65% hit chance - Missed! 73% hit chance - Missed! 83% hit chance - Missed! 97% hit chance - Missed! 1021030% hit chance - Dodged! My experience playing this game.
@rogerwilco99 I have watched this series several times and have not noticed any preference over gender, just experience. Lockley is a key to his success in many cases and he makes sure she survives. Rookies *are* expendable, veterans are not.
Fun Fact; In the first game, Dr. Valhen had no first name, but she was given the same first name as her voice actor in this game, Moira. This name was first used in a fanfiction called Project Stardust. Facts aside, THE FANDOM ASCENDED
its VERY fitting that Locksley gets the sniper promotion since Robin Hood or Robin of Locksley was also a famed fictional marksman. Got a real winner there.
'So, these Advent are like the sectoids from the previous game. They're not the smartest, their chance to hit isn't the greatest...' He says. He's clearly never had one of his soldiers die to a pistol crit from one of the buggers. Across the map. On a soldier in full cover. At a higher altitude. Hunkered down. In a smoke grenade.
Aeneas is a Trojan hero who escaped the destruction of Troy to the shores of Italy where he became the progenitor of the Roman people. His tale is chronicled in the Aeneid, written by Virgil in the time of the emperor Augustus. A common epithet for him was "Pious Aeneas"
Hey I didn't watch the video because I want Xcom 2 to be all new to me but I watch it until you were at the menu so I just got Xcom 2 and well Idk why but is slow and the graphics doesn't look the same as yours I got Xcom 2 from steam because i don't want to wait until it is for Xbox one so idk how long that will take and I got my brother to look at it but he did the best he could but it was still slow and graphics not the same so how do o fix this? (I think it is because of my computer but I try to restart my computer but didn't work so yeah idk what wrong)
2 times? Happened to me 4 times in a row (with one being even 80%). And since it was iron man mode, they went on to be very dead. IMO this game is too much rng based to be a called strategy game...
What I like in XCOM2: The story is amazing. Boom, yes, they just made 20 years pass and made the previous game mostly non-canon, but atleast they explained and presented it well. What I don't like in XCOM2: I'm sure we'll meet Dr. Vahlen somewhere down the line, and 20 years is 20 years...
Watched the first mission here. Tried to do the same on commander: -Had no high ground on the map -When I found the first group, they were sparsed out, so the grenade couldn't hit all 3. -Had 2 guys fire, 1 grenade, one saved for later. -No one died on the ambush. -Last guy could only kill one with the grenade. -Enemies proceeded to kill 2 of my soldiers, the one who threw the grenade flanked, the other through high cover. For some reason other group walked into me on the same turn. -Ragequit.
I'm glad I found your comment. I was about to post very similar. It doesn't matter how many times I restart on legendary ironman, I get absolutely slaughtered. Not making any tactical errors, it's just plain bad luck every time. For example, all soldiers in full cover yet the advent officer marks one and proceeds to one shot them with a crit.
On the first avatar mission, the one where you recover the vial, once on iron man 3 groups of enemies walked into me in just 2 turns (and I was near the edge of the map). Completely surrounded, enemies running in between my team, 2 of mine mindcontrolled. Needless to say I had to restart the campaign. xD
I just want to say that it literally took me seconds to subscribe after I saw your table of contents for the video. honestly, it's one of the greatest feature I've ever seen in a lets play.
+TheEmperorSRB You totally can, technically - because you can control him in the tutorial mission, Bradford's in one of 2K's character pools that come with the game, so you can just import him in and have him as a soldier if you want.
James Clawk Log: 09/02/35 I sent my application to XCOM last night. I wonder if they got it. I saw them in the news today. Seems they blew up a monument to the elders. Seeing them in battle like that... makes me wonder if I'm really ready for this. I never saw myself as a soldier when I was a child. I wish it hadn't come to this.
So, this was five years ago, I bought Xcom 2 for fun and saw this comment, decided to make James Clawk, yeah he's a Sharpshooter and one of My highest ranking boys, pretty pog.
I stayed up about two hours after release last night to get the game all updated and working trying to get my character done to try to make it into the first group here. I'm extremely happy with how he turned out and I really hope he gets in at some point. Congrats to those who got in, hope to read some good logs.
