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Author Topic: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)  (Read 974222 times)

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6525 on: September 29, 2013, 12:53:37 am »
I don't know,

Buuuut I just want to beeeeelieeeeeeve.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6526 on: September 29, 2013, 01:34:54 am »
Personally, I see bio-augmented soldiers more likely to think "WE ARE THE NEW MASTER RACE! TAKING THE BEST TRAITS OF ALIENS AND HUMANS, THEY ARE BOTH NOW BENEATH US!" than "I've got genes now, better serve the other side because I'm slightly related to them." Or even normal troops turning hostile against the augmented ones.

On a metagaming note, making soldiers you've sunk most of your effort and budget into you irrevocably turn evil seems a bit of a cheap shot. Thematically, I don't think "Enemy Within" means the risk that XCOM will join the aliens due to taking aliens into themselves, but rather that they will destroy and replace the aliens, having gone down the same path.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6527 on: September 29, 2013, 03:31:45 am »
Quote from: HugoLuman on September 29, 2013, 01:34:54 am
"WE ARE THE NEW MASTER RACE! TAKING THE BEST TRAITS OF ALIENS AND HUMANS, THEY ARE BOTH NOW BENEATH US!"

This, I want this, ever so badly. I'm not sure Avatar X-Com is necessarily the best franchise for it, but oh for a game tailored just so; one that gives a glorious and inspiring sense of the culmination of humankind's potential, while gradually weaving a grim moral tale of it's ultimate consequence.

Some sort of pre-emptive campaign following the invasion of Earth would be a quite nice setting. Let the player start off with Titan Armor as the low-tech. :P
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6528 on: September 29, 2013, 04:51:15 pm »
Wait... while I never did play X-Com Apocalypse, didn't it have hybrid soldiers?

Also, I just beat Classic Ironman again.

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6529 on: September 29, 2013, 04:56:50 pm »
Quote from: Mageziya on September 29, 2013, 04:51:15 pm
Wait... while I never did play X-Com Apocalypse, didn't it have hybrid soldiers?

Also, I just beat Classic Ironman again.

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Yesh Apocalypse had hybrids and androids as well. I prefer androids for lugging around heavy stuff and high health and immunity to brain-suckers which are actually the deadliest weapon the aliens have.

Rift Vortex thing does more damage based on how low the enemies Will is and robots have no will..... sending a team of shiv's vs an ethereal can end badly.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6530 on: September 30, 2013, 12:04:07 am »
Probably also refers to rank. But medals sound cool.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6531 on: October 03, 2013, 06:34:30 pm »
To celebrate enemy within, the XCOM series (minus bureau, but includes enemy within) is having a 75% off sale. I managed to snag EW and EU for 36 bucks. It's $9.99 for just EU.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6532 on: October 03, 2013, 06:36:41 pm »
Quote from: GaxkangtheUnbound on October 03, 2013, 06:34:30 pm
To celebrate enemy within, the XCOM series (minus bureau, but includes enemy within) is having a 75% off sale. I managed to snag EW and EU for 36 bucks. It's $9.99 for just EU.

Wait...they're selling Enemy Within at 75% off before it is even released??? Or is it just available for pre-order?
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6533 on: October 03, 2013, 06:41:40 pm »
Wait, so for PC it's still a standalone?
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6534 on: October 03, 2013, 06:45:44 pm »
Only 10% off. It's an expansion on PC, standalone on consoles.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6535 on: October 04, 2013, 03:11:03 am »
Hey, has anyone gotten this ending before?

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6536 on: October 04, 2013, 10:02:31 am »
No offense, but that looks shopped.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6537 on: October 04, 2013, 10:04:54 am »
No, its totally real. I can tell by looking at the pixels and seeing lots of real pictures in my day.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6538 on: October 04, 2013, 11:29:06 am »
Quote from: Sirus on October 04, 2013, 10:04:54 am
No, its totally real. I can tell by looking at the pixels and seeing lots of real pictures in my day.

It's real for us Americans.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #6539 on: October 04, 2013, 11:41:28 am »
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