112 new things in XCOM 2: War of the Chosen (Yes, seriously)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2017
- After grilling XCOM 2's Creative Director at this year's E3, Chris has put together a ridiculously large list of new features that we can expect from its upcoming expansion, XCOM 2: War of the Chosen. We think he might like this game.
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"Throws money at the screen"
"Misses"
Try, try again!
Darth Vader but way shittier “I’ll get it next time!”
Thats xcom baby
Save scum and take the shot again, game shouldn't let you miss a 94% shot!
thastunt101010 it should happen so rarely that you actually don’t expect it.
If one of the negative traits isn't a fear of Crysallids, then I'm refunding. Everyone should be scared shitless of them.
Lawgamer411 During the reveal they said that one of the negative traits that soldiers could acquire was being afraid of certain enemies, causing them to panick if they spotted one. Probably that includes chrysalids.
How do you live long enough to develop a fear of them? :D
Lawgamer411 in my game it's the commander that has that trait
Preach (Johnny)
Lawgamer411 I lost 3 of my highest ranking guys because of one mistake to chrysallids
"you can't form bonds with spark units"
Well that's a day 1 mod
But... But...Tachikoma???
Rule 34
"The sex number"
Heh, never gets old.
We can finally make XCOM operatives breed to create new super soldiers!! Eugenics!!
then long war 2 just got even HARDER..... giggity
The Juice - I live at the sex number :p
@@Autechltd two ranger colonels boom you have death
So it's basically like an entirely new game except without that new game price?
...bravo firaxis. THAT is how you do an expansion. I haven't even gotten any of the DLC for this game yet so I'll wait until this expansion comes out and experience it all at the same time.
Jackman LeBlanc I know. Its an actual expansion pack.
"So it's basically like an entirely new game except without that new game price?"
Well, actually it's pretty damn close.
Honestly, jesus christ. You can tell they looked at the Original Beast XCOM:EU&EW, this is crazy. I'm literally too hyped, the mods are gonna make this even more insanely amazing. Sigh.. 5 days.
God the last DLC from orignal XCOM got 90+ in reviews.. Bet money this goes past 95+.
It isn't entirely new game but without new game price.
It's just some new content and some old content reworked a bit for almost the price of new game.
Long War mod is more of the new game with how much it changes than this expansion.
Man when Jake Soloman said that this could have been packaged as Xcom 3, he wasn't lying
Now that's what I call game journalism. Good job, Chris.
XCOM: friendship is magic
Mellow Root hello... princessander
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
and now im going to play a game where i name EVERY SOLDIER A SILLY PONY NAME
hello sergeant Sunset Prancer, lets take pictures with your bond friend captain Twisty Manes
oh this will be hilarious, watching silly named soldiers die and the survivors mourn Dr Whooves who tragically got beaten to death by a berserker
It's Dr. Hooves.
AND magic is friendly! ;)
This is starting to sound less like DLC and more like XCom 2.5...
Eugene Quek here's how I see it "Xcom hmm, I could say 3 but people LOVE xcom 2, so instead of risking a sequel with new engine and design etc, lets basically add a whole new story element to xcom 2!" Sounds great either way?
And btw this isn't a complaint I would prefer it this way, I get to keep my characters 😊
Dogma 515 lol u mean u can continue the old campaign with the new changes or because u saved the templates of ur favorite characters?
This is starting to sound less like DLC and more like expansion (you know, these things that existed 10 years ago)
All hail expansion packs!
Back in my day we called that Expansions. Companies actualy released complete games without butchering it to get every nickel and dime with DLCs.Then when they had a good idea to expand on the game after it's release they released these expansions for 20-30$ and most of the time they were worth the money.
This sounds like more content than the base game. :O
i agree :))
How is it possible that some people are so much in love with mods that in contrast they have to hate the base game that make them possible?
The community is straight up calling this DLC 'XCOM 3' instead of 'Terror of the deep'
Thing is I've heard this stuff was actualy supposed to be used for Xcom 3 but they decided to make a DLC out of it. While that might sound like a boast, with this much stuff, whole new interfaces and base game edits, I'd believe it.
