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#3659991 - 10/10/12 02:21 AM Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great!  
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I bought Xcom and Dishonored just before they came out, so far I'm getting way more joy out of Xcom.

Haha, the game is pretty difficult on the classic difficulty, add ironman mode onto that and it's a recipe for torture. After three horribly failed campaigns on classic difficulty I decided to give in and just play on normal, I'm really loving the game so far; already sank 6 hours into it.

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#3660017 - 10/10/12 03:21 AM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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I lost almost a full squad, 6 mutons and that cyber disk play merry hell close quarters,lol. I am loving this game. Some aspects I do not like as only one sqquad so fighting panic is a pain,lol.






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A truism "liberals, who believe that everyone should categorically agree with them because their theoretical positions are "a higher truth" than the positions of any person out there living in and interacting with the real world."
#3660040 - 10/10/12 05:10 AM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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:CRRYYYYY:

I just lost a full team of lieutenants a captain and one rookie! Goodbye Tiny Turner, TORA TORA TORA, XIA XIA XIA XIAO XIAO XIAO, Mc. Evans, Agathe Christy and Hamza Mansoor; you will be missed.

#3660265 - 10/10/12 03:30 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Shut up! Stupid Americans.... what is the XCom you speak of anyway?

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#3660368 - 10/10/12 05:47 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Ice, I will video record my next mission and send it to you, biggrin. I think you are going to love it m8.







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A truism "liberals, who believe that everyone should categorically agree with them because their theoretical positions are "a higher truth" than the positions of any person out there living in and interacting with the real world."
#3660639 - 10/10/12 11:14 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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24 hours more, Bulletstop, twenty-four hours!!


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#3660954 - 10/11/12 02:45 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Playing normal on my first play through. I was thinking it was a little too easy, got over confident, got over extended, and disturbed a nest of crysalis. The perfect recipe for 3 dead squad mates in one round, not one mission, one round. Grrrrr!

My memorial is starting to get full.


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#3661583 - 10/12/12 11:30 AM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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WTF?

I waited how many years for this sequel?
What a stinking pile of dung this is.

In fact to make sure I am right I only intend to play this for another 3-4 years max. neaner


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#3661620 - 10/12/12 01:02 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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LOL I almost hit the reply button before I read the ending of your post.

Classic + Iron Man = Awesome. Got 2 missions to flawless results, and then a bloodbath ... frown

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#3661738 - 10/12/12 03:53 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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I have to say that I didn't play the demo so I wasn't entirely sure how it would play.

I was very surprised.It feels very good.I like the way it's done.

This is going to keep me quiet on the long winter nights coming up. thumbsup

@ elanaiba.Lol,I was trying to wind the X-Com fans up a bit wink


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EV's are the Devils matchbox.
#3661741 - 10/12/12 03:55 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Taking a break now... Not lost anyone yet, aside from the scripted ones you lose on the tutorial. Slowly building the base up but with China and Japan and Australia gone from the Council, I think I'm missing a few $$$. Normal difficulty.


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#3661758 - 10/12/12 04:21 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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gonna begin this over the weekend. Anyone got any advice that'll help me keep my squad members alive? Never played a turn based game before, btw.


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#3661763 - 10/12/12 04:32 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Advice? Keep in cover, don't spread out too far, and play to your guy's strengths.

I'm not really liking my Sniper guy though. I got Squad sight for him, but having to run OR shoot per turn is getting annoying. I might go with the other option next time.


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#3661828 - 10/12/12 06:26 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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#3661977 - 10/12/12 10:18 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Get the archangle armor then the upgrade, makes the sniper in an open map awesome...





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A truism "liberals, who believe that everyone should categorically agree with them because their theoretical positions are "a higher truth" than the positions of any person out there living in and interacting with the real world."
#3662115 - 10/13/12 04:50 AM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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I take back what I said about Squad sight. Being able to shoot damn near across the map is awesome, and at 95% or greater accuracy too! For crash site maps, I just park him at the back with a good vantage point. City maps and the like I just try to find "open lines of sight" and try to cover those.


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#3662259 - 10/13/12 03:00 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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About 10 missions in and haven'tlst anyone yet. Fingers crossed.


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#3662264 - 10/13/12 03:02 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Dangit man I didn't realize this one was released. I need to get some cash to buy the thing.


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#3662284 - 10/13/12 04:00 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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I've only lost one, Spunkmeyer...RIP.


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#3662370 - 10/13/12 07:33 PM Re: Xcom Enemy Unkown! Great! [Re: redpiano]  
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Lost a couple of guys by now, but nothing a quick reload won't fix smile

I got a full squad of Colonels by now, loving it! 2 Assaults, 2 Heavies, and 2 Snipers... but the funny thing is my Heavies seem to get beaten down a lot. I could end some missions with just the Assault's armor taking the brunt of the punishment, but my Heavies need 4-6 days to heal.

My sniper guy with Squadsight now has double-tap so he can take down a big enemy by himself, or two enemies. Yay!


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