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In Progress Let''s Play: The X-COM Files 0.5.2b Alpha! BLIND! ITS BAAAACK!!
- Thread starter The Brazilian Slaughter
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The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Episode IX. Ailuranthrope
Note to self: I need to use less screenshots to make updates flow better. Or not, dunno about the people's preference. I'm new to this LP thing.
Note to self: I need to use less screenshots to make updates flow better. Or not, dunno about the people's preference. I'm new to this LP thing.
Our Passenger Flight to Northern Africa is underway and ready to rock.
Featuring: Our "new" toy, the Pump-Action Shotgun. "New" because it was always there the entire time, but I never figured that I could use it in Strange Creature missions. Less pellets than the saw-off, but better for aimed attacks.
profeshional is assigned the 9mm/taser combo, for stun, two-shot burst and sniping.
It is clearly night. Who knows what lurks in the dark?
Funfact: You can shut down your personnal lightning by pressing "L" on your keyboard. This helps you hide in the dark. Mainly useful against other humans, because their vision is as bad as yours.
On second thought I conclude that I'm probably risking myself by going into the dark without a light. Gonna get a flare to help with that.
Wait a minute, I think I saw something!
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
IS THAT A WEREWOLF?!
Doghover tries adressing the Furry problem, but he sadly misses.
profeshional doubles back to the Deployment Zone
The furry monster has disappeared... or has it?
There it is!
Finally, after like two double taps, profeshional hits the target. It is, however, still alive.
Stop before attacking stop before ataccking
profeshional killed by a monster from legends
doghover prepares to engage in do-or-die combat and hopes real werecreates are not invulnerable to normal gunfire
BAM!
IT FALLS DOWN!
WE WON! GOT A WEREWOLF ON THE BAG!
>Creates a Secret Investigation Bureau to discover and investigate extraterrestrials
>Werecats are real instead.
>TFW when you go after aliens and find creatures of myth instead
>WTF
>TFW Not Sure It Was Aliens
Stock reposition! There comes our sweet leather coats!
Those pump-actions just proved their worth!
And to finish it off: Our expert car thieves obtain another vehicle to send cannonfodder into battles.
Featuring: Our "new" toy, the Pump-Action Shotgun. "New" because it was always there the entire time, but I never figured that I could use it in Strange Creature missions. Less pellets than the saw-off, but better for aimed attacks.
profeshional is assigned the 9mm/taser combo, for stun, two-shot burst and sniping.
It is clearly night. Who knows what lurks in the dark?
Funfact: You can shut down your personnal lightning by pressing "L" on your keyboard. This helps you hide in the dark. Mainly useful against other humans, because their vision is as bad as yours.
On second thought I conclude that I'm probably risking myself by going into the dark without a light. Gonna get a flare to help with that.
Wait a minute, I think I saw something!
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT
IS THAT A WEREWOLF?!
Doghover tries adressing the Furry problem, but he sadly misses.
profeshional doubles back to the Deployment Zone
The furry monster has disappeared... or has it?
There it is!
Finally, after like two double taps, profeshional hits the target. It is, however, still alive.
Stop before attacking stop before ataccking
profeshional killed by a monster from legends
doghover prepares to engage in do-or-die combat and hopes real werecreates are not invulnerable to normal gunfire
BAM!
IT FALLS DOWN!
WE WON! GOT A WEREWOLF ON THE BAG!
>Creates a Secret Investigation Bureau to discover and investigate extraterrestrials
>Werecats are real instead.
>TFW when you go after aliens and find creatures of myth instead
>WTF
>TFW Not Sure It Was Aliens
Stock reposition! There comes our sweet leather coats!
Those pump-actions just proved their worth!
And to finish it off: Our expert car thieves obtain another vehicle to send cannonfodder into battles.
Average Manatee
Arcane
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Research unlocked: Bus?
Modron
Arcane
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I guess we should stop making fun of the budget rent a cars, that thing is pretty well armored.
