i play on super human all the time,, nice touch though going anatartic and centering the view like that, that way you can go anywhere to get at those pesky aliens, good job, and use high explosives in place of grenades, they are more powerfull, and work better, until you get alien grenades
Ok, first off,, why bother researching laser weopons? just capture their equiptment, and research plasma rifles right from the start, and ammo, then research alloys, and start making armor! then slaughter them all! and base defense? dont even let them land on your base to begin with, research plasma defense and repulser bearms.
@pratt123 Xenonauts looks like it's going to be a proper remake. It's still in Alpha, unfortunately but the developer seems to be really dedicated and the game itself is really promising.
@pratt123 Uh, no it isn't. There are lots of old games that don't have remakes. By that logic, it's a testament to the genius of the Phillips CD-i Zeldas that they haven't been remade.
@Mestherion Well, maybe I wasn't clear on my point. There are games that are so bad that they are never remade. There are games so good that the sequels never become proper successors of the game. X-Com falls in the latter and the Phillips Zelda games fall in the former.
@LuigiFan210 You probably bought it off steam, which uses an older w=version of a program called DOSbox. Download a newer version, and either modify the batch in the steam folder, or do it the old fashioned way by downloading the files off the internet, and mounting them via DOSbox.
@iDontCareApple I have no idea what you just said. So... get a newer version basically? This is why I never get technical help from Youtube, everyone's too smart!
Wow. Tried this game and even on beginner it just throws you into the fire. I made the mistake of not researching laser weapons or alien alloys. It was a massacre.
DONT READ THIS CAUSE IT ACCUALLY WORKS.YOU WILL GET KISSED ON THE NEXT NEAREST POSSIBLE FRIDAY BY THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE.TOMMOROW WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE HOWEVER IF YOU DONT POST THIS ON THE NEXT THREE VIDEIOS YOU WILL DYE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DAYS.NOW, YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED READING SO DONT STOP.THIS IS SCARY PUT THIS ON FIVE VIDEIOS IN THE NEXT 143 MINUTES. WHEN YOUR DONE PRESS F6 AND YOUR LOVERS NAME WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.THIS IS SCARYCAUSE IT WORK
Yeah that Intro? Xcom is rarely ever that badass, Antarctica is really not the best spot, and there really isn't that much difficulty between beginner and superhuman difficulties aside from a LOT less fail room.
Its also on steam for $5 bucks if you don't believe me or the LP, and the entire collection is $15 (40% off each $5 game! huzzah! :3)
Despite the difficulty being HARD AS NAILS, its pretty fun.
Don't think I ever mentioned this, but I love how the music just before the first UFO encounter is practically perfect for dramatic effect. 8:00 to 8:08
@Insomniacfan2010 that's because you don't own it, its a $500,000 per game month rental,it comes out of your money at the end of each game month when the nations give you your moneys, so your not really selling/buying them, just returning/renting them, its the same with the skyranger... only the ships you build yourself can actually be sold, you don't have to pay monthly for those
I only discovered this game a few days ago and no, I'm not a little kid. I just missed out on it. Also, you are awesome, let's see what I can do about getting you some more subscribtions.
This sounds like the Luzlocke Challenge in Pokemon. You have to release your Pokemon if it faints, which is comparable to no savescumming during combat. And you are only aloud to catch the first Pokemon that you encounter in each area, compairable to having a base in a remote area; you have few resources to work with and you need to plan things out carefully.
Watching this for a second time because it's been ages ... someone posted it on /v/ on 4chan as the quintessential x-com playthrough to watch. Still awesome Kiko!
I heard TftD was so hard because of people complaining the first X-Com was too easy due to a bug that caused the game to reset whatever difficulty you were on to lowest difficulty when you loaded a game. Is this bug fixed in this LP?
@StinkyGreenBud I case of an alien attack on your base, aliens will spawn inside the elevator and the hangers, while your guys will spawn.. well anywhere else. By replacing the hanger the base gets easier to defend because you have more of a chokepoint.
