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Author Topic: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)  (Read 968863 times)

GlyphGryph

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5925 on: August 21, 2013, 01:23:14 pm »

THAT'S NOT A MECH!

You see, you can make mechs very small, you just have to remove a lot of fleshy bits for the riders in order to get them to fit inside at that point.

Basically, you turn your "mech pilots" into limbless, stripped down torsos covered in I/O connectors, and then you can just pop them into your newest model of whatever "human sized" mech you want!

And then you put THOSE mechs into even BIGGER mechs!

It's really the perfect advancement of humanity.

(Actually, with the mech suit shown, I wouldn't be surprised if what I just described was actually the case, and you actually do just slip what's left of the person into that new mech suit and the more slim human-looking body is just an "around town" version of the same thing)
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5926 on: August 21, 2013, 01:24:11 pm »

Just like my Japanese Animes!
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« Reply #5927 on: August 21, 2013, 01:25:16 pm »

And then you put THOSE mechs into even BIGGER mechs!

And so it begins, the never-ending mech matreshka (nesting doll)

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5928 on: August 21, 2013, 01:36:20 pm »

I can't wait for my Megazord team.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5929 on: August 21, 2013, 01:37:31 pm »

...

Again... they become cyborgs and they get inside mech suits.


...Okay, that's more acceptable.

*cough* Um, carry on.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5930 on: August 21, 2013, 01:40:29 pm »

And then you put THOSE mechs into even BIGGER mechs!

And so it begins, the never-ending mech matreshka (nesting doll)

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5931 on: August 21, 2013, 01:42:32 pm »

The new symbol at the end of the trailer.



look like. . . the Scrin Symbol? My eyes must be tired to say that.

Does anyone remember what the Cult of Sirius's symbol was?
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« Reply #5932 on: August 21, 2013, 01:54:45 pm »

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5933 on: August 21, 2013, 01:59:17 pm »

The new symbol at the end of the trailer.



look like. . . the Scrin Symbol? My eyes must be tired to say that.

Does anyone remember what the Cult of Sirius's symbol was?



Cult of Sirius (in X-Com Apocalypse)


Aliens (In Apoc of course)

So yeah totally not alike.
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« Reply #5934 on: August 21, 2013, 02:01:23 pm »

Weird, huh?
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A few of my buddies who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan would love something like this.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5935 on: August 21, 2013, 02:08:41 pm »

I'm pretty sure everybody would love something like that. Oh, what's that, I'm old and my limbs are all brittle? Fuck it, cut them off. Flesh is weak, metal is strong.

It be cool if a high/the highest cybernetic ability was a mental backup, so if a solider enhanced with it dies they can be reloaded into a new body. And then we will have an Eclipse Phase video game.
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5936 on: August 21, 2013, 02:26:48 pm »

Anyone want to guess at what the new title implies? Enemy within.

If I were to guess, I'd say that there's an end game scenario where we find the Aliens can control or affect all the meld technology we incorporated and now we have to fight the super cyborgs we made.

Hopefully they'll give us a better set of endings too, rather than "WE WERE TRYING TO HELP YOUUUUUU~" nonsense.

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« Reply #5937 on: August 21, 2013, 02:31:14 pm »

The ending might make more sense if it was a sequel hook into an Apocalypse remake. I mean, let's face it: Apoc's invasion would've been a heck of a lot harder without all advancements caused by the first two games. Imagine that game without Elerium-powered aircraft, mass-produced armour, psionics, or cyborgs.
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« Reply #5938 on: August 21, 2013, 02:33:39 pm »


A few of my buddies who lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan would love something like this.

A bit high maintenance. Why don't you just give them the psysuit and let them psionically project themselves everywhere instead. :P
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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown (New by Firaxis)
« Reply #5939 on: August 21, 2013, 02:35:34 pm »

Hopefully they'll give us a better set of endings too, rather than "WE WERE TRYING TO HELP YOUUUUUU~" nonsense.
The Ethereals weren't trying to help humanity, they were trying to assimilate it in order to have their perfect supersoliders. They just ended up biting off more than they could chew.
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