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@C0D4 it sure can. I planned to play for an hour or two...
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XCOM is great. I only played 2 for a bit and it seems more forgiving than 1. They always make me think of this video of a guy playing the VIP escort mission where one of his soldiers misses a clear shot, he gets killed next turn, and another soldier panics and kills the VIP. The guy just sits there dumbstruck.
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@Audy Yeah it can be a pain. If you get your experienced guys killed, you're soon left with rookies only and of course the missions get harder. It's like losing all senior devs on a team and filling up with fresh juniors :D So best to try and keep them.
So I decided to have some funzies over the weekend. Started XCOM 2. Built a team for a mission, spent an hour customising. Then I spent 3 hours going through and not failing miserably even once. The last fucking part of the mission, my favourite sniper dies after getting hammered in the face with a fucking laser beam. Then I lose control of the battlefield and everyone dies. Start again because I'm NOT gonna lose my awesome sniper!
This game is like designing software, planning deployment strategies, and disaster recovery at the same time. Recommended for all devs!
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