Let's Play! X-COM: TERROR FROM THE DEEP

[MercyWalk]

Does there happen to be a specific time frame in which this game is set?

[Integrity]

Okay, proper update this time.

EDIT: 2039, I think, Spiral. One of the GEOSCAPE updates should have a graph with a timeline.

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This is Jamaica. Not New York, contrary to what your senses tell you.

Are you fucking -- really? And at least one of them is FACING my exit ramp.

You have got to be...

MANDATORY SAVESCUMMING TIME! I could treat you to a montage of JB25 and Eclipse dying, but I didn't take pictures.

This fuckwidget, under the tank's crosshair, was weird. He was facing the Triton, but even if the tank SHOT HIM and he survived (NOTE: regardless of the reactions stat, this is an automatic reaction shot if you have TUs) he wouldn't take a reaction shot at the tank. The INSTANT Eclipse twitched, though, he'd take a perfect shot at her.

That asshole over there actually died pretty easily to JB once I savescummed the tank into killing the one facing the Triton. It was just - that - first - bastard.

The Rank Firing Brigade take down #3 with a stun, if my speakers don't deceive me.

...

FIVE aliens, all visible from the starting point. FIVE.

They all shoot the tank.

Eclipse murders the fuck out of a box for some reason. You know her aimed shot accuracy while crouched is roughly analogous to Skitarii's auto shot?

Speaking of Tarii - DIRECT HIT! ...no effect. Fortunately Ballsack was watching.

THAT was the Rank Firing I had to employ to get that single alien down. Much more and I'd be going three ranks deep...

Tank hits for no effect. I hate this game. Can I just do a LP for UFO Defense After The End, where I have Plasma and shit again?

bitch plz

holy shit eclipse connected

As usual. Carry on, Skitarii.

This picture should be viewed with some Gregorian chanting in the background.

IN WHICH: SirTeabag picks up a dead Greenthang's Sonic-Blasta Rifle and - even though we haven't researched the clips yet - finds he can fire it because it's already loaded. Oh, YES.

OH NO the topside civilian dies!

Who tests new weapons systems?

That's right, bitches. Furetchen.

whaaaaat. Ballsack and Tarii can't miss what is this.

Hilarity ensues.

Ensign Lightning Crusher shows them how it's done.

What in God's name suddenly happened to my accuracy? Before I was at least hitting for no effect. And yes, those are two different shots by Balcerzak. He connected ONE of SIX.

TWO ALIENS STANDING VAGUELY NEAR EACH OTHER?! it's homo GRENADE RELAY TIME!

JB to Soren, Soren to ground.

And then I find out Lightning inexplicably has a bead on the Greenthang from two screens away, by the nose of the Triton. He takes the shot,

...and then Eclipse kills it? wat

In New York it's doors; here it's rooftops.

I forgot these are grenades, not Satchel Charges. I need to get some of those.

Well hey, you go Soren.

This might just be something to hide from, yeah.

Edited October 7, 2010 by Integrity

[Integrity]

CONVENIENT DUMPSTER THING. Man, TftD is way more action movie than UFO Defense was.

IT'S A LIVE CIVILIAN!

Stupid Deep Ones.

So these things can hit Eclipse every damn time, but they miss the TANK.

STB's Jeiganity is failing.

So-REN. You're better than this.

It JUST occurred to me: don't those barrels...explode? We need to clear Balcerzak's headroom so he can GRENADE RELAY! them.

Thank you, Tank.

Prime, toss, grab, run, toss. PERFECT TOSS!

I expected more of you, Skitarii.

I expected nothing less of you, Eclipse.

Well that was...underwhelming. Why didn't the barrels explode goddammit

Shit yes. Furetchen's new toy works like a CHARM against Deep Ones. One shot, one kill, AND he has the TUs left to fire a Snap Shot.

SirJeigan finally succeeds.

Do you see Balcerzak's feet in the top? THAT'S LINE OF SIGHT.

Now he's CROUCHED BEHIND THE DUMPSTER. WHY DO YOU TAUNT ME

The tank removes the source of my anger.

Tarii finally succeeds.

and the last green bitch runs away from us.

What's that you say? Furetchen? YES PLEASE

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Civilians...SAVED?! X-COM!

[IGdood]

Wow, either you're really unlucky for this X-COm or Terror from the Deep is very unfair with the accuracy RNG.... XD

Anyways, GO RANK FIRING BRIGADE!

[eclipse]

Oh what the hell, I survived, got kills, AND DIDN'T PROMOTE!

*character goes in corner and goes emo*

[IGdood]

NO EMO-ING! >_<

[Integrity]

Promotions are a factor of units, dear. We already have the two Ensigns allowed by our 10 units; we won't get another Ensign until we have 11 and one of the Ensigns becomes a...um...an Ensign+.

It's the same in UFO Defense and TftD:

Everybody who kills something is promoted to Squaddie/Able Seaman. moar liek abel's seaman amirite?

For every FIVE Agents counted across all bases, one Squaddie is made into a Sergeant/Ensign.

