I wonder, do we still have an active thread about the old X-COM game(s)? With OpenXCom nearing completion, I feel like there are no longer any serious barriers to playing it (barring the horrible difficulty).
On that note:
This is very silly.
No, is serious topic about burly men in powersuits shooting alium invaders that want to stop GLORIOUS AMERICA
I don't know why, but aliens in my current game of UFO Defense are converging on the US. My interceptors are working overtime, and thanks to OpenXCom allowing to force aircraft to the runway without refueling, my second base in Mexico is seeing a lot of traffic.
I have had horrible luck with UFOs in this game till now, I had two Floater terror missions before I managed to shoot down a single UFO. I went the whole first month with nothing but a single tiny scout, that quickly outran my interceptor and fled. February was no better. Now it's March, and I'm drowning in UFOs. One shot down over UK, one shot down over India (large scout!), then a week of pause... then I get a small scout and a "large" contact over Europe. To hell with the small one, both European interceptors go after the large one. Small scout flies off. Large one makes a run for it, disappearing over Greenland. The Mexico base has a large radar, so it's bound to pop up there, so both interceptors continue to Canada. New contact over US. Small one, different from before. Local interceptor flies out and shoots it down. No sign of large contact. Skyranger flies out to deal with crash site. "Large" contact reappears almost over Alaska. European Interceptors still over Canada, low on fuel but make it on time. First is armed with the small missiles and cannon, and its pilot should be given either an Ace Award or blood tested for speed, because
he all but rammed his interceptor up the UFO's rear bumper and dodged every shot made at him point blank, pumping most of his ammo, missile and cannon, into the darn thing. The guy
nearly ran out of cannon ammo, but he was finally hit a few times and I decided not to risk him, so that the second craft could finish the UFO off. While the second interceptor catches up with the contact, another small contact appears over US. The old one from over Europe. Mexican fighter is not done refueling but the bastard is damn near hovering over our base so he just takes off into his face. Two engagements at most minutes apart, the large UFO goes down to two Avalanches, and the second small one needs finishing off with cannon fire. Skyranger in flight is redirected to the large crash site.
It's an Abductor. My team is eight almost-rookies in pantaloons, because no time to research Alloys with the drought, and I forgot the tank.
And there's two more crash sites in the US to clear afterwards.
This is going to be Fun.