Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 I was wondering, will there be cow mutilation, crop circles and/or discovering (drunk) rednecks that are beeing anally probed inside larger UFOs in the game? Maybe you could have research projects that take hardly any ingame time at all that explains why the aliens in Xenonautsare doing theese things in the UFOpedia. Could be used to add a bit of humor or atmosphere into the game if wanted. I do realize this is polishing and not anything to prioritize deciding on. Just wanted to throw the idea out there =) PS. is the title bad? should i change it? DS. Quote
Jean-Luc Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 There won't be such things in this game, it'd be too silly. The aliens are here to conquer us, not kill livestock and rearrange the landscape. Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) I knew it was unlikely. Still think it would be funny though. (the cropcircles at least could be done tastefully/without beeing silly) Edited January 4, 2012 by Gorlom Quote
Sathra Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Actually they might be, but not often. Might not be map objects, but more as the 'Events' that boost the aliens' score. Probably no anal probing though. Maybe a table covered in blood with something vaguely human pinned to it? Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Actually they might be, but not often. Might not be map objects, but more as the 'Events' that boost the aliens' score.[/Quote]I'v only seen industrial maps so far. is there any farm map like in EU? if so the aliens could make the copcircles in the farmfields on that map. Maybe as beacons or S.O.S messages because their radios got busted when you shot them up?? Probably no anal probing though. Maybe a table covered in blood with something vaguely human pinned to it? You just need the table with the odd machinery in the middle of a room with a bright light above it and mentionings in the UFO pedia report about the series of images documenting the process stored in the console related to the table. Edited January 4, 2012 by Gorlom Quote
Sathra Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 The original testing map was a farm, so I guess there will be Farm maps. Crop-circles might be a bit silly though, but that's up to Chris. Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 especially since maps are made with square tiles =p but who said it is 'these' aliens that are making the crop circles anyway? Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 They dont need to be the ones that make the cropcircles. UFOpedia can explain its done by humans that are messing about or belong to some cult or whatever one might decide. Never heard of square circles? .... me neither. But what says that the tiles cant contain part of a circle pattern despite being square? Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 I was more hinting that maybe it was the 'other' aliens who are making the circles... Dun dun duh... Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) NO! no aftermath shit! BAD anotherdevil! shame on you! Edit: Or wait was that a Lost reference? ... I can't decide if that's worse... Edited January 4, 2012 by Gorlom Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 You don't want to one day see Xenonauts 2? Ok then... =p Quote
Jean-Luc Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) I was more hinting that maybe it was the 'other' aliens who are making the circles... Dun dun duh... You mean aliens to the aliens, the kind that are alien even to the aliens who are already very alien to us? They'd be like double aliens or aliens squared. Edited January 4, 2012 by Jean-Luc Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 You don't want to one day see Xenonauts 2? Ok then... =p I dont want one if it means we get Afterlight remake! stop suggesting bad clone mistakes! Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) @ Gorlom, Oh right! Yeah none of those. But maybe other (well made) aliens could be incorporated =] from somewhere else. or as Jean-Luc suggests, aliens squared. Like the Mr. Strong and Grumpy (From the Mr. Men), but aliens. Or maybe not... And afterlight was the best of that series! Edited January 4, 2012 by anotherdevil blergul! Quote
Gorlom Posted January 4, 2012 Author Posted January 4, 2012 Just as long as they don't come here riding a big living horny comet, that is mindcontrolling them no less. Quote
Straker Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I was hoping Xenonauts 2 would be something like TFTD. Quote
Straker Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Yes but without some of the silliness like throwing grenades long distances. I liked the Lovecraftian feel of TFTD. A Xenonauts 2 could be even more so. Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 or it could be played as the aliens defending against the evil humans, and now having to adapt their war machines which have served them for thousands of years against a foe that rapidly learns from their technology... Quote
Sathra Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 Ha Gorlom. I loved that, completely out of left field. Horny Space Walnut. Quote
Gorlom Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) You know why it is left field? because it doesn't make a lick of sense... Spoiler is used becasue frankly this part is just a lot of ranting. you can skipp it if you want. While the idea of a horny space walnut might be funny the fact that it needs to kill off entire civilizations just to reproduce is so fucked up and screams of "intelligent design" rather then evolutionary process. I dont understand why it was mindcontrolling races to first gut it, fit it out with tech for their comfort rather then the "comets", and then steer it across the universe (because its not intelligent enough to do that itself). Then have a courting where the races onboard kill each other off. Then the mating ultimately destroys the life on the planet they are copulating nearby. It cannot possibly have encountered enough civilizations early in it's spicies life-time to make this a viable evolutionary path. Thats some serious rampart mutation going on for this shit to even be possible and all of these walnuts somehow evolved close enough to each other that they can still mate? I'm sorry but that piece of gargabe just angres me every time i think about it... Edited January 5, 2012 by Gorlom added spoiler for rant Quote
Sathra Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 I always through of them more like Ant Plants. A pre-made living hive. Its plausible that the 'alien warrior clan' part of reproduction is relatively recent. A male with a warrior clan would be better able to fend off other males, so would be more successful. And the Psi-pulse would originally just be a call on some planet. Then either before or after the males started using warrior clans, the females started using them too. Just a pity that the psychic shout of a moon-sized entity is powerful enough to kill damn near anything. Besides, the Mymecols are probably sentient in their own right. Their actions don't have to be sustainable. Quote
Gorlom Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) The idea that a speicies needs to travel around the stars, land on a moon belonging to a planet with life and extinguish the life in it's reproduction cycle has some how evolved doesnt make sense. There would be other evolutionary paths that would be much more benefitial and lasting evolving long before this solution. Besides, the Mymecols are probably sentient in their own right. Their actions don't have to be sustainable. Yes they do, and please lets bury this discussion. It's pissing me off way to much. Edited January 5, 2012 by Gorlom Was a bit harsh in my phraseing. toned it down. Quote
Sathra Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 (edited) Fair enough. So, what was this thread meant to be about again? Edited January 5, 2012 by Sathra Quote
anotherdevil Posted January 5, 2012 Posted January 5, 2012 wait horny space walnuts is a real thing?? Quote
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