"yes folks, this guy is a bit bored......i think I'M GONNA KILL EVERYTHIIIING!....eeewww, death... *something i didn't understand* :P"
"ALERT,ALERT, the pizza is late! it should have been delivered here. ahhh roger we must go kick their ass now" HAHAHA. I swear if i continue watching your LPs they'll soon find me dead on my desk due to eXtreme laughing xD (just kidding...obviously :P)
@sp0nge1337 Hmm. I am quite sure lizard men means 'snakemen' correct me if i'm worng but the Chryssalids (the bastards) are more like insects than lizards.
This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I originally found it lying around on my father's Amiga when I was a kid, and thougt it'd be an epic shooter game like Alien Breed 3D.
I admit I was disappointed when I saw what it really was, and frankly I just kept sucking at it, losing after like two months.
A few years later, I dug it up again, this time for the PC, and started to abuse saving during missions. I CRUSHED this game, and it remains a favourite even today.
Great story there! UFO : Enemy Unknown (AGA version) is also more beautiful than the PC version (plus it has differents musics). But even while I emulate (with WinUAE) the fastest Amiga I can on a high end laptop, it is still quite slow! :(
On a real Amiga AGA (A1200 + Blizzard 1230 IV) it is slow as hell.
Anyway, did you play Terror from the Deep too ? Or even X-Com : Apocalypse ?
X-COM : Apocalypse (wich is great, apart from it's lame voice acting in the videos, and it's quite too short good video ending) is the third in the series.
It was out in 1997, and was on a hybrid CD (1 track for data, other tracks for CD audio musics).
You can download both on the 'net with a bit of searching, or you can take the entire X-Com series on Steam.
The UFO games that were release a few years ago ("Aftershock", and too others) are "only" spiritual sucessors to the X-Com series.
Keep the LP's coming Kiko...very good job as always....just got X-com myself and am determined to do as well as you with my own anartic challenge. ^_^
Alright, this`ll be fun to watch, you always know how to do fun stuff!......*Knocks on your back* Uhm, Kiko, the title is wrong. It`s "challenge", not "challange". Just telling. ^^;
I love this game but there is only one thing that i have never really understood, where the hell is the armies of all the countrys? I mean for example what happend to the US army? Did they all retire or what? :D
Yeah maybe youre right man, but it still bugs me occasionally when i play the game, mostly when im swamped with tons of missions or when a terror mission shows up. :D
Really like X-Com, though I was never good at it. Picking up some tips from you. I never bothered naming my guys though. Stalingrad type tactics don't mesh too well with poor naming abilities.
unless im very mistaken theres a bug in the game which means that alien retaliation missions will endlessly repeat until they successfully land, making the defense facilities useless, due to an incorrectly set flag.
im not aware of anything which fixes this, (although if a fix does exist plz tell me :D)
I only ever played X-COM 2, and never realized how identical it is to 1. How did they manage to package and sell something so similar only a year after the original?
it is very alike, you're right. But in 6 months of developpment, Microprose put in the Cthulu Mythos and made it a lot more "scary".
Harder difficulty, aliens that can actually _use_ grenades (and will), 12 Synonium Site missions, Terror missions on boats, a final mission with 3 stages instead of too (and you can't save during the final stage), the underwater settings too, underwater-only weaponry, added support of more soundcards, different musics, plus others minor changes and stuff.
Actually, Medic Kit and Laser Pistol are little useful in a ground assault. Avoiding damage(e.g. Save & Load magic) and Laser Rifle are really reliable.
The videos from Necroscope about X-Com are showing how to survive the evil early phase of this game: Constant Saving/Loading. But watching the game played like this is much more enjoyable
The game is either played by constantly saving and loading, in which case it's pretty easy... or by playing dead-is-dead, saving only to have a backup if the game crashes or something. Played like this, the game suddenly becomes incredibly challenging even on the easiest level. And no, it doesn't **** around.
Save spamming is the wrong the way to play the game, it's basically cheating by taking advantage of luck and completely taking the aspect of defeat out of the game. Without save spamming, it's very possible to reach the power suit stage without losing a single officer (can't say the same for those poor squaddies though)
Midgard's right. Ironman is the only way to go, otherwise what's the point? I do avoid non-terror night missions like the plague though. I mean, let's be serious here, that's just unnecessarily dangerous.
