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Offline FLOOB

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XENONAUTS!
« on: July 03, 2014, 05:29:54 PM »
Anybody else playing this?
http://www.xenonauts.com/
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2014, 03:25:27 AM »
Cod you guys are so lame. You complain about the consoles ruining games and then when a legit pc version of the xcom line is released you just sit on your butts and stuff your faces like wilford brimley.
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2014, 03:36:50 AM »
Um... I think I will try this...
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2014, 03:54:28 AM »
Um... I think I will try this...

same here looks like nice game.
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2014, 02:00:50 PM »
I've had it for a little while and I like it quite a bit.  To me it's more a more streamlined version of UFO Defense, with prettier graphics. :D
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2014, 07:40:36 AM »
I picked it up on steam this past weekend.  Been having fun with it, and the battles can be TOUGH....one shot kills on your men, etc.. all in all pretty cool though
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2014, 08:56:22 AM »
While Enemy Unknown is pretty good, what I hate about it is you only get the one dropship.  Xenonauts however is just like UFO Defense in that you can have as many as you want.  I generally get another dropship at the start, which allows me to deal with more crashsites at once early on and it allows me to quickly build up a lot of experienced soldiers.  It helps me later on in case my primary team manages to get turned into Alien Stew. :bhead  Another benefit is the ability to make multiple bases.  I'll setup a base to cover solely on R&D and another for Production, with yet another solely for Intercept. :x

Now, if ONLY there was a multiplayer setup for it.  Can you guys imagine if you have 2-4 players doing a go?  With 4 players, one can concentrate on R&D, another on Production, with a 3rd doing Intercept and the last person doing the ground pounding. :x  Would be tough early one but once they have things smoothed out, oh yeah! :rock
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2014, 09:20:11 AM »
I want to have fun with it....but it keeps locking up at the start of the first ground mission.   :cry
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2014, 07:23:39 AM »
I just lost a whole squad of eight decked out in predator armor with MAG weapons assaulting an alien base for the first time.  :mad:
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2014, 10:45:05 AM »
Look what I found.
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2014, 09:12:18 PM »
Downloading now... :noid

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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2014, 09:19:07 AM »
So no one would be interested if they did a multiplayer setup?   :(


Still, this game is a blast.  Said it before, and I said it again. :D
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2014, 09:05:23 PM »
Figured out the problem locking up the damn thing....I'm having flashbacks of playing XCOM until 4AM and jumping when one of the damn hidden aliens killed a trooper.

Great game...so far its closer than anything else I've seen to the original XCOM.  Well worth the purchase....
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2014, 09:54:53 PM »
Just avoid those night missions if at all possible.  Things LOVE to reach out and "touch" your troopers more so then. :noid
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Wow I find it hard to believe it has been almost 38 days since our last path. We should have release another 38 versions by now  :bhead
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Re: XENONAUTS!
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2014, 10:33:39 PM »
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....I'm having flashbacks of playing XCOM until 4AM and jumping when one of the damn hidden aliens killed a trooper

That's exactly why I can't even look at this game.... 1995, my wife and I were not even married 6 months, and she was ready to divorce me over XCOM.....

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