Novade, your totally right, so why putting those childish protagonists in to it. Its not that i search for storrytelling, but if it is there, it shouldnt take away the feeling of an badas comando unit.
And Doubleskills, in my humble opinion, Humour is not about laughing about every joke. The intro of the first x-com game was so over the top, that it was more funny then the one here, without trying to make up an unseless story. THIS is a marvel of minimal storytelling.