Flares can make a night mission or night terro mission piss : P. They provide quite a good sight range when thrown and have saved me from a lot of alien fire. PLUS YOU CAN USE THEM FOREVER : D
Especially on superhuman, even with flares, my casualty rate is way higher at night, so I won't go unless it's truly necessary. As in "terror" or "Mars". Just trying to be a responsible commander, here.
terrors you can set your crafts onto till it's day just loop them round and back to the terror. if you have enough crafts 3 you can do it for the whole night.
I admit that I use this exploit, just by having my sky backtrack and re-target the terror site on the hour (you need to make sure your transport is heading there at the top of the hour). I feel shame, go to penalty box.
Oh I forgot the awesome intercept combat music!
aewallace81 1 week ago
Ah Marc Marcelle, I just had him in tftd, he was a weak minded fool.
aewallace81 1 week ago
i play on super human all the time,, nice touch though going anatartic and centering the view like that, that way you can go anywhere to get at those pesky aliens, good job, and use high explosives in place of grenades, they are more powerfull, and work better, until you get alien grenades
pj3679 1 month ago
Ok, first off,, why bother researching laser weopons? just capture their equiptment, and research plasma rifles right from the start, and ammo, then research alloys, and start making armor! then slaughter them all! and base defense? dont even let them land on your base to begin with, research plasma defense and repulser bearms.
pj3679 1 month ago
I love this game from these videos
spongeboy61 2 months ago
Are you gonna do Apocalypse
wjacob1000 2 months ago
Yea this game was kinda hard for me Im trying to learn some moves now
love1another1evol 3 months ago
@DarkGamerski It is a testament to the genius of this game that a proper X-Com remake has not been made (post-Terror from the Deep).
pratt123 3 months ago
@pratt123 Xenonauts looks like it's going to be a proper remake. It's still in Alpha, unfortunately but the developer seems to be really dedicated and the game itself is really promising.
fadu 3 months ago
@pratt123 Uh, no it isn't. There are lots of old games that don't have remakes. By that logic, it's a testament to the genius of the Phillips CD-i Zeldas that they haven't been remade.
Mestherion 2 months ago
@Mestherion Well, maybe I wasn't clear on my point. There are games that are so bad that they are never remade. There are games so good that the sequels never become proper successors of the game. X-Com falls in the latter and the Phillips Zelda games fall in the former.
pratt123 2 months ago
you need to use xcomutil , gives you better starter base layout , more easily defended
TheWowmart 4 months ago
Wait, why is this moving so fa... no. Really? THIS game lags my computer when I play it? Really?
LuigiFan210 4 months ago
@LuigiFan210 You probably bought it off steam, which uses an older w=version of a program called DOSbox. Download a newer version, and either modify the batch in the steam folder, or do it the old fashioned way by downloading the files off the internet, and mounting them via DOSbox.
iDontCareApple 1 day ago
@iDontCareApple I have no idea what you just said. So... get a newer version basically? This is why I never get technical help from Youtube, everyone's too smart!
LuigiFan210 1 day ago
Wow. Tried this game and even on beginner it just throws you into the fire. I made the mistake of not researching laser weapons or alien alloys. It was a massacre.
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Bananakitty523 5 months ago
@Bananakitty523 Yeah minus the fact that I read this like a year ago and am still alive when I didn't do any of the shit listed.
KILLRAIN42 5 months ago
every time he clicked on a button, i thought my steam was going off
141swat 6 months ago in playlist Let's Play The X-Com Superhuman Antarctica Challenge
one of the best games ever crafted
instantlockerzinvit1 6 months ago
I would love to see you re-do that serie!
VadimCC 7 months ago
@VadimCC: kiko have already played this series again, this summer..... if it was that you meant.
jakobfrandsen90210 6 months ago
lol, this game you can actually take pride in. It was made in the UK.
