Sergio Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 I have been playing on and off I guess 10 years almost. I have completed the game maybe 15 times mostly on Superhuman and I have been defeated twice.A game takes anywhere between six and 100 hours depending on how many missions I go on and how anal I am about killing them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braindamage Posted February 9, 2005 Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Well, back in the day when i was a kid, i completed the game co-op with my friend at least twice. And alone twice.. Then, after at least 8 years, i've completed the game again. So i'd say around 5-6 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge_Deadd Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 0 times. I never played higher than Beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[dipstick] Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Judge, same as me, never have I finished. I have tried just about every level, but to no avail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 How many times have I completed the game? Hmm.... It's gotta be over 20 times. I'd have to say around 30. I remember losing 3 games, so that's a 10% loss rate. Not bad, considering that those times I lost happened when I first started playing. Another question should be how many Cydonia missions you completed. Since I frequently test things out, I'd have to say well over 100. Lost maybe ten or so times (half were on purpose because I like to see blood). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Judge, same as me, never have I finished. I have tried just about every level, but to no avail <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same here, it's so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 (edited) Officially? (as in no cheating or just running random tests or reloading an almost finished save and doing it over and over again) Well, I'd say 2 or 3 times (on differing difficulty levels). That's right, in over .. oh a long time. 8 years? I start many more games than I finish, see. Since the final battle is just like every other battle, except for the mixed crew and two-parter bit and the easier mission objective (no evactuation or complete base extermination required), it just doesn't feel all that significant (well, except for the first time I did it). I just find it a lot more fun to start a game than finish it. - NKF P. S: As it's more of a general conversation, I'm moving it to the X-Com: general-general section. Blast, I left a link again. Let's see... prune link wasn't it? I think I'll just toss the move link into containment. Safer that way in case I mess up. Moral of story: Never let someone that's currently mentally and physically weary push dangerous buttons. Edited February 11, 2005 by NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[dipstick] Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Moral of story: Never let someone that's currently mentally and physically weary push dangerous buttons. Amen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 Never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 None. Zip. Nadda.In 8 years I never beat it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 with cheats: 2 without cheats: 0 both beginner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torgulf Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 (edited) With saving and loading after each step: once on beginner, once on <whatever is next> and then I started on the third difficulty level, whatever that is called, and I think I finished it... but I'm not certain And once on beginner without ever loading (damn cyberdiscs!). Then I got my computer back from warranty and didn't have to use an old P2 so I could play newer games on it Edited February 11, 2005 by Torgulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astyanax Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 0 times. I never played higher than Beginner.Judge, same as me, never have I finished. I have tried just about every level, but to no avail Same here, it's so sad I'm slightly better off: I managed I've beaten it twice on beginner, but I recently worked up the guts to try Veteran, thinking, "I'm good enough to beat it at that level!" Boy, that was one mighty tasty piece of humble pie. On another note, the reason why I don't often finish my games is because heavy plasmas appear too early- I like my guys being outgunned but somehow emerging victorious with their rifles and heavy cannons. Because of that, the mid-game is pretty boring for me. -Asty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teukros Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 On another note, the reason why I don't often finish my games is because heavy plasmas appear too early- I like my guys being outgunned but somehow emerging victorious with their rifles and heavy cannons. Because of that, the mid-game is pretty boring for me. -Asty<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Astyanax, try what I did: Install XComUtil with these settings: default starting base and ships improved/new tanks, weapons and lasers (so you need elerium to build laser cannon) research help from captured aliens And use this "house rule": lasers cannot be researched until _after_ elerium has been successfully researched (the rationale being that powerful laser weapons that small would require an elerium based power source) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Or... a mini backpack nuclear reactor... Or i guess 10 car batteries... or maybe 50,000 Lithium or alkaline batteries... but maybe that would be a little bit heavy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 What!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 on powering a small laser weapons system that powerful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astyanax Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Astyanax, try what I did: Install XComUtil with these settings: default starting base and ships improved/new tanks, weapons and lasers (so you need elerium to build laser cannon) research help from captured aliens And use this "house rule": lasers cannot be researched until _after_ elerium has been successfully researched (the rationale being that powerful laser weapons that small would require an elerium based power source) Thanks for the tip, teukros. I'll try that the next time I fire up X-Com 1, though I fear that might make the game unwinnable for me. But I'm currently trying (again!) to beat TFTD for the first time, so it might be a while before I experiment with XComUtil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teukros Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 Or... a mini backpack nuclear reactor... Or i guess 10 car batteries... or maybe 50,000 Lithium or alkaline batteries... but maybe that would be a little bit heavy...<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah laser weapons require enormous power... they can't even figure out how to power lasers mounted inside 747s... Back during the Cold War, I read about a Russian project (which I doubt ever made it to the prototype stage, assuming it ever existed at all) to power a battlefield (antitank?) laser gun using a rather unique, single-use power generator - it would have used a rocket to spin its turbine blades! After being used once it would then have been discarded. I wonder if something like that would work in a 747? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kindred Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 The point is to have a laser weapon that can fire multiple times on multiple targets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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