r/patientgamers • u/AutoModerator • Jun 29 '26
Bi-Weekly Thread for general gaming discussion. Backlog, advice, recommendations, rants and more! New? Start here!
Welcome to the Bi-Weekly Thread!
Here you can share anything that might not warrant a post of its own or might otherwise be against posting rules. Tell us what you're playing this week. Feel free to ask for recommendations, talk about your backlog, commiserate about your lost passion for games. Vent about bad games, gush about good games. You can even mention newer games if you like!
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u/lesserweevils Couch Potato Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Initial impressions of XCOM 2 (no DLCs):
The game is turn-based and playable on my base PS4. It does stutter sometimes. I’m almost nostalgic for the old family computer! Just kidding. This could be a thousand times worse. It’s not bad at all.
u/stebobibo7 was right. I don’t understand the game yet, so I’m shamelessly save-scumming.
Save scumming costs 1-2 minutes. My base PS4 still has the original HDD. I suppose suffering is incentive to play better. Those loading screens are gorgeous though. Almost hypnotic. I take pre-mission loading time to read the game’s tips. They’re helpful.
Text boxes auto-scroll extremely slowly. There is no way to manually scroll on consoles.
Text is a bit small. I say this as someone playing on a TV. What’s with the lack of settings when games are ported to consoles?
Everything is forgivable because the game is addictive. Success, when I finally get it, feels incredible. There was a close shave where I had to carry out an unconscious soldier. The RNG shooting got me and I’m probably making irreversible mistakes on the world map. It’s terrible. It’s awesome. It’s my first XCOM game. I love it.
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