MrVaultLegend 7 months ago
Yeah that Intro? Xcom is rarely ever that badass, Antarctica is really not the best spot, and there really isn't that much difficulty between beginner and superhuman difficulties aside from a LOT less fail room.
Its also on steam for $5 bucks if you don't believe me or the LP, and the entire collection is $15 (40% off each $5 game! huzzah! :3)
Despite the difficulty being HARD AS NAILS, its pretty fun.
Darkmage1293 7 months ago
@Darkmage1293 X-COM IS that badass. Don't know what game you're playing....
MrVaultLegend 7 months ago
this guy at moments sounds like Aasif Mandvi :D
kualj 8 months ago
Everything about this seems so much faster than your current playthrough. Time moves faster, you talk faster, you find aliens faster, everything.
miyamotofan 8 months ago
this is great :D
nado2s 9 months ago
Button Sounds reminds me of Gran Turismo Sound O.o
2VisionsPhotography 9 months ago
Yeah, I always did think that dead guy in the intro was a vampire...
gmatthew0 9 months ago
The base in antartica is a great idea, I know because i just found an alien base right where kiko's base was
Coincidence?
lordspebtonite 9 months ago
You, sir, are awesome at casting.
syntheticgod8 10 months ago
Don't think I ever mentioned this, but I love how the music just before the first UFO encounter is practically perfect for dramatic effect. 8:00 to 8:08
Introbulus 10 months ago
only one person is still laive from the original team. And he's wounded to as far as I got.
killershinobi86 10 months ago
I find it ironic thatyou buy this Interceptor, a giant fighter jet that is super-powerful capable of blowing up a village.
And it's sold for $0. Wow.
Insomniacfan2010 10 months ago
@Insomniacfan2010 that's because you don't own it, its a $500,000 per game month rental,it comes out of your money at the end of each game month when the nations give you your moneys, so your not really selling/buying them, just returning/renting them, its the same with the skyranger... only the ships you build yourself can actually be sold, you don't have to pay monthly for those
dacrunch 10 months ago
@dacrunch
Oh. My mistake, I don't know a lot about this game, I haven't gotten very far in it. ^^;
Insomniacfan2010 10 months ago
How is it possible that Hugo, who does legendary things and makes incredible shots later on, has only 43 firing accuracy? My mind is boggled.
SirSabin 11 months ago
@SirSabin I suppose it is because he has 100 in luck. Hugo is my hero, the legendary sniper :D
FranCNPcadiz 10 months ago
X-Com They are not a waste of money!
LuigiFan210 11 months ago
Sub Zero: The beginning of a legend! :)
iMrsoccer123 1 year ago 9
x-com!
*finds a chair and popcorn*
HotaruZoku 1 year ago
The guy in the background of the equip craft screen looks like Hitler.
0NoName9 1 year ago
I only discovered this game a few days ago and no, I'm not a little kid. I just missed out on it. Also, you are awesome, let's see what I can do about getting you some more subscribtions.
DillsKills 1 year ago
This guys hilarious, like blackadder doing a lets play
nonstopjc2k8 1 year ago 37
This sounds like the Luzlocke Challenge in Pokemon. You have to release your Pokemon if it faints, which is comparable to no savescumming during combat. And you are only aloud to catch the first Pokemon that you encounter in each area, compairable to having a base in a remote area; you have few resources to work with and you need to plan things out carefully.
TCGroudon 1 year ago
hey dude u probly have better things to do but y dont u lets replay xcom
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inmonkeyness 1 year ago
hi kiko, could you (or any viewer) help me also with the DOSBox too? I have the MS-DOS game downloaded but not sure where to go next...
retrofoxtrot1985 1 year ago
can u help me work a doxbox kiko plz im completely lost while im trying to use it T_T
darkninja1012 1 year ago
Ah, the birth of the legendary commander, Sub-Zero!
Skyfel 1 year ago
"I THINK I'M GONNA KILL EVERYTHING!!"
