It's probably too late now, but sectoids wil almost always take flanking shots or move and flank and shoot when possible, instead of using psionics. It was done in a patch a while ago, and you can't just go in the face of sectoids now with impunity.
6:10 Classic vanilla sword rangers. Ah, I miss the power of Fleche 11:00 Slash being a single action was a Long War 2 feature. Slash in vanilla ended your turn regardless if it was a blue move or yellow move.
Knew that ranger was dead the moment Chris positioned her to be in cover against the aliens he was going to kill instead of the alien he was going to leave standing.
He paid the price for not using his Ranger properly. He should've positioned Brigid in front of those three Xenos where it's the same result without losing her.
@@danielskrivan6921 you always plan ahead, so if you know you're gonna kill 3 and theres one left position yourself to where you don't get fucked over by the 1 left
@@mcmactheaveragesunbro8741 Sometimes there's just to much unpredictability. Even a perfectly planned move can go wrong if the AI move to another direction.
I really love your XCOM Let's Plays. As a newer player, it helps when you really dive in and explain why you are doing what you are doing, or why you are hesitant to do something.
"I almost always choose Medical Protocol." Are you sure? In your first campaign, there were several missions where you had two specialists, and both had Combat Protocol. You rarely choose Medical Protocol, and rarely choose Medkits.
Name: Irina Vorobyova Gender: Female Defining features: Blonde Ponytail, dirty pink weapon Bio: A Spetznaz in training before the Advent invasion, Irina and a group of ambitious settlers established a hidden city in the far north of Siberia. Being outside of Advent's sensory range meant the new city possessed many liberties of the world before advent. When the elected mayor of the city however went "power hungry", he began eliminating his competition, among them one of Irina's closest friends. Irina fled the city as it descended into turmoil and found XCOM before the aliens found her. She keeps her gun coloured pink in memory of her dead comrade.
Name: Terrence "Howler" Perry Nationality: Canadian Defining characteristic: Prefers working alone and lightly armoured Colour scheme: Black (Primary) and purple (secondary) Biography: Terrence lived in the Rocky Mountains of BC prior to the "unification" of mankind and the aliens, and against all odds, remained undetected by the new visitors. Terrence has learned, to be self sufficient over the years in isolation, though that all changed when the Avenger spotted his little shack while scanning for supplies. Now Terrence stands ready to serve in any way to take back mankind from their xeno "saviors".
Name: Harry "Obsidian" Gazglow Sex: Male Nationality: Irish Class: Grenadier (Preferably) Colors: Orange and grey Characteristics: Burns one side of face, Anarchistic Attire. Bio: Once an boy who praised ADVENT for saving his life after a freak accident, his admiration turned to vengeful fury when ADVENT Pyro-Troopers burned his home down and killed his family due to his father's resistance contacts. He barely escaped suffering severe burns, and sought the attention of the legendary X-COM resistance by burning several ADVENT facilities to the ground years later. "I was reborn in fire. I'll make sure they die by fire. Any questions?"
Your luck is running thin, commander. Your precious ranger now lay in a puddle of it's own blood. This will be the fate of all your soldiers if you do not surrender.
While im happy they gave the sectoids some variance in their play pattern, i am now also terrified, because I would leave them till the end same as Odd did, knowing they at least wouldnt kill my soldiers. RIP that strategy.
Name: Brutus "Janitor" Markus Sex: Male Nationality: USA/Scottish (pick one) Notable Armor Features: Red Plaid for Armor, Bowie Hat Bio: Brutus has been working constantly, in small ADVENT outposts for the majority of his life working primarily as a Janitor. Finally, about 2 years ago he found out why they had been moving him so much: lack of trust for having his Uncle be in X-COM during the first war. He left to go and find the resistance shortly after Ironically, his Uncle was also a Janitor.
One small thought. Might it be an idea to make the text for the mission photo following a soldier death say something like "This one's for you Bridget" etc?
Name:Vike'Bloodlust"Steel sex:M Colour:Purple,Black and green Nationality :Sweden Prefered Class:sniper,ranger Bio:He was only 7 years old when it happened,the initial invasion he was always a timid and kind child before it happened.Before his parents were killed right in front of his eyes.He saw a small creature crawled around he picked up a pistol off the ground next to his fathers lifeless body and shot the creature when he looked at the body of it he saw a small alien but it has a bulging brain like an heart.The child started to cry as he transformed from being kind hearted into a sociopath obessed with killing so he joins xcom with the intension of qeanching his thirst for either races HUMAN OR ALIEN.
