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Danaru posted:To be fair, imagine if the one time you saw one of the aliens in public, he looked like this: Obvious terrifying monster aliens like Berserkers/Chryssalids/Faceless/Gatekeepers are probably out but I was under the impression that seeing Sexy Sectoids, Vipers, Archons, and other less overtly terrifying aliens just chilling around was a pretty normal thing in ADVENT cities. Andromedons would probably be OK too because they're in fully encased powersuits.
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Kanos posted:Obvious terrifying monster aliens like Berserkers/Chryssalids/Faceless/Gatekeepers are probably out but I was under the impression that seeing Sexy Sectoids, Vipers, Archons, and other less overtly terrifying aliens just chilling around was a pretty normal thing in ADVENT cities. Andromedons would probably be OK too because they're in fully encased powersuits. For some reason this made me think of a Pectoid and Viper skipping around an Advent park, hand in hand. I don't know how the Viper was skipping.
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Kanos posted:This is the only part that seems odd to me. Weren't stuff like Archons deliberately developed to be visually appealing/non-terrifying to the general populace in order to facilitate occupation? If ADVENT troopers are the only thing the public sees regularly, why would they bother designing propaganda aliens instead of going full Monster Mash? I'm going to say seeing a Thin man failing to replicate the human form is probably way creepier to most of the civilian populace, than a snake lady.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:I'm going to say seeing a Thin man failing to replicate the human form is probably way creepier to most of the civilian populace, than a snake lady. I could see Thin Men passing just fine for normal(albeit intensely unpleasant looking) people when they're not doing super creepy Thin Men things like hissing, bending their limbs at impossible angles, or leaping incredible heights. There are a lot of super ugly/creepy looking people in the world and Thin Men are at least snappily dressed. A giant cobra-headed snake lady with boob armor is a little bit less subtle.
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Junpei posted:Wow. Junpei, just so you know that post was a good and informative post and you can learn a lot from it. The ideas you persistently post about are not so well received because of those sorts of reasons. While it may be fun now and then to talk about this stuff, the qualifier is the now and then part. I'd much prefer it if you concentrated on existing XCOM mechanics and so forth. You are doing better but you still have a way to go.
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Nah that's cool man, you already made me buy the drat book 
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Kanos posted:This is the only part that seems odd to me. Weren't stuff like Archons deliberately developed to be visually appealing/non-terrifying to the general populace in order to facilitate occupation? If ADVENT troopers are the only thing the public sees regularly, why would they bother designing propaganda aliens instead of going full Monster Mash? They probably trot out the Archons for "Victory day" parades etc. Going by the book, ADVENT is doing a decent job vs the resistance with their basic troops, and meeting a rare alien is a big deal for the resistance, so Vipers and Pectoids are probably used/seen very rarely. Towards the end of the book the aliens start finding out XCOM is still around and up to something so they start fielding more aliens so the number of aliens we see in the early game leading patrols and stuff is probably a new level of escalation on the alien's part where security starts to take precedence over the friendly face.
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I can't wait to see X-COM LIVES! Slogans on the walls of cities.
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The Kins posted:Beags is kicking off a gameplay stream the moment the review embargo lifts in one hour 45 mins or so... Stream is up, midnight stream whoooo! I'm gonna be feeling it in the morning, but it's gonna be worth it (probably).
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First review I've seen: 94/100 from PC Gamer EDIT: Eurogamer: ESSENTIAL RPS: "...a classic in its own right and as good a sequel as I can remember." Polygon: 9/10 GameInformer: 9.5/10 The Kins fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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The Kins posted:First review I've seen: 94/100 from PC Gamer they gave EW 85/100 for the record
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"Plant X4", because we're indie and we need all the branded-merchandise money we can get.
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I'm really glad a lot of the missions have timers now in some way, and I hope people can get past the tiptoeing gameplay of EU And enjoy it. To me the timer is less about pressure and more about making turns and movement meaningful and not a samey safe slog.
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Colapops posted:I'm torn between staying a virgin and watching Beagle's stream. That's a weird fetish.
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:I'm going to say seeing a Thin man failing to replicate the human form is probably way creepier to most of the civilian populace, than a snake lady. In one of the trailers, the dude making the propaganda speech was a thin man. He had the weird neck stuff and was wearing sunglasses to cover his eyes, even.
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Colapops posted:I'm torn between staying a virgin and watching Beagle's stream. He isn't skipping cutscenes which stopped me from watching. Same with his YouTube series he just started, all the cutscenes are in.
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Yeah but!! Right now he's just doing the early game stuff we've seen, and he has Putin van Doorn. It's so tempting. edit: he's also pitting the Russian members of the chat against the Ukrainian members of the chat with Putin van Doorn vs. Ukrainian President Lincoln. Colapops fucked around with this message at 14:48 on Feb 1, 2016 |
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Sharzak posted:How come people are so hyped for this? Is it purely based off of the last one? I liked the last one, only finished it once though. People are acting like this is going to be earth-shattering. I enjoyed the last one a lot. Plus they've apparently fixed most of the things that bugged me (random maps, all your overwatch dudes don't fire at the first target). Plus great mod support for a sperg game will mean the game will have a long shelf life. Also I am sexually aroused by snakes with breasts.
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http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/xcom-2-review/ 7.5 The Ugly I missed a 95% shot? Seriously? 
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halwain posted:http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/xcom-2-review/ 7.5 Isn't this the site that destroyed their credibility with their Colonial Marines review...
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So glad I took Friday off for this.halwain posted:http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/xcom-2-review/ 7.5 
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Beagle has a spoiler full L&L set up now- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlbzFtX3Gtc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tubIofm1rpU
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Bradford sits alone in the bar, drinking alone and talking to himself. That's truly X-Com.
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Not sure if my laptop can handle the game (intel HD4400 ) but I picked up the delux version anyway. I'll be upgrading my machine in a few months regardless, so might as well get the awesome goodies attached to it.
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halwain posted:http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/xcom-2-review/ 7.5 haha this is precious
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Josef bugman posted:Oh sweet jesus Beagle is completely insane. Playing on Legendary, and still making suboptimal decisions for roleplaying reasons. I love it.
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Josef bugman posted:Oh sweet jesus Beagle is completely insane. Chat went apeshit because they didn't know about MIAs and rescues, I did and still thought he'd gone nuts.
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Bradford is seriously making me question my sexuality right now.
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Haha, and he lost all of his equipment too, just in time for the terror mission. Glorious.
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HenryEx posted:Missed an hour or two from the stream, so do we know what the "anti beaglerush strategy" is now? Enemies have a chance to just fire on an exposed target on activation, meaning you can do it but you might lose your bait.
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