Masterath 1 year ago
Watching this for a second time because it's been ages ... someone posted it on /v/ on 4chan as the quintessential x-com playthrough to watch. Still awesome Kiko!
deatheven13 1 year ago
I heard TftD was so hard because of people complaining the first X-Com was too easy due to a bug that caused the game to reset whatever difficulty you were on to lowest difficulty when you loaded a game. Is this bug fixed in this LP?
theravenzone 1 year ago
So You have E.T fighting E.Ts interesting. Maybe he could just get them to play his game.
MrBellmont92 1 year ago
do laser wepons have infinate ammo?
mariosonicfan2010 1 year ago
@mariosonicfan2010
Yes they do. :)
Morgius87 1 year ago
@Morgius87 kewl.
mariosonicfan2010 1 year ago
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Xenoforge78 1 year ago
This is the way this game was meant to be played
ppppp5ooooo5ppppp5 1 year ago
Whats your reason for building a hanger there and destroying the other?
StinkyGreenBud 1 year ago
@StinkyGreenBud I case of an alien attack on your base, aliens will spawn inside the elevator and the hangers, while your guys will spawn.. well anywhere else. By replacing the hanger the base gets easier to defend because you have more of a chokepoint.
theravenzone 1 year ago
@StinkyGreenBud so that there is a choke point in case his base is attacked
MultiInsaniac 1 year ago
Holy shit your accent is boss.
SuperBasman 1 year ago
"yes folks, this guy is a bit bored......i think I'M GONNA KILL EVERYTHIIIING!....eeewww, death... *something i didn't understand* :P"
"ALERT,ALERT, the pizza is late! it should have been delivered here. ahhh roger we must go kick their ass now" HAHAHA. I swear if i continue watching your LPs they'll soon find me dead on my desk due to eXtreme laughing xD (just kidding...obviously :P)
orest1s94 1 year ago
I will never get bored watching LP's of X-com. Never.
GrandElemental 1 year ago
You should do an LP of the Command and Conquer Series. :D
fallenembers08 1 year ago
OMG Kiko's lost his mind!!
Nutrient16 1 year ago
Your videos made me replay the whole game. Thank you good sir !
mmikeish 1 year ago
i just name my soldiers after action stars.
because i am lame and uncreative.
but youget an awesome feeling sending Ahhnold Bruce Willis Stalone Bruce Cambel and Rocky charging in to take on some lizard men.
wonops 1 year ago
@wonops Snakemen.
Xenoforge78 1 year ago
@Xenoforge78 Chryssalids...
sp0nge1337 1 year ago
@sp0nge1337 Hmm. I am quite sure lizard men means 'snakemen' correct me if i'm worng but the Chryssalids (the bastards) are more like insects than lizards.
Xenoforge78 1 year ago
@Xenoforge78
That's the logical conclusion you get when you hear Snakemen, what do snakeman use? Chryssalids...
sp0nge1337 1 year ago
@sp0nge1337 What do you mean?
Xenoforge78 1 year ago
This is gonna be one good LP. Go Loopy!
banana360 1 year ago
I wonder how long Kuros will stay around... since he WAS named Vladmir, after all :3
raCteJ 1 year ago
Kiko... I don't know if you do...
Do you use DOSBox to play Ultimate Doom? Just asking
YoshiXXD 1 year ago
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EmperorLjas 1 year ago
you know that feeling you get when you play xcom... that! ^^ good to see a bit of DOS going too!
ultimatecrayon 1 year ago
I typed in "best lets play on youtube" in google trying to find another hilarious lets play like Kikoskia's Spelunky LP
Lo' and behold the 3rd link to pop up was "top ten lets plays by kikoskia" lol
Makornak 1 year ago
no matter how many times i watch this lp it never gets old.
TGeiger85 1 year ago
@TGeiger85 yay Im not alone! This is my 2nd time watching, Im so excited!
Scoooorn 1 year ago
Whoo! Go Waldo!
ShaggyDogProduction 1 year ago
what website did u download the verison of this game from?????
Champ7072 1 year ago
...:3 X-Com! Yaaaay!!
Introbulus 1 year ago
Also, since I'm only just starting to watch this LP, and I have no idea what the fate of these soldiers are, I'm going to root for one of them.