Kegan682 Guess they just ran out of ideas about how to improve the base engine so they stuck with it.
XCOM: Dungeons and Dragons edition.
Best crossover 2k17
Mr Copycat or darkest dungeon because of the random traits and shit
or fire emblem because of bonds
Paul C
Yeh! Bonds will be pretty interesting, and the RNG will go as nuts as Darkest Dungeon or Dungeons and Dragons.
have you played dragon age inqusition or divinity original sin?
Tristan Knarr Didnt play Divinity and I didnt finish DA, but yeah, the bond system (and gift exploit) were quite interesting.
You mean I can't have a robosexual bond with my SPARK?! THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.
Lawgamer411 maybe someone would make a mod
They damn well better. My Optimus Prime and Lily Red are best friends forever, dammit.
That's what international waters were made for, laddie!
but......my bastion ships, I WANT TO NAME A SPARK BASTION AND HAVE ROBOMANCE WITH OTHER SOLDIERS
"You could always move to Space Massachusetts."
"I think you mean Space TAXachusetts!"
photo booth=number 1 new mechanic
juan muffin no shit. That's amazing
cholericHematologist Excellent idea. I will do the same
Mid-horde make out session, one hand on the back of the neck and the other firing a pistol into the crowd?
We need to make a petition to get Firaxis to implement this
James Ashcroft, you are right
7:15 Love that, 100% to hit a tiny explosive, but a big fat hovering ball nononono -40% aim
Clearly size was not a consideration in the coding
Gatekeeper: 10 % shot: crit for 15 dmg
@@mariqnpetkov1714 the way xcom2's single roll system works, if a shot has higher crit rate than to hit, and it hits, it will automatically crit. So if you have a 10% hit rate and an 11% crit rate, and you roll the 90 to hit, you've also rolled over the 89 required to crit. Mathematically, this system is dumb, but it only shows its flaws when crit rate is higher than hit, which is quite rare to set up.
Well, this list feature got out of hand. -Chris
yup
#112 - Will the performance improvements only be for the expansion or will they be applied to the base game as well?
Eurogamer I'm a super huge XCOM fan and I'm literally just sitting here going yes yes yes yes this looks so good
There's 3 new Advent/Alien units that he didn't mention too: The Spectre (it create dark copies of your soldiers), Advent Purifier and Advent Priest.
The feature list *is* huge, but at that price I'd pretty much be expecting a whole new game.
now I need to go uninstall all 163 of my active mods when this dlc comes out (10 minute load times were annoying anyway)
I only have two in my
It seems a lot the features were popular mods anyway (Bonds).
Use XCOM 2 mod launcher (google it). Its essential. I use 400 mods and it loads in 20 seconds (one part is a fast computer but the mod launcher is like 10 times faster than vanilla).
Aesthetic stuff, I'd imagine, will remain compatible.
Does it really load it up faster? Why?
Now imagine when LW2 becomes integrated with War of the Chosen. Goodbye Life.
Alex Nightingale we can actually agree that it is 100% impossible to survive with both combined...
If LW2 is unchanged with exception to compatibility, yea, probably. But I find it more likely that LW2 will be changed drastically to be balanced and to use the features in WOTC in new ways.
Alex Nightingale Long War of the Chosen.
Long War 2 is better, I honestly couldn't go to WoTC without LW.
As someone who has put over 150 hours into Xcom 2, points 101 and 112 were not boring, but some of the best points on the list.
Rowan Church FREEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!! Right?
#113:
Every time you miss a critical 90+% shot, you should hear a clip of Jake Solomon on the XCOM radio saying "That's XCOM, baby!"
GameOverV1 That should be a mod.
WTF?I knew that this Expansion will be big,but there are some Series gamechangers in this Expansion.
Did you get it, and if so, how did you like it?
Anyone else wish that the Resistance had attack dogs? You could give them cybernetic implants late game. Would work really well with the Bonding system.