NO HE DOESN'T
I'll be back. This time as Roxorowski.
lightbane
Arcane
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Finally, you got an actual success! And it was a werewolf (??). Not sure what the UN will say about this. Anyway, my twin brother Lightbane II is ready to serve! Just try to rent a party van or something, two agents are too few to fight against anything except single targets.
Dayyālu
Arcane
I feel this was built to take into account the increased skillset of modern Xcom players: pretty much everyone plays SuperHuman in baseline nowadays, so they increased the difficulty, like the original Doom and Nightmare!.
On the other hand, get a fucking bus. And a fucking automatic gun, auto fire is always the best option in Xcom.
On the other hand, get a fucking bus. And a fucking automatic gun, auto fire is always the best option in Xcom.
Lol, this mod is crazy 
Baron Dupek
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I don't feel any remorse, getting my ass bombarded while wearing nice suit....
Just when running away with 0 score is not enough mod drop civilians into the map to give you (more) negative score.
Sign me in again.
Just when running away with 0 score is not enough mod drop civilians into the map to give you (more) negative score.
Sign me in again.
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hoverdog
dog that is hovering, Wastelands Interactive
Doghover is tha man! Rock'n'roll baby! Yeeehaaawww! Nothing can stop me!
Until the next mission, that is
lightbane
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There's surprisingly very little information available for this mod. Anyway, I like to think that right now scientists aren't researching anything, but instead making their way through a maze of paperwork and red tape in order to give your agents some actual gear. Hence why stuff like leather coats and buses are considered research projects.
Although I wonder what happens if you were to research that machete. And how to make quick money, now that selling Laser Cannons toRussia the Black Market is no longer an option.
Although I wonder what happens if you were to research that machete. And how to make quick money, now that selling Laser Cannons to
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Episode X. Church of Dagon
Local authorities in South Africa alert us to suspicious individuals acting in a cultish manner. The bad cultish kind.
There we go to violate Freedom of Religion for the common good of man!
Church of Dagon? Either someone has been reading too much of the Mythos, or we're about to prod a beehive here, folks. I don't think we're up enough in the tech tree to tackle the Elder Things.
Mzeta II (who acts strangely like the original) takes the beretta and the "sniper/stunner" position thanks to his good accuracy. Doghover, on the other hand, takes the position of shotgunner/medic.
Our heroes scout around, and only find a delicious pool. Seriously, that's a sweetly blue pool. I think these guys went way overboard on the clorate. I feel like diping in it!
Cultish motherfucker spotted! Green KKK hood, axe, murderous disposition, check. Or Maybe that's just a member of the Green Klu Klux Klan of South Africa?
Mzeta II takes aim to put this perp to sleep.
Mzeta II comes closer for a better shot. Here we go...
Good job tazing that wall, Mzeta II!
Wall is stun
Another cultist appears, and Mzeta prepares to be mobbed by ax-crazy cultists of the deep ones...
... and they run away?! Talk about anticlimatic! #NotAllCultists
Doghover decides dipping in that pool comes later, and gets back into the car to help his partner
I see you...
Fact: If you can be seen, you can be shot.
Gunfire put a cultist to sleep, not forever! Luck!
This cultist runs away. Smart for a goon.
Now there are two cultists. Expecting five cultists to come from all directions in a minute or two.
Those cultists are tough fuckers. Do KKK hoods make you buletproof or something?
Cultist rushing us!
Ran out of TUs, you brutish faggot? Next turn, you're our bitch!
X-COM: Will taze you, bro.
Doghover takes the cultist's ax and hurls it away lest this fucker awake and gets back to choppin'
Doghover prepares to check on the cultist's vitals next turn. Dead Men Tell no Tales, after all.
We shoot more at another cultist, but fucker refuses to budge.
The stunned cultist awakens, and MZeta tries to hit the one behind him, but misses and nails him instead.
MZeta finishes the job. We could have used another cultist to interrogate, but better to have one than none.
Doghover finds the cultist is not mortally wounded, so no problem with the fucker bleeding out on us.
Last cultist is sent straight to hell.
Good mission. Bagged a cultist alive, killed three others, no casualties or even wounds. Flawless Victory!
