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 We Are Not Alone. Confirmed reports are coming in that an UFO has crashed somewhere in the world, in minutes the worldview of the planet has changed, factions are forming to try and deal with this threat, and we are one of them.  One faction shall rule the world.  Not only that, but we will need to expand into space to take the war to both terrestrial and extraterrestrial enemies.  To do this, we will need to control the countries of the world.  And oh boy are there a lot of them. Welcome to Terra Invicta. In this video LP we’re going to take a go at saving, or dooming the world to this new alien menace. Not only will we move behind the scenes to manipulate nations to our will. This is a weird mix of 4X, strategy real and turn based, I’ve played a few hours of the demo, but I’m going in mostly blind to this, so expect me to lose! Of course, first we need to choose a faction!  How do we deal with this event? Who Are we?
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Power? I like the sound of that. Initiative.
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Oct 7, 2022 09:00
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Exodus A nice straightforward goal.
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Oct 7, 2022 09:40
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The Lone Badger posted:Power? I like the sound of that.
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Oct 7, 2022 09:43
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I only played a bit of the tutorial, and decided the game has a very confusing interface. I will let it sit until the tutorial improves or I get good lps explaining the game to me. Anyways Humanity First, mostly because I am still very confused about what their actual difference to the resistance is.
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Oct 7, 2022 10:48
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The Lone Badger posted:Power? I like the sound of that.
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Oct 7, 2022 10:53
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The Academy.
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Oct 7, 2022 11:25
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VictualSquid posted:
Humanity first's default production includes nukes The Resistance is X-Com, Humanity first is a wannabe Imperium of Man. Anyway Academy
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Oct 7, 2022 12:07
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Yeah, one of these games that I would like play but I am definitely too stupid for its learning curve. I'll watch your VLP with pleasure.
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Oct 7, 2022 12:07
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Servetus posted:Humanity first's default production includes nukes That description is still kinda implying that the Resistance will refuse to act like X-com does towards the end of the game. That is develop power armor that makes you stronger then the aliens. Develop spacecraft that outfight most alien crafts. And attack the aliens on their mars base. Those are things that X-com did. The main difference I see is that the Resistance believes that the war against aliens will be difficult, and Humanity First believes that the war will be easy. Which would be an interesting conflict to see. Which is why I would like to see a playthrough of them. If we are close to winning, will the resistance insist that we destroy our heavy weapons to turn things back into a guerilla war?
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Oct 7, 2022 12:18
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VictualSquid posted:That description is still kinda implying that the Resistance will refuse to act like X-com does towards the end of the game. From the description it appears that Resistance wants to drive the aliens away from earth by whatever means necessary, and Humanity First wants to kill all the aliens and also kill any humans that they deem to have co-operated with the aliens.
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Oct 7, 2022 12:21
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a good way to think of it is the resistance is xcom, humanity first is the imperium of man. edit: lmao didnt even see them say it first Servetus posted:Humanity first's default production includes nukes
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Oct 7, 2022 12:41
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The Lone Badger posted:Power? I like the sound of that.
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Oct 7, 2022 12:51
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I haven't seen anyone play the Servants yet.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:11
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Given what you named the thread?The Lone Badger posted:Power? I like the sound of that. Yeah.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:15
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Playing the bad guys is only fun if they are cool. The Servants are just religious, capitulating sycophants that hit a little too close to home to be cool. I'm playing the Initiative in my current (and so far, best) game so I want to see another faction take a crack. Let me see Humanity First.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:18
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SettingSun posted:Playing the bad guys is only fun if they are cool. The Servants are just religious, capitulating sycophants that hit a little too close to home to be cool. The actual worst faction are the Protectorate.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:20
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I'm feeling The Academy, seems like a fun time.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:23
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VictualSquid posted:That description is still kinda implying that the Resistance will refuse to act like X-com does towards the end of the game. The Resistance's first priority is saving Earth. As long as the aliens are willing to leave Earth alone, the Resistance will keep a wary eye on them but let them be. They tolerate anyone who doesn't want to sign Earth over to the aliens (so everyone but the Protectorate and the Servants). Humanity First's first priority is wiping out the aliens. They don't want a single alien left alive in the whole galaxy, even if their ultimate goal is beyond the scope of the game. They tolerate the Resistance (who have the right idea but just don't have the guts to go far enough) and Exodus (who don't interfere with HF's goals at all aside from competing for resources), but everyone else is a stubborn fool at best or a goddamn xeno-loving traitor at worst.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:24
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The Initiative, because of the thread title.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:26
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If you're familiar with XCOM: Chimera Squad, think of that - the Resistance will be fine becoming XCOM in that game where they settle into a "coexist but with oversight on the still dangerous stuff" role while Humanity First becomes the bad guys, getting real angry that XCOM decided not to genocide all the (former psychically-enslaved soldier) aliens and keep Earth pure.
