Goodbye to AE

This new stand alone release based on the legendary War in the Pacific from 2 by 3 Games adds significant improvements and changes to enhance game play, improve realism, and increase historical accuracy. With dozens of new features, new art, and engine improvements, War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition brings you the most realistic and immersive WWII Pacific Theater wargame ever!

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Sorry, but When you get involved with AE, there is no leaving the family.. There's only one way out. [:D] It's the same with mob families.[:D]....GP
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Is it .... Alfred??? Nemo??? Nominations, please! [:)]
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A fair number of old timers leave and then, years later, return. In recent times, Q-Ball, Grotius, and AU Tiger come to mind. But these three (and others) stuck their toes back in the water and soon vanished again. Here's hoping, though, that vanished old timers will return and rediscover the pleasure of this game. :)

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Sorry, but When you get involved with AE, there is no leaving the family.. There's only one way out. [:D] It's the same with mob families.[:D]....GP

Actually I would say it's more like denizens of a crack den. Some people try to get off the stuff, but most come back eventually. [:D]

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many many days playing UFO: Enemy Unknown (as XCOM was when it was released in the UK).

One of my close friends at Uni at I tag teamed a whole weekend non-stop from starting a game to the final battle in the wee small hours of the Monday.
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My rig isn't good enough for Skyrim, so I split my time between Oblivion and THE game! (That's how my wife refers to AE, and not in a good way)
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Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies, ...

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For some reason the thread title reminds me of Robert Graves' Goodbye to All That.
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I'm sure that he will suffer from AE "home sick" soon :)
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My rig isn't good enough for Skyrim, so I split my time between Oblivion and THE game! (That's how my wife refers to AE, and not in a good way)

If you can run Oblivion you should be able to run Skyrim, more or less. On Steam sales it's down to about $5 for the base game. I played both and Skyrim is an order of magnitude better and larger than Oblivion.
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Sorry, but When you get involved with AE, there is no leaving the family.. There's only one way out. [:D] It's the same with mob families.[:D]....GP

Actually I would say it's more like denizens of a crack den. Some people try to get off the stuff, but most come back eventually. [:D]

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I am NOT "cracked"...I prefer Mad magazine!
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There is no leaving, there are only small distractions. :)
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Hello to XCOM 2 [:)]

Sorry boys and girls but I only have so much time for games (and still play more than I should according to my wife [:)])

I played the 2012 XCOM's through twice [X(]. And XCOM 2 is even better (and harder). So if you like turn based tactical combat games, this one is hard to beat.

And at the rate I have to retry missions, its going to take me a while to finish this. I've got 60 hours in and feel like I have not gotten very far. [:(]
Very good game.
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ORIGINAL: wdolson

ORIGINAL: General Patton

Sorry, but When you get involved with AE, there is no leaving the family.. There's only one way out. [:D] It's the same with mob families.[:D]....GP

Actually I would say it's more like denizens of a crack den. Some people try to get off the stuff, but most come back eventually. [:D]

Bill


I am NOT "cracked"...I prefer Mad magazine!

Funny, one of my old coworkers said yesterday that she just re-upped her subscription to Mad. I didn't know it still existed.
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X-Coms I and II were great, but I didn't care for III.

I have no idea what games you're finding on Steam with a 2012 date, but you all DO know don't you the X-Coms are DOS games from the early 90s?

witpqs alluded to that in his post on page one.
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I believe there is a brand new X-com coming out on Steam. I keep getting pop ups on it.

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Yeah, here it is
"XCOM 2 is the sequel to the award-winning strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Twenty years have passed since humanity lost the war against the alien invaders and a new world order now exists on Earth. After years of lurking in the shadows, XCOM forces must rise and eliminate the alien occupation."
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Is Xcom series a first-person shooter type game or is it a strategy type game? Looked at website but couldn't figure out which it was?
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The straight dope on X-Com:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM

X-Com 2 is Terror from the Deep and was my favorite of the series.

Released by Microprose in 1995.
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The straight dope on X-Com:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM

X-Com 2 is Terror from the Deep and was my favorite of the series.

Released by Microprose in 1995.

Yep. not arguing. Just pointing out...

http://store.steampowered.com/app/268500/

"XCOM 2 is the sequel to the award-winning strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Twenty years have passed since humanity lost the war against the alien invaders and a new world order now exists on Earth. After years of lurking in the shadows, XCOM forces must rise and eliminate the alien occupation."

New game. Old title.
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The straight dope on X-Com:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM

X-Com 2 is Terror from the Deep and was my favorite of the series.

Released by Microprose in 1995.

Sorry, but that one wasn't called XCOM 2. It was XCOM: Terror From the Deep.

I played the original, Deep, and Apocalypse, then the series went dark. I re-played the original in Windows XP with an emulator, but they never got the mouse drivers right. I played it about two years ago under Win7 with DosBox and it was pristine. But not as much fun as I remembered.

The current re-imaginings are far better games, both in graphics and sound, but also IMO certain design elements. You only have one base, but it is highly configurable. You don't have to fiddle with ammo clips anymore. And whole new pieces have been added, like mechs and new psychic upgrades.

I've been watching the newest one which launched about 2-3 weeks ago., It's still fully priced on Steam at $60. I'm still on Fallout 4, so there's no hurry. But once the new XCOM comes down, maybe this summer, I'll be playing it.
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Crackhead wwengr here
I have been inputting my orders for the campaign game first turn since July 4, 2009. I'm getting close. In another month or two, I might be able to run the turn!
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