XCOM: Enemy Unknown - FIRAXIS, TURN-BASED

[Diff-chan]

I started the game with a gamepad on PC, but the mouse pointer is still showing. Anyone else have this issue?

[Diff-chan]

Okay I am playing at classic and have already done a reload - there is a lot more going on in this game than I thought. I need to be more careful.

This looks like the best thing Firaxis has done since vanilla Civ 4.

[epmode]

I started the game with a gamepad on PC, but the mouse pointer is still showing. Anyone else have this issue?

It's a bug introduced after the first patch. Minor mouse glitch aside, the game is still pretty buggy.

I'm disappointed that they haven't patched quicker on PC. It looks like they're trying to release the next patch across all platforms simultaeously so we're stuck waiting for Microsoft/Sony certification.

[Diff-chan]

All Firaxis games are buggy for the first few months. This is going back to Civ II.

[sleeve]

About to start the alien base again on my second Classic Ironman playthrough. I abandoned my first after losing two entire squads. I probably could have continued playing - my economy was pretty solid - but it was late and I was pissed.

So far I'm at the end of month 3, research is on track. I'm fully lasered up with carapace armor, Satellite Nexus will finish building at the end of the month, plasma research on the way.

Research credits are an *enormous* help. To the point where I don't see the need to buy a laboratory at all.

Of all the classes, it sucks to lose snipers the most. This is because snipers are pretty much useless until they have Squadsight. I think the loss of my vet sniper in my last playthrough is what hurt me the most. That, and the fact that I ran missions with Squadsight-less snipers.

I've also found that the base management is a lot more complex and interesting than I first thought. It's like playing a real-time strategy game: money in the bank is useless, spend whatever money you have, don't build any more items/facilities than you need, anticipate when you need uplinks/power so you don't get bottlenecked. Very clever stuff.

[Dolemite]

I am really interested in XCOM after reading all the comments in this thread. Any word on how the console versions stack up against the PC?

[Diff-chan]

From what I've read, all are fine. The game plays great with a gamepad and this isn't Firaxis' first time around the console block.

[Cowutopia]

I had a blast on xbox.
It was awesome.
Do it Dole!

[Dolemite]

I...Imma do it!

[Cowutopia]

This game is on sale EVERYWHERE today, you can find it for about 35 bucks. That makes me sad. This game must not be performing too well.

Don't quote me on that though, I haven't looked at numbers.