XCOM: Enemy Unknown experiments with pre-order bonuses on Steam
Ever keen to experiment with digital distribution, Steam is trying something unusual on XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders with publisher 2K. Rather than offering fixed bonuses, Steam will unlock increasingly fancy goodies as more people pre-order, including extra character customisation options, Team Fortress 2 hats, and a free copy of Civilization V.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, XCOM: Enemy Unknown experiments with pre-order bonuses on Steam.
Ever keen to experiment with digital distribution, Steam is trying something unusual on XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders with publisher 2K. Rather than offering fixed bonuses, Steam will unlock increasingly fancy goodies as more people pre-order, including extra character customisation options, Team Fortress 2 hats, and a free copy of Civilization V.-
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I still feel pretty jaded over Civ V's many levels of failings, but since the original X-Com is probably my favorite all time game I'll likely end up preordering it. I do like this idea of preorder bonus goals more than segmenting preorder bonuses based on where it was ordered from.
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That's the only bonus I don't give a shit about.
The TF2 hats, I could do without too.
But seriously, I felt majorly burned by Civ V. :(-
If you played it at launch and were frustrated by the bugs or the crappy AI, you really should grab G&K and give it another go.
Yes, the state the game shipped in was unfortunate, but that's been true for many games, including Civ III. The important thing is Firaxis has listened to the feedback and has put a lot of work into the game since then. It's still not perfect, no, but it's a lot better than it was.-
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Stack of Doom was a pretty crappy mechanic though. It always did seem like a weak spot of the Civ series that the game had all this depth, yet the military "strategy" consisted of piling things into a big stack and beelining for the nearest city. I can see why they wanted to change that.
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Well, yes. It is an expansion pack after all, not Civ VI.
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If you played it at launch and were frustrated by the bugs or the crappy AI, you really should grab G&K and give it another go.
Yes, the state the game shipped in was unfortunate, but that's been true for many games, including Civ III. The important thing is Firaxis has listened to the feedback and has put a lot of work into the game since then. It's still not perfect, no, but it's a lot better than it was.
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At first I thought the pre-order bonus was going to include original x-com uniforms but it appears its just the flat-top haired soldier.
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