For every ELEVEN Agents, one Sergeant is made into a Captain/Lieutenant (not Ensign+), with another Agent stepping up to fill the void. At 11 soldiers, that's two Sergeants and one Captain.

For every TWENTY-THREE Agents, one Captain is made into a Colonel/Commander, with another Agent stepping up.

Once you attain THIRTY Agents, your Colonel is promoted to Commander/Captain, with a Captain stepping up to make a new Colonel.

There are limits like 10 Colonels, but that would require 230 soldiers and we're never attaining that. The only limit we'll ever see is there can only be 1 Commander regardless of anything.

Plus, beyond all that, it doesn't confer any statistical bonuses except morale for all the other troops i took this too seriously didn't i

[riariadne]

I call being Lieutenant! :D

i swear to god if jb gets it though

i will raeg

raaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggggg

Also, were you really surprised when I had a random line of sight after the 4 screens away kill?

[Integrity]

Yes, because somebody was six steps in front of you TOWARDS the enemy and didn't have sight. It was...weird.

[eclipse]

NO EMO-ING! >_<

But I'm Gaggles! I'm like, almost halfway to the bottom of the All-Time Failure Tier! I deserve to feel sorry for myself!

[Parrhesia]

Hey, my Captain in vanilla X-COM is worse than you. Well, he's better for short periods of time, but within like three turns OUT OF ENERGY.

Also, his name's Steve.

[Integrity]

Proper GEOSCAPE today.

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I hope we at least took some shore leave. I mean, we were in JAMAICA ffs.

M.C.Reader. I bet that's a MIND PROBE :o

I decide, with the influx of moneys, that we need a second base over there.

fucking character limits

It's so ...barren, isn't it?

Shit yeah, bitches. I can outfit you guys with weapons what don't suck.

and by "you guys" I mean "the ones among you what can shoot"

Interrogatin' is always good.

He lasted a day against our crack scientist interrogators.

When you research an Engineer, you get a blueprint of a random UFO type. Plus, we've never researched a Gillman before and that's one of them.

Why not.

yeah well you know what fuck you mexico

dun dun dun

Two BARRACUDAs leave Neo-Tokyo.

One of them fails.

I like this guy more. Let's get some Free China/Federation of Korea points!

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LOADOUT CHANGES: Furetchen and Skitarii now have Sonic-Blasta Rifles. Eclipse got Furetchen's old kit of Launcher, two Torpedos, and Dart Gun. I figure what's the best way to train a shitty agent's strength? Overload the fuck out of her. 'til next time!

EDIT: I just learned that carrying heavy lourds does not speed up Strength gains. TROLOLOLOLO

Edited October 8, 2010 by Integrity

[Jaybee]

Singapore exists in this game.

What.

WHAT.

[eclipse]

Oh lovely, now I'm the baggage carrier that's not going anywhere?

If this one survives to the end, I'll laugh. Hard. Also. . .

*reads first sentence of Gill Man description*

What. The. Hell.

[IGdood]

What. Closely related to humans!? MEEEL GIBSOOOOON!!!!

[Integrity]

It's a TACTICAL update, in which we start in the corner. DERIVATIVE

Okay, there's some fucking SWEET ruins off the coast of Singapore.

hey, 'clipsey isn't even that encumbered by the torpedo tube

Ooh, tank's already taking fire.

meh, spiketoids

More fucking sweet Singaporean Underwater Ruins

Mr. Spiketoid runs away while he has alive left.

I decide he's going to be a pain in the ass, so I just have the tank shoot him.

These things are the original chest-high walls. In 1994!

Another Spiketoid. I wonder if Furetchen has a bead on him...

YES. Furet now holds the record for most epic shot in the game.

Tarii's atop that structure from earlier, except there are MORE STAIRS

Oh, there's the USO.

Skitarii is now ATOP HIS SINGAPOREAN THRONE. LOOK UPON HIS MAJESTY, YE SPIKETOIDS, AND DESPAIR.

blast. And with only 2 TUs to spare - that's not even enough to duck into cover. Maybe he won't notice us.

ITP: He totally didn't.

Eclipse spots him for Furetchen.

Ostensibly, this shot is of the Spiketoid dying but I'll be damned if I can see it.

1: Aliens shooting the tank? Madness!

2: lol it's one of the penis ones :D

Another friend, and Furetchen hasn't the TUs.

So Eclipse misses so horrendously that the shot goes off the map and doesn't even explode. Yeah.

hi.

hi.

TWELVE TURNS LATER

Turns out the last Spiketoid was underneath Tarii's SINGAPOREAN THRONE all along.

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I don't need your PRAISE, X-COM.

I find this picture pertinent because I accidentally clicked the Funding button right below Options when I was going to Save and Quit and I've never seen this screen before.

1: fuck you, new mexico

2: why is Iceland so happy with me?

[Jaybee]

DAMMIT INTEG

YOU MADE THE ONE GUY FROM SINGAPORE DO NOTHING IN THIS UPDATE

AS ENSIGN, I CONDEMN YOU TO DEATH

Those ruins are from the MB Sands, I bet.

