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Coolguye posted:Bradford's sweater was an XCOM treasure and you will show him proper respect sir! fixed. I'm really digging the thought of a trooper class that wields a grenade launcher given their talk of more destructibility on the maps. Or maybe snake venom grenades to breach through floors? Hopefully the token big red canisters of explodey doom are proliferate as well. What I'm saying is that I really want to be able to reduce every map into rubble in new and exciting ways.
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The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost". Unless it's something that's actually part of the plot (like Back to the Future), it just feels completely arbitrary. And it's not like there are multiple endings to XCOM1. There's one ending, and a game over. Like someone said upthread, it would be like if Halflife 2 was based on an alternate reality where Gordon gets killed by the first headcrab he meets.
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Really disappointed that some of you genuinely think Bradford is alive. No way he lets XCOM HQ go down without him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vN9WreD4s This is now canon.
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winterwerefox posted:I keep digging these up This is my headcanon until proven otherwise.
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Fister Roboto posted:The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost"... Your jihad is weak, it shames you.
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Orgophlax posted:On Classes: Finally my all US Presidents and Porn Stars special forces team will be a reality.
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Vib Rib posted:Also I didn't see it mentioned but the "evac to skyranger" buttons show up because apparently you can finish a mission in other ways than killing all hostiles. If you stealth in and complete your side objectives of stealing/hacking something or grabbing a VIP, you can extract via Skyranger and the mission will be a win, even if there are still living aliens on the site. No more games of "where's the sectoid"  Oh god is this what getting hyped feels like? What does the disappointment hangover feel like? 
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Holy poo poo so many posts.gradenko_2000 posted:Ummm okay this is a legit question. Worst case you sucked at defending earth the first time and now it's time to make up for it. Best case from what Jake has confirmed is that it's an alt universe where instead of sending Sectoids in the first month of the war they just dropped Sectopods everywhere and XCOM was like "well poo poo". BUT THEY NEVER GAVE UP which is badass. So I'm hoping it's that. I agree with everyone else that its less hype if the universe exists because "you were pretty bad". Luckily either way I can just imagine whatever headcanon I want as with all XCOM games where the storyline is a guideline  Iron Twinkie posted:XCOM2 takes place in the timeline where the Commander died of heart disease. XCOM:EU/EW takes place in the time line where Future Trunks went back in time with a MELD canister to cure the Commander's heart condition. XCOM3 will takes place the timeline where after Future Trunks returns to the present in XCOM2, his time machine is carjacked by a Snakeman who then also travels back in time. Okay scratch that, THIS is my new canon. Segmentation Fault posted:The thread title inspired me This is wonderful. Truly wonderful. Zzulu posted:Xcom: fuckpocalypse Top marks for amazing mod name, minus marks for the fact that it will become a horrible reality come November Speedball posted:Rules of Nature, you say? Again, hahaha, awesome. Hopeford posted:While on the topic of fanart, here's my interpretation of what Van Doorn has been doing those last 20 years This is loving great. Did you do all this yourself? I assumed you just stuck Van Doorn's head onto an existing scene because it looks sweet as hell. Now after posting my thoughts on like 50 pages of Good Posts: XCOM 2 looks pretty freaking awesome.
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Fister Roboto posted:The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost". Unless it's something that's actually part of the plot (like Back to the Future), it just feels completely arbitrary. And it's not like there are multiple endings to XCOM1. There's one ending, and a game over. Like someone said upthread, it would be like if Halflife 2 was based on an alternate reality where Gordon gets killed by the first headcrab he meets. I guess I see it a little more like Civilization, where each game is a kind of independent reboot. I don't think XCOM is really supposed to have some grand continuing story which follows along in sequels like it's Mass Effect or something. On the other hand, it would be a little weird to tell the exact same story in an immediate sequel, so they're mixing it up a bit. I dunno, we'll have to see how it plays out, I guess.
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Vib Rib posted:Also I didn't see it mentioned but the "evac to skyranger" buttons show up because apparently you can finish a mission in other ways than killing all hostiles. If you stealth in and complete your side objectives of stealing/hacking something or grabbing a VIP, you can extract via Skyranger and the mission will be a win, even if there are still living aliens on the site. Living... aliens? Aliens... not dead? What?
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Fister Roboto posted:The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost". Unless it's something that's actually part of the plot (like Back to the Future), it just feels completely arbitrary. And it's not like there are multiple endings to XCOM1. There's one ending, and a game over. Like someone said upthread, it would be like if Halflife 2 was based on an alternate reality where Gordon gets killed by the first headcrab he meets. Am I the only one who actually thinks it sounds really cool?  I like the idea of a guerrilla-tactics game, it's actually something I've been pining for a long-rear end time and have never been able to find one to scratch the itch. JA2 was close, but the way mercs worked in the game meant that you basically had to savescum, as you can't afford to lose more than five or six soldiers over the course of the campaign.
