The XCom games, your thoughts and opinions

The XCom games, your thoughts and opinions.

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I wish it was more like Chess and less like poker

Those are some big nipples.

Agreed, but the luck of the draw makes it exciting of sometimes aggravating.

For your mouth

It slows down a fuckton the longer you play and the wait times can get frustrating. XCOM 2 has too many shitty memory problems which slow it down even more.

Overall fun games otherwise.

what the fuck im downloading xcom now holy fucking shit

YES DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!

I want that strong black man to fuck my wife

The RNG is fucking ridicilous in XCOM 2 and I can't bring myself to play it again since release
Post those webms before snakfags come

Them large nipples

inb4 bara thread

Is there co-op yet? The story in 2 is unappealing, will only really buy it for co-op.

I'm about to play Xcom2, I wonder... is there a way to save a soldier as a template and reusing it? I'm gonna play it in Iron Man, I know I'll die dozens of time and recreating the same soldier over and over is tiring.

If only we were so lucky and the mods not a bunch of faggots

Need a mod to make the guys like that.

That guy isn't black.

>RNG is fucking ridicilous in XCOM 2

What is this supposed to mean? You mad that you don't consistently hit 30% shots?

import/export character function from start menu, also - you can setup a character pool, so when your fav bae dies, you can get it back in
form of a recruit

Actually yes. You can create soldiers in the main menu to use in multiple playthroughs or you can save soldiers you make in playthroughs

For fucks just no, stop it

>Miss 100% shot
>don't realize it's 99.6-99.9%
>don't realize THAT'S HOW TRUE RANDOM ACTUALLY WORKS

well, whatever, just stick to normal difficulty and you shouldn't have a problem, fuckboy

I recently picked up the complete edition for Enemy Unknown. I'm enjoying it a lot right now, but the game seems really buggy. One of the worst bugs i've encountered is choppy framerate whenever a Berserker is charging at one of my lads. Overall I think it's a nice game, but the amount of bugs I've experienced make me hesitant to pick up xcom 2. Is 2 any better?

Here's the site for the beefcake mod.

vectorplexus.com/index.php?/files/file/1-xcom-2-xsoldier/

Dude looks like he just got done breastfeeding

Don't worry user it seems I'm the only one in the thread right now. Since I exhausted my folder last thread I'll give it a break.

this

that's hot haha
i wish men could lactate like women

>tfw you will never nurse a big beefy stud's meaty pecs for his sweet milk

Holy shit son that is a goddamn chest

>co-op
>in X-com
What kind of retarded demand is that?

it wouldn't be that lame if I wore this in public would it

haha

I used it to create the Foxhound unit. Except Decoy Octopus and Revolver Ocelot. You never see Octopus fight so no way to know which Xcom class he would fit into, and there's no class that uses a revolver as it's primary weapon.

My retarded demand.

Shitty RNG autism simulator. SteamWorld Heist is better.
Actually, are there other games like SteamWorld Heist?

where's the mod that does this for females (with dicks)
and also makes all the aliens into femboys

I would've enjoyed XCOM 2 a lot more if it didn't look like I was fighting Aliens with Nerf gear late in the game.

Whoever designed that T3 shit needs to be fired.

Why would you expect co-op when literally none of the previous 5-6 games have had it?

FUCK

Why user, it's right here through this noose!

I wear one around the house in the winter. Mine was german surplus so it still has patches and pockets sewed into it but if you took those off and wore something over it it wouldn't look too bad.

Nah, people won't peg you as an Xcom wannabe. They'll think you're an OPERATOR wannabe. It's really not much different than wearing an M65 in public.

Mod's right here. Enjoy

Because I'm retarded. Can you anwser the question?

>noose
>not a snek's maw

no sale buddo

Here's a video of the mod in action during a mission.

youtu.be/cWUhD9uLIdk

No lie, I originally bought the game just because of this mod, but the game itself is a lot of fun and I do enjoy RTS games.

Awfuly slow and boring.

Just Beat XCOM 2 on Commander Ironman

I probably restarted about 15 times, and literally on my last try I was able to blast through the game with only 3 failed missions and 4 total deaths. It was good to see my sniper end the game with 140 kills - kind of want to save my crew for the new expansion

Commander Ironman made me get a lot more creative with how I play, which I appreciate

Also, mimic beacons are a fucking necessity

I like it,but basically this

FOR ALL OF YOU RNG WHINERS

Get plasma grenades
Upgrade grenade launcher
Still heavy weapons +Exo Suit
Get psionic soldiers

There, now you have contingency plans instead of screaming and rage quitting when the game doesn't roll they way you want it to

Going to give it a try because of this mod, goddamn.

