A little late, but better late than never. Feral Interactive have pushed out an updated build of XCOM 2 [Steam] for Linux. There's also now the XCOM 2 Collection you can buy.
The Linux update, pulls in the "Fall 2017" update, as well as the minor update from December. There's quite a lot of changes from the Fall 2017 update, a lot of it being tweaks to existing features and bug fixes to hopefully give you a better game. Far too much to go over in great detail right now, since it makes changes to the Strategy Layer, the Tactical Layer and the Challenge Mode.
Firaxis also just announced the XCOM 2 Collection edition, which gives you the huge War of the Chosen expansion, plus four DLC packs and it makes for a rather good deal for those of you just picking it up.
Absolutely one of my all time favourite strategy games, do grab it if you still haven't. The newer XCOM 2 Collection is on sale with 50% off and the normal XCOM 2 is also on sale with 67% off. The sales end in approximately two days.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Only recently I played my first turn based game - Steamworld Heist and really enjoyed it. So looking through my vast collection of unplayed
games I thought I'd try another turn based game, this being XCOM (1). Although a lot more complicated than Steamworld Heist I'm really getting into it and I'm probably about half way through and already thinking ahead to XCOM 2.Now the thing is, I went straight into "Enemy Within" skipping "Enemy Unknown" as I'd read it was what "the original should have been". So my question is, should I jump straight into "War Of The Chosen" or play XCOM 2 vanilla first? Also, as it's "The Collection" should I play with all DLC activated from the start? Is there any benefit to playing in some sort of order?
Many thanks!
Quoting: fabertaweSo my question is, should I jump straight into "War Of The Chosen" or play XCOM 2 vanilla first?
Ask yourself this: when after finishing a campaign of maybe 40 or 50 hours, will you have the time and drive to do it a second time?
Quoting: EhvisAsk yourself this: when after finishing a campaign of maybe 40 or 50 hours, will you have the time and drive to do it a second time?
Quite possibly! If I really like a game I can put in a lot of hours. If it's a case of repeating the same things but far more enjoyably (if I start the first time with WOTC) then I'd rather repeat it "more enjoyably" too. I suppose it's a case of whether WOTC is a different, additional experience or whether it's just an upgrade on vanilla.
I suspect you're advocating starting with WOTC ;)
Edit: I've read up and get the impression some (most) of the other DLC is just fluff or even just annoying - as in the case of "Alien Hunters".
Last edited by fabertawe on 27 March 2018 at 5:40 pm UTC
Quoting: fabertaweI suspect you're advocating starting with WOTC ;)
Technically I can't because I haven't tried WotC myself yet because I'm well into the base game.
I started with regular XCOM and never did Enemy Within due to lack of time. So for me it probably would have been better to start with the expansion immediately. But everybody has their own way.
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