Hmm...I think I'm going to root for Barney. :3 GO BARNEY! Save the world because Gordon Freeman can't be assed to!
Introbulus 1 year ago
Unless you fixed the difficulty bug, then you are playing on Beginner. Sorry.
mimkana 1 year ago
YAY i was looking for a let's plays of this and you have done one lets hope gav does not show up
kuriboh400 2 years ago
Hmm, just a thought.....
X-Com should use giant mech and more explosives?
Then again I get as many intereceptos as I can.
DieKolkrabe 2 years ago
Mmm... UFO: Enemy Unknown
EvilMuppet1979 2 years ago
Loopy McGoopin...ha
HouseInVisus 2 years ago
I wonder what he used to capture this, I know he used DOSbox but when I try to use FRAPS with dosbox the sound gets choppy and so does the gameplay
ItsToofy 2 years ago
@ItsToofy
JUST CHANGE YOUR FPS RATE .
TGeiger85 2 years ago
How did you manage fraps in DOSbox?
Wakefieldneo 2 years ago
"We intercept them like buggering" ???
vleesvuist 2 years ago
Hm, i wonder if your gonna try X-Com Apocoylpse
DarkArtistKaiser 2 years ago
Unfortunately, unless you used the x-com util thingamajig to fix the difficulty bug, you're playing on Beginner after you load any save.
Sorry. :(
GenericOverusedName 2 years ago 32
Been playing Pocket UFO. Jesus tittyfacking Christ, the night terror missions.
THE GODDAMN NIGHT TERROR MISSIONS
Schweet916 2 years ago
Greatr job with the playthrough. What's the trend?
sakamoto0789 2 years ago
That's it? I already play on super human, with no saves too. 70% of my team dies each mission.
GroogFish 2 years ago
Then make entertaining videos like theese of it or shut the fuck up.
Jagvillkollavald 2 years ago
Wow they changed the voice in the intro between the US and EU version.
The US has a guy saying Warning Warning UFO Detected with a sort of garbly "Launch Shuttle, launch shuttle!" /trivia
Maverynthia 2 years ago
So that is where those voices came from? I though some patch added them
TheShadowofX 2 years ago
The UK version got different intro voices and more alien sounds while the US version has one alien sound and male intro voices.
Maverynthia 2 years ago
This is one of the best games I have ever played in my life. I originally found it lying around on my father's Amiga when I was a kid, and thougt it'd be an epic shooter game like Alien Breed 3D.
I admit I was disappointed when I saw what it really was, and frankly I just kept sucking at it, losing after like two months.
A few years later, I dug it up again, this time for the PC, and started to abuse saving during missions. I CRUSHED this game, and it remains a favourite even today.
10Shadowblaze01 2 years ago
Great story there! UFO : Enemy Unknown (AGA version) is also more beautiful than the PC version (plus it has differents musics). But even while I emulate (with WinUAE) the fastest Amiga I can on a high end laptop, it is still quite slow! :(
On a real Amiga AGA (A1200 + Blizzard 1230 IV) it is slow as hell.
Anyway, did you play Terror from the Deep too ? Or even X-Com : Apocalypse ?
They're awesome too! ;-)
xcomcmdr 2 years ago
I want to try Terror From The Deep, I really do D:
Which one is Apocalypse? Is it the one that was released a few years ago?
10Shadowblaze01 2 years ago
X-COM : Apocalypse (wich is great, apart from it's lame voice acting in the videos, and it's quite too short good video ending) is the third in the series.
It was out in 1997, and was on a hybrid CD (1 track for data, other tracks for CD audio musics).
You can download both on the 'net with a bit of searching, or you can take the entire X-Com series on Steam.
The UFO games that were release a few years ago ("Aftershock", and too others) are "only" spiritual sucessors to the X-Com series.
xcomcmdr 2 years ago
i liked apocalypse but i think ufo defence and terror from the deep is better
dbannonaxus 2 years ago
Now we're talking.