And then your favorite attack doggo dies a pointless death and you relive the memories of when ou had to say goodbye to your family dog 😭
Zach Opal and then PETA will come find the developers of XCOM 2
ew PETA
gremlins are the attack dogs
Cybernetic enhancements would be cool for soldiers
xcom 2- the war of the chosen; killing aliens with the power of friendship.
Never knew that the power of friendship allowed the use of more dakka.
Mornan Anchy
No, it is My Little Pony.
tfw the power of friendship now belongs to mlp instead of anime.
creativityfails1
I know, what a strange time to be alive.
Xcom Emblem activate, chose your S-support ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ha! We get a Titan, Warlock and a Hunter nice
Thana Tos and all of these three are hunting us down :D
Thana Tos and there in a game that's actually good to boot!
Cuong Le yes but they are even more similar to the destiny classes
Thana Tos you have made my day
Thana Tos *assasiiiiiiiiin*
I'm pretty sure a bonded person who loses his/her partner will no doubt become a *lone wolf* type for quite a while which can be another cool perk tree/type.
Aron Estabillo The devs said they thought about that soldier not being able to forge another bond after that and going to visit their memorial at the avenger. but they thought that was too depressing so that's not in.
Jacob Malone well someone's gonna mod it in somehow
If the bondmate dies the person can bond with someone else but prob won’t cause when bonds are formed it is hard to form new ones with someone not already taken if the bondmate if the dead is on the mission they died at they will go insane and panic
People are going to forget about the Templar's auto pistol because if Halo has proven anything, it's that sword > pistol. Every. Single. Time.
At least, usually.
Except when dealing with Mutons, aye?
80% of the time, works every time.
Now THIS is a well crafted, high quality with awesome information video. I would +2 if I could.
Huh. Sounds like Jake Solomon has been playing a lot of Valkyria Chronicles. I'm OK with this.
could you please explain how because im a little bit confused on that
The main bit is the buddy system and the buff/debuff system he makes mention of. It's a huge part of VC; certain soldiers may not get on with certain other soldiers/races/genders and it'll affect their combat performance, and they'll have friendships with certain other soldiers that allow them to perform a special attack together.
The buff/debuff system ("a character might develop a fear of mutons, for example") is also very similar; a character in VC may have a fear or hatred of a specific class or hostile soldier and it'll affect their combat ability when dealing with that specific class (attack strength lowered if they fear, increased if they hate them).
Solomon has very clearly been inspired by these VC systems, but so long as they're well implemented they will lend themselves well to XC2.
Considering that Enemy Unknown's action camera was apparently inspired by Valkyria Chronicles according to him, he should definitely know of it. And yes, some of the new features like the simultaneous bondmate shooting looks to be inspired by that game.
You're right, I remember hearing this; I wasn't aware it had inspiration from Fallout 3's V.A.T.S. system as well, though!
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/xcom-enemy-unknown-designer-jake-solomon-talks-about-the-pressure-of-satisfying-fans-while-making-your-dream-game/
From what I remember from Valkyria Chronicles it was that the buddy system and buff/debuff was set by default from when I played the game. It seems more like the buddy System from Fire Emblem where it developes over time based on who you basically ship. I've only seem the a similar debuff/buff system like this from darkest dungeon too but who knows because inspiration can be drawn from multiple sources.
I don't need it.
I don't need it.
I don't need it.
But I neeeeeeed iiiiit!
Imagine how long long war 2 is gonna be
Hero of Fates Peacemaker Pill :3 I think we can officially call this expansion XCOM 3
Carmelle The Ultimate Dark Lord Xcom 3: HOW FUCKING LONG IS THIS
Carmelle The Ultimate Dark Lord They were thinking of making it new game believe it or not. They chose the expansion route for lack of new narrative to use.
making it 90% through long war and then getting to a spot where you literally can't win is going to be EXTRA fun now.......
dont forget doing it on ironman!
So who else think that Chosen are gonna be OP as hell, making Avatars (who are supposed to be some Uber-Super-creatures) little bitches?
One thing I'm excited for is that this expansion will tone down the alien rulers. When ever I encounter them I lose a few of my soldier while the survivors will require more than 14 days to recover. Planning on using the Skirmisher to troll the alien rulers. Let's see how they like it!!!
