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Hey guys

So XCOM 2 had a trailer released a few days ago, which can be watched here.
[video]https://youtu.be/jVf-lCVYI6k[/video]
So yeah, anyone else excited to rage a gorilla war against our new alien overlords ?
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The Rookie wrote: So yeah, anyone else excited to rage a gorilla war against our new alien overlords ?
Well, I guess I would like to go apemode on aliens....

In all seriousness, it does look pretty cool and I can't wait. I wonder how the base management mechanics will work with the new Helicarrier base.
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Despite never having beaten XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, I'm almost as excited for XCOM 2 as I am for Fallout 4.
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Hell yes, I'm excited. Even if I can't beat XCOM EW on Classic.
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Lief wrote:Despite never having beaten XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, I'm almost as excited for XCOM 2 as I am for Fallout 4.
Spoiler!
The ending of the first game had the player attack an Alien capital ship with their psionic soldier leading the charge. During the mission the enemy Uber Ethereal reveals that they have been searching the galaxy for species worthy of being "up lifted". The events of the first game were simply a scouting party for the aliens and when they decided humanity was worthy for being up lifted they sent their real invasion force, which simply overwhelmed humanity in a matter of days.
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The Rookie wrote:
Lief wrote:Despite never having beaten XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, I'm almost as excited for XCOM 2 as I am for Fallout 4.
Spoiler!
The ending of the first game had the player attack an Alien capital ship with their psionic soldier leading the charge. During the mission the enemy Uber Ethereal reveals that they have been searching the galaxy for species worthy of being "up lifted". The events of the first game were simply a scouting party for the aliens and when they decided humanity was worthy for being up lifted they sent their real invasion force, which simply overwhelmed humanity in a matter of days.
Actually, you're wrong.
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Basically, Impossible Ironman is canon, which means that humanity got steamrolled in a matter of months. X-COM was disbanded, and the governments of Earth surrendered to the alien overlords. X-COM has now been reduced to operating from a stolen alien cargo vessel as they launch attacks on ADVENT-controlled areas.
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tony1695 wrote: Also, snaketits.
Already imagining this stupid thing pulling this crazy move.
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tony1695 wrote: Also, snaketits.
Well that was random. Would unf though.
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Insomniac wrote:
tony1695 wrote: Also, snaketits.
Well that was random. Would unf though.
The X-COM fanbase has gone a little nuts because of the Viper's very feminine appearance. Along with the cries of anger about a reptilian creature being depicted with breasts, there has been more than a bit of creepy fanart, as well as silly comments.

"Upon being constricted by a Viper, the correct response is 'Need assistance!', not 'I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going...' Even if that one Viper knew what you were talking about and ran away."

"To the entirety of Strike-1: no, you may not build a giant Terrarium to keep the captured Viper as a pet. Whilst they are the enemy, the Vipers remain a sentient species, and keeping them imprisoned in a cage and treating them like a pet is probably a war crime.
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c: Even if she promises to dance for entertainment.
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Schrodinger wrote:Image

How I met your mother.
Even hotter though with genders reversed.
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Apparently these snake creatures are a call back from the original XCOM games from way back when.

The feminine appearance probably has to do with some of their old lore, where every member of the race produces eggs asexually. So it's probably just something they did to try and emphasize that these things are "female".
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... when the inevitable happens and an enemy, civilian, or XCOM soldier has fallen in combat, the XCOM 2 Sectoid will be able to raise the dead to fight for him with an ability called Psi Reanimate.
Well the Pectoids got really scary now.
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