Forum Overview :: Guess Who Fucked Up X-Com Now
 
Hmm. I think it comes down to how one used to play the original. by Eurotrash 11/01/2012, 12:30pm PDT
As you describe it, you crammed that Skyranger full of cannon fodder and went to town. You played the game for the sake of having fun with the battles, the bigger the better, nevermind how long they took. You probably kept from shooting down Battleships, just so you could get more base invasions.

Personally I would start off with lots of soldiers too, and let natural selection (alien selection?) weed out the (unlucky) weak. By the time I had Flying Jesus Armor and beastly APs, I preferred a lean team of 3-4 members. A couple guys would Superman out and spot the enemies, the last guy, shit, he'd just sit his ass in a lawnchair in the Avanger holding a blaster launcher. Scout guys spot something, muton, snakeman, jaywalker, lawnchair guy explodes half the fucking map. Next mission plz.

In clonclusion, I preferred the fast battles, which may be why I like the new XCOM.

More than once while playing the new one, I would think that it was kinda board-gamey. The often cramped maps with the opposition straight ahead, the simplified loadout, the dumbed-down, quick battles - it is to the original XCOM as Hero Quest was to AD&D. Brutally simplified, but fun as hell.
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This fucking tutorial by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/28/2012, 11:48pm PDT NEW
    I told you to disable that tutorial almost a month ago! NT by WITTGENSTEIN 10/29/2012, 1:52pm PDT NEW
        I thought you were talking to somebody else. NT by Worm,Ed Gein 10/29/2012, 10:30pm PDT NEW
            Guess who fucked up while talking about X-Com Now! NT by Ator Maker 10/30/2012, 7:53am PDT NEW
                Inside the Post by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/30/2012, 6:09pm PDT NEW
    Don't suck up now, XCOM by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/29/2012, 11:21pm PDT NEW
        Set it to "Wetback". That'd be pretty funny. Maybe it'll unlock some secret shit NT by Eurotrash 10/30/2012, 11:48am PDT NEW
            But Eurotrash, XCOM is not about being cruel to different races NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/30/2012, 12:06pm PDT NEW
                What, that's ~all~ XCOM is about NT by Shredder 10/30/2012, 3:12pm PDT NEW
                Oh. Someone said "aliens", I thought it was "illegal aliens" and signed up. :( by Eurotrash 10/30/2012, 3:14pm PDT NEW
                    They don't let you even get off the Skyranger now so I guess Firaxis was listeni NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/30/2012, 6:00pm PDT NEW
    Re: This fucking tutorial by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/31/2012, 11:45pm PDT NEW
        Jesus, man. :( by Eurotrash 11/01/2012, 1:36am PDT NEW
            HOMF GLOMF by Mischief Maker 11/01/2012, 3:06am PDT NEW
                Keep in mind that we are talking about a really fun game that everybody likes by Fullofkittens 11/01/2012, 4:04am PDT NEW
                    Lay off, man! Making video games for profit is hard! by Mischief Maker 11/01/2012, 4:51am PDT NEW
                        They're valid... if you are a fan of the original. by Fullofkittens 11/01/2012, 5:47am PDT NEW
                            You aren't looking at 15 stats in the middle of a battle by Entropy Stew 11/01/2012, 6:09am PDT NEW
                                So real life generals decide whether troops are assault class or heavies NT by Fullofkittens 11/01/2012, 6:22am PDT NEW
                                    You don't show up at the battlefield with a crack team of miscellania by Entropy Stew 11/01/2012, 7:37am PDT NEW
                                        I imagine X-COM as more like SETI with some United Nations funding for guns by Fullofkittens 11/01/2012, 8:07am PDT NEW
                                        Look, here's the thing. If you can't tell the sniper in your first 30 minutes NT by on the field... YOU ARE THE SNIPER 11/01/2012, 10:51am PDT NEW
                                        There's nothing necessarily wrong with random assignation of classes by Arbit 11/01/2012, 11:37am PDT NEW
                                            Best thing about Heavies is that +100% DMG against Robots/Cybernetics perk by WITTGENSTEIN 11/01/2012, 4:49pm PDT NEW
                                                Second Best: The perk that allows you to fire twice per turn NT by WITTGENSTEIN 11/01/2012, 5:04pm PDT NEW
                                Is this a good place for complaints about Fallout 3? by Jerry Whorebach 11/02/2012, 8:50pm PDT NEW
                                    Is this a stalking horse for adding child murder back into the game? NT by Entropy Stew 11/02/2012, 9:42pm PDT NEW
                            So the new X-Com is the Star Trek 11 of videogames? NT by Mischief Maker 11/01/2012, 6:43am PDT NEW
                                I guess so, if a lot of people really liked Star Trek 11. by Fullofkittens 11/01/2012, 6:55am PDT NEW
                            Re: They're valid... if you are a fan of the original. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 10:22am PDT NEW
                        Re: Lay off, man! Making video games for profit is hard! by Eurotrash 11/01/2012, 1:24pm PDT NEW
                    Keep in mind that we are talking about a really fun game that everybody likes by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 10:05am PDT NEW
                You cunt NT by Are you actually Zseni? 11/05/2012, 12:54am PST NEW
            Re: Jesus, man. :( by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 10:02am PDT NEW
                I don't think you liked the original as much as you say you do. by turkey sandwich guy 11/01/2012, 10:13am PDT NEW
                    Re: I don't think you liked the original as much as you say you do. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 10:33am PDT NEW
                        troop-squishing tanks imba imba imba imba imba imba imba imba imba imba imba imb NT by turkey sandwich guy 11/01/2012, 10:37am PDT NEW
                        This has no bearing on anything, but by Entropy Stew 11/01/2012, 11:02am PDT NEW
                            Also: you want a pre-op on your team if you're in a Grant Morrison comic NT by Entropy Stew 11/01/2012, 11:04am PDT NEW
                            (born April 18, 1981; NT by formerly known as Autrijus Ween) 11/01/2012, 11:30am PDT NEW
                Hmm. I think it comes down to how one used to play the original. by Eurotrash 11/01/2012, 12:30pm PDT NEW
                    The one nitpick with the battles by re: 11/01/2012, 1:40pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Hmm. I think it comes down to how one used to play the original. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 5:01pm PDT NEW
                Are you using the patch? by Lettuphant 11/01/2012, 7:55pm PDT NEW
                    Jesus Christ, was I supposed to type [url]? You guys like it here in 2007? NT by Lettuphant 11/01/2012, 7:55pm PDT NEW
                        Just use HTML my friend. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 8:49pm PDT NEW
                            Look on the bright side: one day, people will accuse Caltrops of still using by forum software from 2017. 11/01/2012, 9:47pm PDT NEW
                                Totally stealing "swayze" as an adjective. NT by E. L. Koba 11/03/2012, 3:47pm PDT NEW
                        Is it really that hard to [reply/quote] someone's post and look at the NT by FUCKING FORUM CODE? - WITTGENSTEIN 11/01/2012, 8:55pm PDT NEW
                            This is why we never get any new posters. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 9:18pm PDT NEW
                                Re: This is why we never get any new posters. by Lettuphant 11/02/2012, 8:06am PDT NEW
                            Wittgenstein getting irrationally angry over nothing important. NT by Another reason it's still 2007 11/02/2012, 9:08am PDT NEW
                            There's no formatting manual/help link. It's not user friendly at all NT by Entropy Stew 11/02/2012, 10:25am PDT NEW
        The cunt is STRONG with this one. NT by turkey sandwich guy 11/01/2012, 6:59am PDT NEW
            You'll get yours in a second by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/01/2012, 7:32am PDT NEW
 
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