+Shadow82 They're pretty easy after getting magnetic or plasma, but that's on commander though. Still my biggest issue with them was that they almost every single time appeared on timed missions or retaliation in the worst moment. I'm playing legend now and I don't plan to see them before I get plasma...
The posters can also appear in your ship- for instance, during a gameplay interview, I saw one of the posters of bonded soldiers pop up in the bar afterwards. With space being a premium in the Avenger, I was kind of hoping they might add more facilities, instead of breaking one facility into three; hopefully we still have room to cram everything in.
so my four custom made soldiers meant to look like me and my real friends will actually become friends
I haven't got any of the dlc yet, I'm going to get all three at once
they may all be friends but they wont all have bonds
I cant wait for the "no fatigue" mod
hans Haperle You mean like the xry baby mod of disabling the timers?
That too. Two things i hate.
VaciliNikoMavich I'm glad they actually added longer timer options. Because some gamers like to just enjoy a game instead of substituting in game achievement for real life achievement like you sound like you do.
That is the reason you must love mods. Lets change what you dont like about the game to make it even better.
I love how you assume that is what I like to do.
I know why the timers are in the game. You have to be aggressive and play the game, rather than taking your time too much. Its their attempt to tell you "Time is of the essence to beat this."
Can I "bond" with a snek?
LeBronze James lmao just find a mod that allows you to have snek soldiers aaannndddd DONE
snek
I’m a slithering snel
You know, they could make multiplayer interesting if they added a sort of 'invasion' multiplayer mode where players can play as a alien and invade a player's map, controlling preset mobs.
This means:
1) The chosen are going to invade anyways so they can't savescum to avoid them in a battle (defined at the start of the map's creation).
2) They choose to remain online, hence whenever a chosen invades that battle a random player always joins.
You missed the new OP feature - trough the Cover Operation you may increase permanently the base stats of your units. For example - on my fav Ranger I have dodge 65 and move: 16. Add to this right equipment like Wraith (+25 dodge, + 2 Move, grapple) she becomes almost invincible and can reach almost every unit when battle start. Add to that some of the unique weapons (like katana) and OMG ...
Traits?
Are we Darkest Dungeon now?
MUST WE REMIND OURSELVES THAT
O V E R C O N F I D E N C E
I S
A S L O W
A N D
I N S I D I O U S
K I L L E R?
yeah we need a mod with the DD narrator
noooo yet another RNG game reference! too similar hahaha
Hope we get more customization options. 8>
XCOM taking a few notes from darkest dungeon with the negative traits. I like it.
Going to be a nightmare going through my 70+ mods trying to figure out which work with this expansion. Guessing LW2 and everything related will not.
Standard procedure in these scenarios is to just disable (or even uninstall, to be sure) all the active mods and wait for the updated versions of each.
I'm also fairly sure at some point LW2 will have a new release including most of these new features with its own twist on them.
Hopefully for the better, as I've not been exactly in love with the mod so far, even if I have yet to try the 1.4 which apparently changed a lot of stuff I hated.
LW2 on release is theoretically possible as they communicated with Firaxis for some of those initial mods. Or at least those initial mods (the leader pack, aliens, and SMG) will likely be usable.
man should get on long war 2 1.3-1.4 so much better than the previous versions. if only because stealthing with 1-2 man is not the really viable also just love being able to send 3-5 man squads instead of either 1-2 stealth man or 8-12 man squads with no in between like it was in 1.0-1.2
I better hurry up and complete the main game.
MrAaronw94 i'm in the same boat. Bought the game just two weeks ago!
Sorry guys but I believe that not even me will survive this expansion with the Long war 2......but as a player I must at least try......in legendary ironman mode.......wish me fucking luck and may RNJesus stay by my side.
Hey, Dino Crisis disc in the back. Dude is old-school :)
Dat FFVIII tho me gusta
one thing I would love is if there was a really cool mission u had u can record it and play it back in real time with everyone moving fluidly
Just started the video and it's already XCOM: Fire Emblem. Nice.
