X-com Enemy Unknown - Page 4

Gregness · 10-04-2012, 02:45 AM

You know, all these videos stressing "no, trust us you guys, the game will be hard" would be a lot more convincing if the people doing the demonstrating weren't awful at it.

PhoenixFlame · 10-04-2012, 08:31 AM

I know, right?

"Let's just dash everywhere, spread out and not cover our zones."

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 10-04-2012, 08:38 AM

From the demo at least it definitely seems like the game rewards clever thinking even if it doesn't actually require it.
At least it did once it lets you put people where you want instead of dictating where you go every single move.

Azisien · 10-04-2012, 09:26 AM

There's been a lot of videos of Jake Solomon playing where he gets into a bind and finds a way out of it by playing really well. It shows great promise. Classic difficulty or higher will force you to become skillful, because you ain't progressing anywhere without decent tactics.

Aerozord · 10-04-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Grandmaster_Skweeb

a game about killing aliens with their own guns wielded by a specialized crack team of international alien cajone crunching badasses.

I thought this was the backstory to halo

Azisien · 10-04-2012, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Aerozord

I thought this was the backstory to halo

Well alien invasion stories, pretty common sci-fi antagonist, but...

X-COM UFO Defense - 1994
Halo CE - 2001

Karrrrrrrrrrrresche · 10-04-2012, 10:48 AM

Bit like saying Doom 3 was ripping off Halo for having a single soldier fighting impossible odds with a variety of weapons.

Aerozord · 10-04-2012, 11:44 AM

no I wasn't saying they were ripping off halo, I'm saying that we still use the "small group of elite soldiers using alien tech to fend off an invasion" idea. I loved the non-sense plots of the early 90's but that particular one never really left

Grandmaster_Skweeb · 10-04-2012, 12:25 PM

I demand a flogging for bringing the blasphemous title into this thread of xenos crushing glory.

I DEMAND SATISFACTION, SIR.

stefan · 10-05-2012, 03:55 PM

So I bit the bullet and preordered this thing, if only because the Multiplayer looks like it is going to be hilarious.

Anyone planning any sort of gimmick for their cannon fodder? I'm wavering between assigning each rank a color of the visible spectrum or just going the classic route of "red armor and full helmets for everyone below the rank of Major."

10-04-2012, 02:45 AM	#31
Gregness Never give up. Never give in. Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,034	You know, all these videos stressing "no, trust us you guys, the game will be hard" would be a lot more convincing if the people doing the demonstrating weren't awful at it. __________________ A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - Robert Heinlein

10-04-2012, 08:31 AM	#32
PhoenixFlame ☢!CAUTION!☢ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Beneath Gensokyo Posts: 3,668	I know, right? "Let's just dash everywhere, spread out and not cover our zones." __________________ "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." -from The Sayings of Muad'Dib by the Princess Irulan

10-04-2012, 11:44 AM	#38
Aerozord So we are clear Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Former murder capital of the world Posts: 13,824	no I wasn't saying they were ripping off halo, I'm saying that we still use the "small group of elite soldiers using alien tech to fend off an invasion" idea. I loved the non-sense plots of the early 90's but that particular one never really left __________________ "don't hate me for being a heterosexual white guy disparaging slacktivism, hate me for all those murders I've done."

10-04-2012, 09:26 AM	#34
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	There's been a lot of videos of Jake Solomon playing where he gets into a bind and finds a way out of it by playing really well. It shows great promise. Classic difficulty or higher will force you to become skillful, because you ain't progressing anywhere without decent tactics.

10-04-2012, 12:25 PM	#39
Grandmaster_Skweeb Doesn't care anymore Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,429	I demand a flogging for bringing the blasphemous title into this thread of xenos crushing glory. I DEMAND SATISFACTION, SIR.

10-05-2012, 03:55 PM	#40
stefan Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 870	So I bit the bullet and preordered this thing, if only because the Multiplayer looks like it is going to be hilarious. Anyone planning any sort of gimmick for their cannon fodder? I'm wavering between assigning each rank a color of the visible spectrum or just going the classic route of "red armor and full helmets for everyone below the rank of Major."