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X-Com is pretty awesome guys, we should talk about it

mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Games and Technology
I mean, seriously. I can kill aliens, make people pick them up and drag their corpses back to my base to be dissected for the greater good of humanity, in turn based tactical combat!

WHY AM I JUST FINDING OUT ABOUT THIS NOW?!

Lets talk about X-Com, especially since this Steam doohickey you guys keep going on about has X-Com: Terror from the Deep for $4.99 and what have you.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

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  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.

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  • wyrlsswyrlss Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mrsnackroad wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.

    But... what? When did you start playing video games? 2004?
    Go back to 1998!

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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    This reminds me of the good old SyntheticOrange tales with Captain Picard. Those were the good days.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Xcom? Never heard of it.

    Must be a nintendo thing.

    You're not really that stupid, are you?

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  • Dignified PauperDignified Pauper Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Oh XCOM... what a frustrating game. <3

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  • Tim JamesTim James Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mrsnackroad wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.
    Doom, Fallout, X-Com: I think you're on the right track.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Tim James wrote: »
    mrsnackroad wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.
    Doom, Fallout, X-Com: I think you're on the right track.

    Now top it off with Heroes of Might and Magic III. But be warned: you might not stop playing it.

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Xcom is awesome, in all of its pre-hasbro formats. What ever happened to that UFO LP that was going a while back?

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  • Dignified PauperDignified Pauper Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    UFO: Terror From the Deep is ridiculously more awful than Enemy Unknown.

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    X-Com: TFTD will bend you over and well you know the rest.

    Seriously, I was OK at the original. Not very good, but I could hold my own. TFTD whooped my ass.

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  • GibbGibb Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Tim James wrote: »
    mrsnackroad wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.
    Doom, Fallout, X-Com: I think you're on the right track.

    Now top it off with Heroes of Might and Magic III. But be warned: you might not stop playing it.

    Half Life plx.

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  • Tim JamesTim James Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Gibb wrote: »
    Zombiemambo wrote: »
    Tim James wrote: »
    mrsnackroad wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Honestly, I think we're all a bit talked out whith x-com. We've been discussing it pretty much non stop for the past fifteen years or so.

    It's awesome. Why have you only just found put about it?

    I ignored awesome computer games for awesome console games and am only just now catching up.
    Doom, Fallout, X-Com: I think you're on the right track.

    Now top it off with Heroes of Might and Magic III. But be warned: you might not stop playing it.

    Half Life plx.
    No.

    Crap, he's already playing it.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    What was the third one set in a city? I fucking hated that game because it wasn't the original.

    Seriously it was like the Sega Master System version of Ghost Busters.

    So it was really shitty except the overhead map was fun.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    What was the third one set in a city? I fucking hated that game because it wasn't the original.

    Seriously it was like the Sega Master System version of Ghost Busters.

    So it was really shitty except the overhead map was fun.

    What the fuck is wrong with the SMS version of Ghostbusters? You better have a really fucking good answer or I will fucking kill you.

    Also, X-Com: Apocalypse or something.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Malkor wrote: »
    What was the third one set in a city? I fucking hated that game because it wasn't the original.

    Seriously it was like the Sega Master System version of Ghost Busters.

    So it was really shitty except the overhead map was fun.

    What the fuck is wrong with the SMS version of Ghostbusters? You better have a really fucking good answer or I will fucking kill you.

    Also, X-Com: Apocalypse or something.

    Well Apocalypse was made ~1998 or so, so I was expecting some improvements.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Malkor wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Malkor wrote: »
    What was the third one set in a city? I fucking hated that game because it wasn't the original.

    Seriously it was like the Sega Master System version of Ghost Busters.

    So it was really shitty except the overhead map was fun.

    What the fuck is wrong with the SMS version of Ghostbusters? You better have a really fucking good answer or I will fucking kill you.

    Also, X-Com: Apocalypse or something.

    Well Apocalypse was made ~1998 or so, so I was expecting some improvements.

    Ghostbusters is immeasurably better than Apocalypse, even if you don't account for the 10 year gap between the two. I have a number for an excellent funeral home, you're going to need it.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7AtnbGxmFA&feature=related

    Yeah, that was pretty fun.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I still haven't beat UFO Defense.

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  • aBlankaBlank Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    X-Com is pretty damn awesome. My only complaint is how they handled mind control and the near complete lack of defense against it. It didn't help that you had no idea how good/bad your best soldiers were in the mind defense department until you actually researched it (or encountered enough mind control and noticed them constantly panicking and shit).