Excellent video, it must have taken so much effort to grab such detailed notes on the day and then convey them all so detailed like you've done. Much appreciated, can't wait for this!
So many new things and changes... They could have slapped on a fresh coat of paint and called it XCOM3!.
I would buy it
That's how we keep getting more MW games. :((
@@AdriansCorner MW?
Getting ufo aftershock vibes from this, and thats no bad thing
exactly my thought !
I do like those turn timers, even though I am that guy that wants to move slowly. It forces you to make different decision than you might normally and shakes the game up. And it makes the missions that you get to take your time on a relief.
They added an option where you can adjust for easier time. Cause honestly, who sets explosives to go off when you have a freaking pod right on top of it. Like, if I didn't even break conceal they'd still kill themselves. Pretty odd, But they fixed it in this DLC :DDD
Serious, thank you guys so much for actually laying all the details out. I got none of this from the trailer and now I'm actually excited for the new content.
Will the final mission stop crashing whenever I load a save?
With the AWC being divided into 3 seperate facilities, will the avenger be made bigger to accomodate the change?
Oh God imagine you are in a huge fight with an bunch of aliens and then a horde of lost show up and suddenly both teams are like "Forget about them we need to SURVIVE!" and then both teams hunker down and just try to slow down the mass of zombies while also trying to sabotage the other. And then the like 3 people that survive duke it out at the end.
That wold be amazing.
Fuck yes! Heard from someone that they were done with XCOM, so glad more is coming, looks fucking amazing!
Really dig the format of this video. Great example of how to do a list video properly.
Have you seen that some of your characters faces can be placed onto holograms? I only found out earlier, its something pretty cool that you don't notice.
Forgot to mention the three new advent units
Have they sorted out the loading screens for PS4? I played xcom2 to completion once as some of the load screens at the end too up to 45mins to load
So much information!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video, it's concise yet informative. You've got yourself a new subscriber.
Reapers: sniper rifles, stealth, cloaks, edgy.
Skirmishers: assault rifles, battle lords, heavy armour, blunt and to the point.
Templars: psionics, sword and pistol combo, fancy clothing, mysterious.
hmmm, anyone else seeing a bit of Destiny in XCOM? (not that its a bad thing)
it'd make sense if a paniced soldier favors running towards a bondmate
hey can anyone help me? I cant get xcom 2 to work, I disabled long war two, but it didn't work, so I verified game files but that made it so I cant even start the game, I turned off all the mods and it still doesn't work please help!
part of me sorta wants a seperate little horde mode to do almost a defense mission against the lost. like being able to setup a small outpost with some automated guns and have a squad of humans or aliens and see how many waves you can survive. I know it isnt the most original, but it might be somewhat fun in xcom
Excellent video. Keep it up!
The 1 thing he didn't go over is the new customization options. I'd kill to create a soldier that has my voice implanted over his/her. And or having a soldier wear a TV as a helmet.
Augh, I'm looking forward to this so much. It sounds like it will add a ton of emergent narrative. And the photobooth sounds awesome.
This is the meatiest article/video about War of the Chosen. AND I LOVED IT!
From what Chris described, this isn't an expansion: this is pretty much a new game we're getting. AWESOME!
They took the fatigue system from Long War-arguably its best feature-and made it better? Well done, Firaxis.
Now THIS is quality content from a dev. This reminds me of the expansion packs of years ago. Well done!!
PS are we going to get to see the full 1 hour convo with Jake Solomon? I love that guy
obsessive reload is a nightmare
I want a huge war mission were you can take a number around 20 soldiers
If they switch over (Advent) for the mission do they join you in the Avenger as a trooper? Or just for the mission?
112 is Finlands emergency number... well now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
Could be neat if they also brought back a basic alien from the last x-com game who could appear in any mission, possibly later in the game if they are strong.
You deserve 1mil subs!
i already see one op anti lost move: the oneshot kill perk + gunslinger "one hit at all enemys"
My only question: have they fixed the bug where after a successful retreat the game screws up and declares someone safely headed home has been captured? I haven't had the heart to play since that happened to me.
missed opportunity i found (from what i understand) is bonds only go one way. it would have been great is during a bad missions solders got stressed and began harassing >arguing> fighting with each other as mistakes ECT were made. hurting the overall relationship and making them more likely to fight/ get distracted during fights.