He playing on legendary: -Gets marked on full cover -Soldier shoots and miss -Soldier shoots and miss Me playing on veteran: -Gets marked on full cover -Soldier shoots, crits and kills my guy -Load -Soldier shoots, crits and kills my guy -Load -Soldier shoots and hits my guy
people went nuts when i tell them that xcom is my favorite game of all time , they were like : have you play COD ? , RDR ? , AC ? , , yes i play them all & xcom still is my fav game
Thank you, for everything. Keeping the story hidden until release, for your in depth commentary that gives tactical info as well as your thinking so if we were to disagree with a decision, we at least know why you made it and for your time in making and up loading these videos. Thank you
Dude, thank you for doing this. I'm struggling just to get through the first few months on Commander/Ironman and your videos are a great template for my own campaigns. P.S. I haven't watched too far ahead, but I really hope Zemalf shows up at some point :)
Would be funny if there's a soldier with the name "Preston Garvey" and his bio is "After you've finished playing XCOM2; another settlement needs your help"
Hey Odd, I downloaded the characters that you have put into the campaign. You should read some of the bio's people have written for their soldiers, alot of them are pretty good and gives you an idea about who they are! Just a thought.
Thanks for starting this series and giving the chance to be in it like times before, I just sent in my character through filling out that file thing, since I don't have a PC capable of handling the game itself. I'm just hoping ill be in the character pool soon! Excited for this run through to be as awesome as the others have been, also excited to see who will end up being favorites.
hey, i can see my version of myself and my submission of PAYDAY members in there! sweet! also, jane kelly from the intro is still with me, and my phantom ranger, while others perished, effectively making her the longest surviving member of my lineup XD she also killed my first codex when she teleported right next to her and didnt notice her for some reason. crit shotgun right outta concealment from point blank range. nicknamed her "vindalf" when she shotgunned a lanceras it was running past her and flank spotted her while she was overwatched. the orignal nickname was "vandal" which i misread as "vandalf" at first like "gandalf" 'you shall not pass' the way she killed the lancer. when i got it, i changed it to "vindalf" because i remembered a line from a book titled "american gods" something like "alviss son of vindalf", more or less nicknaming her after some higher being of myth and legend. TLDR, i wouldnt know what to do if she dies
Adrian Shephard yea...horrible game!!! Good graphics, a good story i supose but the gameplay O M G!!! It s terrible. Honestly i just know the game by the name and i thought it was a good game. Sorry my english
I honestly find strategy games boring cause I'm more of a RPG, MMO kinda guy an dont like a lot of restrictions in games but since it's free this month I might give it a try( I'm more of a Skyrim, Witcher, COD, those types of games :) (Skyrim favorite game of all time ;)
I know you just got reanimated after twenty years and there was this alien thing in your head that we're not sure what it was but please take full control over our complete operation here.
I literally just bought this game, My dad recommended you to watch gameplay on this. Xcom 2 is my first combat game so i'm so excited. I have been watching my dad play the first one since I was 2 years old, so this game has a special place in my heart. You're videos are amazing. While i'm waiting for the game to load you made me even more excited. Thank you . you earned a new subscriber.
I was honestly expecting more of a Matrix-style treatment of humanity based on what we found out in XCOM 1. Instead it looks like the aliens came in and fixed most of our major global problems. I'm honestly having trouble deciding who the real bad guys are.
same here.Advent is trying to fix humanity at the cost of freedom and oppressing us but XCOM would rather be free than our problems solved.Both are valid so I'll say they are both bad guys
A Perdana Putra it was free on PlayStation plus 2 months ago and I managed to add it to my library in time and decided to see if it was good! Lucky I got it for free
My brother put me on to XCOM enemy within, but I never finished it. But I watched all of Odds playthrough. So I eventually played 2 and have done 3 I playthroughs. Started the 4th with mods. War of chosen was nice update but I need XCOM 3, please don't screw it up
OMG, Jahana is in! @Chris, do you have a dedicated website for the personal logs, or shall we abuse your comment section for that? Sorry if I missed information somewhere. I'll have to rewrite her background a bit, though :)
+Julia Maluca There is a certain film project in the works surrounding this Let's Play of XCOM 2, by Odd. It aims to incorporate fan content, such that it can be voice acted to tell a dynamic story, fitting to this Let's Play. By all means, abuse the comment section. I wish I could personally (like the past 15,000+ words from the current season of XCOM Enemy Within), but I have other things to be working on.
GTtheProphet Not really, I admit. I write underneath the episode in which things happen, since this time there seems to be no alternative like the website last time.
It’s interesting to see how someone else plays this game. I generally try to spread my people out and get flanks, while he seems to like to just line up a firing squad.
4 years on and I'm finding your video very helpful. The parts I mostly struggle at is building my avenger and choosing what to research, purchase and equip and when is the best time for it.
