Strategies Are Endless in XCOM: Enemy Unknown Mulitiplayer

That sure was alot of grenade throwing. I thought the limit (aside from perks) was one grenade per match per unit... Few alien types unknown. How likely is it you think that Ethereal's are still in the game. I'd say 110%!

To be fair, base defense missions could be pretty bland when the best strategy was to put one tunnel that served as the entrance and then toss in a stream of proximity mines to guard it. One huge change, in a sense, is the absence of time units for actions. But having played games like Valkyria Chronicles, I think XCom's blend of 'two actions' per character per turn allows for great squad cohesion when planning tactics. It will probably play a huge role for the Impossible difficulty too.

They seem to have modeled it on tabletop games, like Warhammer 40K. I'm not going to knock it until I try it. Randomized co-op missions could be fun too though.

It's possible base defense could be saved for a future expansion pack actually; it might just be that they don't know how to get it to work properly with the current 'ant farm' set up they have.

Guy doing the interview sounds like JP from Grandma's Boy.

lol, i got an advert for xcom, before the vid loaded, the only ad i don't skip.

Good thing you don't have to play it.

Skyrim was overrated but well above mediocre. Bioshock deserved all the praise it got. If you don't like those games, then what DO you like to play. I'm genuinely curious.

Ethereal's look all thin when you do an autopsy on them.. maybe they are the new thin man? Thin men are aliens that make all the deals and pacts with all the different governments. Ethereal's were the rarely seen psi alien that sent others to do the dirty work, so they have conflicting roles within the two games but maybe they swapped the one for the other?

Thin men are the Snakeman. It's a released fact.

I loved snakemen its a shame they got cut

No 2v2?

Bitch please... It was top coment. Ok ok... they both are correct.

DEMO IS OUT ON STEAM!

1:10 the chrysalid just couldnt take the presusre of melee fighting that badarse.

the why are you watching a video about the game?...

the chrysalid is a weak alien but when he kills one of his enemies he puts an egg in his brain transforming him into a zombie that after a while mutates into another chrysalid. It sounds disgusting but it's pretty cool !!

blech turn based pvp? terrible idea. i don't understand why they didn't make CO-OP. that's where the fun is

jeez i dunno, maybe because im a fan of the original and i hoped it would be good. fuck you.

lol, go play in the park in baggy clothes you waste of flesh

Jake has talked about steamworks support, so modding is a possibility, but nothing is confirmed.

vanu

Dude... go back to English spelling class

Glad to see they didn't skimp on the multiplayer. Multiplayer in tactical games is so overlooked its a crime. Unfortunately most people have too much of the ADD to play multiplayer turn based games.

@KillswitchNTMinus October 9th in the U.S. 12th everywhere else.

taking the fight to the trolls i see,good job

Despite the negative comment, what MrRocksy said is a good idea. I would like to see it.

THANKS!! :-]

the game comes out tomorrow i don't think they have time lol

4:54 for "Deal Tons of Damage."

i hate cnet now

No I think you just dont have gold lmfao

I imagine a Game that had a Decent camera Building disection for units inside but alas i imagined a game that had cover worked out vs material size etc but alas I imagined this game when it said chance to hit 100% did no mean 0 nada nothing NULL never WHAT THE HELL a sniper that can't hit at any distance Err how is this guy a Sniper MUTTON Size of a small car SNIPER missed ASSUALT 1 square away LMG MISSED assualt rifle at sniper distance woo 5 bars down this game is BROKEN.

does the multiplayer work? when I've tried it just bugs out

dafuq did I just read...

Fail game, good for one full game, and then its forgotten, not a true Xcom game. Unfortunately it is so. CoOp Campaing with a lot more troop training and weapon load outs (different weapons, different grenades) Can you imagine ? the game has a basic grenade type and a smoke grenade type. There is no gas/sleep/stun/electric/shock grenades in the game ? I guess working for the 59.90 euros is too hard for the game developer. one shotgun, one rifle, one sniper rifle and one "minigun" and pistol

dude,your life is BROKEN get over it..

Sounds like you didn't quite get the concept of the game :) Try checkers.

That multiplayer mode, including the oh-so-new point system, is just what UFO 2000 has been doing for ages. Just not as pretty.

Why are there no daylight missions? I don't get it. Original X-COM had those and the atmosphere was still pretty creepy..

I think there are.

Effective, but risky. Those two troops are going to take all of your points. Having two super-units will help you against a defensive player, where you can pick them off one at a time. However, you could struggle against an aggressive player. Consider a team of six supports, each with a light plasma rifle (Only rifle with +10 aim) and a scope (another +10 aim). More units = more actions per turn. There's even enough points left for a few skeleton suits, so they can rush you even faster.

Pretty sure he meant that was the only reason he got it.

i lol on the floor at 0:52

you have no clue what you're talking about this game is super boss

You probably played the game for like two seconds... The sniper starts out barly knowing nothing and having low chances to hit when they level up snipers have a VERY HIGH chance to hit even at lvl 3 seargant they barley ever miss. Also the fact you had a LMG up that close makes you a idiot in my opinion you should have either dashed out let another soldier shoot first dash away or throw a grenade at a perfect angle if it does not risk your cover

Mind Control ruined the MP for me. It's just so fucking cheap. I wish that there was an option to play WITHOUT mind control online, would be a lot more fun, since most players tend to hang back, spam overwatch and MC your troops as soon as their Sec. Commander sees one, then he basically has an advantage for 4 turns, and can MC again after 5. Bullshit.

If by endless you mean pick all mind control and win 100% of the time.

the original XCOM were much better than this crap bullshit remake of XCOM... shame Jake Solomon shame on you as a hardcore fan