r/facepalm • u/Visqo • Aug 21 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Nothing wrong with gaming while in your 30s

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u/Nebathemonk Aug 21 '24

Snake Wiafus didn't do it for you in chimera squad? I actually liked that one, but I am hopeful to see XCOM 3 someday.

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u/ManicPixieOldMaid Aug 21 '24

Honestly I like my XCOM gritty, so chimera squad wasn't my favorite. I respect the effort, but all my doomed squaddies led by a single jaded sniper can't be distracted by snek tiddies. I was too stuck in "humanity against monsters" and CS diluted my moral purity!

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u/Nebathemonk Aug 21 '24

The natural story telling that comes out of XCOM is amazing. My troops all had back stories and relationships and tragedies and it all comes from your head. Chimera squad does take that away from you. I do hope the mechanic of being able to stack up on a door and all go in at once somehow makes a come back in the next game though.

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u/PantsMicGee Aug 21 '24

I recall some talk about it having been a project to test the implementation into a larger framework. 

Also hoping it's a feature add for a xcom3 like game