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[MetalSlimeHunt]

[Dominate Intensifies]

[EnigmaticHat]

[Stasis intensifies]

[Mephansteras]

Definitely hit the power curve part of this Commander game. Made multiple mistakes during a battle and, while a few people got hurt, no one got killed and we still won the mission handily.

[Urist Imiknorris]

[Stealth intensifies]

[Sensei]

So I finished it.

Spoiler: Sequel hook? (click to show/hide)

Who's expecting a Terror From the Deep style sequel/expansion?

[EnigmaticHat]

I am.

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The cliffhanger was odd tho.  The game answered the previous game's cliffhanger nice and neat; the "nemesis" of the ethereals isn't a more powerful alien race, its the fact that their psionic power is slowly destroying their frail bodies.  That's why the one thing they wanted more than anything was a being that is both physically and psionically strong.  As such, there doesn't need to be some bigger threat to explain their motivations.

[Sensei]

I am.

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Yeah, it seems like the whole "ethereals are dying of disease" plot detail was written to explain away the "other, greater threat" that was teased in Enemy Unknown, but later on they decided they still wanted the "other greater threat". In Xcom 2 the other threat is mentioned or hinted at exclusively in the last mission, while the ethereal disease plot goes absolutely nowhere, which reeks of a last minute change of direction to me. They decided they wanted the other threat back, but they already did most of the game and recorded voice stuff about the ethereal disease... so they just used that anyway and introduced the other threat just with dialogue in the final mission.

[Sirbug]

I'm pretty sure Uber Ethernal alluded to his race itself being uplifted, back in EU.

[LordPorkins]

I'm pretty sure Uber Ethernal alluded to his race itself being uplifted, back in EU.

Yes he did, ((Is EU still spoiler able? i don't think so.))

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 I think that the psychic power in of itself is the "nemesis", and it decays the bodies of those who use it too much.

[Sensei]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Does psychic power have purple tendrils and crawl out of a sea fissure? I think it's a stretch.

[Chiefwaffles]

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Really, all I think we can tell from the sequel hook is that the next game/expansion (if an expansion/DLC utilizes this hook, which I doubt) will take place at or very close to earth.

Which is disappointing. I just want to invade an alien world, damnit!

Also, you know what's funny? While looking in the mod stuff a while back, I saw what looks like an unused map type - rooftops. While I could very easily just be misinterpreting this, it sounds like they were originally planning to have a map that takes place on the rooftops in ADVENT City Centers. Which would be awesome.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Uh, you mean like the mission to take the control tower that isn't unused?

[Chiefwaffles]

As in, for map generation. I'm pretty sure the control tower is a premade map?

[xub313]

As in, for map generation. I'm pretty sure the control tower is a premade map?

I don't think so. I've finished the game twice and the tower map was different both times. Even the final mission map was slightly different.

[Furtuka]

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Well with the fact that XCOM2 seemed to have a lot of TFTD enemy design attributes and concepts introduced early, maybe there's a chance that they might throw in elements from Apocalypse for the next game's enemy. Would explain how the "threat" is able to show up in the underwater fissure, and the micronoids nature as microscopic organisms could be used to help connect the wasting disease of the Ethereals to the plot about them running from an enemy as discussed earlier. And gameplay-wise combining the TFTD and Apocalypse concepts would help make the enemies more distinct from the Ethereals and friends.

 And then if they do go apocalypse/tftd combo then Chiefwaffles might be able to get his wish to invade the aliens!