Or even move on to 2.
Dan played the original quite a lot anyway, so he sholdn't be as spicy.
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Giant Bomb |OT31| I Think it Might Be for Show
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Or even move on to 2.
Dan played the original quite a lot anyway, so he sholdn't be as spicy.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Are you saying that this is the run?
If he's last to play, the damage could already be done by then. XCOM is really really front loaded in difficulty. A good start makes a huge difference.
Glass Shark
Banned
Maybe it has something to do with him very clearly playing pirated ROMs on video? (I'm not saying I blame him for it, I'm sure he has all or most of those games sitting in a box somewhere, just thinking from a CYA standpoint.)
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
The real bet is if they survive the first time they meet those hydralisk looking motherfuckers.
Or if they survive to meet them at all.
Or if they survive to meet them at all.
XCOM collection would be ace too.
No, they shouldn't. They are playing on normal, if they understand the game, nobody will die.
I want people to die.
Edit: Oh, i'm late.
Oh well
, the base invasion
Didn't Vinny play the first when they made it GOTY? He should more or less know what's going on at least. Alex too now that i think about it.
Nah, They'll learn quick. The game has a way of teaching you by killing your favorite people. Those lessons kind of stick.
Nah, They'll learn quick. The game has a way of teaching you by killing your favorite people. Those lessons kind of stick.
nooooooo it's more like they kind of don't know basic game mechanics.
to be fair the game doesn't really teach it to you in a nice easy comprehensible tutorial, and they were talking over the bit where it did teach you, so i get why
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Dude it's been like 5 years.
just wait for the backlash in the comments when Vinny will pick the wrong upgrade
I played through the game just last year and I don't even know what you're talking about.
formated4tv
Member
We're going to hit the loop of :
- Haha it's funny they don't get (game mechanic)
- Ugh...I wish they'd get (game mechanic)
- WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS HOW YOU USE (game mechanic)
Then they learn that one thing, and we repeat the cycle with something different.
Wait.. there is a kind of game where people don't get mad at GB for not knowing how to play the game??
I don't expect him to be good at the game, or even remember much.
Just the mindset of being really scarred and inching your way forward.
When you get an alien from behind/the side they loose their cover bonus (and so do you if they do the same). It's shown with yellow/red symbols when you move.
Windjammers, because we're not worthy
i was going to say it's pretty easy but then i realised i would have to draw a diagram to explain it so i guess it's not that easy
but to put it basically, if you have no cover between yourself and being shot, there's like a +30% chance to hit. Units can take cover from four sides, but most spaces are designed to only give cover from two at most. So if you can maneuver to be on a side where your target doesn't have cover, you get way more likely to hit the target.
Abby was continually putting her soldiers in places where they could very easily be flanked from a side
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I feel like that will still get you sooner or later lol.
Chryssalids feel like they are meant to specifically take advantage of that mindset.
Death Metalist
Member
I hope they don't listen to anyone. I wan themt to play however they play, I want to see anarchy & chaos.
Ah, is that all? I thought you were referring to some special bonus system that completely eluded me or something. I mean, what you're describing is pretty much common sense (if someone is hiding behind a wall, you need to go around the wall to shoot them. true of any game with cover), and the visual cues (the yellow cover symbol) are obvious enough that something is changing for the worse, so anyone can pick this up without having to be lectured on it.
I got the impression that any "rookie errors" in Abby's play today were through not being totally warmed up to XCOM's strategies and planning yet, rather than not understanding how cover works.
i hope so!
i'm just grousing because i've played a buttload of xcom and it physically hurt to see some of those moves
rest assured i have watched enough ERs that I won't complain tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much about it
feel free to quote this in about two months
i'm just grousing because i've played a buttload of xcom and it physically hurt to see some of those moves
rest assured i have watched enough ERs that I won't complain tooooooooooooooooooooooooo much about it
feel free to quote this in about two months
I'm really looking forward to the first terror mission.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
Likewise. I know it's impossible but it would be great if the only info on tactics they got was through the mistakes detailed in the other commanders reports.
Abby is too spicy in XCOM and I love it!
XCOM has some really exploitable mechanics. A basic rule of thumb is that enemies won't be an issue until you have a visual on them, then they get a free movement turn to get to cover. You don't want anyone to dash before you have contact and you always want to have the party member that's moving furthest to move first so if you have contact the rest of your team can have their turns.
With that said it's way more fun if you don't know that.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
She took a lot of unnecessary risks. Dashing for no reason, moving when an enemy is in overwatch, relocating soldiers so they're in sight of multiple enemies...
It's salvageable if the next player plays more conservatively.
Liquid Shake
Member
Same here. Thankfully, I've never been bothered by them playing games badly. Case in point: Metal Gear Scanlon is one of my favourite features on the site.
NumberThree
Member
The best thing about the XCOM feature is that they play separately so they can't even learn from each other.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
You know, looking at the structure of Exquisite Corps now I think they could totally do one with state of decay.
Vinny is going to have to do some good generalling.
Liquid Shake
Member
Vinny mentioned on Blue Bombin' that Alex knew what happened in Abby's run. This initially made me think that the hand over happened at the end of each episode.
So Alex was either watching or they already have episode 2 in the can?
Yeah but Civ next tho
Because of the format, I assume they just record whenever Vinny and the next person have an hour to spare since they don't all need to be present.
Death Metalist
Member
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Didn't Vinny say that the previous player gives a briefing before each Exquisite Corps run?
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
The commander has to write a report at the end of their run.
Sleeping Lesson
Member
Ah yeah, that's what it is. Are those reports for the next player?
Liquid Shake
Member
It will be a lot of fun watching the next player read the tragic report at the start of each episode!