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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[PyroDesu]

((TCM, try with a restriction: No plasma-based weapons. That is to say, do not even research the plasma pistol, light plasma rifle, plasma rifle, heavy plasma, plasma sniper rifle, or plasma cannon. Any technology that requires one of them as a prerequisite is obviously not going to happen, either [that means alloy cannons. Also, why in the world would alloy cannons require {heavy} plasma rifle research? They're completely different things]. Blaster launchers and alien grenades are at your discretion, I prefer to allow them [the blaster launcher appears to be fusion-based, even with the plasma style scheme, the alien grenade I'm not sure about {then again, I don't use grenades very often}].))

[TCM]

((TCM, try with a restriction: No plasma-based weapons. That is to say, do not even research the plasma pistol, light plasma rifle, plasma rifle, heavy plasma, plasma sniper rifle, or plasma cannon. Any technology that requires one of them as a prerequisite is obviously not going to happen, either [that means alloy cannons. Also, why in the world would alloy cannons require {heavy} plasma rifle research? They're completely different things]. Blaster launchers and alien grenades are at your discretion, I prefer to allow them [the blaster launcher appears to be fusion-based, even with the plasma style scheme, the alien grenade I'm not sure about {then again, I don't use grenades very often}].))

((Why? Normal is hard enough on its own. You see, the way I play video games is the only real Challenge I give to myself. If we take X-COM, for example, I'll force myself to do cool shit even if it's detrimental, just because it's cool. I'll make my MEC Punch something even if it isn't practical, but just because it's a Giant Robot Punch. I'll run straight up into enemy lines just to shoot them point blank. I do this for all games. In FPS's, I'll use melee as much as possible. In RPGs, I'll use those costly giant magic moves instead of utilizing more practical mana applications. I just roll like that.))

[Xantalos]

((Like me in Dragon Age Origins. Storm of the Century all the way even if it kills my entire party with it.

[PyroDesu]

((TCM, try with a restriction: No plasma-based weapons. That is to say, do not even research the plasma pistol, light plasma rifle, plasma rifle, heavy plasma, plasma sniper rifle, or plasma cannon. Any technology that requires one of them as a prerequisite is obviously not going to happen, either [that means alloy cannons. Also, why in the world would alloy cannons require {heavy} plasma rifle research? They're completely different things]. Blaster launchers and alien grenades are at your discretion, I prefer to allow them [the blaster launcher appears to be fusion-based, even with the plasma style scheme, the alien grenade I'm not sure about {then again, I don't use grenades very often}].))

((Why? Normal is hard enough on its own. You see, the way I play video games is the only real Challenge I give to myself. If we take X-COM, for example, I'll force myself to do cool shit even if it's detrimental, just because it's cool. I'll make my MEC Punch something even if it isn't practical, but just because it's a Giant Robot Punch. I'll run straight up into enemy lines just to shoot them point blank. I do this for all games. In FPS's, I'll use melee as much as possible. In RPGs, I'll use those costly giant magic moves instead of utilizing more practical mana applications. I just roll like that.))

((Admitted, your style probably makes things a lot harder. My second game (on normal, a new one after the fiasco with the first Slingshot mission on Classic), I played with that restriction. The only enemies that gave me trouble were ones that managed to mind control one of my men (I also played it such that I would never fire on one of my own, mind control or not). That happened... once, during a downed ship mission, and extended it by maybe 5 turns, likely less (it was a while ago).

Though it might just be that snipers are completely broken, I had blaster launchers within the first few months, and my squad generally had 2 snipers and 2 heavies (one of them, the stat-boosted Zhang) at all times.))

[piecewise]

Spoiler: On the last day of ERistmas... (click to show/hide)

First one to ask a question gets it answered. *some restrictions apply*

[Gamerlord]

Is the AM still technically human?

[piecewise]

Is the AM still technically human?

Up to interpretation. Have you ever heard of the Ship of Theseus? Same problem. Though, to be honest, most of it burned off soon afterwards.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Spoiler: X-COM Stuff (click to show/hide)

GWG:

"What are the German and Japanese soldiers? Or the Brazilians? Or the Albanians? Or the Aussies?"

Germans: Shooter People. All Germans I get always do end up utilizing their most offensive abilities.

Brazilians: Only have one Brazilian soldier, a Medic, and she's the savior of my team.

Aussies: Don't have any, except for a Australian Sniper recruit that I'll use if things really get bad.

Albanians: Don't exist. Like I mentioned before, only the biggest countries in the world are actually in game, the smaller countries are included into the borders of their major country, like how all of Eastern Africa is Egypt, West Africa is Nigeria, and everything else is South Africa. All countries in-game are:

North America: Canada, U.S.A., Mexico
South America: Brazil, Argentina
Europe: England, France, Germany, Russia
Africa: Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt
Asia: China, India, Japan, Australia

I didn't actually expect most of those to be real countries in the game. Neat.
...Why is Australia part of Asia?