I'm pretty sure that you forgot to mention that the SPARK units will get a much needed buff to things like base accuracy.
There'll be plenty of stuff I've missed, I'm sur - this is just based on the interview I had at E3. -Chris
So XCOM is basically adding shiny pokemon into the game, except the pokemon are your troops.
Sick.
I can't seem to unlock anything other than the standard talent tree for my regular soldiers.. and still have to choose between the two choices...
Looking fan-frickin'-tastic!! Great to hear the Second Wave options are being put back in. Really missed those.
but does it have a nemesis system?
xXN0cturnXx like in the Lord of the rings game?
Yeah Shadow of Mordor / upcoming War. Just kidding but would be cool.
xXN0cturnXx that would be cool. I have the first one, it was a great game. That nemesis system was nice and refreshing; a cool innovation. That would be really great for this game actually.
Heard it kinda has, actually. Some traits of the Chosen are randomized in each playthrough, and they can gain new ones over time in a way that is apparently similar to the Nemesis system. Think I heard their name was randomized too, but I'm not sure.
If you speedrun the shit out of it they seem to think it will only take you up to 2 (in game) weeks longer if you go by the exquisite timing achievement:
"Beat the game on Commander+ difficulty by July 1st (July 15th for War of the Chosen)"
I wonder if Advent get a special unit dedicated to putting Bratterz on his arse.
Did Jake say if they're adding more soldier voicepacks?
Jacob Byers no
Well I sure hope they do
Could do with Russian, Oriental e.g Chinese, and a middle eastern language adding, just for a bit of realism. EU had Russian, was disappointed to see that missing.
Ross B2 tbh I want to see More AUS accents and South African (Afrikaans and Zulu) English accents
With the voice actor strike having been going on for awhile, kinda hard to see any additional voices being added.
15:16
I don't believe it. I have spent the last week learning to mod so that I can add Beta strike to the game (and double turn timers because it's necessary with Beta strike) and today I learn its coming as a second wave option. I'm excited and also a bit frustrated.
1:48 - "Bum mate " :)
If I add a weapon upgrade to say a sniper rifle.
Then I upgrade sniper weapons.
Does the weapon add on stay with new upgraded rifle. Or do i lose it ?
Dude I was wondering what would be changed and added to the game with this expansion. Now that I know I am way way way more hyped for the release. Everything sounds incredible. I'm a huge fan of the X-COM series and I'm overjoyed with what it has become. I pre-ordered the dlc shortly after watching this video. Thank you for shedding light on what's happening when the expansion is released.
Does that poster to the far left of the screen say Coontown?
I have had a swarm of lost go after a warlock, whom doesnt seem equipped to deal with that enemy type, and just got wailed on
wait, so i could use the training facility to put squadsight on an assault? oh dear god this is going to be so much fun
How long will it take for Long war to update compatibility for this expansion
Wow, how will Pavonis incorporate all of this into LW2? There's just so much stuff!
a LOT of these 'new' features are basically mods that have been implemented into the game with modifications - so we know a lot of these mechanics from playing with them. The new stuff is cool though, I'm really excited for the factions (about time!).
I'm really looking forward to seeing how the ending looks this time around and if we are going to get more than a slight teaser for XCOM 3!
Im confuse, can I make a soldier have the same ability as the other hero factions? or only the hero units of the faction XXXX will be the character with the ability of faction XXXX?
Basically, I wanna make Sergeant Donald *Reaper* Duck into a templar, can I do that?
I didnt really understand the backlash against the alien rulers. you don't even have to position your troops particularly well to freeze them and then deal with them consequence free for a couple turns...then freeze them again.
also, I hope by "fixing performance issues" they mean removing the 20 minutes loading times if you play with mods :)
You forgot explosions will attract lost during Lost missions.
That was one heck of an informative video! Thanks! :D