Local authorities in South Africa alert us to suspicious individuals acting in a cultish manner. The bad cultish kind.
There we go to violate Freedom of Religion for the common good of man!
Church of Dagon? Either someone has been reading too much of the Mythos, or we're about to prod a beehive here, folks. I don't think we're up enough in the tech tree to tackle the Elder Things.
Mzeta II (who acts strangely like the original) takes the beretta and the "sniper/stunner" position thanks to his good accuracy. Doghover, on the other hand, takes the position of shotgunner/medic.
Our heroes scout around, and only find a delicious pool. Seriously, that's a sweetly blue pool. I think these guys went way overboard on the clorate. I feel like diping in it!
Cultish motherfucker spotted! Green KKK hood, axe, murderous disposition, check. Or Maybe that's just a member of the Green Klu Klux Klan of South Africa?
Mzeta II takes aim to put this perp to sleep.
Mzeta II comes closer for a better shot. Here we go...
Good job tazing that wall, Mzeta II!
Wall is stun
Another cultist appears, and Mzeta prepares to be mobbed by ax-crazy cultists of the deep ones...
... and they run away?! Talk about anticlimatic! #NotAllCultists
Doghover decides dipping in that pool comes later, and gets back into the car to help his partner
I see you...
Fact: If you can be seen, you can be shot.
Gunfire put a cultist to sleep, not forever! Luck!
This cultist runs away. Smart for a goon.
Now there are two cultists. Expecting five cultists to come from all directions in a minute or two.
Those cultists are tough fuckers. Do KKK hoods make you buletproof or something?
Cultist rushing us!
Ran out of TUs, you brutish faggot? Next turn, you're our bitch!
X-COM: Will taze you, bro.
Doghover takes the cultist's ax and hurls it away lest this fucker awake and gets back to choppin'
Doghover prepares to check on the cultist's vitals next turn. Dead Men Tell no Tales, after all.
We shoot more at another cultist, but fucker refuses to budge.
The stunned cultist awakens, and MZeta tries to hit the one behind him, but misses and nails him instead.
MZeta finishes the job. We could have used another cultist to interrogate, but better to have one than none.
Doghover finds the cultist is not mortally wounded, so no problem with the fucker bleeding out on us.
Last cultist is sent straight to hell.
Good mission. Bagged a cultist alive, killed three others, no casualties or even wounds. Flawless Victory!
With all the shootan going around it looked like there were 8 dudes there not just 4
Baron Dupek
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Good jab, yo know ho to deal with these peple now sign me up again
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Episode XI. Cattle Mutilation
Our elite bureocrats finally get us some sweet Kevlar body armor!
Check it out:
Superior armor and penetration resistance compared to the leather coat. Only disadvantages are the horrible incendiary resistance (which is equal to the suit, and pretty much got us killed once), the inferior melee dodge and the -5 TUs. The Leather Coat will remain in the reserves, and might be brought out when need.
X-COM scientists are assigned to logistics. Pretty sure this will get us a damn van.
You know, with all the stuff going in North America, I should stop being a cheapskate and get us a Mudranger.
Cattle Mutilation! Quite the interesting mission - we have to do it, get what we came for, and bolt out in 10 turns.
Azira II and Trindrli use the usual sniper/stunner and shotgunner/medic set-up.
Suspect detected! Looks human! Farmer! Hostile?
Our men prepare to engage in combat, but it really dark and fuck I keep forgetting to arm flares.
Then Trindrli gets served a big buckshot breakfast from the dark.
Confirmation: Suspect Hostile.
Confirmation: Suspect Hostile.
Agent down!
Trindrli II, died in a hurry.
X-COM Scientists watching the feed strangely downcast, far more than the norm. Like someone killed their science experiment.
Azira takes over behind the car, because screw standing in the dark and getting all-you-can-eat buckshot breakfast buffet.
The murderous farmer appears again in the dark
Trindli II avenged!
Its not over yet!
Another farmer!
Azira closes in for the kill. The farmer is where the other one got killed.
On more prudent tough, Azira goes back for cover. The farmer runs towards him, seemgly unarmed. A victim of the Mind Control System?
