December was a big month. Lost some experienced guys but stopped a terror mission, stomped on an alien base, started getting a third base up and running. Shot down lots of corvettes. Mopped up the crash sites with Jackal armour and laser weapons. Feelin' goood. Chill funding council - I got this.
Then came the aerial terror missions and bombers and fighters that swatted my planes out of the sky like paper aeroplanes, and some brutal base attacks that left my best guys dead or quitting for a quiet life as a crash test dummy.
The final nail was the end of month spending review, which left me with money for bus fare home provided I hitch hiked the last half of the way. Ouch. Back to the drawing board.
The original X-Com was one of my favourite games and I must say that this remake has done a great job or recreating that feeling of creeping dread on the geoscape, and the the worry of sending my best guys into the unknown on the tactical missions.
So thanks Goldhawk, testers, modders and all - I'm having a blast
Hm... this time I need something better than Foxtrots ASAP, need to light a fire under those scientists...