THE FACTIONS
 
We’ve already talked about each of the three new Factions (Templars, Skirmishers, Reapers) you’ll be recruiting in the fight against the Chosen. Finding a new Faction opens up their HQ, which gives you a new place to scan and benefit from in the strategic level. For example; scanning at the Reaper’s HQ gives you additional Intel, operating from the Templar HQ heals your troops quicker, and the Skirmisher’s HQ allows you to build facilities faster.

COVERT ACTIONS

These are essentially non-combat missions. You’re allocating resources and soldiers to ferret out information seek out perks that’ll benefit XCOM, or rescue captured soldiers. A successful Covert Action can mean additional resources, new soldiers, a new mission, or information leading to a Chosen stronghold. Once players successfully complete three Covert Actions to locate and gain intel on a stronghold, that Chosen’s final mission will be available. But don’t think that this is simply a matter of you choosing a mission, then waiting for timers to tick down.

RESISTANCE ORDERS
 
Think of Resistance Orders as modifier cards used in CCGs. According to XCOM 2’s Senior Producer, Garth DeAngelis, “Design leveraged the foundation of a tried-and-true card system to provide that variability from a mechanical standpoint. These Factions are unpredictable, just like the game itself, and you never know what services they can offer in a given playthrough.”

> Shows Aim Assist bonuses to your hit chance in targeting UI.
> Shows enemy hit chances in flyover popups (does not yet count aim assist)."

GiveResource Supplies xx
giveresource EleriumDust xx  
giveresource Alienalloy xx
giveresource Eleriumcore xx
Givescientist xx
Giveengineer xx

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For Using the Console In-Game: Last Updated 11:49 Feb 7 2016
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This is confirmed with an ANSI keyboard (what we use in the US). Everything is case-sensitive.
 
***Important:*** The 'giveresource' command works if you have had, at some point in your game, at least 1 of an item in your inventory. If you have not, use instead 'additem'. The 'additem' command is CONFIRMED TO WORK WITH CORPSES, WEAPON UPGRADES, AND PCS UPGRADES.
 
-----Give Resources
giveresource supplies #
giveresource EleriumDust #
giveresource Alienalloy #
giveresource intel #
giveresource EleriumCore #
giveresource Corpse[Unitname] # |||| Corpse[Unitname] might = CorpseAdventTrooper CorpseArchon CorpseFaceless etc...
giveresource AimUpgrade_bsc # |||| Weapon upgrade Aim Basic
giveresource AimUpgrade_adv # |||| Weapon upgrade Aim Advanced
giveresource AimUpgrade_sup # |||| Weapon upgrade Aim Superior
giveresource CommonPCSSpeed # |||| PCS upgrade Speed Basic
giveresource RarePCSSpeed # |||| PCS upgrade Speed Advanced
giveresource EpicPCSSpeed # |||| PCS upgrade Speed Superior
 
-----List of Weapon Upgrades
--example: giveresource ClipSizeUpgrade_adv 5 |||| This will give 5 Advanced clip size upgrades
AimUpgrade
ClipSizeUpgrade
CritUpgrade
FreeFireUpgrade
FreeKillUpgrade
MissDamageUpgrade
ReloadUpgrade
 
-----List of PCS Upgrades
--example: giveresource RarePCSSpeed 5 |||| This will give 5 Advanced Speed PCS upgrades
PCSAgility
PCSConditioning
PCSFocus
PCSPerception
PCSSpeed
 
 
-----List of Corpses
--example: giveresource CorpseFaceless 5 |||| This will give 5 Faceless corpses
CorpseAdventOfficer
CorpseAdventShieldbearer
CorpseAdventStunLancer
CorpseAdventTrooper
CorpseArchon
CorpseBerserker
CorpseFaceless
CorpseSectoid
CorpseViper
 
-----List of Ammunitions
--example: giveresource IncendiaryRounds 5 |||| This will give 5 Dragon Rounds
APRounds
IncendiaryRounds
TalonRounds
TracerRounds
VenomRounds
 
-----List of Armors
--example: giveresource HeavyPlatedArmor 5 |||| This will give 5 E.X.O. suits
LightPlatedArmor |||| Spider suit
MediumPlatedArmor |||| Predator armor, not functional (requires the plated armor research)
HeavyPlatedArmor |||| E.X.O. suit
LightPoweredArmor |||| Wraith suit
MediumPoweredArmor |||| Warden armor, not functional (requires the power armor research)
HeavyPoweredArmor |||| W.A.R. suit
 