[IGdood]

Skitarii is now ATOP HIS SINGAPOREAN THRONE. LOOK UPON HIS MAJESTY, YE SPIKETOIDS, AND DESPAIR.

YEEEEEEEEEEEES! I AM A GOD

[riariadne]

what the shit integ wasn't my 4 screens away shot cooler

[eclipse]

I'm sure that torpedo will hit. . .in Tellius.

[Integrity]

Two half-updates total almost one real update!

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ffffff-

Really? I haven't even DONE anything.

oh, it's inside Japan's words. No wonder I can't find it.

aww, it took off before the TRITON was done refueling.

I would have gotten the screenshot of me killing it, but my internet died and I went to reset the router while the sub was fighting.

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Oh, BALLS. Night-time.

It seems Eclipse has that same magic psi-vision all my dudes seem to get in this game.

Next turn, I find out it's a ...

GREENTHANG!

bullshit he can so shoot from there

what the fuuuu furet you never miss

SECOND RANK, PRESENT AND FIRE AT WILL

hey it's the googly USO!

yeah fuck off. MY TANK IS INVINCIBLE!

HM. You know who that's in the line of sight of?

*mouth-made explody noises*

Shoot the tank, DIE TO FURET

Shoot the tank, DIE TO TARII

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Pathetic, especially for a night mission.

[Integrity]

So as it turns out (I broke my promise and did some bug-related spoiling) the tech tree for TftD is retardedly convoluted compared to UFO Defense's. I have an idea what do do now.

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Good Lord, these are coming in fast.

Don't even care.

Oh, SHIT.

I'll start some more fluff research cause I honestly have no fucking clue where to go right now with what I've got.

To give you an idea of what's wrong:

I have Vibro Blades (lolollol) and Thermal Lances, but I haven't a hidden prerequisite. Similarly, I have the Mind Probe but I can't research IT either. Now I know what I'm doing and it turns out Vladimir Vosowhatever's vaporization in Chapter 1 to save the stunned Deep One was, quite literally, key to our success. A salute to you, Dimir.

Naturally it took him ALL SIX MISSILES to kill it.

needs moar dup

Hey! Seaking is a proper base almost.

yay our fluff research gave us the blueprints for a Battleship.

At this point I still didn't know what I was doing, so I surmised Zrbite to be Elerium-analogous so I'll need it eventually anyway.

stupid flying subs

WHAT?

Oh, he comes back around to taunt me, I see.

Yeah fuck you.

AWES-waitwhat?

I ordered 20 Launchers. Oh, silly me.

hmm. Do I even have torpedoes anymore?

Well, I did so I sent out Cuda-2 to no avail. When I lost the sub, I had him patrol its last known location.

TRITON - OUT!

huh oh yeah whatever.

[eclipse]

Did I kill something AGAIN? What is this world coming to?!

[Integrity]

Late update, a little bit. I wasn't feeling so hot yesterday so I slept in. Consequently, the screenshots might be a little off-timing :P

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See, JB? This update was near Singapore, and you were in it. Now that's out of the way...

whoa holy shit. The tank is touching the Triton. We started about thirty feet from the UFO.

Actually, I lied. On account of this is a Singaporean mission, JB's taking point.

[worf]Direct hit! ...no effect.[/worf]

Integerrrrrrrr....

What the fuck Furetchen missed?

So that prick runs away, and SKITARII misses. WHAT.

Eclipse failed the shot but at least gave JB some WICKED smoke cover.

oh man. For the first time since UFO Defense, I wish Eclipse were here. :/

Hang on, wait. What kind of fucked-up world is this where that's a MEDIUM USO?

OH HOLY SHIT SECOND FLOOR

I'm mostly just still chasing the first one. JB misses.

HAW HAW TARII KILLS

oh yeah, this thing was hit by somebody's tragically missed shot and exploded. Thought you ought to know.

My illness failed this shot, but Eclipse was narrowly missed.

They're spaced out now, but I can see one with a certain somebody.

RETALIATORY TORPEDO FUCKAGE

JB. :/

JB! :o

Something of a droll lobby.

JB graduates to scavenger.

Are those -

those are STAIRS.

hm. Not a bad place, for a submarine.

....

We're all stacked up on the bottom of the stairwell and on the lower stairs. This guy is *totally* oblivious to Tarii not six feet away.

Point in case.

OH JESUS HELLO

pew

As it were, there was another one. Hm.

On the next turn, it seems he wanted to kill Furet and ...decided not to go the distance. Tarii ambush!

pew

Have I EVER seen a more appropriate time for grenades?

JB kills this dude facing us, then all three of them throw grenades in.

KABOOM.

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I want it to be noted that aliens tried to mind probe or mind control JB almost every turn and never succeeded. He's got a will of iron, that man.

I wholeheartedly agree with all of these. Our troop count, by the way, increased because I ordered a shipment for Seaking - that's why we're getting promotions.

[riariadne]

wait what JB got promoted over me

HE'S ONLY BEEN USEFUL THIS MISSION, I'M A KEY ASSET TO THE TEAM *raeges*