Pondera

So, I just started playing this mod. GOOD LORD, CHARON. That's a hell of a list of features you have on the front page. Just captured my first UFO and I have to say, while I might have been a bit unprepared, this game seems profoundly difficult. This coming from a long time XCOM veteran, and someone who regards Terror from the Deep as one of the best entries in the franchise. And not because the aliens have billions of HP like those schmucks over at Long War. They're actively baiting me into traps and trying to counter my aggressive special ops esque play style. These enemies are actually intelligent! I'm not going to clutter up the mod thread with endless reports, but I just have to say....WOW...this mod sure knows how to make a good first impression!

Gizmo, forgive my french, but that is fucking GENIUS!!! The devs should be paying YOU to work on their lore from now on!

OR we could try something REALLY ground breaking and use entirely NEW ranks. I mean, think about it. This organization is the first alien fighting force the world has ever seen (according to UFOpedia, X-com was founded in 1994). Should they really be sharing rank names with the Army, Navy or Airforce?

My first casualty in this game was brought about by my own error. I accidentally shot a trooper in the back with a heavy machine gun 5 or 6 times....oops... It's been years since I'd played the 1994 X-com, and while this game shows MASSIVE promise (I literally squeeled when I heard about it), I think I'll wait until the final release is out before going through more of it. There's just a few little things that irk me about the game that I'm pretty sure will be corrected (can't see inside buildings unless I have a soldier there or behind them because of the camera, grenades hit with the force of a puppy fart, shotguns shoot a single bullet rather than a spray of pellets....) Until then, I train...*pulls Terror from the Deep from its place on my hard drive with a shaking hand* I train hard....*sets it to Superhuman difficulty* God help me...