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Re: X-com remake

Post by Pwnerade » Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:38 am

The demo was fun at the end, when they finally let me do whatever I wanted to with my men. I got to blow up a pair of aliens that looked like Slenderman with a rocket. Agents can learn special abilities, which is neat.
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Re: X-com remake

Post by GeneralOfDeath » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:54 am

If you guys can exist on forums that are "sane", there is this thread about the new XCOM, with all kinds of links to gameplay videos and whatnot.

I put "sane" in quotation marks because it tries and fails to exist in a totaly politically correct corner of the internet.
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Re: X-com remake

Post by Quantumsurfer » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:30 pm

I played the demo this morning. Beauty, that. I'm now super-pumped about the game.

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Re: X-com remake

Post by GeneralOfDeath » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:16 pm

It's gonna be a looong week.

Anybody want in on my team?
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Re: X-com remake

Post by The Shadowscythe » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:43 pm

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Well - fuck, had my first total party kill in Xcom due to a chrysalid swarm knocking out both my heavy and assault in the same turn by jumping off the roof of the building I was taking cover against.

The next six turns where a run and gun by my sniper, support and backup heavy as zombies and chrysalids burst out of every floor, wall and cieling (I lost count at 8 of the bastard things) as we moved back and fired . . Right into three floaters who killed my sniper and blew up the cars we where hidden between, in time for my support to panic and become lunch, while the rest of the swarm ate my heavy alive.

Canada is now a no man's land, burning fire swirls through the sky as nuclear strikes barely keep the chrysalid swarms at bay and the doom countdown creeps ever closer.

Somehow I don't think I've ever had this much FUN in a turn based strategy game. =D
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Re: X-com remake

Post by stubby » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:24 pm

But... but... brikwars is a turn based strategy game
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Re: X-com remake

Post by Nitewatchman » Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:38 pm

stubby wrote:But... but... brikwars is a turn based strategy game
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Re: X-com remake

Post by OREMAWESOME1234 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:06 pm

Meh. Chryssalids don't scare me. You see, in the original XCOM, i had a strategy for Terror missions, where 6 troops would flank the ramp of the skyranger, and then wait until enemies come into view. Took out an entire Snake-man Terror Mission, no Xcom casualties whatsoever.

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Re: X-com remake

Post by stubby » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:17 pm

Nitewatchman wrote:
stubby wrote:But... but... brikwars is a turn based strategy game
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Re: X-com remake

Post by stubby » Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:20 pm

OREMAWESOME1234 wrote:Meh. Chryssalids don't scare me. You see, in the original XCOM, i had a strategy for Terror missions, where 6 troops would flank the ramp of the skyranger, and then wait until enemies come into view. Took out an entire Snake-man Terror Mission, no Xcom casualties whatsoever.
Sure, but the point of Terror Missions was to prevent them from terrorizing citizens. You could survive with no casualties and still lose funding from the country if the aliens caused enough terror and destruction while you were hanging around at the skyranger.
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Re: X-com remake

Post by Quantumsurfer » Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:47 pm

Besides, it kinda isn't fun unless someone dies a gruesome death.
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Yeah. :) I'm going to enjoy the challenge.

I'll get to it. Funds are tight, so I might be getting it as an early birthday gift. Which still means I'll be waiting for it until next month or so.

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Re: X-com remake

Post by 501stCadians » Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:11 pm

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Re: X-com remake

Post by The Shadowscythe » Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:47 am

stubby wrote:But... but... brikwars is a turn based strategy game
Yeah, and despite my best efforts my opponent did not deliver the shits and giggles to make the game worthy of being recorded and posted to the forum.

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Re: X-com remake

Post by mgb519 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:18 am

The Shadowscythe wrote:
stubby wrote:But... but... brikwars is a turn based strategy game
Yeah, and despite my best efforts my opponent did not deliver the shits and giggles to make the game worthy of being recorded and posted to the forum.
I see. It does not appear that you have any screenshots from X-Com, for that matter.
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Re: X-com remake

Post by GeneralOfDeath » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:03 pm

Completed my first runthrough on thursday, having lost 26 of the 30 troops I had through the game.
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