I just watch you video on the new expansion the war of the Chosen. I will now Pre order the new xcom 2 expansion I will play it on the Xbox. thank you keep putting out great videos.
Hey just wanted to let you know watching your game play, which was also the first time watching any XCOM game play, pushed me to finally get the game. I've been interested in these for some time now and I finally pulled the trigger on it.
Obviously this is the first place I'm going for XCOM 2 content! Can't wait to see how this campaign goes. Good luck Odd! And to everyone who gets their soldier in the game, may the commander have your safety in mind and good luck to you!
Seeing you with 1mil+ views is incredible, it truly shows how good your content is and now it comes to show for a larger audience. From Half-Life 1, being unkown yet impressively not awkward at all to this. Noice.
im so glad they updated the character pool setup so names can no longer be pulled by engineers or scientists, i hated that, especially scientists because unless im mistaken you never really see their names, but even with engineers it sucked, oh cool that guy is in it but hes a fucking resource instead of a soldier
I love the touch of Bradford limping after being shot in mission. Also, I always forget how much they tried in the tutorial, a lot of content there when you aren't just blowing up a statue :P
Just got this game and figured i'd look up some gameplay before starting it after college semester is done. Ended up liking the gameplay and comentary so decided to subscribe.
I'm very happy to see that you can use explosives as a common weapon instead of a emergency thing. It always frustrated me to no end in EU that anytime I used explosives I was basically destroying upgrade and building mats that I desperately need. The game is hard enough without them punishing you for killing the enemy.
This game is really hard even on normal difficulty (veteran), too many missions with limited turns, hit % is a joke sometimes, 89% chance of hitting at two feet away and it misses!!, still love it....
I am glad to see I was able to figure out how to zip a file and e-mail it. Also happy to see my characters are in your pool and imported the one you have linked in the vid. Nice frakking feature, let's all of us use custom soldiers. Good luck Commander.
Love the tutorial compilation. Really looking forward to this series. I mean, I've got to do something in the times I'm not actually playing XCOM2, right?
Oh the moment when he picks " Legend " Difficulty and does not know yet that he will be shitting bricks from the beginning... This is not XCOM Enemy Unknown my friend. You better prepare your sweat. When one " Faceless " can insta kill your 9 HP soldier by bitch slapping him on Veteran difficulty, you know shit is gonna be only worse on Legend x D ( That is a true story, he smacked some equipment that happened to explode and i was just left with clueless expression on my face... no it was not barrels that is why i had no idea wtf ) Never taunt aliens in XCOM 2, they do not like it. Haha
Because in XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, you were the home team. It was your turf. XCOM 2, you lost the fight and now its the aliens turf. Talk smack there, get wacked.
I sent you my guy yesterday and I can't wait for Johnny to join your ranks Commander. I'm only a minute and a half into this video as I type this, so I may be already in. HERE GOES!
Back in enemy unknown everyone would fire on one unit. Even if the first overwatch killed it they'd continue to fire at its corpse instead of using the overwatch on the other enemies that moved.
+Noah Chandler All of the soldiers that fire at one unit (the first they see move) do so taking turns one after the other. if one manages the kill, any soldiers farther down the line will either stay in overwatch or take shots at other moving enemies.
What i love in xcom 2 is evey soldier will talk their native languages, for example german soldiers will talk germans,mexicans soldier will talk spanish and etc...
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65% hit chance - Missed!
73% hit chance - Missed!
83% hit chance - Missed!
97% hit chance - Missed!
1021030% hit chance - Dodged!
My experience playing this game.
Wa wa, lol. You get used to it and using bonuses. I played the first Xcom in 1993 and felt the same way, at first. lol Truly an amazing game.
hit chance 1000000000000000000000000000000000000 %
*missed*
87% chance for slash not only dodged crit fatality on me, thanks XCOM!
27% hit chance - critical hit!
9% hit chance - EXECUTED!!!
"Let's just take the armour off the rookie and give her a red shirt. ...Because otherwise people might not realize how expendable the rookies are.
+Asko83 Well, he took a page out of the Star Trek book of treating expendable redshirts...
@rogerwilco99 I have watched this series several times and have not noticed any preference over gender, just experience. Lockley is a key to his success in many cases and he makes sure she survives. Rookies *are* expendable, veterans are not.
No one is expendable.
Fun Fact; In the first game, Dr. Valhen had no first name, but she was given the same first name as her voice actor in this game, Moira. This name was first used in a fanfiction called Project Stardust.