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Oct 7, 2022 16:31
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La Resistance Kick them out, but we don't have to go full Space Hitler
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Oct 7, 2022 18:34
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Destroy the aliens with FACTS and LOGIC Academy
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Oct 7, 2022 19:05
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VictualSquid posted:I only played a bit of the tutorial, and decided the game has a very confusing interface. I will let it sit until the tutorial improves or I get good lps explaining the game to me. the relationship between the Resistance and Humanity First is a little like the relationship between the American government and Osama Bin Laden you are, at least at first, natural allies! you both want these invaders the gently caress out of your territory, along with any of their collaborators! but once that shared enemy is just a little bit out of the picture, well, there are certain ideological disagreements, and they may result in friction, and Humanity First is going to have nuclear weapons with which to have them.
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Oct 7, 2022 19:23
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also i vote Protectorate. "Not Even The Fun Kind Of Evil."
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Oct 7, 2022 19:23
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Exodus
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Oct 7, 2022 20:19
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Play the Initiative. Sir, I knew Nwabudike Morgan. I've played as Nwabudike Morgan. Mr. Wik, you're no Nwabudike Morgan.
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Oct 7, 2022 20:37
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Initiative If we're playing a secret society simulator, might as well pick the one faction that feels like a legit secret society instead of a Militia or Quisling LARP.
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Oct 7, 2022 21:23
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Servants. Be bold and change the future of humanity!
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Oct 7, 2022 22:44
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wiegieman posted:The actual worst faction are the Protectorate. At least the Servants believe in something. The Protectorate... well, all the names I'd like to call them probably count as spoilers. Anyway, I'm going to vote for Project Exodus. Though I won't be sad if either Academy or Nwabudike Morgan wins. Grey Hunter posted:This is a weird mix of 4X, strategy real and turn based, I’ve played a few hours of the demo, but I’m going in mostly blind to this, so expect me to lose!
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Oct 8, 2022 02:58
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Initiative because it sounds cool.
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Oct 8, 2022 04:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHprrqxd0Sw Here we go! and it looks like getting in on any of the richer countries is going to be hard! This is a rocky start and I make a key mistake with one of my councillers.
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Oct 8, 2022 07:29
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Wuhan just can't catch a break when it comes to world-altering disasters.
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Oct 8, 2022 15:22
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:Initiative because it sounds cool. as we will learn from tech quotes as we continue, the Initiative is 'imagine if all the harm Elon Musk did was part of a malevolent master plan, instead of incompetence.' everyone else is playing X-Com, you are playing Evil Genius.
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Oct 8, 2022 15:26
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:as we will learn from tech quotes as we continue, the Initiative is 'imagine if all the harm Elon Musk did was part of a malevolent master plan, instead of incompetence.' Some of Soren's tech quotes are pretty funny. Space Tourism for example, I found the quote for Electro-Thermal propulsion funny as well, but that might just be my sense of humor.
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Oct 8, 2022 21:12
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Yeowch!!! My Balls!!! posted:as we will learn from tech quotes as we continue, the Initiative is 'imagine if all the harm Elon Musk did was part of a malevolent master plan, instead of incompetence.' Is EVERYONE the baddies in this?
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Oct 9, 2022 00:24
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Veloxyll posted:Is EVERYONE the baddies in this? The Academy are good people who just want to form the United Federation of Planets. Poor Bastards. In all seriousness the leaders of the Restistance, the Academy, and the Exodus all come off as genuinely good people in the quotes.
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Oct 9, 2022 00:31
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Veloxyll posted:Is EVERYONE the baddies in this? the Academy are pretty unequivocally the good guys relatedly they have the hardest uphill fight by a lot, because every anti-alien faction considers them collaborators, every pro-alien faction considers them arrogant dipshits loving up collaboration, and the Initiative and Exodus consider them naive morons wasting valuable resources.
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Oct 9, 2022 03:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSx2_H5ISMg A but longer between videos than I would have liked, but ehre we are trying to break into america using a celebrity! Things start to go a bit better!
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"Let's take Poland for the spaceflight capability" is not an action I expected in this game
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