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[Mageziya]

I don't know,

Buuuut I just want to beeeeelieeeeeeve.

[WillowLuman]

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.

[Ibid Straydrink]

"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.

[Mageziya]

Wait... while I never did play X-Com Apocalypse, didn't it have hybrid soldiers?

Also, I just beat Classic Ironman again.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Apparently,

The vortex/rift/whatever ability the Volunteer gets does 18 damage to Sectopods.

That plus a normal HEAT-ammo rocket = 2 Dead Sectopods.

[Sharp]

Wait... while I never did play X-Com Apocalypse, didn't it have hybrid soldiers?

Also, I just beat Classic Ironman again.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Apparently,

The vortex/rift/whatever ability the Volunteer gets does 18 damage to Sectopods.

That plus a normal HEAT-ammo rocket = 2 Dead Sectopods.

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.

[WillowLuman]

Probably also refers to rank. But medals sound cool.

[GaxkangtheUnbound]

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.

[Mephansteras]

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?

[WillowLuman]

Wait, so for PC it's still a standalone?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Only 10% off. It's an expansion on PC, standalone on consoles.

[Ibid Straydrink]

Hey, has anyone gotten this ending before?

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[WillowLuman]

No offense, but that looks shopped.

[Sirus]

No, its totally real. I can tell by looking at the pixels and seeing lots of real pictures in my day.

[Gamerboy4life]

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.

[Sirus]

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.

Shush you. Not everything has to be politics all of the time :/