Facts aside, THE FANDOM ASCENDED
its VERY fitting that Locksley gets the sniper promotion since Robin Hood or Robin of Locksley was also a famed fictional marksman.
Got a real winner there.
The fact tha Aeneas is the pious is a nod to the Aeneid too. So the name generation is not totally random then...
Aye that's very true too, i'm sure there's a roster somewhere in the game files, might be interesting what kind of easter eggs are hidden in there..
+Skellslayer All names in Chris' roster are supplied by his fans. He twittered that he has about 1100 names and bios submitted.
+Sunday Smiles It's like you've predicted the future.
+ChristopherOdd hch
'So, these Advent are like the sectoids from the previous game. They're not the smartest, their chance to hit isn't the greatest...' He says.
He's clearly never had one of his soldiers die to a pistol crit from one of the buggers. Across the map. On a soldier in full cover. At a higher altitude. Hunkered down. In a smoke grenade.
I feel bad.
Rng
I detect sodium chloride in this post.
yessssss people know my pain
@@williamgeorge3111 dude, thats salt
And remember, we will be watching
your videos
OK that was pretty funny I'll give u that
+Das Carlin (Legacy of Wasted Time) Have to agree with you there :)
holy shit im laughing so hard that im crying
+NevermindPlays it wasn't THAT funny too be rofling.
+Das Carlin (Legacy of Wasted Time) crappy joke= 272 likes, nice comment=2-4 likes
Aeneas is a Trojan hero who escaped the destruction of Troy to the shores of Italy where he became the progenitor of the Roman people. His tale is chronicled in the Aeneid, written by Virgil in the time of the emperor Augustus. A common epithet for him was "Pious Aeneas"
Just wanted to say thanks for the support everyone! Over 500,000 views? Thank you!!
Edit: almost 3 million. WOW
bruh y dont u do commentary ?
Uhm. ?
ChristopherOdd yeah nvm man 20mins into the vid then u start commentary ahaha spoke to soon
i what a gyr names demicleas or you
Hey I didn't watch the video because I want Xcom 2 to be all new to me but I watch it until you were at the menu so I just got Xcom 2 and well Idk why but is slow and the graphics doesn't look the same as yours I got Xcom 2 from steam because i don't want to wait until it is for Xbox one so idk how long that will take and I got my brother to look at it but he did the best he could but it was still slow and graphics not the same so how do o fix this? (I think it is because of my computer but I try to restart my computer but didn't work so yeah idk what wrong)
I remember once that one of my guys missed TWO 74% chances, IN A ROW. He, honestly, went on to be a sniper
Bruh, try missing two 99% chances in a row, then you'll realise how low down life has dragged you
dude same thing happened to me lol
2 times? Happened to me 4 times in a row (with one being even 80%). And since it was iron man mode, they went on to be very dead.
IMO this game is too much rng based to be a called strategy game...
@@nightmareTomek thats why i pretty much only use grenades in the first few runs
BashedOrange i missed a 100% chance
What I like in XCOM2: The story is amazing. Boom, yes, they just made 20 years pass and made the previous game mostly non-canon, but atleast they explained and presented it well.
What I don't like in XCOM2:
I'm sure we'll meet Dr. Vahlen somewhere down the line, and 20 years is 20 years...
+Aiden Pearce Yes... I'll be anticipating her potential return.
+Aiden Pearce She will continue to press the constant exercise explosives with caution.
+SpyzacFilms We meet again... What did I told you about CLOSE RANGE!?
+Hai Duong Le CLOSE RANGE!!!!!!!!
Bradford 20 years ago: CLOSE RANGE?!
Bradford now: close range? oh yes!
Character pool 00:53
Opening cinematic 02:54
Tutorial story highlights 06:06
Gameplay 18:41
I'm just telling u this is for iPad users
Watched the first mission here. Tried to do the same on commander:
-Had no high ground on the map
-When I found the first group, they were sparsed out, so the grenade couldn't hit all 3.
-Had 2 guys fire, 1 grenade, one saved for later.
-No one died on the ambush.
-Last guy could only kill one with the grenade.
-Enemies proceeded to kill 2 of my soldiers, the one who threw the grenade flanked, the other through high cover. For some reason other group walked into me on the same turn.
-Ragequit.
I'm glad I found your comment. I was about to post very similar. It doesn't matter how many times I restart on legendary ironman, I get absolutely slaughtered. Not making any tactical errors, it's just plain bad luck every time. For example, all soldiers in full cover yet the advent officer marks one and proceeds to one shot them with a crit.