Name: Fleece "Warrior" Johnson Sex: Male Nationality: Murica Color: Tan Bio: Fleece was a prison convict for charges he had long forgotten. Forced to fight one on one against other convicts, he became hardened from his time in prison. When the war began, he was able to escape due to the majority of earth's resources diverted to combat the aliens. He spent some time out of prison in abandoned cities, scrapping along until he decided that any booty that he would receive from the cities would turn him insane like the others. Later did he realize that those who remained in the cities would turn into the Lost. Upon realizing that the aliens had inflicted such terror on humanity, he joined forces with Xcom to not only repel the aliens from the planet but also take all the booty he could receive.
Name: Rak von Sultze Nationality: Germany Bio: During the first invation Rak served as a soldier in XCOM. During a minor misson he got fataly wounded and got transplanted in to a MEC trooper. He continued to fight through the whole war and survived. At first he resist Advent but after some time he begin accept there way and he got rewarded for his trust with the replacement of his old robotarms with new biogenerated arms. So when Bradford asked him to join the resistens he first turned him down but Bradford managed to convince Rak to give the resistens a chance. Central comment: You better prove to him that we are right fast.
Name:Jesse "PRIME" Hersher Sex:male Nationality:Brazilian Bio:Before the takeover He was a part of exhalt soldier but after the takeover he went into hiding in the favelas of Brazil,he was found by XCOM when he help with a mission with his sniper that he kept from his time with the exalt. He's recognizing with his signature glasses and beard with his green and black armor.
Name: Austin Blaze Sex: Male Nationality: USA Colors: Black and White Pattern: Wild Preferred class: Ranger Bio: Austin's father and mother both died at a young age and he was completely alone. Later, he found a mentor during the first invasion who taught him how to hold a gun and defend himself against the extraterrestrial invaders. His mentor and close friend was killed short after. He has trained and worked up his passion for saving humanity so that he can now help defend earth and avenge his loved ones. "I fight so that one day our children don't have to" -Austin Blaze
Name: Jon "Wolf" Deal Colors: Black/White Sex: Male Nationality: US Bio: After watching his best friend get torn to pieces and killed by an advent grenade Jon went off the grid. Putting his old skills as an assassin to use, he took out many advent units one by one without them even knowing he was there. Eventually he joined the resistence to take down the advent once and for all and to avenge his friend. Iconic items: anything to cover his face like a cowl or ski mask of sorts If it doesn't cover his whole face then put a scar over his left eye please (from fragment of the grenade in bio) Pref class: Sniper/Ranger Gun camo: Blue with Hex Hope you choose my op Odd 😏 Ps feel free to fix bio. Made this super late so it's kinda lame. Not creative when I'm tired lol
Name: Zeko "Thief" Zyran Nationality: Australian Bio: Formally an employee of a Black Market merchant, Zeko was a specialist in acquisitions. Exclusively stealing from ADVENT, he always did anything he could to undermine the invaders. As the world seemed to go from bad to worse, Zeko decided he needed to do more and so joined the Resistance. Defining characteristic: Hood
Name: Shaun "Butcher" Black Sex: Male Nationality: Irish Color: Black Purple Blue Facial Hair: Goatee Bio: Shaun counts his blessings as none of his family has been killed by Advent. He aims to keep it that way. He's just a simple man looking for a fight and he knows just who to bring it to. Shaun earned his nickname by single-handedly taking out an Advent squad when they interrupted his pint at his favorite pub Durty Nelly's.
Name: Christopher "Eon" Powell Sex: Male Nationality: Australia Color: White and Purple Bio: Hailing from the outback of Australia, Christopher was only a young lad when the aliens invaded. Being quite isolated from the major city centers, he didn't pay much attention to the invasion, being a very... carefree young man. His attention was drawn however when the Invasion hit his town, and he saw his friends, family and neighbors slaughtered before his eyes. He only survived by escaping into the bush, using his knowledge of how to live off the land that he learned during some of the camping trips his school would go on. He spent a month eating grubs, drinking river water and hiding in caves until he stumbled upon an XCOM skirmish against the aliens. He hid until the fight was over, and approached the XCOM soldiers afterwards. They took him to a safe place, where he grew up. After XCOM fell, he was left alone, and eventually found them again, joining up as a soldier.