-----List of Vests
--example: giveresource StasisVest 5 |||| This will give 5 Stasis Vests
HazmatVest
StasisVest
**Note: Nanoscale Vest not found yet
 
-----Scientists and Engineers
giveengineer # |||| The # indicates the engineer's skill level: 1-10 corresponds to 10-100% faster excavation and 7-67% construction speed
givescientist # |||| A similar 1-10 level exists for scientists
 
-----Other
PowerUp |||| Works as godmode, No damage, no weapon reload.
Takenodamage |||| Godmode only; weapons reload
WhoseTurnIsItAnyway |||| Infinite move. You must enter the code before moving any unit otherwise you have to end the turn to reset the move.
LevelUpBarracks # |||| Will level up all soldiers in the Barracks by # of ranks
RemoveFortressDoom # |||| # indicates how many Avatar Project pips to remove
TATC |||| Teleport all to cursor; use command in battle to teleport squad to your mouse pointer
HealAllSoldiers |||| On ship view, heals all wounded soldiers (does not heal Shaken)
 
-----Reported Commands, unable to verify/not verified yet
SetStratagyFacilitiesSuperSpree [on, off] |||| Build all facilities from the start, free, insta build; not functional with on/off or 1/0
SetStrategyFacilitiesUnlockAll [on, off] |||| Allow player to build all facilities; not functional with on/off or 1/0
SetStratagyFacilitiesFree [on, off] |||| Makes facility builds free; not functional with on/off or 1/0
SetStratagyFacilitiesInstantBuild [on, off] |||| Instant facility build; not functional with on/off or 1/0
 
 
GiveFacility [FacilityName] [MapIndex[INT]] |||| UNVERIFIED, possibly the wrong command
or
BuildFacility [FacilityName] [MapIndex[INT] ||| UNVERIFIED, but vohk confirms as per his quote below:
 
vohk wrote:  
I think I figured out the BuildFacility command.
 
WARNING: The game seems to only let you build one of the unique buildings. If you use the console to build it in the invisible space 1 and 2, you may be screwed. Also, dropping a new facility over a Alien Debris, Machinery, etc does NOT unlock adjacent slots for excavation. Save before fiddling!
 
BuildFacility [FacilityName] [MapIndex]
 
MapIndex starts at 3 for the top left of the build area, moving left to right, top to bottom. So the second row starts with 6, third row with 9, etc. I assume 1 and 2 are unused.
 
As for FacilityName, some are as expected (PowerRelay and AdvancedWarfareCenter), others are not (OfficerTrainingSchool is the Guerilla Tactics School). The names present in the config files should be accurate.[/b]  
 
 
-----Possible List of Facilities
OfficerTrainingSchool |||| Guerilla Tactics School
Workshop
UFODefense |||| Not sure yet
ResistanceComms
PsiChamber
PowerRelay
AdvancedWarfareCenter
ShadowChamber
ProvingGround

DESCRIPTION:
A collection of mods and tweaks to improve the XCOM experience which can be enabled separately,
* Configurable Camera - Free rotation, Max/Min zoom etc.
* Selective Recruitment - Select the nationality and gender probability of new recruits.
* Select the Class that Rookies will be promoted as.
* No disappearing corpses.
* Remove Overwatch and Hunker-Down delay after activating.
* Adjust the amount of Will a soldier loses when they are critically wounded.
* Unlocks four new countries ( Columbia, Portugal, Turkey, Venezuela ).

Toujours riche en annonce exclusive, la couverture du prochain GameInformer nous révèle l'existence d'un nouveau jeu X-Com développé par Firaxis.
 
Il s'agira en fait d'une "ré-imagination" du tout premier jeu de la saga qui s'appellera tout simplement XCOM : Enemy Unknown et qui visera notamment à présenter cette franchise mythique du PC "à une audience console plus large". A noter que les plates-formes visées par le jeu n'ont pas encore été dévoilées et que les détails concrets sur son gameplay sont encore assez chiches à l'heure actuelle (bien que les combats en tour par tour semblent être de la partie). En attendant d'en apprendre plus.

Le reboot de XCOM, ce n'est pas pour tout de suite. Initialement attendu pour mars 2011, le titre est maintenant annoncé entre le 1er avril 2012 et le 31 mars 2013. Une belle fourchette en somme mais on aura au moins l'occasion d'en voir plus d'ici peu, comme le laisse présager la couverture du prochain Game Informer, que voici ci-dessous.

