Zero Company - Star Wars XCom

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Yeah, I'm not enjoying the meta game of trying to maximize my bond xp gains from Call For Backup.

Also while I'm bitching about annoying stuff in an otherwise great game, holy shit Runa is insufferable. I guess every game nowadays has to have an insert for the insufferable modern woman.
 
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Yea she wasn't too bad, but definitely annoying. I actually really hated parts of Cly's story, but also enjoyed parts of it as well.

Story overall was decent. I actually liked the ending of the main story. It just felt like it had a tiny bit more to offer. Hawks was also a pretty decent character. I missed out on doing Tels mission because I had to make a choice between her and one of the other persons missions. Some characters definitely felt fragmented like Luco. Other times you can tell they were going to build a motivation or character arc somewhere but never got around to it.

the whole husband part was beyond fucking dumb. horrible modern inserts all over that story. really took me out of the star wars theme. could've been a decent story but the husband character was so bad. and cly's va also doesn't help her story either
 
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Yeah, I think the story was great. And Hawks' VA did a great job, kinda like a mix of Mathew McConaughey and Rick Grimes (TWD). CLY's VA was okay, I think it's hard for most chics to voice that kind of character. The female Hawks was much worse. Brennic had a couple of standout scenes, but his delivery in the briefings was off a lot. Jae's "say every line in a throaty whisper" was pretty bland, but still more enjoyable than that cunt Ru. With Ru and Brennic, a lot of their lines it was the pacing and inflection were off. It's really noticeable when the others are so much better.
 
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Off topic but seeing this come out made me dust off xcom2 and midnight suns which I probably bought on a sale and never played.
What is it about these games that they need to fill them with so much crap that prevents you playing the game? relations, base building, click through menu after menu, cut scene after cut scene, when all I want to do is get to the action?!

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I just realized, Cly is a joke. Pistol, shock darts, dead husband (who was black, and I bet under that helmet she is too)...she's Black Widow.
 
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Female hawk VA was fine I thought - it's the same VA as female V in Cyberpunk 2077 I think
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I mean, she speaks the lines correctly, unlike some, but her performance is just flat. Not terrible, but phoned in. It's night and day compared to male Hawks.
 
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faille said:
Off topic but seeing this come out made me dust off xcom2 and midnight suns which I probably bought on a sale and never played.
What is it about these games that they need to fill them with so much crap that prevents you playing the game? relations, base building, click through menu after menu, cut scene after cut scene, when all I want to do is get to the action?!

/rant
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I actually finally fired up Chaos Gate Daemonhunters. I can't believe I slept on this for so long.
 
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doing one of Tel's missions and

it's a distress call from Trilla. oh boy I'm sure nothing will go wrong in this one.
 
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doing one of Tel's missions and

it's a distress call from Trilla. oh boy I'm sure nothing will go wrong in this one.
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When I saw what the reward was supposed to be for a certain mission I was expecting some shenanigans, but not this particular shenanigan, lol.
 
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Medbay beds costing credits is really dumb I think. Bacta being a limited insta-heal that costs $$ makes perfect sense. Normal medbay beds costing almost the same amount of credits is fucking retarded.
 
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Medbay beds costing credits is really dumb I think. Bacta being a limited insta-heal that costs $$ makes perfect sense. Normal medbay beds costing almost the same amount of credits is fucking retarded.
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Agreed. And you already have to pay for extra beds (if you want them) and you literally have a medical droid on the payroll. What the fuck are you paying for? $600 band-aids? I get paying a bit to repair your astromech, since you'd probably need parts. And even the bacta, like $800 early game is a full mission reward, makes no sense. And if you get several injuries on an op, there goes your pay.

I really want to start learning to mod so I can redo the whole damn strategy layer. Bonding, Upgrades, and the Black Market.

Edit: Lol, a fucking reusable (1 per combat) Basic Bacta Stim (full heal) cost the same as using the Bacta tank 1 time. I blame Runa, the real reason we barely make rent. Wish there was an option to sell her to Gorga.
 
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Finished in about 35 hours. Exactly 40 cycles. Great game, story, and characters. :emoji_thumbsup:

Did Normal, will definitely bump up the difficulty if any later patches / expansions.
 
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Spitballing some ideas for my mod if I ever make it. It's doubtful, but anything is possible. I'm gonna call it "This is a fucking strategy game, not a rogue-like."

Increase credit rewards/lower most costs.

Make a true Black Market. Only 3(?) items at a time, only superior and up. Higher costs. Refreshes every 3(?) cycles.

Remove weapon upgrades. Replace with mod/utility crafting. Cost only to research, not to create. Previous weapon upgrades will be baked in.

Remove Den levels.

Medbay beds are free to use, 2 cycles for one injury, 5 for 2. Bacta costs way more, 1 cycle, still heal all injuries.

Recalibrate bond leveling curve. Missions grant max bond xp (I think it's 40?). Maybe have 20% penalty if you take an injury. Bond level up let's you choose from all cross training, minus capstones. +40 bond xp removed.

No more negative bond xp from ops/collateral damage.

Every cycle you get to choose either more capacitors or more money. Upgrades are about where you want to focus your time/resources, not RNfuckingG.
 
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