Comments on: Xcom Ironman is like playing Darkfall, minus the NPC aliens

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:44:04 +0000

Some of those games are as short as the first mission going poorly, so not all 11 are ‘real’ games. Also my first few attempts were pretty short as well (started at Classic/Ironman). Steam says I’ve played 30 hours, which seems pretty accurate.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:34:36 +0000

Holy crap, you’ve played 11 games and you’ve made it to June/July at least once? How many hours have you played? I’ve played about 20 hours and I’m just to June in my first game (Normal Ironman). If you played at my pace you’d be at like 150 hours.

By: bonedead

bonedead — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 17:25:57 +0000

Need more people playing DF for the final free month

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:16:17 +0000

I don’t think I’ve run into a bug yet, but I’ve not done the final mission. I’ve not been looking on forums and such just to avoid spoilers, so maybe I have run across something and just not noticed it.

By: SynCaine

SynCaine — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:15:17 +0000

NA server.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:28:39 +0000

I understand that Inq still plays on EU server ?

By: preben

preben — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:30:23 +0000

The game was made for ironman. I mean you can play without ironman but you can’t save prior to going to missions since the game won’t let you save while an active mission is available.

And if you save doing a mission, and reload, your soldiers will still die.

That being said classic is a little silly in the beginning. The missions are fine, but the tatical part of the game will break you unless you’re lucky in your first two months. If you are lucky however it’s very fun… unlike normal which gets really really boring.

By: Dirtysouth

Dirtysouth — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:40:42 +0000

That df video was comical. Why even release that? I hope it is a solid game but no way I’m jumping in blind on this one

By: UnicornDick

UnicornDick — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:30:26 +0000

XCOM on ironman is the only way to go. I am proud to say that one of the most agonizing experiences I have had in gaming just happened. I got a whole squad of Captains and Majors wiped to those fucking Chryssalids… it was brutal but I loved it!

By: Gank

Gank — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 22:20:25 +0000

Yea, X-Com is good, but very, very flawed. I started in Ironman because, like you, I enjoy the challenge. Bugs made me abandon that game and play ‘normal’ mode. I won’t try Ironman until they fix the bugs. The forum bug watch lists 70+ known issues and one of them is the doors won’t open (for some) on the final mission. Soo dissapointed in Firaxis and 2K. Never seen a AAA game with so many game-breaking bugs before.