C'est le magazine américain Game Informer qui se paye une nouvelle exclusivité mondiale en dévoilant ce mois-ci XCOM : Enemy Unknown, le nouveau jeu développé par Firaxis, le studio connu et reconnu pour sa série Civilization. Mais, direz-vous, un autre jeu XCOM n'est-il pas déjà en développement chez 2K Marin ? Exact. Cela dit, si 2K Marin tente une nouvelle approche en adaptant la licence au genre FPS, XCOM : Enemy Unknown restera, lui, bien fidèle aux origines tactiques de la série. Les détails sur le jeu n'ont pas encore filtré. On sait simplement que le gameplay s'appuiera sur du tour par tour afin que le joueur puisse diriger pas à pas son escouade dans des décors destructibles pour exterminer la vermine alien. XCOM : Enemy Unknown sortira cet automne sur PC, PS3 et Xbox 360.

-Vous ouvrez le fichier "Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\Config\DefaultEngine.ini" avec un éditeur de texte.
 
-Dans la section Engine.Engine vous remplacer la ligne Language=FRA par Language=INT.
 
-Ensuite vous copier-coller le dossier "Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\Localization\INT" n'importe où pour avoir une copie au cas où.
 
-Vous copiez le contenu du dossier "Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\Localization\FRA" dans le dossier "Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XComGame\Localization\INT" après avoir supprimé le contenu de ce dernier (et vu que vous avez fait une copie, vous pourrez toujours le restaurer en cas de problème).
 
-Enfin vous renommez tous les fichiers du dossier INT qui sont en *.fra en *.int

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Les stratèges en herbe peuvent commencer à saliver, ils auront bel et bien droit à une extension pour leur cher XCOM : Enemy Unknown, intitulée XCOM : Enemy Within.

New Resource: Self-destruct Meld recovered from the battlefield forces a more risky play style and unlocks new gameplay options;
New Improvements: Genetic modifications which enhance several areas of the body (uses Meld);
New Soldier Class: Mech troopers as a completely new class with a unique skill tree (uses Meld);
New Weapons: giant mini-gun, rail gun, flame thrower, proximity mines, kinetic strike module (power fist), needle grenade (large blast radius), stealth grenades (invisibility);
More Customization: A complete language set is now available for customization for all nationalities present in the game (e.g. German soldiers will talk German);
More Maps: 47 single player new maps! 8 for multiplayer. And modifications to the original single player maps (including crashed UFOs in city maps and other locations);
New Enemies: New sectoid variant, the Mechtoid. And possibly others…
New Second Wave option: Reworked cover system allows shooting angles to influence the probability to hit enemies (this one was confirmed to be Sid Meier’s idea);
New Second Wave option: Save Scum resets seed for different outcomes on reload;
New Second Wave option: Randomizes the upgrade trees for soldiers beyond their initial class-specific ability.

Alors cet XCOM Enemy Unknown :
53.8 %  49 votes
1.  Génial, un super jeu, on en redemande !
 
30.8 % 28 votes
2.  Il est bien, il rempli son travail, d'ailleurs je l'ai fini mais je reste sur ma faim.
 
7.7 %  7 votes  
3.  J'en attendais plus, il a des défauts gênants, à voir si c'est corrigé dans une éventuelle suite
 
4.4 %  4 votes
4.  Raté, lacunaire, trop simpliste et répétitif, j'ai déjà arrêté d'y jouer.
 
3.3 %  3 votes  
5.  Je n'y jouerai pas, rien que les retours et les tests m'ont refroidi, encore un reboot raté.
 
Total : 127 votes (36 votes blancs)

Votre avis sur XCOM enemy within
 
 
 
35.1 %
 13 votes
1.  L'extension qui manquait pour faire un très, très grand jeu !
 
51.4 %
 19 votes
2.  Un add-on avec plein de qualités faisant un bon jeu, on en redemande.
 
5.4 %
    2 votes
3.  Encore trop de défauts dans cette suite, dommage il aurait largement pu mieux faire.
 
0.0 %
        0 vote
4.  Un add-on qui n'apporte rien, le jeu s'essouffle trop vite pour que je continue d'y jouer.
 
8.1 %
 3 votes
5.  Je n'achèterai pas cette suite qui n'apporte rien d'intéressant à mes yeux.
 

