Xenonauts 2 - (World Defense Strategy Game) [Steam Release]

[@Nookrium]

Here's a link to Xenonauts stream #2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnSxpH55a76Sedk

[@anthropod888]

The memories of you doing your original x-com playthroughs. Including that one with the suped-up super high explosives. That was madness...

[@pcrizz]

Sgt. Random Female LOL NOOK!!! I like how the rocket launcher tank gives you a little negatory beep to let you know that, no, it cannot extract the computer data. It's a moment that gives pause to remind you that rocket launcher tank really just has one specific purpose : yes, that's right, interpretative jazz dance.

[@edding8400]

That scientist looks like Baltar from the Battlestar Galactica remake

[@orlondok]

Wow ... I remember sinking a LOT of time into the original X-Coms ... lol ... such good memories ... 😀 I will agree with you on that point Nook ... have not had an X-Com as good as the originals yet ... heh.

[@Ernstvdbosch]

How different from Xenonauts 1 is this one? Looks very similar. Not a bad thing per se since I like the formula. But I wouldn't have minded a bigger mix up in setting like from X-com 1 to terror of the deep. Is there more to this one besides just a refinement?

[@krybling]

probably not. but obviously a small team doing a passion project and it still owns the new xcom games

[@Ernstvdbosch]

@@krybling yeah, for sure, and of course I'm still going to buy it, but would've loved just a little more change. But i get get it

[@jackal327]

I played the demo and the game has A LOT of QOL changes. Seems very polished

[@pasha21363]

@@jackal327 not all however air combat is not polished

[@jackal327]

@@pasha21363 True, it's only slightly better. I auto resolve like the first one

[@Solizeus]

So far the best X-com like game is the X-com Apocalipse for me, i just can't give up the totally destructible city that you can move your ships and cars around, shoot the UFO down, making a complete mess of the city and the government and other orgs getting mad at you at the same time they beg you to save them, making new tech with alien stuff and selling to them, i am sad that they couldn't make a game like that again, instead they just make the game based on mission

[@Minuz1]

The game was great, but the missions took way too long until you got the tomahawk guided missile launcher.

[@MrNorker77]

Oh I remember that one. It was the one where a friend asked me after watching me play it for several hours: Why aren't you fighting aliens?

[@Mikey-zj8bn]

I wanted to like that game but my pc when it came out couldn't run it well and it seems almost impossible to get running on anything now

[@kendonagan5535]

The head crab thingies in that were awful. Forcing you to drop prone every turn or instantly lose a soldier

[@FrikInCasualMode]

@@Mikey-zj8bn I've heard some people are working on porting X-Com: Apo to modern systems. There is hope! Sadly, I've no idea for far they've come.

[@sunnyjim1355]

You should have placed your 'centralized' base in 'South Nookota'.

[@DrunkenerWitcher]

The biggest problem with xeno 2 for me is that it's the same game as xeno 1 but in 3D.

[@MexiHaro]

More mission types, more weapon variety, more vehciles, new art new engine.

[@DrunkenerWitcher]

@@MexiHaro 20% moreover content? But the feel is 100% identical on every level.

[@cj-3810]

@@DrunkenerWitcherbruh; fuck the devs I guess

[@gargathulothhastur4981]

You don't improve perfection. You only add to it. ;)

[@thekotabear3262]

I'm hoping this iteration will be more mod friendly. Xenonauts was great, but mods always made the experience

[@pbsixgun6]

Gotta love how random thugs have better aim and tactics than the 'super soldiers'. And all guns have the range of a super soaker.

[@franciscojusto4744]

Ooooooooooooooooooohhhh I have waited so long for this game omg! :D

[@pasha21363]

2:53:12 first failed mission you did not pay attention on how many turns left and only saved 3 of 5 civilians

[@rogue7744]

Awesome stuff, looking forward to this one. I loved the first one (well with CE anyway lol)

[@billyolgitree5629]

I’d sure like to see you do more of this one. But I am not a fan of the timed missions. It is more like Phoenix point which is a step up from xcom 2’s timed missions.

[@plarkmoby]

I’ve been looking forward to this one.

[@sethstriker]

Excellent video! I'm excited to give it a try!

[@heniv181]

I have been playing The XCOM Files mod for a while now... I would highly recomend it.

[@astonmartin8537]

You need to use smoke grenades.

[@quantumanubis6072]

Hope we get an x division 2 mod for this one

[@Byto333]

Any news on the price?

[@Nookrium]

Not sure, none of the stuff they sent me has a price

[@axelhopfinger533]

Looks fun. But with Jagged Alliance 3 incoming, i know what i prefer to put my money and time towards when it comes to turn based squad tactics.

[@MrNorker77]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat, Will be waiting to see how both of them turn out and which one I'll get (first)

[@Withlovefrominterent]

I'm surprised it's just now entering "early access". Been loosely following the progress on this game for quite awhile it seems, including watching people play early builds. I really thought the full game was coming out on July 18 until you said otherwise. I'm looking forward to this game, but I will probably continue to wait for the final product. I'm disappointed!

[@Strict666]

Crouch before you shoot instead of after, I at least assume it's like Xenonauts 1 and XCOM...crouching makes the char aim better =)

[@Dorsidwarf]

apparently thats not the case in xeno 2

[@FrikInCasualMode]

Nope. It makes soldier harder to hit. No changes to accuracy.

[@pbsixgun6]

@@FrikInCasualMode That's pretty lame cause it really does help steady you in real life as well.