Now that you mention it, I've noticed something strange: When male soldiers become Heavy, they get big burly armor. Female heavies however, look just as slim as their Sniper and Medic counterparts. Hmmph.

Indeed.

"They sound like they could be terrifying with good AI, good stealth mechanics, and maybe some (annoying) mechanics that somehow conceal the fact that one of your squaddies can't act."
They'd have to change the whole role of the Seeker at that point. The Seeker's ability is to turn invisible as soon as you see them, and then reappear when they strangle one of your soldiers. Seems scary, except that every soldier has the ability Overwatch, which instead of having them shoot immediately, causes them to stand in place and wait until they see enemy movement, at which point they'll shoot the first alien that moves. Because of this, as soon as Seeker reappears, the anyone on Overwatch immediately spots it and lights it up with laser beams.

Ah.
It would probably be a lot more terrifying if they didn't decloak after attacking. Somehow.

"You probably wouldn't have lost half of that progress if you had closed the game with the task manager or something."
I'm playing on the console version.

Oh. Hadn't realized there was one.

GWG, I'm surprised you don't own this game yet. Combat centers around tactical grid-based positioning and accuracy centers around accuracy and mathematical calculation. Then you have the Base Building portion of the game which revolves around determining which projects and items monthly revenue is put into, figuring out what to research and when. Finally, and the hardest portion of the game in my opinion, is the fact that while you are the best army in the world, you can't be everywhere at once. You have to make choices about who to save. And who you can't save, what will you do to repay them once they begin panicking? Will you forsake Russia or Mexico? You've got to plan it all out. The game will no doubt leave you screaming multiple times, but each time may be for a different reason, perhaps an alien instantly scored an instant-kill headshot on your best soldier, or your team somehow managed to survive a giant assault that could have easily decimated them all. It's a fantastic, emotional experience. I believe it's still on sale on Steam, if you've got the spare cash.

On one hand, I'm frugal. On the other hand, there's a sale? Sweet. Now, which do I buy....

((Like me in Dragon Age Origins. Storm of the Century all the way even if it kills my entire party with it.

((You must be almost as popular as Lina Inverse!))

Is the AM still technically human?

Nice question.

Is the AM still technically human?

Up to interpretation. Have you ever heard of the Ship of Theseus? Same problem. Though, to be honest, most of it burned off soon afterwards.

Annoying answer. Although...what makes something "technically" human? DNA? Thoughts? Organs?

[TCM]

Spoiler: X-COM (click to show/hide)

"I didn't actually expect most of those to be real countries in the game. Neat.
...Why is Australia part of Asia?"

Because if Oceania was its own Continent, what other countries could you put in besides Australia? For some reason, the aliens are technologically advanced enough to locate Earth, but not advanced enough to locate New Zealand, which they never attack. I don't mind personally, as counting Australia as Asia means having fewer continent to worry about.

"On one hand, I'm frugal. On the other hand, there's a sale? Sweet. Now, which do I buy...."

You'll have to check with someone who knows their Steam stuff well. I bought the 'Commander Edition', which included 'Enemy Unknown', the main game, 'Enemy Within', which is one of those awesome DLCs that could be considered a sequel in of itself, and all the other little extra DLC, all for the price of $40. A pretty damn good deal in my opinion. Enemy Unknown alone is $20 on Steam, and a Normal playthrough last a good 10-16 Hours, depending on your style. That's a great deal on its own, but maybe someone on here knows better than I on Steam deals.

[piecewise]

Annoying answer. Although...what makes something "technically" human? DNA? Thoughts? Organs?

That was my thought. Though, by those criteria:

No, Hard to say, No.

[kisame12794]

((Objectively, how much time has passed since the first mission?))

[Kriellya]

(( Hmm... I see, PW. Interesting. And since now is apparently the last day of paranoia, I'll repeat my question: Would you like us to repost for monday? ))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Annoying answer. Although...what makes something "technically" human? DNA? Thoughts? Organs?

That was my thought. Though, by those criteria:

No, Hard to say, No.

...Okay, that was quite possibly the most disturbing response you could have given.

((Objectively, how much time has passed since the first mission?))

Um...

Spoiler: On the last day of ERistmas... (click to show/hide)

First one to ask a question gets it answered. *some restrictions apply*

[Kriellya]

Annoying answer. Although...what makes something "technically" human? DNA? Thoughts? Organs?

That was my thought. Though, by those criteria:

No, Hard to say, No.

...Okay, that was quite possibly the most disturbing response you could have given.

(( Makes perfect sense to me, though I may think about these things too much ))

[kisame12794]

((Dammit. Misread that. Whoops.))