Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[scriver]

They were talking about a scenario where the defeat cake after a successful Temple Ship mission, Sheb.

[scrdest]

They were talking about a scenario where the defeat cake after a successful Temple Ship mission, Sheb.

I'd like a piece of the defeat cake, if it's the only one we got in reserves

Actually, that'll be a fun piece of fanon for me - every time X-COM loses an entire team, they mourn with a defeat cake. Not a soldier, obviously, because they have to stay in shape for Xtraterrestrial Kombat.

[Puzzlemaker]

It would be interesting to be able to import XCOM playthroughs that you lost into XCOM2.

Like, "Sorry, you lose this ironman impossible challenge, would you like to import your surviving guys into XCOM 2?"

Would be a cool twist.

[scrdest]

It would be interesting to be able to import XCOM playthroughs that you lost into XCOM2.

Like, "Sorry, you lose this ironman impossible challenge, would you like to import your surviving guys into XCOM 2?"

Would be a cool twist.

Nice idea. Everyone and their dog did importing SUCCESSFUL playthroughs..

[Sheb]

And so people will min-max by getting full of soldiers and then ignoring missions until the alien wins?

[Shadowlord]

They won't level up if you do that.

[puke]

also they're 20 years older, malnurished, out of shape, suffering from permanent chronic injuries...

[Henny]

also they're 20 years older, malnurished, out of shape, suffering from permanent chronic injuries...

On the flip side, age serves to make them more jaded, rugged and badass.

[puke]

It will be like _The eX(com)spendables_

[KingofstarrySkies]

I still feel bad that it seems like we're being railroaded into failure. Kinda puts a damper on things.

Who knows, maybe we'll get a good fekkin' explanation soon?

[Flying Dice]

If it really bothers you... it was an AU. Duh. This ain't Mass Effect, there's no "but muh Shepard" to worry about. If you built X-COM strong enough to win a campaign, importing that as your starting point would be daft, unless they went with the line where the first temple ship was just a test, and by stomping it humanity showed itself to be worth the effort of a real takeover.

[Wimopy]

I'm still up for the hypthesis that the aliens travelled back in time, now fully aware of the capabilities of humanity, and went all out from the start.
Or:
Alternate Universe: The Commander was delayed/not approved/whatever, Bradford failed.

Well, it'd be nice if they give some backstory details, though that might significantly affect the levels of hype.

[Teneb]

...Or, you know, the commander had no experience fighting aliens, as is reasonable, and just lost. At this point it seems to me its just people not accepting that this is the path Firaxis chose and that's how its gonna be, just because they managed to get a win after X tries.

[Sensei]

I think it's far more likely they'll go with the explanation that after the events of a winning game of EU, the aliens attacked with much more force, destroyed the X-Com base and all your technology, and then you pick up when the X-Com mobile base is operational, 20 years later.

If your base got ganked, it's not really that absurd that you haven't got your titan armor any more. At the end of EU, there were probably less than a dozen sets in your possession and only one facility on earth capable of manufacturing them.

[Twinwolf]

I think it's far more likely they'll go with the explanation that after the events of a winning game of EU, the aliens attacked with much more force, destroyed the X-Com base and all your technology, and then you pick up when the X-Com mobile base is operational, 20 years later.

In an interview with IGN they said that XCOM lost, and lost hard, very early into the invasion. Like, before laser weapons.