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Epsilon
Dr. Strangelove
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 Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 19:22 Post subject: Lets play: UFO: Enemy Unknown by Epsilon |
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This is also more commonly known in USA as X-Com: UFO Defense. In Europe however it was UFO: Enemy Unknown.
In this game I'm playing the version that is on steam, patched with xcomutil
Lets begin!
I will be playing this game at superhuman difficulty, I won't be saving in missions, I'm only allowed to save after missions.
If I lose soldiers, then they're dead, I will do all I can to keep them alive, but if not... too bad.
Lets start our new base and of course, we'll call it nforce.
This is our base. People who've played the game before will notice the easier to defend, non standard layout. This is an option provided by xcomutil.
First of all we're gonna do away with all the non essentials, all the autocannons, the pistols, the grenades. We'll only keep the rifles and the clips.
Now since we're using xcomutil, we're starting out with 50 scientists, but we will build another lab and some living space, so lets hire 10 more, together with 10 soldiers and some more clips for our rifles.
Lets start our first research project, we'll go for laser weapons.
In the meantime our radars have found an Unidentified Flying Object.
We send one of our interceptors after it, sadly it's too fast and it moves out of radar range. Better luck next time.
In the meantime another UFO comes, didn't catch that either, we complete researching laser weapons and our first laser weapon completes research - the laser pistol.
Sadly as we haven't yet caught any UFO's we don't have any elerium-115, making it impossible to produce any high tech weapons, so we move on to researching the Laser Rifle.
A spaceship lands on Iceland... we better investigate it, lets send our fully equipped skyranger.
Our fearless team have arrived, mission about to begin.
Mission objective, destroy or capture all enemy!
This is the setup all the soldiers will be using, we need the stunrod, to hopefully, capture a navigator. We need the navigator to gain access to a lot of interesting alien technology - more on that later.
In the next post I will be submitting a full mission report!  |
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Epsilon
Dr. Strangelove
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 20:19 Post subject: |
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We've landed on Iceland and our soldiers are about to exit the skyranger craft.
Leon is the first to move out, being the fearless hitman he is. He spots the first hostile.
Leon is taking aim, the hostile is a sectoid.
Leon uses the snapshot, as he doesn't have enough TU for an aimed shot, first shot misses, second shot hits. The sectoid notices him.
The sectoid shoots Leon and he dies  , Dwight McNeil moves out and shoots the sectoid with an auto shot.
Danielle moves out and she spots another sectoid, this time at the entrance to the alien craft. She takes the shot, and the sectoid responds in kind.
Danielle receives a fatal wound, it's at 1 and she has 26 in health, this means, in 26 turns she'll be dead if she doesn't receive medical assistance.
Kenji moves out to help his teammate, he makes a snap shot at the hostile.
He hits it, but it's still standing.
Dwight Mcneill to the rescue again, he makes a snapshot at the sectoid.
And kills it!, thats the second kill for Dwight, he's truly a hero.
Kenji spots a sectoid to the south of the skyranger, east of the alien craft.
He shoots, misses, the sectoid returns fire, kenji gets a fatal wound.
Rene Buchard, tries his luck, and kills the bastard.
Meanwhile dwight and danielle move to breach the UFO.
Kenji and Rene, continue their search for hostiles, backing eachother up as they move around the UFO.
Sadly they were right to think there'd be a hostile there, Rene moves in, guns blazing, and misses with every single shot, he moves away while he still have some TU.
Now it's Kenji's turn, he doesn't miss. The hostile dies.
Meanwhile the team moves deeper into the unknown of the enemy craft, they locate a sectoid who's only holding a pistol, usually indicating that he's someone important. So dwight decides to try his luck, move in close range, and stun the hostile.
Looks like Dwight caught us a navigator!, hopefully once interrogation has completed, we'll know a lot more about how they navigate.
The team moves into the center of the craft, what looks like a reactor room. Danielle gets killed by a hostile hiding behind the reactor, Dwight moves in and takes it out.
The mission is complete, we killed all the soldiers, got a navigator and some Elerium-115, now we can begin production of advanced weaponry.
Some promotions are in order.
Now that we have some Elerium-115 we begin production of Laser Rifles for everybody.
More to come later on, I post as I play it. |
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 20:22 Post subject: |
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 20:41 Post subject: |
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No talk away, thats what it's for
The purpose is to show the games you play, discuss how you play them, get people interested in them. So please talk, discuss etc.
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 20:50 Post subject: |
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Oh, like TFTD on the Codex Do you enlist cannon fodder too ala the names for the soldiers ? If so I am ready to serv 
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 21:08 Post subject: |
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| WhiteBarbarian wrote: | | Oh, like TFTD on the Codex Do you enlist cannon fodder too ala the names for the soldiers ? If so I am ready to serv |
Sure, anybody willing to die for the course, speak up and get on the next mission. |
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 21:29 Post subject: |
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Who am i to not stand up against the alien scum.. i heard xcom has a few new job openings.. where do i sign?
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| Posted: Sat, 28th Mar 2009 21:32 Post subject: |
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Me, too ! Don't have me killed though, unless it's screenshotted in an epic manner with many dead aliens around me (shopped or not)
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 03:39 Post subject: |
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Great thread and great idea for a forum topic. It's a really enjoyable read. Keep up the good work!
