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There's a video game sequel you can play that assumes you won the first one, it's called Literally Every Other Video Game Sequel. It's p. salty to assert that the game, regardless of its overall quality, will be "smeared" because it took a narrative chance instead of acknowledging your Uncharacteristically Crushing XCOM Victory. That's my verdict and I'm sticking to it. So have they said whether Shen, Vahlen, and Sweater Guy are making a comeback? I kind of hope they are.
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Stephen9001 posted:Why poo poo? The fact you now feel obligated to tell us if you win? He's not, he's mentioned it on the stream before. Doesn't care for Homestuck but loves SBaHJ. Which makes sense, even if it's another name to be sadly crossed off the list of people who are over 14 and potentially like Homestuck.
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Jun 10, 2015 13:40
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I had no idea sweet bro and hella Jeff was a home stuck thing until the thread pointed it out
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Jun 10, 2015 13:54
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Its an easy mistake to make given SB&HJ is funny while Homestuck is a bloated mess.
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Jun 10, 2015 13:56
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Problem Sleuth >>>>> Homestuck
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Jun 10, 2015 14:02
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Pohl posted:If it is continually crashing, your computer is the problem. Yeah, it has some stability issues but not so bad that it crashes over and over. even though vanilla doesn't crash at all? are you joking
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Jun 10, 2015 14:08
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FirstAidKite posted:Gonna mod xcom 2 to be about the speedwagon foundation sending normal everyday people armed with nazi tech to kill vampires and zombies Never knew how much i needed this until you said it.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:15
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Otisburg posted:So have they said whether Shen, Vahlen, and Sweater Guy are making a comeback? I kind of hope they are. Are scientist girl, military guy and chinaman popular characters or something? I didn't even remember they had names. Why would they "return" if the new game is based twenty years in the future, in a world where they accomplished absolutely nothing?
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Jun 10, 2015 14:20
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Liu posted:even though vanilla doesn't crash at all? are you joking Vanilla doesn't crash. Your computer has a problem. Long War is way more intense than the vanilla game. No surprise that it may crash when the vanilla game doesn't. Long War is stressing your computer. Basically, your computer is looking for 1+1= 2 and the answer it is receiving is 3. Your computer isn't calculating things right and the game is crashing. Don't be mad at me or the Long War mods. Pohl fucked around with this message at 14:29 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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Jun 10, 2015 14:20
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What of mods that turn Specialists into Stand Users with Gremlins as stands.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:22
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Internet Kraken posted:Its an easy mistake to make given SB&HJ is funny while Homestuck is a bloated mess. Basically SB&HJ is pretty funny/on the nose to anyone who was around during the earliest days of webcomics, and Homestuck is bloated enough that everyone can find a few choice nuggets of humor for them in it no matter how much they find the rest of it tedious and confusing. The important thing to note here is that Homestuck is tedious, confusing and bloated. Phobophilia posted:Problem Sleuth >>>>> Homestuck There's also this. Problem Sleuth never pretended it was in a world that made any sense whatsoever, or had a dramatic plot. It was just going from one gag to another. Also, it loving ended.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:28
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Pohl posted:Vanilla doesn't crash. Your computer has a problem. whatever it just crashes too much for my liking and it's not my computer. thanks
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Jun 10, 2015 14:35
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Frionnel posted:Never knew how much i needed this until you said it. Code Black, ＯＨ ＭＹ ＧＯＤ！！ I'd be lying if I said I didn't want it as well now. sassassin posted:Are scientist girl, military guy and chinaman popular characters or something? I didn't even remember they had names. I hated them at first (how dare they change things) but I ended up liking them in the end and think they add a lot to the atmosphere of the game. sassassin posted:Why would they "return" if the new game is based twenty years in the future, in a world where they accomplished absolutely nothing? Why would you? 
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Jun 10, 2015 14:37
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Liu posted:whatever it just crashes too much for my liking and it's not my computer. thanks You win. Thousands of people are playing this mod but you can't play it because it sucks. It isn't your computer. Think about it.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:40
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Alkydere posted:The important thing to note here is that Homestuck is tedious, confusing and bloated. Just like Long War. So Beagle should love it!