Matt Gribble "Not making any tactical errors" Hmmmmmmmmm........
On the first avatar mission, the one where you recover the vial, once on iron man 3 groups of enemies walked into me in just 2 turns (and I was near the edge of the map). Completely surrounded, enemies running in between my team, 2 of mine mindcontrolled.
Needless to say I had to restart the campaign. xD
I love how ragtag they look. Masks, different armour, different colours.
I just want to say that it literally took me seconds to subscribe after I saw your table of contents for the video. honestly, it's one of the greatest feature I've ever seen in a lets play.
Bradford is the fucking MAN, I wish you could bring him on more missions.
+TheEmperorSRB You totally can, technically - because you can control him in the tutorial mission, Bradford's in one of 2K's character pools that come with the game, so you can just import him in and have him as a soldier if you want.
Frank Land Yeah, but it would be a bit awkward if you bring him on a mission and he ends up dying.
+TheEmperorSRB You could headcannon it into him being grievously injured and unable to ever go out in the field again.
James Clawk Log: 09/02/35
I sent my application to XCOM last night. I wonder if they got it. I saw them in the news today. Seems they blew up a monument to the elders. Seeing them in battle like that... makes me wonder if I'm really ready for this. I never saw myself as a soldier when I was a child. I wish it hadn't come to this.
So, this was five years ago, I bought Xcom 2 for fun and saw this comment, decided to make James Clawk, yeah he's a Sharpshooter and one of My highest ranking boys, pretty pog.
@@peanutpaste1402 Just got this game and I think James Clawk is going to be making an appearance as well
I stayed up about two hours after release last night to get the game all updated and working trying to get my character done to try to make it into the first group here. I'm extremely happy with how he turned out and I really hope he gets in at some point. Congrats to those who got in, hope to read some good logs.
31:32 just like an anxiety attack, enemy music starts playing when the aren't any in view
I can't believe my guy died in episode 1 ---_-
sorry to hear that
It only gets worse and screws you up the rear even more.
Brian M This game has made me laugh at dark souls . I've been spanked so munch I just go in and bend over.
Anthony Tosh LMAO
He playing on legendary:
-Gets marked on full cover
-Soldier shoots and miss
-Soldier shoots and miss
Me playing on veteran:
-Gets marked on full cover
-Soldier shoots, crits and kills my guy
-Load
-Soldier shoots, crits and kills my guy
-Load
-Soldier shoots and hits my guy
if soldiers are in the same position in all saves the outcome you get will always be the same
Turtle Burger Ik this comment’s old but that’s BS. I’ve loaded saves and redid the exact same actions and miss every shot.
@@L-Archange thats what he said. the outcomes will always be the same
41:37 And that day, A legend was born...
people went nuts when i tell them that xcom is my favorite game of all time , they were like : have you play COD ? , RDR ? , AC ? , , yes i play them all & xcom still is my fav game
Thank you, for everything. Keeping the story hidden until release, for your in depth commentary that gives tactical info as well as your thinking so if we were to disagree with a decision, we at least know why you made it and for your time in making and up loading these videos. Thank you
8:48, dude, Central's gun is so hardcore, his scope has its own scope!
It's Bradford, dude.
@@victuz John "Central" Bradford......
Nothing better than watching XCom 2
While Playing XCom 2
Playing on Veteran because I want to get through the story :D
Dude, thank you for doing this. I'm struggling just to get through the first few months on Commander/Ironman and your videos are a great template for my own campaigns.
P.S. I haven't watched too far ahead, but I really hope Zemalf shows up at some point :)
Would be funny if there's a soldier with the name "Preston Garvey" and his bio is "After you've finished playing XCOM2; another settlement needs your help"
wait wait wait that is Bradford? dam he as changed a lot guess 20 years hiding will do that to you
He looks like a veteran who was hardened by war,seeing all his friends and comrades die with his own eyes. Basically the kind of man I like to date.
+Geralt Cousland I'd smash
+DirkAustin You are actually the guy in the suit, not Bradford
+DrJackThunder He mostly spent the past 20 years on the run and drinking a lot.
+Sarah That's not Bradford in the pod, that's you. Bradford is the guy who carries you to the evac point.
How awesome seeing the first squad beeing : locksley , Aeneas , polo and skinner ! :D
Appreciated the timeskip options at the beginning, still listened to the full intro though. You have a great attitude as a UA-camr.
Thanks Odd :D
+eDim Thank you guys! Seriously. Love this community.