[@Bill_Garthright]

I was disappointed in the first Xenonauts because it didn't have the humor of X-Com: UFO Defense. It didn't have the clever touches of the original game (like the cattle mutilation, as one example) which showed that the developers really thought about UFO mythology. I wasn't wild about the maps, either, but... I don't know. Maybe I'd just played the original game for too many years, but Xenonauts didn't seem to be special in any way. And so far, this seems to be pretty much identical to their first game. So, why do I want to buy _this_ one? I understand that they want to keep what made their first game popular, but... you need to do _something_ different in order to even justify calling it a new game, don't you think? Don't get me wrong. I understand that's a difficult line to walk in a sequel. But as far as I can tell so far, if I wanted to play Xenonauts, I'd just play Xenonauts. PS. Terror from the Deep was very disappointing to me, because the developers of that game didn't seem to think about it _at all._ I mean, throwing grenades under water? That was just dumb. I did play the game - as I played all of the sequels, I think - but I'm always disappointed when developers just seem to knock off a sequel without even _thinking_ about what they're doing. This one could have been great if they'd gone the Terror from the Deep route but did it _right._ At least it would be a different game, not just identical to their first.

[@magitsu]

XCOM2 also managed to lose most of the og humor. XCOM1 still had most of it, combined with gritty atmosphere like UFO. XCOM2 went a bit too deep into superhero territory, even if it pretended to be a rebel setting (Long War 2 / LWOTC managed to get some of it back). Superhero thing was amplified by how few soldiers you needed in XCOM2, and WOTC Chosen were cherry on top. No surprise they did a Marvel game next, and flopped hard.

[@theprinceofmilk2510]

holy shit finally

[@Festivejelly]

If its in early access id hardly call it a release. I cant believe they have had SO long to work on this... and its coming to early access. What have they actually been doing all that time? I'm seeing some differences but wow... not as much as I was expecting tbh.

[@woosdom]

Game looks good😮

[@shinjutsu2773]

would love to watch this vid but i skip. Love your content but i have been waiting for xenonauts 2 for a while so i dun wonna get spoiled ^w^ Have my comment to please the youtube algorhythm gods tho

[@Festivejelly]

I suggest you watch it so you can request a refund before it "releases"

[@Riftweaver1981]

... this really bugs me. i've been a fan of these guys since the day 1 release of the first game, i've spent over 1.3k hours playing xenonaugts 1. i've been reading and following every dev update and mention of the sequel. played every phase of the demo. but no, you have a youtube channel, you get to play it a week early. because thats fair

[@fish-pilot]

It’s called marketing. Nooks 9k views brings something to the table.

[@Riftweaver1981]

@@fish-pilot i get that, and my complaint isnt about nook in particular, just the whole 'content creators get stuff' racket. if this is indeed the steam release (as in the version that will be releasing on steam in less than a week), then they should just release the damn game for everybody

[@AndriusChamentauskas]

@@Riftweaver1981 I disagree with you in general but agree in this case. In general youtubers get access to a build that's not completely final (usually has some known issues that still need fixing) a week or so early and then have an embargo date 1 or 2 days before release. So they can generate content for a game and then release it to build hype for a game. Why would the company have embargo date 9 days before release is beyond me. By then most youtubers will have moved on from this game (except maybe few dedicated channels) so hype has died down. And if it really is a final build, then I really see no reason to not release early. Good on you from being pissed at the companies though, much better that being a blind fan.

[@HoodedHorse]

@@Riftweaver1981 Hi! A lot of work on the game happens in the days before release. Localizations still being completed and tested, bugs being fixed, etc. Often the feedback or issues content creators find in turn feed into improving the game in these final days. So the content creator access begins at a time when it isn't fully ready to release, but is just almost there and so ready for creators to take a look at a slightly rougher version. In this case we also could not release this week because of the Steam Summer Sale going on -- Summer Sale replaced the normal steam homepage and doesn't allow the normal visibility releasing games get, so Steam heavily warns developers against releasing during seasonal sales. So we're releasing the Tuesday after the summer sale ends -- enough time to get those final improvements in ahead of launch.

[@Riftweaver1981]

@@HoodedHorse ok i do get that, i honestly do. but what your saying is that what nook and other creators are playing is 'not' the "steam release" as they are all claiming. its still an early acess pre-release build, correct?

[@grayaj23]

It perpetually amazes me that a 30 year old buggy AF game with a crappy UI is *still* the best PC game ever made. I know it's cheesy, but I name my units after the characters in Aliens. and for some reason, I got in the habit of having at least one female named Daisy Fuentes. And new recruits with crappy stats get their names changed to "Redshirt" so I know they're expendable.

[@mallonox]

[@HenryHoang-x]

A bit disappointing, it's basically the first game but with better graphics, barely any different mechanics. If it came out 2-3 years after the first game then it's fine but it took a decade and the result is this?

[@pasha21363]

keep in mind this is not the final version of the game even air combat is not polished properly the game will enter early access in July 18, 2023 developers said early access will last for about 9 months it could be more

[@zynga726]

Looks like xenonauts 1. Maybe this should be a DLC.

[@pasha21363]

@@zynga726 no it is not DLC and it's not the same we have new enemies like secton, cleaners and more

[@zynga726]

​@@pasha21363I bought it a few weeks ago. I'm loving it!

[@jhash2625]

Trawler missions, yea those sucked.

[@iancredible-]

Cmon it's xenonaughts 1.5

[@Jkauppa]

kll bill

[@krybling]

has been top on wishlist for half a decade only dwarf fortress was above.. xenonauts is the true xcom successor. the new xcom games are vomit. cant wait to play some new maps

[@michaelterry1469]

This was really painful to watch. For someone who said he played X com, A LOT. You made a lot of rookie mistakes!