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[a1s]

His job was Room Sweeper

Is that a permanent position? I would have expected them to rotate, since the first person through the door is much more at risk then the other members of his squad.

[monkey]

those things are just handy, for close encounters.

[Mephansteras]

His job was Room Sweeper

Is that a permanent position? I would have expected them to rotate, since the first person through the door is much more at risk then the other members of his squad.

Not sure, but it sounded like he was usually the guy with that position. Of course, I imagine it depended on the job they were doing. Don't really need a Room Sweeper if you're not going into buildings, after all.

[fenrif]

No, Room-Sweeper is the job of the person who goes into a building first with a shotgun to take out any potential hostiles before the rest of the team goes in. My ex was a marine and I spent a while talking with a buddy of hers who had done several tours of duty in Iraq. His job was Room Sweeper, so I figure he knew what he was talking about.

Which is not to say I'm remembering it all correctly, as that conversation was a good 6 years ago or so.

Not that I disagree with you on the limitations. Seems silly that we're not allowed to arm people however we want, even if specific classes should be better at stuff.

I stand corrected then, as most of my knowledge of the US military is gathered from cinema and video games.

And I generally find that skill systems are always always always preferable to class systems. I consider a game like this going with a class system instead of it's predecessors skill system a devolution of mechanics TBH. Not that it can't still be a good game, but the key difference between skill and class systems is that skill systems are all about player agency, and class systems are about the appearance of it.

those things are just handy, for close encounters.

Your movie quote beats my movie quote. You win the quotington.

[Dohon]

I can't remember, has the inventory been abstracted out?  It's not possible for a soldier to drop their shotgun and let someone else pick it up, or to pick up a shotgun from a killed teammate?

There is still an inventory, just not anything like in the original. You do get to equip your troops, but there are a limited number of slots. Want a grenade and remote camera? Gotta choose one. You get to pick the armour, primary weapon, secondary weapon (pistol) and one or two utility slots. Different armours may have a different amount of slots. There hasn't been any talk about changing your inventory during mission, so that might be out. Just like base defense is, which I found disappointing.

[Rince Wind]

So you have unlimited ammo? Or are there extra Slots for ammo?
I always liked how I had to decide if I really need to use the explosive ammo on that first alien, because I only have 8 rounds in my Gascannon.
Oh, and does anyone know if it is possible to switch ammo midmission?

[Dohon]

So you have unlimited ammo? Or are there extra Slots for ammo?
I always liked how I had to decide if I really need to use the explosive ammo on that first alien, because I only have 8 rounds in my Gascannon.
Oh, and does anyone know if it is possible to switch ammo midmission?

You have unlimited magazines during a mission, but you still have to reload your gun. That'll take a turn. I have no idea if there still is explosive ammo or incendiary ammo. They might be, but may be limited to using a support slot. So, no confirmed ammo or ammo-swithing at this time.

[Dohon]

Double-post!

Kotaku has another article going a bit more into getting attached to your soldiers.

[Silfurdreki]

Double-post!

Kotaku has another article going a bit more into getting attached to your soldiers.

I have a distinct feeling that I've read that one before. Isn't it linked somewhere earlier in this thread?

Not that it matters much, though, it's a pretty good article.

[Marrik]

i dont see wwhy anyone who liked the original X-coms would be excited about that :/

it looks like prettymuch the only thing it has in common with the originals is the name and that theres aliens.



i mean, it could still be good (the gameplay videos looked pretty terrible though to be honest) but it seems like they dumbed it down a lot, and it wasnt exactly super complex to begin with

[LoSboccacc]

they removed a lot of nuisances too, and added some interesting system for training and perks. it may make sense or it may feel too much gamey, but that only time will tell.

personally, I hate games without any possibility of emergent behaviours, but there is hope in this one.

[Rince Wind]

I hope modders will be able to make this one good.

[Sharp]

Meh, all sizzle no steak. The demo looks ridiculous though with the Indian heavy weapons guy firing his rocket launcher and then speaking American. I then find out that you can customize everything about the soldiers, looks, name, nationality and to me that makes the soldiers less human, they seem less human then the bad-stat guys in the original who I would name Fodder for them to act as my "room sweeper"

Well at least this means I can give everyone the blonde guile hair to relive the original.

Also interesting how they have a satellite radar dish being 2 slots underground, makes great sense.

[IronyOwl]

Meh, all sizzle no steak. The demo looks ridiculous though with the Indian heavy weapons guy firing his rocket launcher and then speaking American. I then find out that you can customize everything about the soldiers, looks, name, nationality and to me that makes the soldiers less human, they seem less human then the bad-stat guys in the original who I would name Fodder for them to act as my "room sweeper"

I believe you can go with random as well. I forget if there's random stats or not, though.

Also interesting how they have a satellite radar dish being 2 slots underground, makes great sense.

Radars were underground in the original as well. I guess you could have assumed they had holes above them or something, but at that point I'd think it easier to just assume they work fine underground.

[Sharp]

Meh, all sizzle no steak. The demo looks ridiculous though with the Indian heavy weapons guy firing his rocket launcher and then speaking American. I then find out that you can customize everything about the soldiers, looks, name, nationality and to me that makes the soldiers less human, they seem less human then the bad-stat guys in the original who I would name Fodder for them to act as my "room sweeper"

I believe you can go with random as well. I forget if there's random stats or not, though.

Also interesting how they have a satellite radar dish being 2 slots underground, makes great sense.

Radars were underground in the original as well. I guess you could have assumed they had holes above them or something, but at that point I'd think it easier to just assume they work fine underground.

Not 2 levels underground, no possibility for some hole above them, in fact you have to be pretty worried if they work fine underground and have people walking over them...

sure you can have random soldiers (im sure you buy em random as well) but what's the point of giving them nationalities if your going to give em generic american voice, might as well switch all flags to USA.