The XCOM Thread: HOW DOES SNEK KICK DOOR?!

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Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

I still want a compilation of those Kelly comic edits.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 18:00

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 15:04

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Coolguye posted:

Post 'em? I've been stupid busy the last couple of weeks so I basically didn't see the last dozen pages of the last thread.

I might have to do the ol' image skim with DTA on that thread and then sift through the mess of snake tit pictures that were posted concurrently for the solid gold of right-wing pro-ADVENT punditry :unsmigghh:

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 18:08

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

DrManiac posted:

Let's start that faux kelly collection

There are a lot fewer of these than I thought :ohdear:

or I saw them in other places with less robust image and post archiving (rip)

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 19:02

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Misandu posted:

Plenty of people have beaten launch EU and EW on Iron Man no problems. If the game bugs out save and reload, if that doesn't fix it then just remember and sometimes war isn't fair!

People who've played the series starting from EU don't know how good they've got it

They've never had to experience turn 1 blaster bombs inside of the Skyranger and save corruption shortly after

# ¿ Jan 28, 2016 19:25

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Blackfyre posted:

Well I like their thinking at least.

Eth 1: "We need our snake people to be more appealing to the general human populus!"
Eth 2: "Shall we give them legs at least and remove the huge cobra heads?"
Eth 1: "Thats a solid idea, anyone else?"
Eth 3: "Tits"
Eth 2: "Really? That seems a b-"
Eth 1: "Tits it is. Next up, the chryssalid. I'm thinking monster dong."

I'm imagining a bunch of Ethereals in suits at a board meeting doing just this :allears:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 16:26

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Zaphod42 posted:

Weird, I have AT&T with unlimited data and they just bumped my speed up to 48Mbps for free

I think they're running scared because Google Fiber is coming to town.

Google Fiber just needs to fart in more general directions so we all can have something resembling modern internet speeds

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 21:25

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

I'd like to hear Junpei's hot take on these current events,

also XCOM's socialist-anarchist platform

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 22:39

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Pomp posted:

xcom 2: feel the bern

Make Sol III Great Again

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 22:43

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

maybe with openxcom we'll have things that make sense, like using laser and plasma weapons on overland TFTD maps

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 23:01

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Fangz posted:

I kinda wonder whether victory will really mean victory here. Like I can see an ending where you've ended Project Avatar or whatever and there's widespread revolts throughout the world, and the Advent leadership is dead... but there's still millions upon millions of aliens still occupying the globe, and you've only dealt a temporary setback to their plans.

Even better if it's left ambiguous whether we did the right thing at all :jihad:

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 23:26

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

an entire team consisting of hounds and shivs

bonus points if the dogs are carrying laser swords ala sif

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 00:33

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

and to think it's what executives thought would actually sell

turns out there are niches in the market to be filled

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 10:03

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Wasn't it 2008 when it actually landed on Jake Solomon's lap though

edit: apparently not!

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/1/31/3928710/making-of-xcoms-jake-solomon-firaxis-sid-meier

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 18:00

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Coolguye posted:

look, junpei is the kind of person whose parents have never told him the word "no" and he is going to parse exactly 0% of what you had posted

just treat him like a Special Boy and be on your merry way

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 04:29

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

I really hope they are collecting the actual hit % data because from like 8 missions the reported percentages vs actual percentages have been routinely fucky.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 12:43

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Grapplejack posted:

wouldn't that mean that long war was some rear end in a top hat programmer playing a mean prank on you?

it was

# ¿ Feb 5, 2016 20:24

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Tenzarin posted:

Game runs perfect for me aside from graphics gently caress ups due to ultrawide screen. The load times on missions seem kinda long with an SSD.

Maps are now a series of macrotiles like the first trilogy instead of premade maps.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 01:10

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

MOVIE MAJICK posted:

How do you do Ironman? If I was really good at XCom 1 should I pick 'Commander' difficulty?

Depends how you were good at XCOM1.

Like if you went turtle overwatch I suggest Veteran.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 15:58

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Bruceski posted:

"Jaaaaake, these are premade maps not procedural!"
"Well yeah, we needed to make sure they'd play well and procedurally generating them would impact load times. Here have a bunch more premade maps for variety, is that better?"
"But Jaaaaaake."
"Fine."
...
"Jaaaaaaaake, some of these maps don't play well and load times are too long!"

EU babbys don't know how good they've got it :allears:

UFO: sectoid with blaster bomb guides it right inside your skyranger
TFTD: what do you mean researching this guy has a 25% chance of stalling my game to an unwinnable state?
Apocalypse: oh sure we situated your base in the rear end corner of the map where you can't respond to any threats at all

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 20:37

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Strong Sauce posted:

Also loving ADVENT BURGERS, this is pretty funny if you were playing MGSV before this.

now all we need is adventritos and adven-dew and the circle will be complete

# ¿ Feb 6, 2016 21:17

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

YeOldeButchere posted:

I'm nearing the end of my first campaign (I think), and I'm wondering if there's ever any downside to civilians dying because of XCOM? Like, say, a frag grenade goes off a little too close to a building and removes the floor under a civilian. Or using a flamethrower inside an art gallery and kind of maybe setting the place on fire and hearing some civilians screaming in agony off-screen later on. Hypothetically of course. XCOM are the good guys and any allegations of war crimes are ADVENT propaganda.

The only civilians that count as civilians are the ones that reside in resistance bases. Everyone else is not free of sin. :commissar:

mostly because ALL of them have a chance of actually being Faceless

# ¿ Feb 8, 2016 23:29

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Nordick posted:

Not a loving peep.

All those city people are loving collaborators or Faceless anyway, gently caress'em

I love that the game itself doesn't care about civilians at all unless they're in rebel outposts. That's actually a legitimately nice touch in the game.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 19:05

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

# ¿ Apr 19, 2020 04:41

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

Honestly that model isn't bad for a $10 side project that'll likely show up on phones.

# ¿ Apr 19, 2020 06:14

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 15:04

Anime Schoolgirl: Nov 28, 2002

just admit to being horny on main, it's fine

# ¿ Apr 20, 2020 09:01

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