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  Well that's nice because it was already in the game that shipped and just not turned on. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Also unfinished at launch : Rehevkor
  • Well, they could have been like capcom or did this like they did some of the DLC with Bioshock 2.......so... : soundcreepy
  • That's not true at all; it was a completely unfinished feature that caused tons of issues if you hacked t... : OverloadUT
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  these seem like thigns that would have increased the initial response to this game. wonder why they didn... : vitek r
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    You could read the article and find out in about half a minute! : Sexpansion Pack
    • it was rhetorical : vitek r
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  Read this interview on Second Wave and why it wasn't available at launch: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com... : Rehevkor
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    You can't say the guy doesn't listen to the community. : Lunatic Angelic
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      i don't think i've ever met a dev who is more sincere than jake. when he talks there is absolutely zero b... : dahanese
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        He's got a certain I don't know, je n'ai sais quoi going on with his tutelage from Sid and his own fandom... : Lunatic Angelic
        • i always had a blast working with him. he's also nuts. ever since CivRev he was a pile of awesome every t... : dahanese
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  I've only been playing about a week, and got beat down on Normal Ironman. Those of you who do Impossible ... : Firefly1985
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    Yeah, this game really doesn't need more difficulty injected into it. Classic or higher difficulty is al... : Pixelbeast
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      Nah classic is not luck oriented. In my classic ironman playthrough I lost only 3 guys the entire game. I : OverloadUT
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        The "all flanking hits are crits" flag sounds interesting. Should ratched up the tension, as I'm sure tha... : Rehevkor
        • Yeah. I probably won't play much with the options that add more chance, but things like that which change... : OverloadUT
      • Only three? Sheesh, as if I didn't feel dumb about X-Com already... : Firefly1985
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      Being good at XCOM is about ensuring you can win even in the worst possible roll of the dice. : Goncyn
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        This is a really great succinct version of what I've said a bunch of times when trying to give advice for... : OverloadUT
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          Stupid Xcom Rookie Question I'm trying to get Satellites up ASAP, but I cannot seem to get Engineers v... : Firefly1985
          • You can get engineers 3 ways: 1. Select abduction missions with engineers as a reward. However, this a... : OverloadUT
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  Are there any bug fixes with the update? Seems strange that they haven't really patched the game. I kee... : ForcedEvolutionaryVirus
  • A few it looks like: http://store.steampowered.com/news/9701/ There's been a number of patches: ht... : deadearth
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  Calling this DLC is a bit of a stretch : kill9
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    Well it adds a new significant feature to the game. I don't see why that isn't DLC? I mean I guess you co... : OverloadUT
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      A big patch? It unlocks some options. This is what we used to call a "minor patch". DLC to me implies... : kill9
      • I feel like you're nitpicking. This unlocks a huge amount of replayability with the game, in a feature th... : OverloadUT
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      If you go to Steam and list the DLC for this game, this patch isn't on the list, hence it's not DLC. N... : el0j
      • Actually you're just plain incorrect about that. On Steam, if they release free DLC, you cannot play the ... : OverloadUT
  • "DLC" is the new "patch." : pigvomit
  • Agreed, but the publisher no doubt wants to brag about free dlc and count it as full dlc when the inevit... : Pixelbeast
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  My big problem with this game is the spawning of enemies. If one of your final moves causes enemies to sp... : sammyl
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    I hate that the enemy gets a free move when you discover them. So lame. : pigvomit
    • The whole game would be trivially easy if you removed that free move, because they're all out in the open... : OverloadUT
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    This is why you make your first move in your turn the farthest one, then make sure no one else moves fart... : Rehevkor
    • great comment preview : boring gegtik
    • Once you get Ghost armor, it's really awesome to cloak and then just double move WAY the fuck in to their... : OverloadUT
  • if your final move causes enemies to spawn and the rest of your team is in overwatch, you win. When my fi... : HockeyJohnston
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    You fix it by having TUs like JA2 and the original X-Com, not the arbitrary two-action limit of this game... : kill9
    • How would that fix it? If all of the mechanics were the same except that you had TUs, you'd be in the sam... : OverloadUT
  • They're not spawning. All of the aliens are on the map (with some exceptions like in bomb diffusal missio... : OverloadUT
• I'll play with all of these options except Total Loss I think. If I survive the mission, yet someone dies... : cygnus