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Jun 10, 2015 14:42
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sassassin posted:Are scientist girl, military guy and chinaman popular characters or something? I didn't even remember they had names. The other guys I can take or leave, but Vahlen's (scientist girl)'s sheer joy in alien torture was a treat, IMO. As to why they'd return? They're part of the titular organization, and at least two of them were young enough that kicking around another couple decades keeping the lights on doesn't really strain credulity at all.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:44
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They already said that they figured out the basic game systems first and then worked on a story to suit them. Guerilla warfare means aliens are in charge which means xcom had to have lost. Trying to make the game fun and interesting without worrying about internet subhumans bitching and moaning is a good plan. Also, said subhumans were always gonna buy or pirate the game anyway so why bother trying to appeal to them?
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Jun 10, 2015 14:44
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Serious Frolicking posted:They already said that they figured out the basic game systems first and then worked on a story to suit them. Guerilla warfare means aliens are in charge which means xcom had to have lost. Trying to make the game fun and interesting without worrying about internet subhumans bitching and moaning is a good plan. Also, said subhumans were always gonna buy or pirate the game anyway so why bother trying to appeal to them? modern_warfare_2_boycott_steamgroup dot jpeg
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Jun 10, 2015 14:46
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Hopefully one of the early missions will involve finding and defrosting Bradford and co who cryogenically froze themselves when the aliens invaded. It just wouldn't be XCOM without Vahlen chiding you for killing aliens with grenades.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:47
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AttitudeAdjuster posted:Hopefully one of the early missions will involve finding and defrosting Bradford and co who cryogenically froze themselves when the aliens invaded. It just wouldn't be XCOM without Vahlen chiding you for killing aliens with grenades. If Vahlen isn't the chief scientist, I hope at least that she's leading a protest group trying to get the aliens to stop using explosive armaments against rebels.
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Jun 10, 2015 14:52
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Alkydere posted:Basically SB&HJ is pretty funny/on the nose to anyone who was around during the earliest days of webcomics, and Homestuck is bloated enough that everyone can find a few choice nuggets of humor for them in it no matter how much they find the rest of it tedious and confusing. Jesus christ this isn't the thread for any of this With regards to them returning, I'm still really hopeful that they turned out to be collaborators with the aliens after realizing their predicament. It seems such an obvious next step after the teasing in Enemy Within. MrBims fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jun 10, 2015 |
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Jun 10, 2015 15:08
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The world contains 16 countries, and there's only one real scientist, engineer and military middle-management type on the planet. Instead of recycling poo poo they should press on with new and different situations and dynamics, as they seem to be doing already.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:11
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As long as they have aliens in banana stands and gas stations I'm fine. If it's all back to the future 2 crap I'm going to be unhappy and immediately run to the forums demanding a full conversion mod (without putting any of that effort in myself natch)
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Jun 10, 2015 15:17
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Liu posted:it's a shame how much LW kept crashing given the praise Soloman had for it, I'd like to have seen what the fuss was about 72 demons can only do so much
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Jun 10, 2015 15:17
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It is neat when games go with the bad ending, though I've only ever seen it done with the shadow hearts series of games. Did the devs already say that xcom 2 is a sequel to the bad ending of xcom enemy unknown? If they haven't, then there are still plenty of other ways the alien menace could have taken over the earth between games.Frionnel posted:Never knew how much i needed this until you said it. Kaislioc posted:Code Black, ＯＨ ＭＹ ＧＯＤ！！ gently caress yeah 
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Jun 10, 2015 15:18
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sassassin posted:The world contains 16 countries, and there's only one real scientist, engineer and military middle-management type on the planet.  the XCOM council/steering committee is only 16 countries. Palau or whatever doesn't contribute § or get a vote.I don't think it should be identical, but having at least one of the NPCs from the last one make an appearance would be a nice connecting thread and touchstone for relating what happened in the intervening 20 years.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:19
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FirstAidKite posted:It is neat when games go with the bad ending, though I've only ever seen it done with the shadow hearts series of games. Did the devs already say that xcom 2 is a sequel to the bad ending of xcom enemy unknown? If they haven't, then there are still plenty of other ways the alien menace could have taken over the earth between games. It's unclear at the moment. On the one hand they've been saying that canonically you played classic ironman first and lost, cue X-COM 2, and that X-COM never developed the advanced technology to fight back against the aliens. On the other hand, they've been saying the Volunteer is missing and definitely not dead, which implies that X-COM won so it's anyone's guess right now. My personal theory is that you did win Enemy Unknown, but then lost when the rest of the aliens showed up.
