• BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Taking the edge off.

    Missing a 95% chance shot in Xcom and subsequently having your whole party wiped out by aliens

    Pick one

    • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      Ayyyyy, if a missed 95% shot fucks things over that bad then you probably weren’t handling the situation that well in the first place!

      He says, as his entire squad gets eggs laid in them

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        Hah, you can try to stay on top of it. But no matter how hard you try, there’s always a chance of that one little mistake that turns into a cock-up cascade and leaves most of your squad dead and one remaining soldier trying to crawl to evac.

        I love that game, but I’m probably a masochist.

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          Look, it’s alien invasion simulator not friendly fun-time simulator, sometimes everything goes to shit and you need to roll with that!

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      10 months ago

      I’ve heard about Xcom for years but never tried it, and BG3 has given me a turn-based itch to scratch, is it as good as everyone says?

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        Honestly I enjoy the crap out of them. It’s definitely less story than BG3 and you WILL lose people you’re attached too. It goes on sale fairly often I think, though it’s worth it at full price.

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        10 months ago

        I might be biased, since I’ve been playing the XCOM games since they first came out 30 years ago. But yes, they are really, really good for turn-based combat. I am also a sucker for games with research trees.

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      10 months ago

      Missing a 95% chance shot in Xcom and subsequently having your whole party wiped out by aliens

      Well I was relaxed until just now. Clenches jaw

      (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

        • AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          i exclusively play xcom on ironman because i tend to reload on the tiniest misstep - and then i get annoyed about myself, because i cant accept anything else than perfect. ironman fixes that for me :-)

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            10 months ago

            Me too. Don’t see the point of playing games like these if not on ironman. Same with Crusader Kings and Rimworld.

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            I’ve done the same thing. It actually teaches you a lot about the game, since you are forced to pay much more attention to when enemies will trigger based on your movements.

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      I took a break from XCOM after losing one of my best soldiers on an iron man run. Am currently terrified of going back in because i remember nothing and am sure i’d fuck everything up now.