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Has a bloodline game actually been attempted where each month a new commander takes over and there is minimal coordination between commanders? Could make for some dwarf fortress-level hilarity.
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I don't like the "alternative universe" train of thoughts. This is not loving Marvel. XCOM is serious business. I'll pretend the first Temple Ship was just a reconnaissance thing before the main force. As a side note, what Jagged Alliance would be best for me if the only turn by turn games I ever played are XCOM and Shadowrun Returns/Dragonfall?
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holy poo poo i just watched the trailer and i cant tell if they're trolling the giant xcom babies or thought it looked 'cool' but i couldnt be more hype for this game
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Jun 3, 2015 11:21
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Can you freeaim and blowup walls/scenery with non-explosives in this one?
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Jun 3, 2015 11:24
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Gortarius posted:Can you freeaim and blowup walls/scenery with non-explosives in this one? Doubtful, it would break a lot of things with how they have implemented stuff.
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Jun 3, 2015 11:32
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Gortarius posted:Can you freeaim and blowup walls/scenery with non-explosives in this one? Supposedly, the environment is a lot more destructible. So it would make sense for them to give us more tools to wreck things.
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Jun 3, 2015 11:33
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The new "Heavy" (Grenadier) gets a rotary cylinder grenade launcher, at least, for maximum property damage. 
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Jun 3, 2015 11:36
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Otisburg posted:The new "Heavy" (Grenadier) gets a rotary cylinder grenade launcher, at least, for maximum property damage. The new "Assault" (Ranger) also gets a Machete, which once upgraded to a Hatchet is capable of breaking down wooden doors while the operative screams "HEEERE'S XCOM" at the collaborators cowering inside.
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Furism posted:I don't like the "alternative universe" train of thoughts. This is not loving Marvel. XCOM is serious business. I'll pretend the first Temple Ship was just a reconnaissance thing before the main force. Jagged Alliance 2 is always the answer no matter the question. The new ones don't hold up too good and the first one is about 60 percent wading through swampwaters.
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Jun 3, 2015 11:56
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Hey Beagle, where do I get myself a sweet-as Bradford sweater like yours?
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Furism posted:I don't like the "alternative universe" train of thoughts. This is not loving Marvel. XCOM is serious business. I'll pretend the first Temple Ship was just a reconnaissance thing before the main force. Did we play different games or do you not remember the intro cinematic for X-com? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0Cm3N_n6k
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Jun 3, 2015 11:59
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Beagle posted:The new "Assault" (Ranger) also gets a Machete, which once upgraded to a Hatchet is capable of breaking down wooden doors while the operative screams "HEEERE'S XCOM" at the collaborators cowering inside. Now I imagine a Terror Mission, where you assault a small area that has "Alien Civilians", and you have to kill little bleep bloops while a responce force tries to rescue them.
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Michaellaneous posted:Now I imagine a Terror Mission, where you assault a small area that has "Alien Civilians", and you have to kill little bleep bloops while a responce force tries to rescue them. Unironically this. Sweater XO Man sending you to firebomb a sectoid creche would make this day one purchase for me. feels_good_xeno_blood_on_face.jpg
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Jun 3, 2015 12:06
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Demiurge4 posted:Hey Beagle, where do I get myself a sweet-as Bradford sweater like yours? I'm no Beagle, but they are called wooly pully sweaters and you can buy some at Amazon or other retailers.  Stick a custom-made badge and you are good to go.
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Jun 3, 2015 12:07
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Mordaedil posted:Did we play different games or do you not remember the intro cinematic for X-com? I did say XCOM and not X-Com! 
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Jun 3, 2015 12:14
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fspades posted:I'm no Beagle, but they are called wooly pully sweaters and you can buy some at Amazon or other retailers. Nice! Will order a pair when I get home.
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Furism posted:I don't like the "alternative universe" train of thoughts. This is not loving Marvel. XCOM is serious business. I'll pretend the first Temple Ship was just a reconnaissance thing before the main force. It's not an 'alternate universe'. It's THE universe. We just did not get to choose which one came true any more than Warcraft 1/2 players got to choose which campaign ending was canon.
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Jun 3, 2015 12:39
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Just look at that achievement where less than 25% of people even finished the game. Statistically the aliens won. 
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Jun 3, 2015 12:42
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ChogsEnhour posted:Just look at that achievement where less than 25% of people even finished the game. Statistically the aliens won. I finished it once 
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Jun 3, 2015 12:44
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Throw the carehavers a bone by importing their EU/EW Squad and their cosmetic customizarion and loadouts, then graphically and fangoriously kill that squad in the opening cutscene.
