Posted on: October 7, 2023

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robaki

Игр: 122 Отзывов: 2

scratching the itch

[This is July 2023 early access review ; I'm a backer and have played the first xenonauts] Compared to the first xenonauts there is enough changes and improvements to make it worth playing for me. Apart from some quality of life improvements, there are changes to equipment, the number of soldiers that can be taken on missions, the role of the support vehicle (there is a less of a tradeoff between taking soldiers and the vehicle now, which is a plus for me). The gas rockets are gone, and overall using the rocket launcher is not as good choice as it used to be in the first installment. There is a bit more variety in missions now, including item retrieval, diffusing bombs, and sometimes added time-pressure. The crashed/landed UFO missions are still the majority. There are new enemies, including one that is hard to kill using firearms, unless its sensitivity to noise is exploited. The storyline was also changed, which is nice. This time we don't start fighting the invasion immediately, but after initial few missions aimed against their human helpers. The aircombat is announced to be changed in future updates, but at least for now I had more luck with the autoresolve than the manual combat. Some of the research descriptions (autopsies mostly?) are still missing at this point. I wish the global view was showing a globe instead of a flat map, given that the engine is now 3D.

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Posted on: July 20, 2023

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khakirumble75

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Игр: 105 Отзывов: 1

Promising improvements to the original

TL;DR Good game with imporvements on the original. Buy if you're a big fan of the original and want to justify playing the game again or if you're new to Xenonauts and want to experience a more user friendly game. But also the game is early access and things can drastically change for better or worse as development continues. Much like a nut is a delicious snack, a chocolate coating elevates the experience. Xenonauts 2 is that coating of goodness around the solid core of the original. Some good, the visuals are largley inline with the original but with more refinement, clarity and a modern UI, which is good because the original art style still holds up and didn't require a massive overhaul. The mechanics so far seem to simply build upon what the first game established, providing more challenges and dynamic situations for the player to encounter. Sound design is immaculate, the guns are punchy, the lasers are "zappy", its all just wonderful. The music is likewise equally stellar and so far hasn't become grating or annoying during gameplay. That's not to say the game is without issue, it is still in "early access" and like so many other games this is cause to be warry of the game. While I personally am confident in the devs to deliver a full and polished product, for most people I'd recommend holding off until the game is further along to spend your hard earned money on it; especially if you already own the original. A major issue in my experence is a problem with crashing and stuttering when trying to complete actions quickly. I understand it's a turn based game, but its a tad annoying when I'm checking my sectors quickly to figure the best solution and the game slows to a crawl. Additionaly, the game crashes during loading screens and the aforementioned quick scanning around the map, which is particularly agonizing as multiple times its crashed near the end of my turn where my troopers hit most of their shots only to reload and have them miss everything.

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Posted on: September 13, 2024

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TornaSerrallonga

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Игр: 175 Отзывов: 3

Good game, slow development

The game is fun and interesting, an improvement over xenonauts 1 albeit with the same theme. I would recommend it, but one also has to take into account that the development by the programmers is taking really much. Perhaps wait until you can finally complete the final mission and finish the campaign, it's not available up to now (13_9_2024).

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Posted on: August 3, 2023

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Mr.Manga

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Игр: 1170 Отзывов: 13

Has possebilities

They are improving on many of the things from the first one and adding things for good and bad, timed missions are on the bad side, never really liked them especially when its a really short timer combined with reinforcments from random directions or all sides at the same time. People seems to mention bugs and crashes but they have not been a big thing for me, 200 ingame days and the game only crashed 2 times, my problem is that they need to work on the balance, even if you choose the easiest difficulty, use flashbang and multiple smoke grenades so does it seem to be impossible for the aliens to miss. I read the book that came with the first game with ideas that never was implemented and i hope they use some of them now like maybe larger scale battles longer into the campain, something i would also like is more use of friendlies, neutral and hostile forces, the cleaners was a good idea but they where a really small part of the game. So the game is fun but lack a lot of stuff atm, it has lots of potential and i hope they use as much of it as possible.

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Posted on: September 12, 2023

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eryngo

Игр: 1502 Отзывов: 48

Xenonauts 2 will be the better version

First of all, the developers poured a lot of love into the game(s). And it shows in the continues updates and all the efforts they take to improve the game. But in the end, it is the gameplay value that counts. Gameplay is almost identical to the first game... which is good and bad. I expected more from a sequel, but the reality is, Xenonauts 2 feels like a fork from the first game. With QoL updates and features that the first game desperately needed. Xenonauts 2 inherited all its ugly flaw from its predecessor. The improved game-engine is nice, but it is not 2016 anymore. It feels outdated, the option to rotate the camera feels flawed, because of the fixed isometric viewpoint you still can't see everything you want/need. The main font-size is still fixed to a unreadable small font, and no option to scale the UI. Personally I think that the menus / UI are an improvement over the first game, but everything else looks and plays exactly the same. A crash-to-desktop happend 3 times during my first mission. So clearly some issues need to be ironed out at this point. The game is still in early access, so things can change, however... I expect some QoL improvements, but noting major. In the long run, around the time this game releases, I've probably moved on to something else. Because Xenonauts 2 doesn't offer much more - or add anything different compared to the first game. After all those years it is nice to have a sequel, but I don't think it is worth it. (especially if we take the asking price in consideration) Xenonauts 2 has too much similarity with its predecessor. Even with all it's improvements compared to its predecessor, it doesn't add that much value. However, in the long run, Xenonauts 2 will eventually be the better version. For newcomers: get Xenonauts 2. For owners of the first game, you can skip this one or wait for a sale and judge for yourself.

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