XCOM: Chimera Squad - humans and aliens team up

[Alienman]

Boy, then Biden would their overlord. But that would never happen.

 

[eXalted]

"Dressing like a human will help you fit in. "

It's like the humans are the new totalitarian government this time. Shame that the game is targetted at 12 y olds.

 

[lightbane]

You cannot really blame them when he is such a low hanging fruit with his retard statements. Like how he didn't know that antibiotics are not used vs viruses or how he wanted doctors to find a way to kill coronavirus inside bodies by somehow projecting UV rays inside patients bodies...

I know, but the alternatives are even worse. Then there's Spain.

But I digress. I'll wait for more info from fellow Codexers to see what kind of endgame this thing has.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Aaaaand refunded

 

[Zombra]

So, I take the chances of having a plot-twist where you're actually the authoritarian, repressive bad guys is near-zero then, right? You just happen to fight white males terrorists

It's not THAT obvious, not even Berkeley hatched SoCal femyns aren't that retarded. Yet.

So far I learned there are 3 potential eevul groups that you have to investigate and so far none of them seems too much on the nose altright-shitlord-incel-whitemale equivalent. But the undertones are p. clear.

Well. The very first enemy with dialogue actually is right on the nose. 2/3 of the posters in this thread should immediately adopt this guy as their avatar.

After clobbering him and his cell it does indeed give you the 3 different groups to pursue, which I like. There is some d*versity here - factions with women, aliens, bestiality dudes - but I notice that both humans pictured are resoundingly white. When I saw the promos I thought this might be a world where humanity was more blended together racially which is why the white guy looked tanned, but nope.

Lastly, among the featured cutscene NPCs is a right-wing commentator who happens to be Sectoid. I hope to see a lot more of this guy. So far he isn't portrayed in a particularly flattering or unflattering light; it's simply a welcome twist on the usual "news anchors deliver worldbuilding exposition to the player". There's a lot to complain about in the writing but having media commentary with multiple viewpoints is a very cool idea.

 

[CthuluIsSpy]

Sacred Coil sounds like the Cult of Sirius. That's cool. I wish they were in another game.

 

[BarbequeMasta]

Is there a mod that removes all dialogues and all the dogshit charater art yet? if so, I might get it.

 

[Mazisky]

This sums up Chimera squad game.

 

[Alphons]

 

[MediantSamuel]

This game clearly looks worse than Xcom 2, dude. It's like a mobile game.

Edit: aaand refunded. garbage writing, garbage gameplay.

 

[Luka-boy]

Lastly, among the featured cutscene NPCs is a right-wing commentator who happens to be Sectoid. I hope to see a lot more of this guy. So far he isn't portrayed in a particularly flattering or unflattering light; it's just a welcome twist on the usual "news anchors deliver worldbuilding exposition to the player". There's a lot to complain about in the writing but having media commentary with multiple viewpoints is a very cool idea.

Floyd is sectoid Alex Jones. He even sounds like Alex Jones. And I love him.

 

[lightbane]

It's quite something how nearly everyone in the Chimera team, alien or not, are so hideously ugly. I guess SJWs hate beauty due projection.
Also, what kind of "research" minigame is to be done here? Besides better flashbang grenades and other such equipment, this squad should have access to plasma weaponry and the like unless XCOM lost everything because reasons.

 

[Mazisky]

So, if one of your units got knocked down and start bleeding unconscious, his teammate says "don't sleep at work".

That's to have an idea of the writing guys

 

[StaticSpine]

This project is so weird. I can't understand what audience is targeted. It looks like Firaxis made a game nobody wants/waited for.

 

[Dodo1610]

I am enjoying this a lot, it's just fun sized XCOM 2 with unique soldiers.

 

[Raghar]

Is this an attempt to piss of all xenophobes? It's quite stupid story and it's something like we support mixed racial policy which would fuck everyone.

 

[Ghulgothas]

Fine enough for a bit-sized X-COM spin-off put about by the studios B-team. I don't know what the hell you guys were expecting given all the marketing material and the fact it was half-off leading up to release.

 

[Alienman]

This project is so weird. I can't understand what audience is targeted. It looks like Firaxis made a game nobody wants/waited for.

The whole thing reminds me of that DLC they released. I guess this one is one step above it, since it actually has a price.

 

[Zombra]

This project is so weird. I can't understand what audience is targeted. It looks like Firaxis made a game nobody wants/waited for.

This is really close to scratching the itch for me. A tight, tactical cop drama with unique characters, puzzle type combat with lots of options and new unit capabilities over time? What's not to like? I repeat I loved Shadow Watch. If I am their target demographic, the only blunder the devs made was in writing characters that don't take themselves seriously. I guess they were trying for buddy comedy instead of cop drama?

 

[Ghulgothas]

This project is so weird. I can't understand what audience is targeted. It looks like Firaxis made a game nobody wants/waited for.

This is really close to scratching an itch for me. A tight, tactical cop drama with unique characters, puzzle type combat with lots of options and new unit capabilities over time, what's not to like? I repeat I loved Shadow Watch. If I am their demographic, the only blunder they made was characters that don't take themselves seriously. I guess they were trying for buddy comedy instead of cop drama?

A tactical turn-based SWAT 3/Rainbow Six Vegas with Aliens this is very close to being. Hopefully this game'll get the same mod treatment 2 got, anything to make it just a little bit more worthwhile.

 

[Mazisky]

Is this an attempt to piss of all xenophobes? It's quite stupid story and it's something like we support mixed racial policy which would fuck everyone.

The SJW agenda does not impact at all my rating for the game. If Xcom 2 was full of black women characters only, i would have still enjoyed the game.

This game however is a bad Xcom game, agenda or not.

 

[ArchAngel]

Ok, I started playing it on Impossible difficulty. Side missions are all bonkers on this difficulty and losing at least two guys is normal.. but you cannot level up just doing main missions.. and then game crashes for me as well
I bet this game will same balance on Impossible like previous 2 Xcom games, mega hard at start and super easy as soon as your guys level up a bit.
What I learned fast is that utility items are free actions and you should get one for each of your people asap if you are planning to play this on harder difficulties.

 

[Silva]

I bet the "refund" crowd will be back in a month with gameplay questions, discussions and whatnot.

 

[Reinhardt]

I think some of the characters who appear "tanned" (Patchwork, Shelter, Claymore) are actually intended to be Caucasian.

Watch the Agent Profile for Claymore, one of the playable Agents in XCOM: Chimera Squad. Subscribe to the XCOM channel for more gameplay videos and upcoming profiles on new agents: http://2kgam.es/XCOMYT

Claymore was a young boy when the invasion occurred. His childhood became a journey between refugee camps and city outskirts as his family sought safety wherever they could. Thanks to his engineering-professor parents and his own penchant for tinkering, Claymore taught himself the ins and outs of explosive devices and began manufacturing grenades for the resistance.

On Chimera Squad, Claymore outputs heavy damage through special-made explosives. His devices remove obstacles, allow the squad to breach dangerous facilities, and give his enemies something pretty to look at during their final moments on this planet.

Brown explosives expert refugee... In current year...

 

[BarbequeMasta]

based on watching a let' player, every writer on this project should be stoped from ever writing again.
There some intresting gameplay changes IMO though, like breaching and the improved character-based initiative queue rather than team based, hope they bring those to XCOM3 in some form(and keep the cringy tone as far away from it as possible)