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Jun 3, 2015 12:46
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Me too. It just wasn't enough.  All hail the snake tits.So hyped for this. Luckily Massive Chalice was free on Xbox Gold this month so that may scratch my X-Com itch a bit, but I've not played it yet, so who knows. edit: Otisburg posted:Throw the carehavers a bone by importing their EU/EW Squad and their cosmetic customizarion and loadouts, then graphically and fangoriously kill that squad in the opening cutscene. Would genuinely love that.
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Otisburg posted:Throw the carehavers a bone by importing their EU/EW Squad and their cosmetic customizarion and loadouts, then graphically and fangoriously kill that squad in the opening cutscene. If you import a squad, you will do the training mission with them. They run into a trap and get mind controlled. The last boss of the game is a super-buff version of that squad fighting you with all the dirty tricks.
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ChogsEnhour posted:Me too. It just wasn't enough. Lol, Massive Chalice has been released for what? Two days?
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I've been bogged down with work. Work i should be doing now instead of posting about Xcom, but I'm only human.
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fspades posted:I'm no Beagle, but they are called wooly pully sweaters and you can buy some at Amazon or other retailers. So, is this sweater not a thing in the Americas since people think it's all wacky and stuff? It's been decades since my drafted year, but all the surplus stores in Norway sold that sweater. It's super comfortable and great during winter. Officers wore it around camp as business casual all the time. I thought it was perfect on the XCOM guy.
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Jun 3, 2015 12:53
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I imagine it is more common here (also from Norway), in Iceland, Svalbard, Canada and Alaska.
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Otisburg posted:Throw the carehavers a bone by importing their EU/EW Squad and their cosmetic customizarion and loadouts, then graphically and fangoriously kill that squad in the opening cutscene. Is "fangoriously" even a word?
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THE BAR posted:Is "fangoriously" even a word? It is now.
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Beagle posted:The new "Assault" (Ranger) also gets a Machete, which once upgraded to a Hatchet is capable of breaking down wooden doors while the operative screams "HEEERE'S XCOM" at the collaborators cowering inside. Sorry if this is me being really dumb but... you aren't the same beagle who's well know for his XCOM videos are you? Either way, that hatchet idea is awesome and/or hilarious. I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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I love this thread.  So do we have anything to look forward too today from IGN?
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Stephen9001 posted:Sorry if this is me being really dumb but... you aren't the same beagle who's well know for his XCOM videos are you? Either way, that hatchet idea is awesome and/or hilarious. It is. Are we expecting any more info tomorrow or is it just the Friday stream? (i think there was a firaxis stream coming up???)
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Thyrork posted:I love this thread. IIRC they have a written feature every day this week launching at noon Eastern time. I might be misremembering though.
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Did you draw this? Because yeah, we can stop discussing the snaketits now. This basically sums up everyone's feelings in this thread. Nice find and/or good job with the drawing!
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Donnerberg posted:So, is this sweater not a thing in the Americas since people think it's all wacky and stuff? US Military probably has got some high tech polymer smart sweater poo poo for cold weather instead of the good old time proven wool pull-over like the rest of NATO. Now that I think of it, given the level of tech XCOM has, it's weird that Bradford wears one of those.
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Inglonias posted:Did you draw this? Because yeah, we can stop discussing the snaketits now. This basically sums up everyone's feelings in this thread. It will never end.
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Wales Grey posted:Commander... do you think love can bloom, even on the battlefield? This deserved more notice Otisburg posted:Throw the carehavers a bone by importing their EU/EW Squad and their cosmetic customizarion and loadouts, then graphically and fangoriously kill that squad in the opening cutscene. Haha that'd be great "Colonel Werewolf, nooooo!"
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ChogsEnhour posted:Just look at that achievement where less than 25% of people even finished the game. Statistically the aliens won. That's an amazingly high completion rate for a game of XCOM's difficulty. THE BAR posted:Is "fangoriously" even a word? Ever since september 8, 2003 A.o.D. fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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One thing I want is some controlled explosives for breaches. Grenades don't count.
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A.o.D. posted:That's an amazingly high completion rate for a game of XCOM's difficulty. Probably the benefit of a pretty die-hard niche audience.
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It's terrible that the thing I am most excited for is more indepth soldier customisation. Though I guess it's just a sneaky way to make the game even crueler. More personalised soldiers means even more agony when they inevitably get one shotted by a thin man across the map
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