If I manage to figure out how to transfer money to Paypal I might purchase it >:D
I need to get Half-Life first though >_>;
10Shadowblaze01 2 years ago
I forgot : TFTD's graphics are updated (not by much but it's very noticeable sometimes), and the maps are _huge_.
xcomcmdr 2 years ago
Keep the LP's coming Kiko...very good job as always....just got X-com myself and am determined to do as well as you with my own anartic challenge. ^_^
LordComett 2 years ago
Alright, this`ll be fun to watch, you always know how to do fun stuff!......*Knocks on your back* Uhm, Kiko, the title is wrong. It`s "challenge", not "challange". Just telling. ^^;
Goldmax64 2 years ago
OOO 1 base and names the people? *pops some popcorn*always makes it dramatic :D *plugs his comp into his TV*
ahhh time for a great movie by kiko!!!
tehlpguy 2 years ago
Isn't naming your characters one step off of forming an emotional bond with them?
Sasuke1595 2 years ago 2
I love this game but there is only one thing that i have never really understood, where the hell is the armies of all the countrys? I mean for example what happend to the US army? Did they all retire or what? :D
FreddeX91 2 years ago
Ah well, it doesn't matter. They wouldn't have actually done anything.
Sasuke1595 2 years ago
Yeah maybe youre right man, but it still bugs me occasionally when i play the game, mostly when im swamped with tons of missions or when a terror mission shows up. :D
FreddeX91 2 years ago
Really like X-Com, though I was never good at it. Picking up some tips from you. I never bothered naming my guys though. Stalingrad type tactics don't mesh too well with poor naming abilities.
MaskedJackal100 2 years ago
Obscene sounds
bobbinsthethird 2 years ago
wait a minute
a missile defence?
unless im very mistaken theres a bug in the game which means that alien retaliation missions will endlessly repeat until they successfully land, making the defense facilities useless, due to an incorrectly set flag.
im not aware of anything which fixes this, (although if a fix does exist plz tell me :D)
lordbaxt3r 2 years ago
I only ever played X-COM 2, and never realized how identical it is to 1. How did they manage to package and sell something so similar only a year after the original?
RiggenBlaque 2 years ago
it is very alike, you're right. But in 6 months of developpment, Microprose put in the Cthulu Mythos and made it a lot more "scary".
Harder difficulty, aliens that can actually _use_ grenades (and will), 12 Synonium Site missions, Terror missions on boats, a final mission with 3 stages instead of too (and you can't save during the final stage), the underwater settings too, underwater-only weaponry, added support of more soundcards, different musics, plus others minor changes and stuff.
xcomcmdr 2 years ago
xcom...pfft we need EDF....wait are we fighting ants?
Hariuka 2 years ago
steam. you can buy all of the x-com games from steam for a very reasonable price.
clonetics 2 years ago
I know this sounds kind of stupid but where can you get the x-com games?
sockozome 2 years ago
amazon
EvilGothGuy 2 years ago
Kickass intro.
Karakta 2 years ago
The authorities...the plod
highflyingdwarf 2 years ago
Umm...sorry if you don't like these questions, but did you use Steam for this version of X-Com?
CenetaurmanE52 2 years ago
It would either be that or a old copy of the game on dosbox, otherwise, it's illllllllleeeeeeeeegaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll
highflyingdwarf 2 years ago
Uhh, who cares?
CenetaurmanE52 2 years ago 2
wouldnt think so, this video is old (when you could get it for free)
shadowlord1996 2 years ago
YOU WILL DIE!! Dont do it johney!!!
aaronhendricks55 2 years ago
SAMUEL JOHNSON?! I really didn't think that named needed a change.
Fagatron2000 2 years ago 2
Who's Loopy McGoopin?
Spiritsong59 2 years ago 2
YOU'RE A MAD MAN!!! A MAD MAN!!! D:>
SgtHydra 2 years ago 2
I do believe that interceptors can be used as scouts.
slaxor 2 years ago
Omg, I think it will make so much fun to watch this :D
Koseiku 2 years ago
You're so right ;)
vovchikmaxru 2 years ago
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I can just see the guy all raeging. I bet he'll be all "I'M ANGRY SO I SHALL DESTROY EVERYTHING!"