Why the fuck there isn't a female body slider?

Also, does anyone have a link to the prequel novel?

Behold, the worst review of XCOM 2 I've ever seen.

Full of inane comments about how many hours he's played it on steam, how he actively complained about the difficulty to Jake Solomon, and how he just can't beat those gosh darned robot enemies on normal difficulty

Oops
venturebeat.com/2016/03/04/the-deanbeat-im-surrendering-to-the-aliens-in-xcom-2-its-too-hard/

I've been playing a ton of XCOM Enemy Within lately, it's great. How's XCOM 2 compared to it? I own it, but I'm waiting until I beat the first one. Also, are the older games worth trying out?

What mod?

>I could start over and play every battle perfect or restart it. But the game makes restarting hard. It doesn’t automatically save at the point where you made a bad decision. You have to save the game manually if you want to head off trouble. And when you revisit some of the maps, they will regenerate in a way that they are not the same anymore.

Goddamn he is literally complaining that save scumming is too hard for him.

XCOM UFO defense is definitely worth trying out, just be prepared for insane difficulty, not knowing what to do/research, and a lot of failure. I had fun playing it but I've never beat it. I watched a twitch streamer play and the first turn a section mind controlled/panicked his heavy weapons guy, who fired a rocket into their packed jet and the whole squad was killed (lol)

That said I really like XCOM 2. You have a lot to play around with in terms of strategy. Even just adding destructible environments - any time I see an enemy grouped on a rooftop my immediate reaction is to bomb their asses so they get fall damage for an installing. Couldn't do that in XCOM Enemy unknown

I love it
Filthy casual doesn't even begin to describe this guy, it's incredible

...

What do Advent soldier hybrid dicks look like?

Who says they have any? They're made in pods dude. They probably have a cloaca or some shit

>The initial mission is pretty easy, but as soon as you move into the second mission, it gets hard.
>as soon as you move into the second mission, it gets hard.
>second mission, it gets hard.
>second mission
>hard

This guy is a total commanderlet

Installing - meant to be instalkill

Fucking auto correct. Serves me right for phoneposting I guess

The same reason they decided to give the snakes tits for no good reason.
If waifufags can have snake tits I can have ayy dicks

XCOM 2 lacks atmosphere and is so full of plotholes, and why are there only like 5 map types wtf.

The more I read this the more I suspect the guy doesn't know what the Guerrilla Tactics School is. or what tactics are in general.

I would love to see how a typical mission plays out for him.

Xcom 2 is overrated fundamentally flawed and LW2 L/I is for masochists who hate life. Played LW2 for 220 hours before giving up, pretty much all campaigns died to timers and RNG bullshit and shitty mechanics. No rewarding learning curve or meaningful progression strategies after first 50 hours and you have a grasp of the new systems.

Then play I/I LW1. Genuinely the greatest, most rewarding and most in-depth turn based strategy experience available. Although i recommend "handicapping" yourself to strike rifles on snipers, actual sniper rifles trivialize the late game due to jetpacks.

Snek tits sell games

Advent Dicks wont

I really hope he doesn't consider the "bomb the statue" mission to be the second one.

'Why are there only 5 map types'

What the fuck are you on? I've had a different game map for nearly every mission. The objectives may not differ much but the maps absolutely do

I actually have the answer to this.

You see, to have the image of "Human friendly visible" and "Clearly Alien not visible" the genitals of the Advent Solider (If created and not conscripted) are essentially umbilical ports, with four sharp attachers. In genetically created Advent, there is no real physical difference between the genders, that is to say other than specific personality traits, and certain hormones. It has been noted however that specific combinations of genetic material would result in a physical appearance similar to a Clitoris within this genital umbilical port. This mound serves no purpose, and feels nothing; it is more prominent in Masculine Genetic Advent Soldiers than Feminine ones. Advent Soldiers who have been conscribed have their genitals left they way they are, however after twenty three months they are sterilized, either for "Genetic Processing" (those with good genes have their sperm/eggs/womb taken to create better Genetic Advent Soldiers) or for "Sterilization". (Furthering Alien Goal, plus creating less Distracted Advent Force.)

Hope that's been helpful!

