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".

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A bit late to the XCOM party but anyway... ^_^ ...thought I'd post here rather than start a new thread, hope that's ok.

Only recently I played my first turn based game - Steamworld Heist and really enjoyed it. So looking through my vast collection of unplayed :dizzy: 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!

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Another great article Hamish ^_^

I still have the retail box, bought back when this was a very exciting Linux release. Enjoyed the game immensely and will have to play again now!

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A bit late to the "me too" party but anyway... yes please! I'll be picking this up on release from the Feral store.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: fabertawep.s. can you mow down spectators in this?

If you so much as touch a spectator, your car is instantly reset and you get a 15 sec penalty for manslaughter. Just like real rally. :D

Awwww :( Fair enough really, thanks for clarifying ;) I abused Hitman enough by killing everyone and getting the worst score I possibly could, I should leave it there!

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I really enjoyed that first video Liam, shame the audio swearing track was missing though :D I'm guessing the "Total" on the back of the car is short for "Total Wreck"?

I still haven't bought this game yet but the steering wheel is something I'd be quite interested in even though the price is prohibitive for me just now. Good improvement in the second vid btw.

p.s. can you mow down spectators in this?

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Fair play, that's looks great fun, I'm wishlisting this. And Liam, thanks for giving me hope that I can finish some of the courses :P

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The graphics don't bother me at all, as long as it's fun to play. I look forward to your review Liam :)

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What a fantastic trailer, I absolutely love their (art) style. Will be watching this one.

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This is crazy, I'm one day behind with my RSS feeds and there are 18 pages! Anyway, boring to some but I'm happy with any decent FPS.

Edit: single player of course ;)

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