New X-COM game coming . . . and it's turn based strategy!

Started by Syt, January 05, 2012, 11:59:23 PM

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ulmont

Quote from: Tyr on October 17, 2012, 07:09:37 PM
So its impossible to do the game without losing nations?

From what I've seen, no.  You have to pre-build satellites like hell, sell everything else, and then launch your sats at the end of the month to lower panic.

Scipio

Well, I just reached the first mission I am not interested in fighting through- large, intact UFO on the ground.  Not happy at all.  And this is right after I first encountered Armored Mutons.  And I'm down to one Assault.  Sigh.
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

jimmy olsen

Never played the original. What difficulty should I start with?

Normal? Ironman?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

Playing on Classic difficulty, no ironman (though I haven't reloaded yet).

Bodies are piling up fast, was I supposed to lose three guys in the tutorial. :unsure:

So far in the tutorial and four missions I've lost 3, 1, 2, 2, and 2.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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katmai

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Josquius

I can't help but reload. I'm too much of a perfectionist :blush:
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Razgovory

Quote from: Tyr on October 20, 2012, 06:03:42 AM
I can't help but reload. I'm too much of a perfectionist :blush:

That's why there is Ironman.  That's my problem as well, If I can reload I will.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Grey Fox

I lost Russia. Damn it. Even if it had a satellite over it. :shrug:
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Scipio

Ironman Normal too easy, Ironman Classic just a bit too hard.

The most important thing is to get the OTS quickly, and get that first extra squad member.
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

Josquius

Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2012, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 20, 2012, 06:03:42 AM
I can't help but reload. I'm too much of a perfectionist :blush:

That's why there is Ironman.  That's my problem as well, If I can reload I will.

Ironman seems a bit too harsh though. There are times when the game bugs up and things go weird through no fault of my own.
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Shade

Quote from: Tyr on October 21, 2012, 08:20:23 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on October 20, 2012, 09:20:21 AM
Quote from: Tyr on October 20, 2012, 06:03:42 AM
I can't help but reload. I'm too much of a perfectionist :blush:

That's why there is Ironman.  That's my problem as well, If I can reload I will.

Ironman seems a bit too harsh though. There are times when the game bugs up and things go weird through no fault of my own.

Yea stupid useless gunless shiv.........

katmai

started third attempt with classic/ironman.

Meri was promoted to sniper and promptly died.
Seedy is my main assault and nicknamed "pitbull"
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Grey Fox

Seedy is my main Heavy, his nickname is Yeti.

Him & Tricky Dick are the 2 squad members that I will reload upon their death.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Mr. Grey

Finally had enough time to complete the last mission. I really enjoyed my first playthrough. It was only on normal, lost no nations, lost 14 people.

I guess it is time I move onto Classic!

I got really lazy towards the end and was shooting every UFO down with the fusion lance and sending 2 alloy shivs with my squad.
Autokrator lives

jimmy olsen

Ran into an annoying bug. Shot a ufo down and cleared it. Then when I fly home the plane goes to the Arctic and the view shifts to the globe and sticks there.  :mad:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point