V

next to MGSV
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I'm very okay with this.
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chill02 posted...

The Chosen are the most cunning enemies XCOM has ever faced, each with unique strengths and weaknesses that will be introduced with each new campaign. The Chosen are on the hunt for the Commander and will kidnap, interrogate, and kill XCOM’s soldiers to complete their objective. The Chosen can also invade the strategy layer and ravage XCOM’s global operations. Find and raid the Chosen’s strongholds to defeat the enemy for good.

Incoming rage

True. I'll play it again for this
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Gif August
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fuck yes. after that comes out, then the long war started integrating into it, i am gonna start my ultimate campaign
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

I'd like to play XCOM 2, but it feels like a game best experienced on a PC. And I'm too lazy to get one of those.

Don't worry, it's a good port.

Anyway, I love how Firaxis is like, "So here is your list of things you wanted in XCOM? Oh gee, I don't know ... what if we just give you ... EVERYTHING YOU WANTED!". They are like the Oprah of video game developers.

Hello darkness, my old friend, I mean XCOM.
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SGT_Conti posted...

I'm very okay with this.

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xcom isn't that bad, especially after playing city of mordheim.
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"Customize and pose your soldiers, then add filters, text and backgrounds to generate your own unique resistance posters that appear in-game and can be shared with friends."

Propaganda time.
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more info

http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/14/e3-2017-extensive-details-on-xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen
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Another completely revamped system is Will. Before it only affected psionic abilities, but now it’s a full-on fatigue system that will force you to rotate your soldiers out of combat to let them rest, or face some pretty nasty consequences.

welp
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I really want XCOM 2. And its on sale on Steam.

But I'm broke. Weak.
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chill02 posted...

Another completely revamped system is Will. Before it only affected psionic abilities, but now it’s a full-on fatigue system that will force you to rotate your soldiers out of combat to let them rest, or face some pretty nasty consequences.

welp

OH MY GOD YES. Day one buy..... for my broke ass

From what I read, fatigued soldiers can pick up bad habits and have a chance to go rogue in missions, so to speak (e.g. they might want to reload after every move, or choose to fire during their turn if you tell them to go into overwatch)
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Teddytalks posted...

OH MY GOD YES. Day one buy..... for my broke ass

It's an expansion of what long war 2 does
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yeah, a few of the changes are basically making official versions of some of the workshop mods, but I'm not complaining
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any changes to the mech unit to make them not suck?
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Xeno14 posted...

any changes to the mech unit to make them not suck?

Sparks? Says they'll be tougher, more accurate and can add mods to their guns. So yeah
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chill02 posted...

From what I read, fatigued soldiers can pick up bad habits and have a chance to go rogue in missions, so to speak (e.g. they might want to reload after every move, or choose to fire during their turn if you tell them to go into overwatch)

So ... exactly like the originals? Sweet. I mean, there were a lot of bunk-ass systems in the original, but the way soldiers would flip out was not one of them.