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[Mephansteras]

Man, I wish I could watch those at work. Guess I'll be playing catch-up over the weekend.

[dogstile]

So the multiplayer looks like hilarious fun. I had to turn it off while watching them play impossible difficulty though, I was trying not the shout at the screen.

Edit: http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/330851810

Multiplayer, nail bitingly close, nobody post who wins or i'll glare at you: 17:00

Impossible times in single player with terrible RNG: 1:57:00

More multiplayer, short match: 3:20:00

[Dohon]

As promised, all the feeds with all the highlights for your viewing pleasure.

Spoiler: Friday Feed (click to show/hide)

Feed 1: Friday 31 August (http://en.twitch.tv/2k/b/330605570)

23:13 = Multiplayer Match between Lead Designer Jake and Community Manager Greg. Match is played using XBOX interface. There are technical difficulties though.
43:35 = Match begins, but ends near the end due to connection problems.
54:00 = Re-match.
1:07:10 = End of match and first XCOM segment.

1:55:50 = Multiplayer Match between Lead Designer Jake and Community Manager Greg. Match is played using XBOX interface.
2:29:46 = End of Match and second XCOM segment

3:48:12 = Singleplayer Match by Lead Programmer Casey. Mission is the same one as already shown on the 'fan-stream', but this time, difficulty is Impossible and the interface is PC.
4:22:45 = End of match and XCOM footage for the day.

Spoiler: Saturday Feed (click to show/hide)

Feed 2: Saturday 1 September (http://en.twitch.tv/2k/b/330728983)

45:06 = Multiplayer Match between Lead Designer Jake and a fan. Match is played using XBOX interface. New map is shown.
1:08:17 = Technical issues force a break.
1:12:24 = Match is re-played.
1:31:30 = End of Match and first XCOM segment.

1:36:30 = Art Director Greg reveals bits and pieces of the XCOM Art book that comes with the PC Special edition. Spoilers are there, do not read the text accompanying the pictures!
1:59:08 = End of Artbook reveal.
2:02:08 = Tour of the XCOM Booth.
2:04:15 = End of XCOM Booth tour and second XCOM segment.

2:46:53 = Singleplayer match. Community Manager Greg plays a terror mission on Impossible difficulty. Interface is PC.
3:13:26 = End of Terror Mission and third XCOM segment.

3:27:36 = Initial interviews prior to the XCOM Panel. The panel shows some early builds and how XCOM evolved during the development. Also, a shot of Garth's Xcompendables, which gave me a smile.

3:37:45 = Actual start of the XCOM Panel

4:38:28 = End of the XCOM panel and end of XCOM footage for the day.

Spoiler: Sunday Feed (click to show/hide)

Feed 3: Sunday 2 September[/b] (http://en.twitch.tv/2k/b/330851810)

16:06 = Multiplayer match between Lead Designer Jake and Amazon representative  Match is once again played on XBOX.
51:30 = End of multiplayer-match and end of first XCOM segment.

1:54:19 = PC specs are revealed. Community Manager Greg takes another shot at the Impossible Terror mission. Once again played on the PC.
2:22:18 = End of match and end of second XCOM segment.

3:17:17 = Multiplayer match between Lead Producer Garth and Wargaming representative
3:33:58 = End of match and end of XCOM PAX footage.

Every segment has a bit of Q&A and chat questions. Even trash-talking and some humour too.

Beyond the stream footage, 2K has already uploaded several bits and pieces of the streams.

Fan Footage Stream. This has been shown already about a week ago.
PC Interface reveal
Multiplayer match, first day of PAX

And now ... I'm gonna have a nap.

[Silfurdreki]

That's a great video list, Dohon, kudos for putting it together.

I'll have to watch the parts I missed during the weekend at some point.

[Markus]

I don't mean to pull from the current discussion, but has there been any confirmed mod support?

[timferius]

I don't mean to pull from the current discussion, but has there been any confirmed mod support?

I belive I heard no on that one. But perhaps post release? I'm afraid I don't have sources for that, but deffinitly heard the no part somewhere semi-reliable...
So, not too much help I guess.

[Mephansteras]

According to one of the PAX segments, there will not be Mod support on Launch but it is something they are definitely planning on doing.

[Markus]

Well, "eventually" is better than the "NO" I expected.

Hm... seems some alien species have an "Elite" or enhanced equivalent to them.

So far, you have normal sectoids and Psychic sectoid commanders.

Mutons and the Muton Berserker.

Floater and Heavy Floater.

... A pattern?

[Sirus]

That was in the original as well. The various alien races had some "classes" like Navigator and Commander.

[Neonivek]

That was in the original as well. The various alien races had some "classes" like Navigator and Commander.

Well it made sense afterall. Even the X-com units had classifications of humans like "Civilian", "Scientist", "Engineer", "Soldier", and I think... Pilot (I cannot remember if pilots were a thing.

But those are less classes and more like jobs (Ignoring that Captains actually had unique abilities).

Also I'd have a problem with all alien species having a "Elite" version... Except that the original sectoids are all but removed from the game except in name only... So they arn't stepping on their original concept of having elites.

So there is nothing really wrong with having a elite version anymore except that it STRONGLY brings attention to the fact that it is a game (The sectoids had a reason why their elites came in later...). But we have yet to hear how they are introduced. Mind you given how the game is developing so far... I doubt there will be a in game justification.

Also yes... I will never get over this games lack of real Sectoids and fully admit I am irrational.

[Aklyon]

Well then mod ye some Olde Sectoidse when you can do that, then.

[Neonivek]

Well then mod ye some Olde Sectoidse when you can do that, then.

Not only does this not count (mods are not vanilla be), it is also not possible.

You cannot just simply add in a alien that looks like a sectoid and shoots things. They are more complex then that.

[Mephansteras]

Well, maybe wait and see how things are in the actual campaign. We know that the sectoids at least have psionic commanders who can panic or mind control your guys, so that part is pretty true to the original.

Not sure how aliens will work as far as having medics/pilots/engineers goes. We haven't seen them yet, but that doesn't mean they aren't in the game yet.

[Neonivek]

Ohh I wasn't refering to Aliens lacking roles and jobs.

It would be a VERY weird Xcom game that sort of almost entirely misses the point if it had not.

I know I am irrationally mad at the lack of the original sectoids... but even I don't think they will forget that these are essentially supposed to be "Aliens doing their buisness" and not hoards of alien monsters (well... all the time)

Heck if there is one thing I am looking forward to seeing that would be a genuin improvement over the original is different spaceships. I always found it a tad weird that the Floater ships look exactly the same as the Snakemen ships.

Heck if they develop the alien culture better... I may have to rethink my disdain for the game... since that would be one of the few areas where they could outright beat the original. I mean, a "Food Prep" alien for example (who isn't a human cutting butcher) would be interesting. Human artifacts being in some sort of alien office lined with books (of alien sorts) would also be something.

Why do I feel like not only will this not happen but it isn't a good idea?

[dogstile]

I don't think it would be. Any time we try to show alien life it is either extremely... human or so far out there it doesn't make sense that anything would work. Aside from that, I prefer the mystery.