Worth getting now?

[PixelNuts]

How's the replayability? Would it be better to wait or get it now? And how's the optimization? Does it run better than XCOM 2?

[Mazisky]

To answer your questions:

Replayability is little to none, the maps are not randomized like Xcom 2.

Optimization is similar to Xcom2, but a lot of people are having issues and bugs similar to Xcom 2 when released.

[torvon]

100% getting. Xcom veteran here, took me 25 hours to play this game through. 10 euros, 25 hours rushed gameplay for the main story missions. And after 2 days after release there are already 5 fantastic mods making the game better.

Get it.

[PastrySandwich]

I will replay it once or twice probably, there is some variety there. Runs the exact same as X2 from what I can tell.

Game won't replace X2 by any stretch, but it is a fun change of pace and, for me, totally worth it.

[utilityguy]

Depends, if you're into discounts: The game is its cheapest right now, for 9.99US.

However:
Until a major(MAJOR) patch comes out fixing or providing a bandage workaround for the game breaking bugs that are plagueing the game right now, you might want to wait and pay the 20US next month.

[ImaginaryFriend]

It´s good value for 10€.

[PsychoDino]

Originally posted by PixelNuts:

How's the replayability? Would it be better to wait or get it now? And how's the optimization? Does it run better than XCOM 2?

yes

[Ashley]

Replayability is ok there's definitely a few ways to get some replayability. It's 10$ for that price it's a steal they probably could have gotten away with charging 30. Not as long as xcom 2 but xcom to has alot of filler. This game is pretty quick to getting you to the next shootout unlike xcom 2 where you might have a few weeks inbetween missions where you're just scanning doing base and squad management.

[Sepherix]

runs hell of a lot better than xcom 2. It has some quirks right now, but damn already too me longer to do what it makes me think is 2/3 of the game than some other game 4 times it's price.
Worse is that mods are gonna crank my time on this so high.

Take xcom 2 loads time, forget about it and just tell yourself, not even a single minute. That's how fast it is. Despite this being in the same engine, the performance are so different.

As in replayability, there's still theses higher difficulties, a bit more agents than you can have in a single campaign are available, so you're kinda leaned toward replaying to have a go with them.
Reading from others, the speech in missions change depending the order you take the enemy gangs in.

[Xautos]

for me it greatly depends what firaxis does coming up to 1st may. if they have a good patch come out before then? Then that is a tick in the box in their favour, right now i'm not sure what to make of Chimera. all the research i've done suggests the game is quite average despite the political tone of it (like it or not, it is part of the game).

anything that can give a positive before the 1st from 2k and firaxis end will be something to take into account. At this moment i can't really see any reason to get at it. I'm still on the fence.

[talemore]

Didn't see any difference between xcom:WotC and Xcom:CS in performance. I have to say for what you get it's pretty good as soon you get over the low quality cartoon avatars. It's a mess but a good mess

It just works

[pvthoch]

wait for what? the game is dirt cheap

[Alex_x86]

>How's the replayability?
I don't think there is any. Missions are quite similar with key missions being somewhat different yet have teethgrinding experience.

>And how's the optimization? Does it run better than XCOM 2?
When XCom 2 was released I was able to run it on a PC that I've build in 2008 (videocard was upgraded in 2013 though). However that PC has been retired since then so I am not 100% sure. However, bugs is a different story: the only issues I've ran in previous XComs (EU bought not on day one, EW day one, 2 preorder, WoC day one) were cosmetic. This one however: freezing in the middle of the game (at least it autosaves on every action), mission critical devices not appearing, zombies casted outside of the map, target preview occasionally is getting messed up, etc.

In addition to that the game has a very poor art style. For example your muton or viper squadmates look worse than in XCom 2.

Writing (both story and dialog) looks like they were inspired by famous quote by Carmack. Basically it is there but even worse quality than the one that was in txt file in original Doom (from 1993)

Overall I have a feeling that the game is more for a phone than a PC.

[DedJim]

Very fun game for 10 bucks. The fights are interesting and challenging

[drz30]

It's certainly worth getting it for 10€(or even 20€). You get a lot of game for the money. I've been enjoying it so far.

[kuaikukia]

Worth it. As you can replay it with different starting characters and difficulties.