XCOM: Enemy Within DLC (EU2012): Difference between revisions

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On August 3rd, Producer 2K revealed during Gamescom 2013 a new DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown called XCOM: Enemy Within. It will be available also for consoles and has a release date of November 12th, 2013.

List of details revealed on August 21st on this [1], along with these articles [2], [3]:

The Meld

The Meld containers need to be captured quickly (it will self-destruct) and it will be present in most maps.
The Meld can be used to create either Mech Troopers (a new class) or to genetically increase any class abilities (including Mechs).
2 new base facilities: Genetics Labs and Cybernetics Labs

Gene Mods

Alien Autopsies will reveal genetic modifications ("Gene Mods") for your soldiers. Gene Mods can apply to the following categories: Brain, Eyes, Chest, Skin, Legs.

Mech Trooper

Mech soldiers have their own MEC Suits which can be damaged and need to be repaired.
Along the abilities/weapons of the Mech: Flamer, a Melee attack, Minigun and Railgun weapons, Proximity Mines, Grenade Launcher.
Aliens also have their own Mechs, including the Mechtoid (Sectoid)

Gameplay & Interface Changes

Flanking system has been reworked with Aiming Angle: the closer you get to flank an alien, the more its cover bonus declines (works also against your soldiers).
New Second Wave options.
Saving a game will reset the RNG seed for the shots.
There will be an inventory button to strip away all items from a soldier ("make item available").

New Maps

You can now personalize your soldier's voice according to its nationality (French soldiers can speak in French or any other language).
Maps: some maps have been "tweaked", some to address exploding cars issues. More maps for Multiplayer. There's now new maps that deal with crashed UFOs in a destroyed city and also there seems to be another in a Farm.
According to this Polish article, there will be 47 new maps, including 8 for Multiplayer.
On Multiplayer, players will now be able to create squads in offline mode.
There are more surprises according to Garth.

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-On August 3rd, Producer 2K revealed during Gamescom 2013 a new DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown called XCOM: Enemy Within.
+On August 3rd, Producer 2K revealed during Gamescom 2013 a new DLC for XCOM: Enemy Unknown called XCOM: Enemy Within. It will be available also for consoles and has a release date of November 12th, 2013.
-List of details revealed on August 21st on this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSoqdOZ0-M|video]:
+List of details revealed on August 21st on this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCSoqdOZ0-M|video], along with these articles [http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/21/4642424/xcom-enemy-within-expansion-announcement-release-date], [http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/08/21/xcom-enemy-within-announced-tons-of-details]:
+==The Meld==
 * The [[Meld (EU2012)|Meld]] containers need to be captured quickly (it will self-destruct) and it will be present in most maps.
 * The Meld can be used to create either [[Mech Trooper (EU2012)|Mech Troopers]] (a new class) or to genetically increase any class abilities (including Mechs).
+* 2 new base facilities: [[Genetics Labs (EU2012)|Genetics Labs]] and [[Cybernetics Labs (EU2012)|Cybernetics Labs]]
+==Gene Mods==
 * Alien Autopsies will reveal genetic modifications ("[[Gene Mods (EU2012)|Gene Mods]]") for your soldiers. Gene Mods can apply to the following categories: Brain, Eyes, Chest, Skin, Legs.
-* 2 new base facilities: [[Genetics Labs (EU2012)|Genetics Labs]] and [[Cybernetics Labs (EU2012)|Cybernetics Labs]]
+==Mech Trooper==
 * Mech soldiers have their own [[MEC suit (EU2012)|MEC Suits]]  which can be damaged and need to be repaired.
 * Along the abilities/weapons of the Mech: Flamer, a Melee attack, Minigun and Railgun weapons, Proximity Mines, Grenade Launcher.
 * Aliens also have their own Mechs, including the [[Mechtoid (EU2012)|Mechtoid]] (Sectoid)
+==Gameplay & Interface Changes==
 * Flanking system has been reworked with Aiming Angle: the closer you get to flank an alien, the more its cover bonus declines (works also against your soldiers).
+* New Second Wave options.
+* Saving a game will reset the RNG seed for the shots.
+* There will be an inventory button to strip away all items from a soldier ("make item available").
+==New Maps==
 * You can now personalize your soldier's voice according to its nationality (French soldiers can speak in French or any other language).
 * Maps: some maps have been "tweaked", some to address exploding cars issues. More maps for Multiplayer. There's now new maps that deal with crashed UFOs in a destroyed city and also there seems to be another in a Farm.
 * According to this Polish [http://www.cdaction.pl/news-34311/gamescom-13-xcom-enemy-within---pierwsze-rozszerzenie-do-enemy-unknown-zapowiedziane-wideo.html| article], there will be 47 new maps, including 8 for Multiplayer.
-* New Second Wave options.
-* Saving a game will reset the RNG seed for the shots.
-* There will be an inventory button to strip away all items from a soldier ("make item available").
 * On Multiplayer, players will now be able to create squads in offline mode.
 * There are more surprises according to Garth.
-* It will be available also for consoles.
-* Release date: November 12th, 2013
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