Got this game recently and just finished a Normal Ironman Run.
I have all sorts of things to say about what I noticed and experienced in this game. Let's begin;
Muton berserkers cause my computer to stutter. My computer is just barely capable of handling this game, there is likely a connection.
I had a female support, by the name of Zoe 'Axle' Wilson survive from the very first mission to the end. She had around 70 kills after about 30 missions.
My supports had this inherent thing of becoming gods. In the end, I had two psionic soldiers, one was Wilson and the other was another support.
One point in the game I was suffering a flood of heavies. However, they all died on the base mission, dealing with that problem.
There were only two survivors to the Base Mission, Wilson and and a heavy. The heavy died next mission because a rookie panicked and thought it would be a good idea to shoot a mind controlled squad member.
Rookies panic VERY easily if someone gets mind controlled.
Rookies are mind controlled very easily.
Put two and two together.
Had a battle ship where if someone went in to critical condition they would proceed to fall through the fall and could not be reached. I lost one assault, almost lost another.
Blaster Launchers are OP.
I hate storage ships, However, Archangel Snipers can do wonders with these, due to their open nature.
Once Wilson was mind controlled. When she fell under the alien influence, she said, "Must.....kill." Considering she was my best soldier, it was a tad bit disturbing and scary. No one died, however.
The occasional Muton sound wave noise sounds like a song to me.
The way Mutons scream while mind controlled sounds like a generic dinosaur scream.
I swore I once heard a Muton I had just stunned cry.
I had a particular problem with teleporting Mutons. It's hard to describe, but it seemed like they were teleporting.
Speaking of which, Aliens which you have seen, but haven't seen you, have this tendency to teleport around in the fog of war.
Also had a case of ninja Mutons, which hid in the 4 squares of a room I hadn't seen. I had people positioned all over the room, and it appeared I could see the entire room.
You cannot attack aliens you have mind controlled, and they get a free turn upon breaking from your control. Same goes for vice versa if one of your soldiers in mind controlled.
Snipers are utter crap until they reach high ranks.
List of aliens I caught alive: Sectoid, Floater, Outsider (Required, of course.), Muton, Muton Beserker, Muton Elite, Ethereal.
I noticed, if you look at the alien storage facility, sometimes aliens you stunned, but haven't interrogated (Such as excess captured for weapons or one's going to be interrogated.), will appear in the holding tank. During interrogations the holding tank is closed.
Archangel Armor + Highly Ranked Sniper + Open map + Squad Sight + Double Tap + Plasma Sniper Rifle = Dead Aliens.
I should of sent Wilson to be the volunteer. I sent the other psionic support because I thought the Volunteer would die, but the survivors would escape. I felt no connect to the volunteer, and when I realized they all died in the end.
Dammit.
Apparently Spoilerception is not possible.
Anyway, I plan to do a Classic Ironman Run soon.
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