Bagged 'im!
Retrieve and Retreat!
Azira II drags the farmer back to the car.
Time is running out!
Azira II dumps the farmer in the backseat, and steps on the gas, leaving two dead bodies behind him.
Mission accomplished.
Trindrli II is not even given the decency of a burial. Latter search attempts were made, but the corpse was never found.
Even the dignity of a proper burial is lost in the drive to save mankind through the shadows.
Such is life in the Bureau.
Our elite bureocrats finally get us some sweet Kevlar body armor!
Check it out:
Superior armor and penetration resistance compared to the leather coat. Only disadvantages are the horrible incendiary resistance (which is equal to the suit, and pretty much got us killed once), the inferior melee dodge and the -5 TUs. The Leather Coat will remain in the reserves, and might be brought out when need.
X-COM scientists are assigned to logistics. Pretty sure this will get us a damn van.
You know, with all the stuff going in North America, I should stop being a cheapskate and get us a Mudranger.
Cattle Mutilation! Quite the interesting mission - we have to do it, get what we came for, and bolt out in 10 turns.
Azira II and Trindrli use the usual sniper/stunner and shotgunner/medic set-up.
Suspect detected! Looks human! Farmer! Hostile?
Our men prepare to engage in combat, but it really dark and fuck I keep forgetting to arm flares.
Then Trindrli gets served a big buckshot breakfast from the dark.
Confirmation: Suspect Hostile.
Confirmation: Suspect Hostile.
Agent down!
Trindrli II, died in a hurry.X-COM Scientists watching the feed strangely downcast, far more than the norm. Like someone killed their science experiment.
Azira takes over behind the car, because screw standing in the dark and getting all-you-can-eat buckshot breakfast buffet.
The murderous farmer appears again in the dark
Trindli II avenged!
Its not over yet!
Another farmer!
Azira closes in for the kill. The farmer is where the other one got killed.
On more prudent tough, Azira goes back for cover. The farmer runs towards him, seemgly unarmed. A victim of the Mind Control System?
Bagged 'im!
Retrieve and Retreat!
Azira II drags the farmer back to the car.
Time is running out!
Azira II dumps the farmer in the backseat, and steps on the gas, leaving two dead bodies behind him.
Mission accomplished.
Trindrli II is not even given the decency of a burial. Latter search attempts were made, but the corpse was never found.
Even the dignity of a proper burial is lost in the drive to save mankind through the shadows.
Such is life in the Bureau.
Average Manatee
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So if you stun an abducted farmer and throw him in the car, are you re-abducting him or un-abducting him?
Baron Dupek
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Hunting hillbillies? What next, Redneck Rampage Red Dead Redemption with shooting udders?
The Brazilian Slaughter
Arcane
Episode XII. Communist Crop Circles
Cuban authorities report Crop Cicles in the colectivized fields. This displeases Great Leader, only crop circles allowed are COMMUNIST CROP CIRCLES!
Great Leader is a friend to X-COM, as his nation supplies us black market cigars. As we all know, cigars are necessary to seem mysterious and vaguely sinister, as well as being great for stake-outs while chugging coffee. Spooks need their cigars.
Strap in lads, this is another timed mission. In and out, quick.
Doghover and Mzeta II, the duo of investigative agents, step in, Doghover clutching his trusty pump-action and Mzeta II with his beretta/tazer combo.
Investigation begins.
Crop circle! So, they ARE real!
Something strange seen! Looks like water on those crop circles! Or is it?
Eight turns to go.
Doghover identifies a suspect: Armed farmer, seemingly human.
Taking BOLD ACTION, Doghover clubs the farmer from his sides before he can even act!
Capture sucessful!
Seven turns to go.
I SAID, CAPTURE SUCESSFUL!
AND STAY BAGGED!
Meanwhile, Mzeta the Second decides to investigate the fields.
Doghover prepares to retrieve first suspect and dump him into the backseat.
Armed suspect detected!
Doghover dumps farmer on the ground, prepares to engage in combat.
Mzeta is face to face with another farmer! Unarmed, clearly not himself.