What's fundamentally flawed about XCOM 2? Genuinely curious. Agreed on LW2, but I would say both long wars are for masochists

The new Mario one is kinda weird.

Why would you create a clone army of soldiers and not give them giant vibrating spiked dicks.
Ethereals are the fucking worst I swear to god.

Thanks for the paragraph, don't want to know where you got it from

its mostly headcanon that pays homage to abduction stories of Recticulans, so take it for what you will.

I can go into further detail about Xcom Xeno genitals if you like.

If they're that disappointing I'd rather you not

Well they are grounded in reality, which often tends to be disappointing.

Berserkers are a mostly Male species, and therefore have penises. Similar to the Earth Gorilla, the size of the appendage is not that large for the creature. Testes are located internally beneath the shaft. Berserker genitals are a topic of rivalry between the species, much like humans. Instead of length or girth, it is about the additional features. A highly impressive Berserker penis has at least; three horned attachments (meant to latch onto the female Berserker vagina) that are at least 2 inches long. The curvature and thickness of these horned attachments also set a heiarchy of penises within the Berserker species. The "perfect" penis would be three horns properly aligned, with a strong girth, length and curvature, with a penis length of 3 inches.

The Berserker female (rare as it is) is much larger than the male of her kind. They are often referred to as "Queens" and often have a harem of males to copulate with, however a select few with whom to breed. The Berserker Queen has a large vaginal opening with many sharp barbs within the inner labia to keep her mates within. Strange as it would seem, the Berserker female has a large clitoris like mound, however agitating this nerve is to illicit an Adrenaline fueled Rage. There have been no reported accounts of males surviving a mating rampage.

>What's fundamentally flawed about XCOM 2
The mechanics are all over the place and there is very little strategy involved outside your basic turn-based tactical combat. Also timers and poor random layouts make it an RNGfest. I mean dont take this the wrong way, its good game and the core game campaign was enjoyable experience, personally i just take great pleasure in learning and mastering difficult turn-based strategy games and on hardest difficulty it was just rolling the dice until you got strong enough to steamroll everything.

>both long wars are for masochists
To a certain extent yes, but the thing is that LW2 has way too many bullshit mechanics, no strategic depth and the tactical gameplay can be mastered in very short time. LW1 on the other hand has tons of meaningful decisions and approaches and the learning curve extends into the hundreds of hours while staying rewarding all the time, you can outplay or avoid in 95% of potentially dangerous situations by being smart and using the tools at your disposal.

But this is video games, why make them disappointing?

>I can go into further detail about Xcom Xeno genitals if you like.
I honestly wouldn't have expected to be reading this anywhere at all when I woke up this morning. Goddamn it Sup Forums.

the turn limits are a sledgehammer approach to "solving" the "problem" of overwatch camping. before, overwatch camping was the best strategy and thus everyone did it but you could still play differently if you wanted to. now, killing everything in the turn you activate it is the ONLY strategy because otherwise you will lose every mission.
t. someone who defended timers at first before realizing it sapped the game of all replayability for me

This is why we need XCOM. The True Commander will give our alien slaves the dicks they deserve

Vipers are a genetic offshoot of the Thin Men from Xcom EU and Humans as Advent took over. As such, there has been a combination between the two when it comes to reproduction. Vipers are a mostly female race, and have cloacal opening near where the human female crotch would be. A direct location would be slightly below the beginning "single leg" portion of the Viper. The anterior looks similar to a thin labia, that gorges when mating season is nearing, you can often track Vipers due this hormones that are being leaked in its Urea and Droppings. A Viper in heat will have the appearance of a Red Belly. The interior of the Viper cloaca is also similar to the human vagina, however with no clitoris, as the cloacal shaft is also used for waste deposit. There have been humans who have tried to copulate with Vipers, no bodies still with their heads in these events have been recorded. The tell tale sign of a "Viper Lover" corpse is a. The lack of a head b. the penis is often mutilated, covered in Viper urea and droppings.

Like the Berserker populus, there exists a harem with rare males called Kings. The King has a prehensile penis located in a similar position as the female Viper, It can be launched at dizzying speeds. The total extended length of the Viper King penis is about 10-11 feet. It is believed the Viper King has full control over this penis when extended, and mating sessions of Vipers are known as a "Love Ball." With hundreds of Female Vipers coiled into a massive squirming ball around the King. There has been one recorded instance of death by Viper King Genitals, although it was initially mistaken for a sniper headshot. Presumingly the body in question attempted to woo the Viper King, and was not aware of the speed and force at which its genitals unleashed. The name has been deleted from all known records.

you could just use mods to add a few more turns or remove them outright.

