It's actually really fun to have a bunch of clone rebels taking the fight to the empire. Or it was. I buggered something so all I have working now are the armories, so it's more a bunch of clone troopers are helping the resistance against the aliens. Still fun.

I stopped playing XCOM 1. I had a squad of heavies in mech suits and everything. My perfect team for this mission. A bug hunt in newfoundland. Something about chrysalids in a whaling town. Everyone still died. I managed to get one guy out, everyone else died ammo spent and brass bloody. But it's the one level I can't bring myself to try again

[–] Soundhole@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Haha! Newfoundland got you!

Unsolicited pro tips: Hit the hanging fish with explosives on your way to the ship. They have sneaky bugs inside that will pop out and ambush your squad when they're re running away, but not if you blast them first!

Once you get to the boat, keep your squad near the back on the top level in a defensive formation and run your fastest troop, by themselves, to the lever to pull it and run back asap. That way if they get trapped, you minimize the casualty count.

Then run like hell and get out of there.

Also, don't use mechs lol. They're probably about the worst troop type vs Chrysalids, so a whole squad is not going to serve you well, as you may have noticed.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

XCOM 1 was my introduction to the series, and those damned chryssalids nearly broke me.

I used a clone trooper mod for one run, and it was lots of fun. The only drawback was that I couldn't remember who was who, since they all looked the same.