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I like the idea. I will admit that for every game I finished, I had five that I started over. Statistically, we failed. Who cares about the times you ended up with a mindcrushing psionic God in the end, this is the story of the times you bailed out.
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Fister Roboto posted:The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost". Unless it's something that's actually part of the plot (like Back to the Future), it just feels completely arbitrary. And it's not like there are multiple endings to XCOM1. There's one ending, and a game over. Like someone said upthread, it would be like if Halflife 2 was based on an alternate reality where Gordon gets killed by the first headcrab he meets. Who actually plays XCOM for the story?
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Night10194 posted:1.13 is Jagged Alliance's Long War and explains why I don't like Long War. 
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Jun 3, 2015 02:06
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someone please flip his frown into a happy mouth, change the first line to "I like snake tits," and have the angel give him a note that says "me too"
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AnonSpore posted:Living... aliens? Aliens... not dead? What? According to the IGN article/interview, actual aliens are swole as gently caress this time around. Sectoids are now big, beefy, and start with mind control from the moment you see them, they're not 3HP munchkins your team starts using as hackey sacks the moment they get a dash of accuracy under their belts. The mooks in this game are the Advent soldiers, humans in armor from head to toe. It sounds like the Vipers are going to be comparatively about as beefy as the old Mutons, only now with with a "GET OVER HERE!" pull and the Stalker's suffocation ability.
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SMAC and Beyond Earth imply that the Earth isn't completely ruled by the benevolent, environmentalist Songhai empire and I find this very off putting.
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winterwerefox posted:I like the idea. I will admit that for every game I finished, I had five that I started over. Statistically, we failed. Who cares about the times you ended up with a mindcrushing psionic God in the end, this is the story of the times you bailed out. Pretty much this. Three-quarters of the playerbase didn't even beat the game once, even on the easiest difficulty. 
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Fister Roboto posted:The more I think about it the more I dislike the idea of "this is an alternate universe where XCOM lost". Unless it's something that's actually part of the plot (like Back to the Future), it just feels completely arbitrary. And it's not like there are multiple endings to XCOM1. There's one ending, and a game over. Like someone said upthread, it would be like if Halflife 2 was based on an alternate reality where Gordon gets killed by the first headcrab he meets. Every page it gets brought up that the Volunteer is a thing. Can you just wait until we hear more and join in with the snaketits chat and excitement of how the game will play instead of freaking out over the nothing we know yet.
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Wasn't there supposed to be a stream today?
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porn when
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Lack of Gravitas posted:Pretty much this. Three-quarters of the playerbase didn't even beat the game once, even on the easiest difficulty. Although, for what it's worthy, my wife has put in at least 150+ hours, probably more, on the XBOX version and never even come close to winning. She just restarts all the time to try to get a 'perfect run' or something. Makes no sense to me. But when confronted, she did admit that if she ever won she'd feel like she 'beat' it and wouldn't want to play anymore, so she purposefully avoids winning.  This is why I mostly try to find her sandbox stuff like Don't Starve.
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SynthOrange posted:porn when
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Liquid Penguins posted:someone please flip his frown into a happy mouth, change the first line to "I like snake tits," and have the angel give him a note that says "me too" 
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Yeah the van doorn video is going in the op like crazy once I get home but I've been phone posting for the last few hours
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Adun posted:Who actually plays XCOM for the story? It's more that I just dislike the idea of alternate timelines or whatever, it seems like it's just a cheap way to tell a story in a certain way without pissing off the nerds who care way too much about "canon". Like, oh, your favorite superhero died? Well don't worry, it's just an alternate timeline. Spudd posted:Every page it gets brought up that the Volunteer is a thing. Can you just wait until we hear more and join in with the snaketits chat and excitement of how the game will play instead of freaking out over the nothing we know yet. Who's freaking out? I'm still super excited for this game, even if I think the premise is (maybe) dumb.
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*a small neckbearded imp slides out from under your desk, holding a printout of a digital image, as he whispers in your ear* "porn now"
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has anyone mentioned that they're sexually attracted to a computer lizard while trying to imply that they're not a nerd yet? 'cause im not sure that there's nearly enough of that on the internet
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Fister Roboto posted:It's more that I just dislike the idea of alternate timelines or whatever, it seems like it's just a cheap way to tell a story in a certain way without pissing off the nerds who care way too much about "canon". Like, oh, your favorite superhero died? Well don't worry, it's just an alternate timeline. If they call it a reboot would that calm your beard down
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Reboots are even dumber! Especially since that would make this a reboot of a reboot!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEJWmxWkKw
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Vengarr posted:It's alternate universe according to the IGN story. X-COM never managed to get advanced alien tech, the aliens steamrolled humanity and the organization went underground (figuratively, they were already underground literally...) in response. Volunteer surrendered in the final mission, loving over XCom and driving them underground?
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