So this is all headcanon then? Because it's whack as fuck

Xcom works best when its based semi on reality, semi on fantasy
Yup, but its an exploration that not many people have actually undertaken, so I'm doing it for fun. It's 5 in the morning, why not think about Fictional Alien Dicks and Pussies?
There are species without genitals, as they are either genetically created, or reproduction does not serve as a means of continuation.
They include the following.
Faceless,
Mechanical Units
Sectoids
Eterheals
Avatars
Codexes.

Sectoids are essentially a sub species of the Etheral, creating as a working caste to their ruling one. Sectoids are genetically engineered, and therefore have no need for genitals or visuals of. Ethereals used to be a breeding species, however due to the evolutionary line of focusing more on thepower of the mind rather than the body, they have left the days of sexual reproduction in lieu of genetic creation/modification. It is one of the biggest motives behind their invasions, as they can no longer breed, and wish to find a a breeding species in which they can meld with. There are no known records of visible Ethereal genitalia, but there are rumors how they are similar to human genitals, if miniaturized to the thousandth degree.

>Video uploader

Shit, that's the same guy who worked on Schlongs of Skyrim

think there was some website /fit/ found where male bodybuilders that started lactating due to fitness drugs sold their milk

FFFFFAGS

Mutons are a sub species to the Berserker race, however are noted for having bigger shafts, and lesser attachments. Mutons cannot mate with the Berserker queen. Mutons are essentially the Beta and Gamma Males of their species.

Chryssalids are a frightening race of Xeno species who reproduce similar to the Wood Louse. Reproduction for this species exists solely as a continuation, and not for pleasure. The sexual dimorphism in Chryssalids is near impossible to tell, other than size. The Male Chryssalid dies upon sperm release, as the ejection of its penis into a female rips through its internal organs. The sacrifice is not without cause, as the fallen Male is always eaten by the pregnanted female. Once the gestation has begone, the female quickly tries to find a host body for her young to incubate within (for self incubation would result in death for itself) Once a female Chryssalid has found its host, it uses the breeding Males still existant penis to pierce its host, and funnel the incubating young into the host.

yeah there's procedural generation but it's all just the same 5 themes.

Archons are a solely female race with a Single Male King, although you couldn't really tell by looking at them. Due to years of evolution and genetic modification, Archons do not have the external physical means to reproduce. However, all Archons posses a womb. How the mating works is that the Archon King will choose a set of females and pierce their abdomens with a spear assumingly filled with their genetic code. It is not known how they give birth as gestating Archons are taken away by the Archon King after the mating ritual. Although there seems to exist a hereditary instinct in the Archon species, they do not like to be touched near their undercarraige. Only one survivor of these events has been recorded, although missing a large portion of his face.

Last but not least, the Andromedon. According to Professor Tygan's report on the creature, it is an aquatic organic being living inside a suit that allows its to function. Its limbs are vestigal, and more effort is put onto the mind, rather than the body. Although not throughly investigated by Tygan, it is assumed its genital features are similar to rumored Ethereal genitals. Existent, however miniscule.

There are theories in the field regarding the Andromedon and its reproduction, some believe that in an aquatic realm, it reproduces similar to the fish species, others believe that the Andromedon is a genetically created species that has no means to reproduce.

Whatever the case may be, all we know for certain is that Tygan clearly doesn't care about Alien genitals.

Some great and some cancerous mechanics. Enemy unknown was more fun than xcom 2 even thought xcom 2 had more content.


Rng in Perma death games
>mfw

I think they're pretty cool and hardcore but I haven't played them.

Holy shit, he probably means initial mission as in the tutorial where you cant do anything, and second mission which is that bomb defusal

>RNG
You can in most situations ensure that you cannot get killed dude. Those who are in danger can be pulled out of alien LoS, you can pop smoke nades, you can flashbang, you can run up in their face and wipe the pods in a single turn. In EW you can abuse the AI retreat mechanic by flanking them so they'll scamper to the fog of war.
A situation where you roll the dice whether or not your soldier dies means you've fucked up

>Buying a game for a mod because you're thirsty
Haha, what a loser.
I bought a scribblenauts game because it had my waifu in it, once.

>Real Time Strategy games
What did he mean by this

>Post those webms

what kind of animal is this?