+ChristopherOdd Very good video Christopher Thanks !
Yeah thanks for another awesome video man! this series is gonna be great.
+ChristopherOdd But we have no other choice than to be here and be thankful, what with these aliens having taken over our planet.
Hey Odd, I downloaded the characters that you have put into the campaign. You should read some of the bio's people have written for their soldiers, alot of them are pretty good and gives you an idea about who they are! Just a thought.
Thanks for starting this series and giving the chance to be in it like times before, I just sent in my character through filling out that file thing, since I don't have a PC capable of handling the game itself. I'm just hoping ill be in the character pool soon! Excited for this run through to be as awesome as the others have been, also excited to see who will end up being favorites.
hey, i can see my version of myself and my submission of PAYDAY members in there! sweet!
also, jane kelly from the intro is still with me, and my phantom ranger, while others perished, effectively making her the longest surviving member of my lineup XD
she also killed my first codex when she teleported right next to her and didnt notice her for some reason. crit shotgun right outta concealment from point blank range. nicknamed her "vindalf" when she shotgunned a lanceras it was running past her and flank spotted her while she was overwatched. the orignal nickname was "vandal" which i misread as "vandalf" at first like "gandalf" 'you shall not pass' the way she killed the lancer. when i got it, i changed it to "vindalf" because i remembered a line from a book titled "american gods" something like "alviss son of vindalf", more or less nicknaming her after some higher being of myth and legend.
TLDR, i wouldnt know what to do if she dies
HOW IS HIS GAME PERFORMANCE SO DAMN SMOOTH?!
GOOD PC
and so it begins! I've been looking forward to this. i hope you continue your other xcom playthrough though. it's been going very well
I've seen "welcome back, commander" for about 20 times now but it still always give me shivers. That scene is just... too good.
Didn't see my guy in the list, this is only the beginning though.
+Deathbringersora Don't worry, we'll have the largest character pool of all time.
+ChristopherOdd maybe you said it in the vid but how you get in the pool
+ecko 222 He released a video yesterday detailing how to do so.
***** thanks
Finally I have been looking for this series for about an hour I have gone through so many playlists
PS PLUS JUNE 2018 GAME BABY!
Adrian Shephard stats why I'm here :3
brothers!!
Adrian Shephard yea...horrible game!!! Good graphics, a good story i supose but the gameplay O M G!!! It s terrible. Honestly i just know the game by the name and i thought it was a good game. Sorry my english
Carlos Miguel BlueDragon Well, you can't say games are bad if you're bad at them.
I honestly find strategy games boring cause I'm more of a RPG, MMO kinda guy an dont like a lot of restrictions in games but since it's free this month I might give it a try( I'm more of a Skyrim, Witcher, COD, those types of games :) (Skyrim favorite game of all time ;)
Such a quality video, both in terms of editing, gameplay and commentary! I'll go ahead and binge-watch this whole series
Anyone else here because XCOM 2 is free for ps+ this June?
Yeah Dude me. I'm new to this genre. Not sure whether it's worth the play. I'm more of a God of war person.
ashton Steven Same here. I'm not sure I'm into this kinda gameplay too. But I downloaded it anyway. Gonna give it a try some time.
Tactics expert..not sure its setup like disgaea series though..
Yup!
@@ashtonsteven4286 KRATOS IS KING
I know you just got reanimated after twenty years and there was this alien thing in your head that we're not sure what it was but please take full control over our complete operation here.
All of those classes fit the character perfectly. Great start.
I literally just bought this game, My dad recommended you to watch gameplay on this. Xcom 2 is my first combat game so i'm so excited. I have been watching my dad play the first one since I was 2 years old, so this game has a special place in my heart. You're videos are amazing. While i'm waiting for the game to load you made me even more excited. Thank you . you earned a new subscriber.
XCom 1 imo is even little better than xcom 2 and harder
I was honestly expecting more of a Matrix-style treatment of humanity based on what we found out in XCOM 1. Instead it looks like the aliens came in and fixed most of our major global problems. I'm honestly having trouble deciding who the real bad guys are.
+Khorothis just wait till you see the black site, first retaliation missing, first ufo, first ADVENT autopsy. After that you will know
same here.Advent is trying to fix humanity at the cost of freedom and oppressing us but XCOM would rather be free than our problems solved.Both are valid so I'll say they are both bad guys
there are no bad guys or good guys in war only people who fight for their ideals and what they think is right
Kevin Morton couldn't have said it better myself.
