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[EnigmaticHat]

I was kinda annoyed with XCOM 1's tutorial, because it's based on being unable to make not-stupid decisions.

Also, the ENTIRE tutorial (including geoscape, research, funding, etc.) lasts a RIDICULOUS amount of time. I would have been fine with skipping it and stumbling along on my own if I'd known it was that long.

The scripted component of Xcom 2's tutorial is much more intelligent than EU's.  The forced moves aren't brilliant but they're probably better than the average LPer.  And they actually do something quite clever at the end.

[Twinwolf]

At least they kind of justified the stupid decisions, this time, what with ((I don't know that it's a spoiler, but just in case:))

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The fact that you're not actually commanding them in the first "Forced casualties" mission, because you're still in stasis. Of course they're making tactical blunders; at best, they're making their own decisions on the fly.

[Endymion]

Although the pessimistic way of looking at it is....

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You've failed twice at this point. Once by losing the initial war and once by letting those evil rebels 'capture' you.

[itisnotlogical]

I forgot that executions leave you vulnerable, so you pretty quickly lose the health you gain back.

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine. It's been too long.

[stormwolf442]

I was playing Deadliest Warrior on my Xbox360 the other day, since every now and then I enjoy the arcade style battles that game provides. I selected my warrior (which was a viking) and my enemy (a spartan). The whoever wins the fight to the death two out of three times is the winner. I died the first round, and the third round, and how the match went (the best I can remember) will be told in the spoiler. While I doubt anybody here would have a problem with this, I feel like I should warn that some deaths are pretty graphic.

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First round, I slowly approached the spartan, keeping my shield raised, and my hand axe ready to swing. He was using a sword and shield, and the moment I lowered my shield to take a swing at him with my axe, he slashed at me with his sword, severing the arm I held my shield in. I spent the rest of that round on the defense, dodging his attacks, hoping I would have an opening to hit him before I bled to death. No chance came, and at my final moments of life, I tried to attack him, swinging my axe for his head. Of course, he blocked it with his shield and cut off my left leg in retaliation, ending the viking's life.

Second round, I decided to use my two handed axe. I rushed into battle, seeing he had taken out his spear. I managed to dodge his attempt to poke me with his spear, and swung my axe at his body, hoping to show him how bad it feels when your shield arm is cleaved off your body. My first attempt failed, since he blocked my strike with his shield. He did try to back up from me since I was too close for him to do much with his spear, but I didn't let it happen. I tried again, and after me and my opponent danced dodged each others attacks for a bit, I cut off his head. Severing your opponent's head in one on one combat is a sure sign of victory in my book.

Third round, I got out my two handed axe again, hoping to kill my opponent again and win the battle, but right when the battle began, I didn't even get to take a single step towards my enemy when he threw a throwing spear at me so hard that when it hit me in the face, my impaled head flew off my body with the spear, becoming stuck in the wall.

Game over.

[Culise]

Sneakie sneakie as I make my way through the black facility to investigate alien activities.  I slip past the patrols outside, work my way around the turrets, and even manage to dodge the mech and soldiers waiting inside the facility right next to the mission target.  At this point, I start to wonder if I might not be able to sneak through the majority, if not the entirety of the mission.  Then a Sectoid happens to open a door right in front of me.  Cue a brief beat as the two stare at each other in surprise, followed by both soldier and sectoid shouting for back-up.  Within the turn, all of the alien patrols I avoided plus the one inside the building are swarming me from all directions.

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XCOM 2

[Donuts]

Lancers.

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XCOM 2

[Sirus]

One of my soldiers got wrapped up and crushed to death by the new snektit enemies. It's how she would have wanted to go, probably.

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XCOM 2. I've discovered that these things love to unleash two attacks per turn.

[itisnotlogical]

Fought a bunch of raiders in the Super Duper Mart. It went pretty well, I was able to kill all of them and only use a few stimpaks.

Then there were more raiders outside. They shot me up pretty good, but it'd be alright if I found Megaton sometime soon.

Then, while I was crossing the river to loot the raiders I'd just killed, super mutants showed up. They exploded my head in short order.

Fallout 3. This game is surprisingly difficult.

[Thexor]

Why didn't they say that Priscilla is Raven's sister? Were you just supposed to infer the unit you got two chapters ago was related to the one non-boss guy on the enemy's side with a face? Thank goodness for savestates.

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Fire Emblem

Not to judge, but did you

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pay the fortune teller before starting the level? She says something about "the red-haired girl... yes, she will meet someone". That's the hint that she's the one to recruit with.

On-topic: I had a few assumptions about the Faceless shattered. My mistakes (spoilered in case you'd rather not read about enemy mechanics, no story spoilers):

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• Assuming that the Faceless only activated when you moved next to them to 'rescue' them. I thought it was safe to move a few tiles away (the plan being to save the civilian with my first move next turn, and possibly have an attack available should the civvie be a traitor). Nope, turns out Faceless are quite happy to reveal themselves on their own turn if you're in range.
• Assuming that the Faceless couldn't attack on the turn they revealed themselves. I thought they'd get a scatter move. Nope, turns out they can move and attack on the same turn they reveal themselves.
• Assuming that the Faceless wouldn't hit in an AoE. I mean... it's a melee attack, right? Nope, turns out the Faceless are totally capable of hitting both a soldier, and the car they're hiding behind, in a single swing.

The attack took half my Specialist's health, the exploding car finished him off. He went into bleedout... but he was also the guy carrying the medkit. 

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XCOM 2

[itisnotlogical]

Rail tanks had some pretty nice aimbots so nobody could leave the spawn, gg ebin

I know they probably didn't have aimbots and just had a better overall team balance with a nice mix of tanks, aircraft and hovers. However, it was VERY irritating and un-fun.

Robocraft.

[Tawa]

Everything was going swimmingly until the I-hate-you AI (that is, not "I-hate-you-Eliwood" but "I-hate-you-Tawa") sicced everybody they could on Raven, who got killed by a handaxe guy with a 23% hit chance.

Fire Emblem.

[Akura]

Not a death, but more of a facepalm. Spent a lot of time in the desert looking for a Mawile. Never found one. I look at the Pokedex(I battled a Fairy Tale Girl who had one earlier), and see that they moved Mawile's habitat to the deep part of Granite Cave(apparently they moved Sableye out of there Sableye is AS exclusive) that requires the Mach Bike. So I go there.

Dozens and dozens of encounters later, I've seen about 10 or so Mawiles, but all of them are male, and I wanted a female to possibly breed later. I checked, and Mawile's gender ratio is 50:50. That's a very difficult statistic to accept, and it doesn't help that Granite Cave has an annoyingly low random encounter rate.

Oh, but I did catch a shiny Zubat while I was down there, so it wasn't a total waste of time.

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Pokemon Omega Ruby.

[itisnotlogical]

If you kill an enemy that has a Vengeance Launcher mine attached, the mine will explode. This happens even if you're executing them, so I received a load of landmine in the face.

WH40K Space Marine.

[Greiger]

I don't see what the big deal is.  The fish was harder than this.  This is pretty much just a platformer at this point.   Oh look he's already sweating and wants to be spared.  One more attack should do it.   Easy, I can't believe this was so overhy-

Oh.  OHHH!  crap.  crap.  CRAP! Things got real.  WTF man WTF!!!  Why are there attacks on my menu options!?

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Undertale