The Gentleman Gamer: Let's Play X-Com: Terror from the Deep - Part One

[HeathbrookBadhwar]

Awwh man, this brings me back. If they still made video games like this, I'd still play video games. Have you ever played Deus Ex or System Shock 2?

You already hit 2 of my old favourites, I have no mouth and I must scream and Planescape Torment. Another really odd, obscure adventure game you may enjoy is Dark Seed (Dos).

Anyway keep making Role-playing videos as I find them much more interesting and informative. Good day.

[clackclickbang]

@HeathbrookBadhwar I've played both and enjoy both very much!

Dark Seed? I'll keep an eye out.

[smilz58]

Agreed after seeing the fate of this first squad over the missions these guys should follow the adventure.

[clackclickbang]

@smilz58 The game definitely develops into something bigger... and more monstrous. Like a shambling mound or a tumour.

[clackclickbang]

It's a pity the 1,000 or so views on this video didn't carry over to the next one! It's really does get better.

[Threesixtyci]

f you're using Dosbox you can slow down the game by pressing Ctrl-F11. Also, go into the "Dosbox.cfg" file, and try setting the "output" to Openglnb. Set "cycles" to about 30000, and set the "cycleup" and "cycledown" to 1000. Which controls the increments of Ctrl F11 and F12. Press Ctrl-F11 and Ctrl-F12 at anytime to adjust the speed.

Another thing good to set is a full screen binding. Pressing Ctrl F1 in Dos Box pops up the bindings for it. One is for full screen that you must set yourself.

[clackclickbang]

@Threesixtyci I didn't know about the fullscreen thing you mentioned! I've increased the proportions of the videos in later episodes, but I shall look into your points. Thanks for the help!

[ChinookUT]

The number of blows an alien sub receives has absolutely no impact on how intact it is, if downed. I've run tests where I shoot down the sub, save, enter the crash site, check out the damage, and reload. The sub's condition can vary wildly.

Good luck with this game! I'll be watching... :-)

[clackclickbang]

@ChinookUT Is that so? So basically a cautious attack does as much damage as an aggressive one, but uses less ammo?

[ChinookUT]

@clackclickbang Well, the weapons do the same amount of damage regardless of which attack type you use. The difference is, the cautious attack will keep your attack sub at maximum attack range. (In the case of this video the Barracuda, had it not downed the alien sub in one shot, it would not have moved any closer. It would have fired more Ajax missles at the maximum range possible.) Cautious attacks reduce the amount of damage your own sub takes, but ignores the 200 shots at close range.

[clackclickbang]

@ChinookUT Swings and roundabouts I suppose... I will try a varied range of attacks, and hopefully it should serve to make the game somewhat interesting to watch.

[Zilgnis]

Greetings from the Voltron Army. Congratulations on choosing the god damn hardest game of the series.

[clackclickbang]

@Zilgnis Yes... It was a tad masochistic having this as my first Let's Play, but I like a challenge.

[TheUndert0ker]

btw great video make more!

[TheUndert0ker]

i remember this game, very challenging, there were several sequels as well

[clackclickbang]

@TheUndert0ker Yep, but none that I particularly enjoyed as much as this one!

[clackclickbang]

@Catachan1brainleaf So did I, many years ago. It was difficult back then, so hopefully I'll find it easier now.

[DeTzardis]

Cool... I love retro games.

[clackclickbang]

@DeTzardis It's an excellent old game, but bloody difficult.

[cptmachine]

how are you recording this footage mate?

[clackclickbang]

@cptmachine I'm having to use the in-built dos recorder to do this video, as fraps won't record games at particularly low resolutions without a lot of interference. For most games I'd recommend using fraps though.