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2012-08-29, 11:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
As we go into the second page, X-COM has no support, I'm guessing, because they're so limited budget-wise.
Either that or it would make the game too easy.LPs that I like to think I will get back to some day.
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2012-08-30, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
These are urban missions. Sure, you could airstrike a whole suburb just because someone saw aliens there - but that wouldn't exactly portray X-Com as competent now, would it. Not to mention, hard to get artifacts and corpses for research when everything has been blasted into fine ash. Same for terror missions and rescuing civilians.
If the new game is anything like the old one, the alien invasion is a small force that operates more like RL terrorists and less like an army, acting through subterfuge and exerting tension on the governments, taking them over and trying to get X-Com canned. It's asymmetric warfare, where normal human military is overall stronger than the alien force - but the aliens do not try to strike directly, so it doesn't matter.
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2012-08-30, 09:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
The aliens were always stronger, but yes, they never went for a full-on invasion. There was a theory about that somewhere on the wiki...
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2012-08-30, 10:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
I'm still chafing over the size of X-Com squads, though. I hear 4, "upgradable" to 6? Hopefully my opinion will change when I play the game, but for now, it bothers me.
"Sir! There's a landing craft from another planet in Seattle! It's filled with alien soldiers and hideous creatures! They've swarmed Pike Place Market! They've already killed 12 people and destroyed the pig statue!"
"Holy crap! We're being paid to stop this! Send...I dunno, Mike, Sam, Fiona, and Jesse."
"Four, sir?"
"What, too many? I owe Jesse money, so..."
It's like Cave Johnson's running things or something. (Not that you could tell that by my poorly written dialogue, but...) Global threat. Four people.Author of Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure, a comedic fantasy novel set in a version of our world where reality TV show heroes slay actual monsters and the Greek gods have their own Twitter feeds!
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2012-08-30, 11:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
From a global scale it makes little difference whether you send 4, 6 or 14 people. But they're not the only soldiers around - in my headcanon at least the area is cordoned off, with a force ready to blow the whole place to smithereens if X-Com fails. But that would count as a major political failure for the organisation (see my post above) so it's a last-resort option. It's what probably happens on missions you ignore.
As to why the squads are so tiny - gameplay reasons. That way you must care about every single one of your soldiers' lives, and every casualty is a major blow. Who cares when a door-opening rookie gets blown up if 13 more wait in the Skyranger?
The Aftershock series had squads of 6-7 people and it worked fine. The gameplay footage shows that such small squads work even better here.
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2012-08-30, 11:46 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
I see squad size a sort of gameplay and story segregation. Just like in MMOs the very important town consists of 8 buildings and 3 quest NPCs, 5 flavor NPCs and 6 vendors. Having a normal sized town would just be cumbersome and un-fun.
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2012-08-30, 11:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
You're right, I suppose (and I forgot to mention that yeah, 6 isn't all that different from 12 in terms of my argument). But I'm frightened by change.
(I'm still planning to buy the game, and at least have faith for the moment that it'll be reasonably well-done. ...Unlike the FPS which shall not be spoken of.)
Edit: Here's an hour-long gameplay video released this week. I've only seen the first ten minutes, but...I like. :) The video doesn't actually start until about 4 minutes in, though...Last edited by Muz; 2012-08-30 at 02:30 PM.
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2012-08-30, 03:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Six members sound better than four from a tactical standpoint, though. Four is more like a "closed quarters" team.
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2012-08-30, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
XCOM: Enemy Unkown is my most anticipated game this year. It just looks right.
And, yes, you DO just "shoot" a Chryssalid. With Blaster Bombs. Then again, I have actually sen a 'lid take a bomb to the face and not die. That's when you should panic.
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2012-08-30, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
One more thing caught my eye. Did you see the tiny fragment of the geoscape in that one-hour preview? The Skyranger crossed the globe in mere minutes, it was ridiculously fast.
That would make X-Com a super-fast response team. Perhaps this is the in-character explanation for the small team size - the whole of humanity has only one such a vehicle, and it can only fit so many people.
Okay, now I'm fanwanking. Best to wait for the game's release, and then we'll know for sure.
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2012-08-30, 08:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
I have never been as worked up for a game as this one.
And Blaster Bombs are "nuking" not "shooting".
It was my impression that they are ignoring the actual travel of the Skyranger, and simply going into and out of the mission without actually dealing with the travel element.LPs that I like to think I will get back to some day.
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2012-08-30, 11:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
When it comes to a Chrysalid, nuking is nothing more than a good START.
I haven't been this excited since Skyrim.
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2012-08-31, 12:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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So anyone want to exchange GTs for the multiplayer? I don't think any of my friends are getting it. None of them ever played the old one and for some reason I can't get them to buy it off Steam. I mean, it's what, $5?
Edit: I'm on Xbox, by the way.Last edited by Krade; 2012-08-31 at 12:58 AM.
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2012-08-31, 01:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
What will the recommended armory and tactics in X-Com since the new game mode changes the main tactics?