Emil Chew thank you
This video perfectly captures my first experience playing XCOM2. all of my shots missing, overwatch fails and the enemy landing perfect hits.
wow, jahana locksley is from the netherlands! i live there, in overijssel!
49:04 forgot to put it lol
grelite is also from the netherlands lol
mooi toch?
klinkt niet echt Nederlands tho
I have always loved the main logo for this game. Human skulls. More human skulls.
I literally paused the video at the 40 minute mark and bought this game.
Linkinbird617 i saw the first 1 minute of the game.. i paused and i download the game for free on os +
woah, you did?
I'm still waiting for the collection edition price drop...
A Perdana Putra it was free on PlayStation plus 2 months ago and I managed to add it to my library in time and decided to see if it was good! Lucky I got it for free
VorteX Plays oh man, thanks
@@ArjanTV r/whatacoolguy
Been waiting on this for weeks. I don't even play Xcom but I got hooked on all your original Xcom stuff! Thanks Odd!
why does everyone hate on this game it's different but good as well
They hate on it because it’s quite difficult to those who haven’t played anything like it and especially unforgiving when the player makes a mistake.
My brother put me on to XCOM enemy within, but I never finished it. But I watched all of Odds playthrough. So I eventually played 2 and have done 3 I playthroughs. Started the 4th with mods. War of chosen was nice update but I need XCOM 3, please don't screw it up
Wow, Reed has a literal T-Shirt save (A thing from warhammer 40k, some units don't actually look to wear armour, but get a save)
i'm so crap at this game, the first proper mission after the tutorial I lost 2 soldiers :(
Watching this again after Odd starts a new XCOM2 campaign for the first time in over a year hits different.
OMG, Jahana is in!
@Chris, do you have a dedicated website for the personal logs, or shall we abuse your comment section for that? Sorry if I missed information somewhere.
I'll have to rewrite her background a bit, though :)
+Julia Maluca There is a certain film project in the works surrounding this Let's Play of XCOM 2, by Odd. It aims to incorporate fan content, such that it can be voice acted to tell a dynamic story, fitting to this Let's Play. By all means, abuse the comment section. I wish I could personally (like the past 15,000+ words from the current season of XCOM Enemy Within), but I have other things to be working on.
It's tough searching the comments to keep up with your journal. Any tips on the best way to keep up?
GTtheProphet
Not really, I admit. I write underneath the episode in which things happen, since this time there seems to be no alternative like the website last time.
OK fair enough. Then searching is what I'll do :)
GTtheProphet
I guess that adds to the fun when you do dig up a log in the end. :P
Friggin love the Spokesman. That voice and Professor X/Hitman vibe. Very fitting he goes out like a Viking. o7 sir.
It’s interesting to see how someone else plays this game. I generally try to spread my people out and get flanks, while he seems to like to just line up a firing squad.
I tend to play this game as follows: load up my saved game, stare at the map for a few minutes, sigh, turn it off and go and fill out my taxes.
4 years on and I'm finding your video very helpful. The parts I mostly struggle at is building my avenger and choosing what to research, purchase and equip and when is the best time for it.
I just watch you video on the new expansion the war of the Chosen. I will now Pre order the new xcom 2 expansion I will play it on the Xbox. thank you keep putting out great videos.
Hey just wanted to let you know watching your game play, which was also the first time watching any XCOM game play, pushed me to finally get the game. I've been interested in these for some time now and I finally pulled the trigger on it.
Obviously this is the first place I'm going for XCOM 2 content! Can't wait to see how this campaign goes. Good luck Odd!
And to everyone who gets their soldier in the game, may the commander have your safety in mind and good luck to you!
Bradford as a sniper is a nice call-back to his pistol skills in EU and EW.
Hello commander. I am Optimus Prime.
Robert Luce's hairstyle harkens back to the original pixelated XCOM from the 90s.
I made the squad! I hope Sebastian can bring down the Hammer for you, Chris.
+sebmets260 Polska! lol
Seeing you with 1mil+ views is incredible, it truly shows how good your content is and now it comes to show for a larger audience. From Half-Life 1, being unkown yet impressively not awkward at all to this. Noice.
"they look ready" Oh odd, you had no idea at the time
Rewatching this after 4 years
Still lovin it
XDDDD I'm actually in the video! I'm the Portuguese guy, 'The Pious'!