Ce que vous attendez d'XCOM 2
 
 
 7.6 %
 9 votes
1.  Des terrains sub-aquatiques
 
 20.2 %
 24 votes
2.  Plus d'armes, de technologies, de terrains, de soldats
 
19.3 %
 23 votes
3.  Des missions variées
 
 9.2 %
 11 votes
4.  Une histoire plus au centre du jeu
 
 5.0 %
 6 votes
5.  Un mode en ligne vraiment intéressant
 
17.6 %
 21 votes
6.  Une amélioration tactique des combats
 
 7.6 %
 9 votes
7.  Avoir plusieurs bases à gérer en même temps
 
 9.2 %
 11 votes
8.  Un système plus proche du mod long war actuel
 
 4.2 %
 5 votes
9.  Que l'histoire soit dans une époque vraiment futuriste
 
 
Total : 126 votes (7 votes blancs)
Sondage à 9 choix possibles.

au 1er mars 2016 :
Alors ce XCOM2...
 
 
42.6 %
 20 votes
1.  GOTY le XCOM que l'on attendait !
 
34.0 %
 16 votes
2.  Excellent j'y retourne pour une 2e partie !
 
 21.3 %
 10 votes
3.  Du bon mais quelques bémols (difficulté, gestion, rng...) à corriger ou à modder
 
 0.0 %
        0 vote
4.  Moyen, trop de défauts à mon goût, j'arrête là.
 
 2.1 %
      1 vote
5.  Raté et buggé, c'est non merci...
 
 
Total : 64 votes (17 votes blancs)

Le mod long war 2...
 
 
 17.9 %
 5 votes
1.  Il est/semble excellent, je relance une nouvelle campagne !
 
28.6 %
 8 votes
2.  Pas mal mais je préfère finir le jeu "normal" d'abord (une première ou nouvelle fois)
 
 17.9 %
 5 votes
3.  Il est/semble trop dur, ça rend le jeu trop difficile
 
 7.1 %
 2 votes
4.  C'est ce qu'aurait dû être XCOM 2 dès sa sortie
 
 7.1 %
 2 votes
5.  Des nouvelles missions et une gestion nouvelle ok mais je préfère attendre XCOM 3
 
 7.1 %
 2 votes
6.  Je vais patienter le temps qu'il soit stable et vraiment complet
 
 14.3 %
 4 votes
7.  Même un an après sa sortie XCOM 2 surpasse toujours la concurrence !
 
 
Total : 33 votes (5 votes blancs)

Game Informer nous offre une grosse session de questions-réponses à propos du XCOM : Enemy Unknown développé par Firaxis.
 
On y apprend que le jeu se déroule chronologiquement après le FPS de 2K Marin, qu'il y aura un mélange de tour par tour (pour les affrontements) et de temps réel (pour le reste), qu'il y aura toujours de la recherche basée sur les technologies extraterrestres trouvées sur le terrain, et qu'évidemment, il y aura des "ajustements" de faits pour que le public console ne se fasse pas une foulure du cerveau. Vous pouvez commencer à craindre le pire.
 
L'articles est accompagné par quelques images. Celle qui montre la vue des affrontements fait penser à un jeu iPad.

ome on in to have your questions answered and to get the first public look at what Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown looks like in action.
 
Click on any of the three screens on this page to view a high-resolution version.
 
Wasn't there another XCOM game?
Yes, 2K Marin is developing a previously announced first-person shooter, simply called XCOM. That game was originally scheduled to come out last year, but has since been delayed out of 2011.
 
How do those games relate to each other?
The shooter takes place earlier in the fiction, chronicling the aliens' first attacks in the United States. The strategy game we're talking about here deals with the global response to the later full-blown alien invasion of Earth.
 
So this is some kind of RTS?
No, not in the way the term "RTS" typically applies to games like StarCraft. The real-time element of XCOM is confined to the global view, where the player keeps track of known UFOs and abductions going on around the world. Managing research and development at the XCOM organization's secret base can be done at the player's leisure, and all combat is completely turn-based.
 
 
 
You switch between real-time and turn-based?
Yes. When your aerial transport lands at an abduction site, the game switches to a tactical view and you command your squad of personalized soldiers in battle against an unknown alien threat.
 