    It also made the game a great deal less fun when you could use it. Sit in ship, take over people from all over the fucking map... wooooo.... :(

    But really, I'm just nitpicking. The game is indeed awesome and I really wish someone would update that shit and re-release it. I'd totally buy it.

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  • AeonfellAeonfell Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I actually liked Apocalpyse, but I just raided random buildings and murdered them for money and gear.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Last time we had a thread, someone started a game on superhuman, and their base was invaded in the third week of January.

    You don't know pain until you've played this game.

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  • Masamune42Masamune42 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    As I recall there are some critical bugs in the Steam version of TftD.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    People say X-Com is the hardest game ever, but is it really. I mean how many of you have actually seen the game over screen, like, not on purpose?

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

    Famous last words....

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

    Famous last words....

    Ok, I imagine it's supposed to run in XP

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

    Famous last words....

    Ok, I imagine it's supposed to run in XP

    I have it. It does.

    Vista, however...

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    Dr_Keenbean wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

    Famous last words....

    Ok, I imagine it's supposed to run in XP

    I have it. It does.

    Vista, however...

    Oh, you should try that new Mojave OS they've been beta testing.

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Dr_Keenbean wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    Szechuanosaurus wrote: »
    Masamune42 wrote: »
    I just noticed TftD is $4.99 on Steam a couple of days ago... sorely, sorely tempted. It runs alright in XP, right? I have a copy of DOSBox on my desktop that's is optimized for, and can ONLY launch, X-COM. And yet, I'm not all that good at it. Oh well, masochism is fun :)

    If it's on Steam, I would imagine it has to run in XP.

    Famous last words....

    Ok, I imagine it's supposed to run in XP

    I have it. It does.

    Vista, however...

    Oh, you should try that new Mojave OS they've been beta testing.

    I am using it already. I'm currently watching the Simpsons on Media Center.

    God bless you, MS, for giving us this and leaving Vista behind seeing that it was obviously a piece of trash based entirely on hearsay from people who had never even seen it in action or would even know anything about it anyway. Thanks, Joe Walmart!

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  • The_LightbringerThe_Lightbringer Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Remember that let's play we had a few months back?

    Yeah.....

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The_Lightbringer wrote: »
    Remember that let's play we had a few months back?

    Yeah.....

    Is that the one on From Earths site?

    And to answer, I have seen the game over screen each time I've attempted playing, usually at the floating guys, each and every time.

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Lord Yod wrote: »
    Last time we had a thread, someone started a game on superhuman, and their base was invaded in the third week of January.

    You don't know pain until you've played this game.

    Ok, so an LP is definitely in order, but not on superhuman D:

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  • The_LightbringerThe_Lightbringer Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I CALL TANK

    Every single tank

    I never die, I just reborn

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  • Lord YodLord Yod Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That LP had a lot of potential, too. Teamview and everything.

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  • Masamune42Masamune42 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Lork wrote: »
    People say X-Com is the hardest game ever, but is it really. I mean how many of you have actually seen the game over screen, like, not on purpose?

    I imagine that everyone who's played the game seriously for a while has seen that screen more than a few times...

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  • Mr RayMr Ray Sarcasm sphereRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The_Lightbringer wrote: »
    I CALL TANK

    Every single tank

    I never die, I just reborn

    I second this motion. You were a fantastic tank last time, and made quite an impressive story of one of the game's earlier battles. From the point of view of the tank.


    I wish I could find the original thread now.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Aeonfell wrote: »
    I actually liked Apocalpyse, but I just raided random buildings and murdered them for money and gear.

    Apocalypse was just uneven in its released state. It had some really good changes (going prone, simulating full auto instead of just bursts) but had some less stellar ones as well (alien aesthetics for some species, reduced scope).

    It was always kind of amusing that you could go raid the police and weapon companies for equipment and they never got made so long as you only stunned their guards, not kill them. You sometimes found unfinished items like the mind shield this way. Makes one wonder just how brutal the IRS must be during an audit for them to not bat an eye at you blatantly robbing them.

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    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The first play I did, I survived the first couple UFO assaults - taking down a couple floaters and Sectoids and only losing six people... then the aliens landed, we went in to take over their UFO, and got slaughtered, so I had to buy a new SkyRunner - and new recruits - and new guns.

    ...

    Then the aliens terrorized Chicago. So I responded.

    ...

    But I forgot to buy bullets. This game, this fucking game... <3

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