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[–] [email protected] 96 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

Taking the edge off.

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

Pick one

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A plan is just a list of stuff to go wrong.

[–] TacoThrash3r 2 points 11 months ago

That brought a tear to my eye

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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?

[–] jballs 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Tech trees are fun

[–] Timecircleline 4 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

At 100% those bastards would nail the shot every time....half the time.

[–] ryathal 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Loading last save isn't that stressful.

[–] jballs 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes you gotta play XCOM on Ironman Mode just to punish yourself.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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 :-)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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

[–] jballs 1 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hey, maybe I find managing probability relaxing!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

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.