X-COM:TFTD AAR (Now with 90% more dead community members!)

Safe-Keeper · 10-13-12, 01:47 PM

Ah, the original X-Com games... I loved how they combined a cruelly sadistic and unforgiving battle system with the fact that you were supposed to take care of and bond with your troops

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It's also a perfect example of how "evil" games were before compared to the condescending hand-holding titles we have now. Today, any unforseen obstacle or loss in a game is "unfair", and every feature has to be carefully explained to the player, in-game, because we've grown so accustomed to not reading manuals or thinking for ourselves. In X-Com, landing in a terror mission to find your Skyranger's debarcation ramp surrounded by Cyberdisks was just something you had to get used to

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Dowly · 10-13-12, 02:10 PM

Hah, I agree. When I get my squad wiped in the original X-COM, it doesn't
bother me one bit, because I know it wasn't something the game did on purpose
per se. It's all quite random and sometimes it's just your turn to be the one with
the disadvantage.

Btw, you on the Xenonauts forum? Thought I saw Safe-Keeper over there.

Safe-Keeper · 10-14-12, 09:42 AM

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Btw, you on the Xenonauts forum? Thought I saw Safe-Keeper over there.

Yup

Dowly · 08-15-13, 05:05 AM

Mright, I think it's time to reboot this one with XCOM: UFO DEFENCE.

Anyone willing to die a horrible death, let me know and I'll name a soldier after you. Also, let me know if you want your soldier cloned after death or not.

Oberon · 08-15-13, 07:20 AM

Sure, I'm up for brutal death. Clone me in, heck, put me down as Oberon Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3

Crécy · 08-16-13, 06:13 AM

Instrument of failure signs up

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10-13-12, 01:47 PM	#1
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Ah, the original X-Com games... I loved how they combined a cruelly sadistic and unforgiving battle system with the fact that you were supposed to take care of and bond with your troops . It's also a perfect example of how "evil" games were before compared to the condescending hand-holding titles we have now. Today, any unforseen obstacle or loss in a game is "unfair", and every feature has to be carefully explained to the player, in-game, because we've grown so accustomed to not reading manuals or thinking for ourselves. In X-Com, landing in a terror mission to find your Skyranger's debarcation ramp surrounded by Cyberdisks was just something you had to get used to. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

08-16-13, 06:13 AM	#6
Crécy Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Dark forest Posts: 793 Downloads: 316 Uploads: 0	Instrument of failure signs up . __________________ “Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.” -Henry David Thoreau

10-13-12, 02:10 PM	#2
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Hah, I agree. When I get my squad wiped in the original X-COM, it doesn't bother me one bit, because I know it wasn't something the game did on purpose per se. It's all quite random and sometimes it's just your turn to be the one with the disadvantage. Btw, you on the Xenonauts forum? Thought I saw Safe-Keeper over there.

08-15-13, 05:05 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Mright, I think it's time to reboot this one with XCOM: UFO DEFENCE. Anyone willing to die a horrible death, let me know and I'll name a soldier after you. Also, let me know if you want your soldier cloned after death or not.

08-15-13, 07:20 AM	#5
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Sure, I'm up for brutal death. Clone me in, heck, put me down as Oberon Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3