I swear you read these games better than anyone I've ever seen. It's like you can see what the developers envisioned for the perfect scenario.
im so glad they updated the character pool setup so names can no longer be pulled by engineers or scientists, i hated that, especially scientists because unless im mistaken you never really see their names, but even with engineers it sucked, oh cool that guy is in it but hes a fucking resource instead of a soldier
I love the touch of Bradford limping after being shot in mission. Also, I always forget how much they tried in the tutorial, a lot of content there when you aren't just blowing up a statue :P
Ps Plus anyone?
Yeah. Kinda disappointed. :/
IglooDweller It's not bad but it's not good...
Only N-Lartey i disappointed.. to
Is it worth playing or not?
Yep
Just got this game and figured i'd look up some gameplay before starting it after college semester is done. Ended up liking the gameplay and comentary so decided to subscribe.
This would be free on epic games next week
I'm very happy to see that you can use explosives as a common weapon instead of a emergency thing. It always frustrated me to no end in EU that anytime I used explosives I was basically destroying upgrade and building mats that I desperately need. The game is hard enough without them punishing you for killing the enemy.
Hello, Commander.
I love the Shen cutscene, man. Actually some feels there. The voice actress is really good.
This game is really hard even on normal difficulty (veteran), too many missions with limited turns, hit % is a joke sometimes, 89% chance of hitting at two feet away and it misses!!, still love it....
This game is meant to be hard but it's not that insane
Welcome back commander. In your absence the resistance has been scattered you are going to change that.
Just finished your Enemy Within series, consider me subscribed!
Which one? The first or the last?
I am glad to see I was able to figure out how to zip a file and e-mail it. Also happy to see my characters are in your pool and imported the one you have linked in the vid. Nice frakking feature, let's all of us use custom soldiers. Good luck Commander.
Christopher, don't you miss Doctor Vahlen? :p
COMMANDER I KNOW YOUR TROOPS SURVIVAL COMES FIRST BUT PLEASE DONT USE EXPLOSIVEZ
Brian Metcalf Commander, killing these particular aliens gets us nowhere! We should capture them, rather than destroying them!
Another live capture?! Please give my thanks to the troops.
That plot twist in the beginning! Made me shed a tear of happiness!!
Hopefully Firaxis fixes their performance issues so I can enjoy this game.
Did they fix it?
Thabks for playong through the game. I truly do appreciate it.
*Playing
Love the tutorial compilation. Really looking forward to this series. I mean, I've got to do something in the times I'm not actually playing XCOM2, right?
This is a brilliant showcase of the game for the casual observer. It sells itself and teaches at the same time.
Oh the moment when he picks " Legend " Difficulty and does not know yet that he will be shitting bricks from the beginning... This is not XCOM Enemy Unknown my friend. You better prepare your sweat.
When one " Faceless " can insta kill your 9 HP soldier by bitch slapping him on Veteran difficulty, you know shit is gonna be only worse on Legend x D ( That is a true story, he smacked some equipment that happened to explode and i was just left with clueless expression on my face... no it was not barrels that is why i had no idea wtf ) Never taunt aliens in XCOM 2, they do not like it. Haha
Because in XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, you were the home team. It was your turf. XCOM 2, you lost the fight and now its the aliens turf. Talk smack there, get wacked.
I sent you my guy yesterday and I can't wait for Johnny to join your ranks Commander. I'm only a minute and a half into this video as I type this, so I may be already in. HERE GOES!
Wait, you can have your troops in a red shirt? in X-COM? Oh, this seems like a great idea somehow. XD
Just put in my submission and saw you upload this, so excited! I have a snow day and get to spend the start of it watching this, you rock Odd!!
Im just sitting here with my PS4 crying
Not anymore you're not!
Nice video dude. Have been watching your preview vids prior to this too, really appreciate you taking the time to share it all with this us. Cheers
Finally overwatch now alternates targets. Or is that only on ambushes?
+Noah Chandler it always alternates
Back in enemy unknown everyone would fire on one unit. Even if the first overwatch killed it they'd continue to fire at its corpse instead of using the overwatch on the other enemies that moved.
+Noah Chandler All of the soldiers that fire at one unit (the first they see move) do so taking turns one after the other. if one manages the kill, any soldiers farther down the line will either stay in overwatch or take shots at other moving enemies.
What i love in xcom 2 is evey soldier will talk their native languages, for example german soldiers will talk germans,mexicans soldier will talk spanish and etc...
No armor for you. Get promoted before we waste gear on you.
This is a lot more engaging when the characters can be so unique now. :D
How did they remove the chip (implanted in the back of your skull), through the front of your face?!
I remember when this video came out. I was 12. XCOM 2 is my most played game, and Jesus Christ this was 7.5 years ago... Love ya Odd