#xcom

[msvblight]

How many times do I have to teach you this lesson, old man?!

[purple-nautilus]

[psychotrenny]

Regardless of Gender or Martial Status, all XCOM operatives are referred to as "Miss". This is because it's they fucking love doing it

[beewitched-monday]

Well, autism be damned, my boys can throw grenades!

[oleskyfm]

Some great operations tonight.

[anheliotrope]

Let me explain what happened. I'm going to work through events one by one, ending with the state you see in the screenshot.

I am playing Ironman (basically no saving or loading except as needed to restore the game state after program shutdown).

I am playing on Genius difficulty (4/5, I didn't want to get my ass turned inside out by Superhuman difficulty)

I am besieging the enemy UFO.

I am 90% convinced the map is empty of aliens, save for the UFO.

I carelessly explore the map with the XCOM soldier seen at the bottom.

At 1 TU left, the XCOM soldier makes Line of Sight with an alien.

My reaction: Oh shit, oh fuck, uhhh.

1 TU is not enough for the XCOM soldier to scratch their fucking ass, let alone retreat or fire.

On the next turn that alien is going to turn around and without fail obliterate my soldier.

Nobody else has LOS on the alien and nobody, even if they spent their entire turn's worth of TUs could not possibly move into a position that can allow them to shoot the alien.

I select the XCOM that you see still selected in the screenshot -- Jungo Chiba.

I contort all of my brain muscles to try to find a way to save my beloved anti-xeno legionnaire.

Jungo Chiba has exactly enough moves to face up against the wall on a trajectory towards the alien.

I use ctrl+click to force Jungo to shoot in the direction of the wall in 3x Auto mode.

The first shot destroys a section of yellow-brownish brick wall.

The second shot destroys a section of wooden wall.

The third shot destroys a wooden door and the same shot hits the alien in the side, obliterating them immediately.

I pog so ungraciously and take this ugly ass screenshot.

(I move him one tile away from the hole he just shot for no reason.)

What a fucking legend.

Thank you for your service, Jungo Chiba.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

The Chosen Assassin art by u/pao_briggs

[1stprototype]

You know what the Illuminate military really needs? Some snakes with human traits.

[ratkingreblogs]

The phenomenon

[tokay-blog]

[ask-manda-of-the-6]

Using my powers of artistry *only* for evil. >:3

[ionjuno]

Extraterrestrial Combat unit He remains a psionic and xenohunter even in crossover

[princesstwilight-irl]

remake aerith if nomura wasn't fucking around

[ryunumber]

Does Bradford from Xcom have a Ryu number?

John Bradford has a Ryu Number of 3.

(explanation below)

There's a handful of names when inputted as soldier names in Enemy Unknown that change the soldier into an XCOM Hero that is very powerful (and therefore disables achievements). One of them is Sid Meier.

Meier can also be seen in a civilization leader context in Civilization IV; it's easiest to see (and hear) him as part of the base game's tutorial.

[derspawn]

Ubisoft Developing a turn-based tactics game in the XCOM style

If the rumors are true and Ubisoft is pivoting toward a turn-based tactics game in the XCOM style, that would mark the biggest gameplay shift in the series’ history. Considering Rainbow Six has always emphasized realism and planning, the move actually kind of makes sense—but it’s definitely bold to drop the real-time shooter mechanics entirely. Here are a few takeaways from the rumor: 🔄 Genre…

[never-obsolete]

X-COM: UFO Defense (1994)