XCOM: Ultimate Collection complete the set bundle

Thanks!

A bit cheaper in this bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/7118/XCOM_2_Collection/

I really love turn based tactical games

Then you will love this series. I have only played the first XCOM and I like it a lot, is a lot better with XCOM: Enemy Within DLC.

I heard they're VERY RNG based and unfair

Well, there's RNG involved for sure, I don't think is so unfair but it is true that you will fail some shots right in front of the enemy...

XCOM 1 with and without DLC and XCOM2 with and without DLC are great games,fun from start to finish.
What makes it enjoyable for so long is that your squad gets better and better, while the levels get harder, and your technology progresses all at the same time. All games essentially play the same, but the amount of specialization and customization is what makes the difference.

additional elements / customization / individual abilities:
Enemy Unknown -> enemy Within -> XCOM 2 -> War of the Chosen

XCOM Enemy Unknown your squad are basically regular soliders, while XCOM 2 War of the Chosen it's more like your squad are the avengers.

Hello future Commander.
From what I can see in your library and what you stated here you´re set for now. You own 3 out of the 4 available games (I´ll explain later) and that should give you anything from 100 to endless hrs to play with ..
Basically the expansions Enemy Within & War of the Chosen make different games out of their respective bases XCom:Enemy Unknown & XCom 2. Personally I would rate them as follows:

1. XCOM:EW the best TurnBasedTactical made to this day PERIOD.
   • playable with or without Slingshot DLC IMO it´s not necessary, might make the game harder in the beginning, easier in the end.
2. XCom 2 Great, renewed take on the established formula. Fancier Graphics.
   • Shen´s Last Gift - fleshes out the base game nicely reintroduction of mechatronics
   • Alien Hunters - one step into WotC. as such I prefer to activate it there
3. XCom:EU like a raw version. much less mechanics, closest to RL ; ) I think the hardest difficultywise
   • I´d recommend playing it with Slingshot on to flesh it out a bit
4. XCom: War of the Chosen the Superhero-Squad game Marvel & DC never got made. Over the Top Fun
   • All In YOLO

I didn´t comment on the purely cosmetic DLCs (Elite Soldier, Resistance Warrior, Anarchy´s Children). That´s really a matter of personal preference & hard disk space but then again; What would Barbie & Ken do without their wardrobe ? ; -
Tactical Legacy on the other hand doesn´t affect campaignplay. It´s a couple of missions in the style of the first game & linked to War of the Chosen - you can´t play it without WotC !
On a side note iirc XCom let´s you pick what DLC you want to start your campaign with, while XCom 2 puts whatever is installed into a new game.

To sum it up I´d say take a pick and start a game - while I have no guarantee I believe that Bundle will stay around and prices will fluctuate depending what of its contents are on Sale.

I have the same problem, I own Enemy Unknown but it keeps adding it to the bundle and will not let me purchase it for myself.

I'm getting the error, but the cart doesn't show any games that I am missing. It just keeps insisting I am trying to buy something that I already own, but it doesn't show that I am (Enemy Unknown is one of the items in my cart, but I don't own it yet). Cleared my cache, but that didn't help. I guess they just don't want my money.

I found a workaround for this. First add Xcom Enemy Unknown (base game) to your cart, and then add the Xcom Ultimate Collection to your cart, you will see how now the Ultimate Collection has the price previously advertised and how Xcom Enemy Unkown isnt included, now you just delete Xcom Enemy Unknown from your cart and the price of the package should stay the same.

If the price adjusts to what you already have, yeah. But most of the heavy hitters (Xcom2 expansion, the new Squad one) are on discount.

I smell the region problem here, you probably won the ROW copy of XCOM while the bundle checks for the regionalized copies (and prizes).

I found a workaround for this. First add Xcom Enemy Unknown (base game) to your cart, and then add the Xcom Ultimate Collection to your cart, you will see how now the Ultimate Collection has the price previously advertised and how Xcom Enemy Unkown isnt included, now you just delete Xcom Enemy Unknown from your cart and the price of the package should stay the same.

After looking into this further I found that I got XCOM Enemy Unknown through a Humble Bundle key that activated multiple games
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Ace Patrol Bundle, and Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete

And as such the game XCOM: Enemy Unknown isn't listed anywhere in my Steam activation list, though I DO own the game, I think the purchase is trying to check against my activation and purchases list to see if I own the game there instead of directly at my library.

But when I try to complete the purchase it then checks against the correct area as Steam tells me I already own XCOM: Enemy Unknow.
Ugh...

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I got a reply from Steam Support
"We have had several reports of this issue which has has been reported to the appropriate team and they're investigating to figure out what's going on here.

While we don't have an estimation of when the issue may be resolved, but we recommend that you periodically check the store to see if it has been resolved.

We appreciate the heads up and hope you're able to complete your purchase soon."

Thank you, have a consolation pat

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