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2012-08-31, 02:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-31, 02:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
I'm thinking that SHIVs will be the new redshirts. They'll always be sent ahead into potential threat zones, always the first to be potentially sacrificed for something, etc. Even if they cost piles of money, they likely won't be nearly as valuable as soldiers. Plus, free partial cover for anyone behind them.
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2012-08-31, 04:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-31, 06:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Chryssalids are overrated. Sectopods is where the fear's at.
So, nothing changes then?
As for shift in game tactics:
The new game will use tactical positioning rather than rookie zerg rush. The way the original X-Com was meant to be played, and some of us (yours truly for example) actually played it that way.Last edited by tensai_oni; 2012-08-31 at 06:51 AM.
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2012-08-31, 07:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Yeah, I don't fear the new Chryssalids as much as the old ones. Looks like they're bound by move-action, too, which means they'll only kill one X-Com agent per turn. The old ones could end up 1 vs. 6 and still come out of it with six zombies in one turn. They were just suddenly there, doing their thing.
The new Sectopod, though, looks menacing. It's huge. 2x2x2, it seems. The new Cyberdisks look like fun, too. Giving them a transformation was a good idea.
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2012-08-31, 07:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Err, I meant old X-Com's Chryssalids being overrated. They are fast, but also really stupid and waste most of their action points running back and forth like morons. Not to mention, they have only melee attacks - very deadly melee attacks, but still that means no counter fire.
And also you can just fly up and completely neutralize any threat they pose.
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2012-08-31, 08:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Almost, now the tank can fit through doorways without widening them first.
Right, and until you get the top-of-the-line Flying Armor, they will consistently remain a threat. Also, they don't need ranged attacks. They can run more distance in one turn than you can accurately shoot at (or see, especially at night), and still have enough TUs to whack you in the face a few times. They compensate for weapon range with movement range, and they're fast enough not to fall to reaction fire all too often.Bearer of the Psionic Flame
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2012-08-31, 08:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-31, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Ah, but that's the beauty of the original.
In the beginning, Sectoids and Floaters are dangerous because you have no armor and pathetic weapons. When you upgrade to Laser Rifles and Personal Armor, you're okay against these foes. Enter the Snakemen and their terrifying pets. You just got Power Armor and it's awesome. The out of the dark comes one of these things and kills half your squad. That half squad then becomes more of these things. Exponential failure scenario.
So you learn to use sight and get Flying Armor. Then the Mutons arrive, more or less forcing you to go for Heavy Plasma. Then... Etherals, who'll turn that Heavy Plasma you're using against you. Flight or no flight, Etherals are bad news. Until you catch one alive and finally get your own trump card. Then you're ready to win.
It's a wonderful sense of feeling weak, the powerful, the weak, then powerful, then utterly humbled, then superhuman. That's X-Com in a nutshell, basically. I really hope the new one nails that feeling.
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2012-08-31, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
One of my favorite things to do in the original was mind control a cryssalid, make it pick up a gun, then have it shoot another alien. It's accuracy is 0%, but at point blank, that doesn't matter so much. You just have to be careful, because if you lose control while they are still carrying the gun, they can shoot at you. Sure there's still the 0% accuracy thing, but you'd be surprised how much of handicap that isn't. See also, "Cheating Computer".
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2012-08-31, 01:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
Unless you played X-Com so many times that you know which techs to shoot for immediately, ending up with Hyper Wave Decoders in Februray, Flying Suits in March and psionics in April. But that's just excessive... so of course I do that all the time.
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2012-08-31, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-08-31, 01:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
It's not like that ......
Sure, from the outside it looks ludicrous, but listen:
The aliens arrive at a time when we're just blatantly, helplessly unprepared for them. Send in a thousand grunts, we'll be writing letters to their next of kin all week.
No. But as it so happens, there is a small group of scientist/philosopher/warriors who happen to have the tech and the training - they just might be able to make the difference that a brigade of grunts cannot.
Of course, they need funding. Every single item on their list, from guns to armor to transports, is cutting edge proto types ... it'll cost us - but they are our only hope.
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2012-08-31, 01:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
During the discussion of X-Com ponies (don't ask...) my interest has been peaked (the upcoming game looks very good, and I'm rather short on new games this year, so that might well make it onto the list.)
However, it occurs to me that an actual Xcom thread might be a better place to ask:
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2012-08-31, 02:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: XCOM: One Does Not Simply "Shoot" a Cryssalid...
A large part of what made X-COM and its sequels/clones so hard is that they were consistently broken, giving the AI numerous advantages. The most infamous in the original is that you could only use psionic attacks on aliens you could see, while the aliens would perform mass mind-rape on your most psi-weak soldier the moment any of your troops (including tanks) was visible to them.
User-made patches have fixed some of these issues (but not the psi), but the new XCOM is built to be "tough but fair". It will probably be technically easier than the original, but only because the computer won't cheat (at least as obviously.)LPs that I like to think I will get back to some day.
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2012-08-31, 02:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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