Wall is stunned!
Good job not hitting that wall, bro!
Third time's the charm!
Meanwhile, Doghover is busy, *ahem*, silencing a suspect.
Fuck you farmers, STAY DOWN DAMNIT!
Doghover continues exchanging fire with the other farmer.
Mzeta has suspect in the bag, proceeding to extraction point.
Doghover decides between keeping the firefight and just sprinting to extraction with the stunned capture.
Answer: Silence witnesses.
Doghover Does What He Has To Do.
Secrecy is maintaned.
Cold, man. But necessary.
Case closed.
Let's see what we got:
Intriguing... alien fuel trace! Also we got two abducted farmers, a corpse and a couple spare shotguns.
Azira II is promoted to Sergeant for his participation in the current... yeah I don't get it either. A classic X-COM mystery.
We get our kevlar and extra leather coats! No more armorless agents!
Our people finish up logistics!
Finally, we can now get a van!
Our scientists are put to work getting us some "Non-Standard Weapons". Whatever those may be, I want some. I could do with a cocktail molotov, even.
The X-Fleet is overhauled!
Finally, the first X-COM Squad is assembled under command of the recently-healed Captain Aeternalis, our highest-ranking soldier!
Cuban authorities report Crop Cicles in the colectivized fields. This displeases Great Leader, only crop circles allowed are COMMUNIST CROP CIRCLES!
Great Leader is a friend to X-COM, as his nation supplies us black market cigars. As we all know, cigars are necessary to seem mysterious and vaguely sinister, as well as being great for stake-outs while chugging coffee. Spooks need their cigars.
Strap in lads, this is another timed mission. In and out, quick.
Doghover and Mzeta II, the duo of investigative agents, step in, Doghover clutching his trusty pump-action and Mzeta II with his beretta/tazer combo.
Investigation begins.
Crop circle! So, they ARE real!
Something strange seen! Looks like water on those crop circles! Or is it?
Eight turns to go.
Doghover identifies a suspect: Armed farmer, seemingly human.
Taking BOLD ACTION, Doghover clubs the farmer from his sides before he can even act!
Capture sucessful!
Seven turns to go.
I SAID, CAPTURE SUCESSFUL!
AND STAY BAGGED!
Meanwhile, Mzeta the Second decides to investigate the fields.
Doghover prepares to retrieve first suspect and dump him into the backseat.
Armed suspect detected!
Doghover dumps farmer on the ground, prepares to engage in combat.
Mzeta is face to face with another farmer! Unarmed, clearly not himself.
Wall is stunned!
Good job not hitting that wall, bro!
Third time's the charm!
Meanwhile, Doghover is busy, *ahem*, silencing a suspect.
Fuck you farmers, STAY DOWN DAMNIT!
Doghover continues exchanging fire with the other farmer.
Mzeta has suspect in the bag, proceeding to extraction point.
Doghover decides between keeping the firefight and just sprinting to extraction with the stunned capture.
Answer: Silence witnesses.
Doghover Does What He Has To Do.
Secrecy is maintaned.
Cold, man. But necessary.
Case closed.
Let's see what we got:
Intriguing... alien fuel trace! Also we got two abducted farmers, a corpse and a couple spare shotguns.
Azira II is promoted to Sergeant for his participation in the current... yeah I don't get it either. A classic X-COM mystery.
We get our kevlar and extra leather coats! No more armorless agents!
Our people finish up logistics!
Finally, we can now get a van!
Our scientists are put to work getting us some "Non-Standard Weapons". Whatever those may be, I want some. I could do with a cocktail molotov, even.
The X-Fleet is overhauled!
Finally, the first X-COM Squad is assembled under command of the recently-healed Captain Aeternalis, our highest-ranking soldier!
how do those timed missions even make sense
hoverdog
dog that is hovering, Wastelands Interactive
WHO?!
MZeta
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Keep the updates coming. Shit's hillarious.
WHO?!
He went on, like, the first mission and got wounded. Everyone else died.
That makes him the boss is my guess.
Injury gave me lots of time for office politics.
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