Mattie2013 2 years ago
kikoskias version of hollywood "lights, camera, massacre!"
ArchaonDKz 2 years ago 2
This series rule!! Still waiting for a worthy sequel to X-Com Apocalypse here :(
ZeLunatic 2 years ago
btb i beat your challange
DracoKing756 2 years ago
you can change the name O_O
DrHojo123 2 years ago
it's funny, i'm so used to watching you suck at games, now that you're approcing this like a professional i've been thrown off =3
hyperactivehyena 2 years ago 2
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Actually, Medic Kit and Laser Pistol are little useful in a ground assault. Avoiding damage(e.g. Save & Load magic) and Laser Rifle are really reliable.
GeneralWildDog 2 years ago
I began play this game since 1996 but never knew I can change soldiers' names...until now.
GeneralWildDog 2 years ago
Kiko names his soldiers randomly after video game characters in his let's play games.
Spiritsong59 2 years ago
E.T?
Pretty ironic name for an x-com soldier
EG421 3 years ago 2
This guy is awesome.
Tehmolez 3 years ago
The videos from Necroscope about X-Com are showing how to survive the evil early phase of this game: Constant Saving/Loading. But watching the game played like this is much more enjoyable
Gesh86 3 years ago 23
The game is either played by constantly saving and loading, in which case it's pretty easy... or by playing dead-is-dead, saving only to have a backup if the game crashes or something. Played like this, the game suddenly becomes incredibly challenging even on the easiest level. And no, it doesn't **** around.
MidgardEagle 3 years ago 6
Save spamming is the wrong the way to play the game, it's basically cheating by taking advantage of luck and completely taking the aspect of defeat out of the game. Without save spamming, it's very possible to reach the power suit stage without losing a single officer (can't say the same for those poor squaddies though)
EdMan6623 3 years ago
Midgard's right. Ironman is the only way to go, otherwise what's the point? I do avoid non-terror night missions like the plague though. I mean, let's be serious here, that's just unnecessarily dangerous.
craftinvegas 2 years ago 2
FLARES MOTHER FUCKER, DO YOU USE THEM!?
Flares can make a night mission or night terro mission piss : P. They provide quite a good sight range when thrown and have saved me from a lot of alien fire. PLUS YOU CAN USE THEM FOREVER : D
Tehmolez 2 years ago
Especially on superhuman, even with flares, my casualty rate is way higher at night, so I won't go unless it's truly necessary. As in "terror" or "Mars". Just trying to be a responsible commander, here.
craftinvegas 2 years ago
Oh superhuman difficulty fair enough I'm on beginner just learned how not to get raped.
Yay blaster launchers : P
Tehmolez 2 years ago
terrors you can set your crafts onto till it's day just loop them round and back to the terror. if you have enough crafts 3 you can do it for the whole night.
rogmantosh88 2 years ago
I admit that I use this exploit, just by having my sky backtrack and re-target the terror site on the hour (you need to make sure your transport is heading there at the top of the hour). I feel shame, go to penalty box.
craftinvegas 2 years ago
What is it? DESTROY IT!
Gebek593 3 years ago 3
you are a brave soul kiko.. R.I.P
MicroScope888 3 years ago 8
i dont get it, what is the signifigance of his naming of soldiers? i kno it must have something to do with stats,.. but what is it?
freecarbon 3 years ago
Probably my favourite game..
"The Pizza is late!" lol
Bullfrog1983 3 years ago 3
I'm a little surprised Barry wasn't one of the members :)
TheSkrylar 3 years ago 3
E.T?
Pretty ironic name for an x-com soldier
stoic665 3 years ago 2
My god. I am going to watch the silly out of this playthrough. Even if it'd go to hell in a handbasket, it can only be glorious.
UnclePutte 3 years ago 2
This is patently ridiculous. I don't tie my hands before wrestling a bear.
Good luck sir!
(though it looks like you win since there's 43 videos)
moyergeo 3 years ago
Kiko is getting a little crazier with each game I think.
Shipgate 3 years ago