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[lordcooper]

I like how they explain how each *alien race* came into life etc, and man... that realy show up how human react too haha, poke me ill exterminate you. They poke the human race with abduction and we kicked their arses, in real life the same would happen... exept we would loose because human race as a whole is a big stupid bully with *illusion of grandeur* thinking they are better than anything....

But you're better than those guys, right?

[Cthulhu]

Speaking of losing guys...

Rest in Peace:

Femi Dioppe - Psy-assault, savior of mankind
Kieran Kyle - Sniper, was in almost every battle, died in final battle
Aidan O'brien - Heavy, XCOM's last casualty, not counting Femi
Sean O'brien - Assault, presumably Aidan's brother.  Presumably died in the final battle, I didn't see him escape in the final cutscene
Adrien Timmermans - Dying was the best thing he ever did for the world.
Toby Graham - I hated him for his name but he earned my grudging respect.  Fell to more than a dozen thin men in a late bomb disposal mission.

As for jocan, who says our grandeur is an illusion?  Having never seen any aliens, who's to say we're not the best around, nothing gonna ever keep us down?

[The Scout]

Hey, we'll probably win a missile flinging war with the best of them.

[Kagus]

Hey, we'll probably win a missile flinging war with the best of them.

This.

"Oh my god, look at the size of that thing!  There's no way we can intercept it with fighters!  Whatever will we do?"

"Nuke it."

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Also gotta love the ending sacrifice.  "That ship is turning into a black hole!"  "Don't worry, I'll drive it just outside the atmosphere"  "OUR SAVIOUR!"

[Sergius]

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Then again, they also insult you if you happen to loose even one of your guys.

Funny that, I actually got that dialogue without even actually losing one of my guys. My guy was only wounded. Apparently they think humans are more fleshy than we really are.

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I got that message when I suicided one of the aliens I possessed...

[jocan2003]

I like how they explain how each *alien race* came into life etc, and man... that realy show up how human react too haha, poke me ill exterminate you. They poke the human race with abduction and we kicked their arses, in real life the same would happen... exept we would loose because human race as a whole is a big stupid bully with *illusion of grandeur* thinking they are better than anything....

But you're better than those guys, right?

Nope, i dont think so.

[GlyphGryph]

You must be a terrible human being.

[Neonivek]

SPOILERS! I AM DOING SPOILERS!

Ok now if I was going to improve the game right now... I think this is what I'd do (No Bug fixing in the list):
1) The Outsiders wouldn't disapear and in fact are connected with "Base fighting" mechanics that you can do multiple times.
-Honestly I swear that they must have planned on base attacking to be a bigger part of the game. If you watch the cutscene you can even see multiple alien bases.
2) Thinmen have their own "Upgraded" form which is a Lizardman or rather what they look like without any plastic surgery.
3) Reprogrammed drones have their own tech tree which involve capturing all the robot enemies. Eventually leading to Super SHIV units who are essentially become the equivilant of an additional role. (Heck, let SHIVs have AI and they can gain skills if balance is a big deal.). Essentially Shivs have a foundation skill tree (But the ultimate shivs would obviously require you to capture live Cyberdisks and the like. Making it risky)
4) EMP cannons force UFOs to land, rather then crash land.
5) Created weapons look different then Alien weapons (It was weird since I actually gained the ability to make Heavy Plasma and Plasma rifles before I even saw aliens with them).
6) Cryssalids have their own Upgraded form as well. Possibly a Queen of some sort who acts as a sort of leader type enemy.
7) My goodness give Cops, Bodyguards, and Soldiers guns. The Escort can be weaponless...
-I believe this was, as with a lot of things, a feature they couldn't finish because of AI problems.
8 ) The Final mission is actually a series of missions involving sabataging the enemy ship with an endless assault of enemies and inability to bring anything back with you.
9) Give Shiv some customisation or loadout abilities (Hey might as well)

[alway]

10. Make base-building non-trivial and actually able to affect how you play. Spam satellites, spam workshops is pretty much the only viable strategy; change that, and the entire base-building side of things gets better.

I agree on the shivs/robotics things. Having SHIVs evolve into something as awesome and personable as Ghost in the Shell's Tachikoma would be simply amazing.

[612DwarfAvenue]

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Also gotta love the ending sacrifice.  "That ship is turning into a black hole!"  "Don't worry, I'll drive it just outside the atmosphere"  "OUR SAVIOUR!"

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To be fair it could be that the Volunteer was able to prevent it from becoming a black hole, but he/she couldn't prevent it from making that big explosion in its place, hence pulling it up into orbit to minimize damage.

[Kagus]

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Also gotta love the ending sacrifice.  "That ship is turning into a black hole!"  "Don't worry, I'll drive it just outside the atmosphere"  "OUR SAVIOUR!"

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To be fair it could be that the Volunteer was able to prevent it from becoming a black hole, but he/she couldn't prevent it from making that big explosion in its place, hence pulling it up into orbit to minimize damage.

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Despite the ship already being located directly over nothing but a vast expanse of water, and instead putting a far greater area at risk with the frickin' flaming debris of heat-resistant alien alloys showering through the atmosphere.  Well, I think we already know that these guys aren't the brightest of the bunch.

[Metalax]

Spoiler: Ending spoilers (click to show/hide)

Also gotta love the ending sacrifice.  "That ship is turning into a black hole!"  "Don't worry, I'll drive it just outside the atmosphere"  "OUR SAVIOUR!"

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To be fair it could be that the Volunteer was able to prevent it from becoming a black hole, but he/she couldn't prevent it from making that big explosion in its place, hence pulling it up into orbit to minimize damage.

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Despite the ship already being located directly over nothing but a vast expanse of water, and instead putting a far greater area at risk with the frickin' flaming debris of heat-resistant alien alloys showering through the atmosphere.  Well, I think we already know that these guys aren't the brightest of the bunch.

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It would have been far worse if it was allowed to detonate within the atmosphere. The pressure wave from an explosion of that magnitude would devastate a massive area, not to mention the megatsunami it would set off.

[Cthulhu]

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Guys, don't diminish the Volunteer's sacrifice by nitpicking realism.

I will admit I shouted "Yay tons of debris falling from the sky!" as soon as I saw it blow apart in orbit

[GlyphGryph]

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7) My goodness give Cops, Bodyguards, and Soldiers guns. The Escort can be weaponless...
-I believe this was, as with a lot of things, a feature they couldn't finish because of AI problems.

I don't know why it was taken out, but they DO carry guns. All that's missing is the... guns. I'm surprised I haven't seen them in any invisible object memes since they are clearly carrying weapons in game, say they are going to help you shoot the aliens, etc. and so on, except the weapons are invisible.

[Kagus]

I'm surprised I haven't seen them in any invisible object memes since they are clearly carrying weapons in game, say they are going to help you shoot the aliens, etc. and so on, except the weapons are invisible.
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It's because they're not cats, obviously.