UFO: Aftermath

[Skanky Burns]

Damn. Just captured my first alien base, it was rather hard. At one stage I was being attacked by a reticulan and had all 7 soldiers in the room they started in. The next second I had 2 soldiers and 5 injured in the room and a reticulan still attacking. Fortunately I could finish him off in time and then get everyone healed and ready to fight again. The problem is I couldn't very well spread my soldiers out - they can't walk thorugh walls and just sending them out by themselves into alien-infested corridors is not a recipe for long life.

Once the initial rush was over though, I could start moving around and start the battles on my terms. Not too many injuries after that, and I finished that mission with everyone coming back home. And then had 5 soldiers suddenly go into sick bay once they got back to base, which now that I think about it was instantaneous due to the fact I had just captured a base.

I really wish I had more than one chopper, and could go after various targets at the same time though. That, or I could use a concord to get from A to B within a reasonable amount of time. Asia is too big.

[Raion]

Well, the game should be shipping, soon to be in the stores in a few days.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
wow, i think this is my first thread that'll reach 100 posts

And then some.

[bakalov]

Here is how I solve the early capacity problems:
When I want to go for several missions at the same time I load my people with very heavy loads 200-300%. When the mission starts I drop most of the stuff. When the mission is about to end I am not eager to end it, but continue instead and return to pick up my "stored" equipment :-)

[sabrewolf]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns


And then some.

groovy baby, groovy


otoh, it's the only thread here about UFO:AM so there's not much competition!


oh, an btw: i've finished the game ... but no spoilers here... except... it's tough, don't forget to take enough ammo and medkits in the last mission

[Grumbold]

Got my first Neostead Combat Shotguns last night. Base capturing just got a lot easier

[Grumbold]

Originally posted by sabrewolf
oh, an btw: i've finished the game

What do you think of its replayability? Itching to give it another go on difficult level, maybe play it again in a couple of months or file on the shelf to gather dust?

[sabrewolf]

well, yes, i'm itching to play it again... a lot of strategies that i found towards the end worked way better...

but i had to delete it immediatly. it already costed me several days and long nights to get this far and i just havn't got the time (exams coming up in january, and i'm 2 months behind in learning).

if only the AI were as good as soren's civ3-AI, we'd all be fighting around to win the first reticulan mission on the easiest level


edit: bad my english be. like yoda sentences, i did.

[Raion]

Well, the game should be shipping today!

But then, I also have other work to get done!



I think after Christmas, I may have more time to spend.

Well, maybe it gets to the store today, have to go, and check soon!


Radar O'Reilly ---

Incoming!

[Main_Brain]

The Good:
Brought Flamethrower to Alien Base Mission
The Bad:
Didnt saw that he wasn't in the Green Circle so he didnt come inside.
The Ugly:
the Guy was the Only Survivor of that Mission

[sabrewolf]

[Raion]

The game will be in the store by Friday according to the store.

I left a post about whether the US version will use the same patch as the UK version, since I do not know.

Also if it will work with Win2kProf, since I read some other stuff, but all my other games do.

Music from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"!

Ya, that's a point to bring up. Having a scene in a cemetary.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Raion

I left a post about whether the US version will use the same patch as the UK version, since I do not know.

The readme says that only the UK version needs the patch, and that all other versions are already 1.1a

[Skanky Burns]

I think my version is broken. I decided to start playing ironman, and over the course of the next 10 or so missions, I have been averaging 1 dead every second mission. Quite good considering it is base invading and base defending missions I'm doing. The problem is I haven't gotten any new recruits to replace these lost soldiers. What with my injured people sitting in the base healing, at one stage I only had 1 soldier ready for battle. Currently I only have 2 spare soldiers - and even they are both out of action healing.

[General Ludd]

Unless I keep losing them every mission, I almost always get a replacement every time a single soldier dies during a mission. Of course, I always return to base and don't do marathon missions like some of you seem to. So maybe you're losing them too fast.