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Cythereal posted:It's unclear at the moment. On the one hand they've been saying that canonically you played classic ironman first and lost, cue X-COM 2, and that X-COM never developed the advanced technology to fight back against the aliens. On the other hand, they've been saying the Volunteer is missing and definitely not dead, which implies that X-COM won so it's anyone's guess right now. I figured if anything they were going for something like what Terror From The Deep did where you won and then lost pretty much all of your funding and were converted to a much smaller organization and then the aliens show up again and you're just a small thing having to work your way back up again
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Jun 10, 2015 15:23
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Cythereal posted:My personal theory is that you did win Enemy Unknown, but then lost when the rest of the aliens showed up. I always liked the back-of-box blurb for Freespace 2: quote:The year is 2367, thirty two years after the Great War. Or at least that is what YOU thought was the Great War. The endless line of Shivan capital ships, bombers and fighters with super advanced technology was nearly overwhelming.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:54
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Isn't it just that you beat the basically like "science mission" the aliens are conducting in X-Com 1 (which humans call an invasion), and then they came back in full force off camera after the game? efb edit2: i hope we start getting various version of the human race now, proper psionic humans, cyborgs, hybrids, etc
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Jun 10, 2015 15:57
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Cythereal posted:It's unclear at the moment. On the one hand they've been saying that canonically you played classic ironman first and lost, cue X-COM 2, and that X-COM never developed the advanced technology to fight back against the aliens. On the other hand, they've been saying the Volunteer is missing and definitely not dead, which implies that X-COM won so it's anyone's guess right now. If we won, we did so using ballistic weapons, in which case Welcome back, Commander Badass.
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Cythereal posted:It's unclear at the moment. On the one hand they've been saying that canonically you played classic ironman first and lost, cue X-COM 2, and that X-COM never developed the advanced technology to fight back against the aliens. On the other hand, they've been saying the Volunteer is missing and definitely not dead, which implies that X-COM won so it's anyone's guess right now. "Frodo threw the ring into the fires of Mordor at the end of Return of the King." "This next book, Shadows of Sauron, is a what-if where the Fellowship didn't make it out of Moria." Clearly, Shadows of Sauron is a direct sequel to Return of the King.
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Jun 10, 2015 15:59
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Wales Grey posted:"Frodo threw the ring into the fires of Mordor at the end of Return of the King." Ahem. Scouring of the Shire, remember? You forgot the BONUS BOSS: SARUMAN!
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Jun 10, 2015 16:01
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Dongattack posted:Isn't it just that you beat the basically like "science mission" the aliens are conducting in X-Com 1 (which humans call an invasion), and then they came back in full force off camera after the game? I'm not sure why they thought blowing up the temple ship would completely stop the invasion and prevent any future attacks. Hell, what could've happened is that you did somehow kill off the ethereal race or it's leadership then another group of aliens takes over the multispecies alliance, or they have a democratic council. Shen does talk about the long term affects and rehabilitation necessary for re-integrating psychics back into society and we basically had all those human variants with the Enemy Within expansion. With all the references to genetic modification in the trailer, we really ought to have hybrids again. Maybe pure humans develop more class talents and hybrids would also unlock genemods? I'd be ok with having the SHIV units be straight up robots/androids. So only five more months to go!
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Jun 10, 2015 16:10
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Zephro posted:Game developers really ought to know to assume massive analness from their fan bases by now, though. They probably just thought it was a nifty idea and didn't care if it irritated a few people. Which is good, and I wish more devs would do that, because the only thing worse than design by committee is design by fan committee. XCOM, bring back Pyramid Head again.
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Jun 10, 2015 16:12
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hey whats everyones theories on how the zelda games tie together narratively
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Jun 10, 2015 16:15
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Control Volume posted:hey whats everyones theories on how the zelda games tie together narratively well,
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Jun 10, 2015 16:16
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We all get ponies obviously, maybe unicorns even. Because this isn't a dumb derail. I want a Griffin.
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Jun 10, 2015 16:18
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If XCOM2 is basically a.turned based red faction guerilla on Earth I won't need another vid game ever again.
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Control Volume posted:hey whats everyones theories on how the zelda games tie together narratively Link travels between XCOM: the Bureau and XCOM2 using a sword-based time machine invented by Dr. Vahlen with Asaru following him around as a Navi-replacement.
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