So what do you do in the real-time global view?
On the strategic layer, players direct research into alien technology, give their engineers and foundries fabrication requests, interact with the nations of the world (who have to be mollified to secure funding for XCOM), intercept airborne UFOs with jet fighters, level up their soldiers and recruit new ones, and dispatch the Skyranger transport to engage alien incursions on the ground.
 
Is this a remake of the original?
Kind of. Re-imagining is probably a better term. Firaxis' XCOM: Enemy Unknown doesn't directly copy the underlying game systems – for instance, soldiers have different stats than they did in the 1994 original – but the concepts are still here. Players still have to manage multiple resources and threats on a global scale in a seemingly hopeless war against extraterrestrial forces with far better technology and capabilities.
 
 
 
Is this going to be dumbed down for the "wider console audience"?
Firaxis is undeniably streamlining aspects of the game and removing no small amount of micromanagement, but from what I've seen I wouldn't call it "dumbing down" the game so much as getting rid of tedium and uninteresting mechanics. Soldiers still die permanently, fog of war and line of sight are hugely important in combat, and you absolutely can lose the game if you screw up too badly.
 
Does it look awesome?
I came away from our visit to Firaxis' studio extremely impressed by XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The project is far from done, but I am personally thrilled at the prospect of playing the final game.
 
Visit the hub for more exclusive XCOM: Enemy Unknown content all month long!

Quelques infos grapillées sur le forum de 2k :
•No action points. The game uses a move-and-shoot (or move-and-move) dynamic. They don't want people piddling around counting individual action points. Some will call this a concession to consolitis; others will call it useful streamlining.
 
•Soldiers can still panic, but not to the point of wiping the squad. Likewise, you'll never get plasma-bombed right out of the carrier. They want to make the game more fair, and those were specifically mentioned.
 
•The strategic layer is extremely robust. You still need to choose which countries to send missions to, which offers of aid (in exchange for more protection) you'll accept from which countries, which alien technologies you'll research, etc. The back-and-forth between tactical and strategic play remains at the heart of the game.
 
•Overwatch, duck-and-cover, etc. are all still very much present, tactically.
 
•You can research vehicles, which take the place of a squaddie. They don't gain XP and when they are destroyed they are lost for good, but they provide serious cover and firepower. One example given is a mobile heavy weapons platform that serves as a good overwatcher for a tactical advance.
 
•Sectoids and Mutons are in. Cyberdiscs and Thin Men are also mentioned. Evidently psionics are also in.
 
•Aliens have their own special perk-like abilities as well.
Overall it looks really f**king fantastic and I am now DAY ONE.
 
 
 
The article specifically cites a sniper spending their entire turn to take an aimed shot for Massive Damage. Perhaps it's more accurate to think of the game as having only two action points per turn, for Move-Shoot, or Move-Move, or Aim-Shoot, etc.
 
Gus, like I said, overwatch is in the game. In, in, in the game. You definitely can set up squaddies who haven't used all their actions in a turn, such that they can do overwatch and shoot the instant something comes into view.
 
 
 
 
Reloading costs an action, so it is a tactical consideration. Ducking into cover is the main positioning mechanic they mention. They also mention supppressive fire as another mechanic -- your heavy weapons guy can lay down a barrage that can paralyze pinned units (e.g. remove their actions). Grenades are in, wounding is in. Generally it doesn't sound like there are fewer tactical options, but rather that the bookkeeping is simplified.
 
 
 
(This part was by the author of the GI article)
Apologies if the article was unclear, but the deal is that sniper rifles are unusual in that they take a full turn to shoot. You can unlock a move-shoot perk for snipers at some experience level, but your basic sniper rifle takes a full turn to fire.
 
Ammo is abstracted. You're assumed to be carrying enough clips to reload as much as you want, but it takes a turn to do so. Suppressive fire is crazy awesome, for instance, but it burns through ammo like a mofo so you're borrowing turns down the road to kick ass now.
 
Body positions - AIUI you are assumed to be kneeling behind partial cover etc. They didn't go into a ton of detail here. Personally that's a level of control granularity that I'm not concerned about preserving, so long as I have other awesome **** that I can do and creative tactics to explore. Which from what I've seen will not be lacking.
 
 
So yeah, you only have one base. Building different bases has been removed, but you still buy satellite coverage (the new radar) and build hangars for interception in different countries. Your single base is like way more crazy awesome than any base from the original, though, and presents lots of opportunities for more decision-making in terms of digging deeper as well as what kind of expansion facilities you add on (see the screenshot of the "ant farm" that we put online Monday).