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azzman
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 04:02 Post subject: |
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Enjoyable thread for sure, sign me up I want my citizenship!
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nouseforaname
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| Posted: Sun, 29th Mar 2009 05:47 Post subject: |
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when i grow up i wanna be Dwight McNeill! great thread
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Mutantius
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 02:31 Post subject: |
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Alright this is our new cannon fod...err soldier list.
X-Com thanks all volunteers.
And we have a new mission.
WhiteBarbarian got the short straw, so he gets to step out of the craft first. Luckily for him, death wasn't waiting on the other side of the door.
A new squaddie, Evelyn Bradley spots a sectoid to the southeast. She takes the shot, and misses.
D Marcelle tries to help out, but she fails at target practice as well.
sabin1981 is up, he crouches, takes his time, aims...and hits with his second snapshot.
But it wasn't enough, the sectoid notices sabin1981, and kills with a single perfect shot. RiP sabin1981 we hardly knew ye.
Now Dwight McNeil is mad, he steps out, carefully takes an aimed shot...and misses.
Isao sees where this is going, with all his teammates gathered within short distance of eachother, he summons the spirits of his japanese ancestors and runs towards the alien, trying to get it's fire.
azzman will have none of that self sacrifice though, so he thinks he can hit the alien, he did afterall score 60 at the firing range, highest of his class. He misses with every shot.
All this noise have gotten the attention of another sectoid, by the ufo to the south, it fires and hits Isao straight in the face, killing him instantly.
Another guy to the left of azzman gets killed, he can't even remember his name, but he knows he's had enough now, so he finally hits the sectoid that killed sabin1981, with 2 shots out of 3 and it dies.
Meanwhile Kenji has gone to investigate where the hostile who shot at them from the east is. He finds it, but despite the small distance, he misses.
Kenji receives backup from the two women on the team, Marcelle with the eagle eye, kills it at range.
sabin1981 and WhiteBarbarian was assigned scout duty on this mission, with sabin1981 dead WB refuses the help from the others, he claims that he must revenge his comrade on his own. He comes to a small hill, and is hit by plasma fire from the woods to the west, causing a minor flesh wound.
With the immediate danger over, Csebal and Virgil King, moves down to breach the ufo, Csebal is on point.
Virgil King, despite orders, runs ahead and out of cover, when suddenly he's hit by plasma fire from behind, causing a serious fatal wound.
Shocked, he turns around and spots a being hiding at the edge of darkness, it's grey eyes reflecting the moonlight. He makes a snapshot, but misses.
Csebal moves down to help his injured idiot of a teammate, he looks around, after the source of the fire and is hit by a plasma blast to the chest.
Csebal thinks now I'm dead for sure, but he realises that the shot didn't injure him at all, only his shirt is burned. He spots the hostile, as he feels the adrenaline rushing through his veins, he puts the rifle on auto and shoots at the reflecting eyes in the darkness, he hits the alien with every shot - killing it.
Now Dwight McNeil, azzman and VGADeadcafe has come to help out, Dwight is the first to breach the UFO. He immediately spots two hostiles and fires at the closest one. He hits it with 2 shots, but it's not enough. The hostile returns fire and kills Dwight McNeil.
As he hears the deathscreams of his sergeant, Virgil King moves in to help, he spots a hostile through the smoke and fires, but misses. Luckily it seems the hostile didn't notice him.
VGADeadcafe and azzman moves in to help, azzman takes the first shot and kills the hostile instantly.
The second hostile moves in to help it's fallen crewmember, VGADeadcafe notices it and shoots it dead with a precise aimed shot.
Meanwhile WhiteBarbarian is under fire in the forest, luckily theres so many trees and the hostile hits them instead of WB.
Now that WhiteBarbarian knows where the shots are coming from he moves down from his hill and finds a hostile hiding in the darkness, he takes a snapshot, and gets lucky. It dies from only one shot.
The mission is complete, sadly the reactor had exploded this time, so no elerium-115. But most of the team survived. Thats something atleast.
WhiteBarbarian gets a promotion for his apt and lucky shooting skills, Rene gets one for keeping the troops together when Sergeant McNeil died.
Hopefully more to come
Please speak up if you want to join X-Com. |
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lhzr
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 05:51 Post subject: |
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Awesome, got lucky twice, survived and even got promoted
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 07:23 Post subject: |
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DaGonZo is ready for duty sir !
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 11:14 Post subject: |
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 12:26 Post subject: |
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VGA - Aliens 1-0
biatches !
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 12:40 Post subject: |
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Count Mutantius in!
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 20:33 Post subject: |
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I've tried looking for xcom on steam, but can't find it. Does steam take down games after they've been on 'sale' for a while?
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| Posted: Mon, 30th Mar 2009 20:37 Post subject: |
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| Cyberia309 wrote: | | I've tried looking for xcom on steam, but can't find it. Does steam take down games after they've been on 'sale' for a while? |
I see it on my list
exact name : XCOM : UFO Defense
http://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/
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) and I went back to Hearts of Iron 2 (which I was also learning ATM). This thread might make me try my hand at the game again, and your images will give me an idea of wtf I'm supposed to do.