Name: Daniel "Old Bear" Mahtuk Nationality: American Defining Characteristic: black stripe eye paint and headband Color Scheme: Black and Red Job: Ranger Biography: Old Bear was a child of the old world. He grew up away from civilization on his reservation. Never trusting outsiders, he has been in a personal war with Advent since the day they arrived. He always puts his axes to good use.
Name: Sandra "Lucky" Ackermann Sex: Female Nationality: Germany Trait: Likes to wear a blue uniform. Bio: Daughter of a police officer, when the invasion hit, she knew what was expected of her. She joined XCOM the very same day and fought every day since. Every mission Sandra went to, she and her entire squad made it back without a scratch. It didnt take long for her to become the most sough out soldier in the entire XCOM. Her team was always sent to carry out the most dangerous missions, nothing could possibly go wrong with Lucky on their side. And nothing ever did. She has 110 successful missions under her belt, 555 alien kills and not a single friendly casualty.
5:02 you've forgotten how to Ambush OW! Remember they have no aim penalty when they OW from concealment, its a huge boost for low level characters, as you are rarely going to be able to get reliable flanks and have no skills that would be good to use.
Name: Christopher "Chrissy" Lid Aesthetic: covered in chrysalid killer tattoos and anarchy's children chrysalid shoulder things. A nice vest and cargo shorts and lots of scars Backstory:feel free to add onto it if you have ideas(anyone) As the lone survivor of the Newfoundland mission in enemy within after chrysalids destroyed his boat; the S.S Oddity he vowed to single handedly wipe out the chrysalid population, and Xcom is just a means to a end Honestly I don't know if its obvious but this is a play on words chris-alid, so hes pretty much mr. odd shh don't tell anyone
Name: Chris Newcombe Nickname: Nukedawg Preferred Class: Grenadier Nationality: Canadian Bio: Once followed the rules of Advent do to losing my son in early days of the Alien's Invasion. However I learned that my Son did not just lose his life during those days, no I learned he went into hiding by joining the Resistance known as XCOM. Eventually an Informant from XCOM found me and informed me of most resent events that involved my son, he has gone missing. With this I joined XCOM within a heartbeat to find out what happened to my son. All I know is that he joined with one of their former scientists, a Doctor Valhen.
Name: Gwen Fiongala Nickname: Firelight Appearance: Long brown hair (ponytail or bun), and glasses Color Theme: Red and Gold Bio: Gwen was born to globe trotting researchers who fed her curiosity for culture and languages even after the first war. Raised on stories of backhanded deals with god-like entities, she knew the promises Advent made were not all they seemed. Gwen has worked for years funneling manpower and resources from Advent's coffers using "clerical errors" and misdirection. It wasn't until recently, with the capture of her parents, that she was driven deeper into the resistance and XCOM's network.
Name: Max (Shadowrider) Moseley Sex: male Nationality: English Bio: Max and his big brother were both born in the wilderness of the old city's both learned how to hide and sometimes hunt advent troops without making noise. The death of both of their parents made them split.His brother left the city to find one of resistance cells while Max still in the city until he was found by a reaper and was recruited as a part of the reapers until he was sent to Xcom to help their operations against the chosen
Name: Simon "Viking" Jensen Country: Denmark Defining Characteristic: Beard Apperance: Red hair Color scheme: Green Bio: Descending from a long line of Danish vikings. Once a programmer for the ADVENT turned against them once he learned their true nature
Name: Faye Winterborne Nationality: British Gender: Female Bio: Winterborne was a military contractor and high-ranking advisor working for ADVENT before she was captured by XCOM. Unfortunately, the bonk on the back of her head that she received during the raid resulted in amnesia. Instead, Winterborne now believes that she has always been with XCOM. Or so she claims. In either case, it was decided to allow Winterborne onto the field. Although risky, it is hoped that this will trigger her lost memories; allowing XCOM to recover the information that had been lost. Or at the very least, trigger her forgotten military skills so that they may be used to serve humanity, which she had once betrayed.
Name: Michael “Shadow” Ting Nationality: Canada Defining Characteristics: Dress hat and aviators, scar on his face Colour Scheme: Red and Black Class: Sharpshooter Biography: Before the war, Michael "Shadow" Ting was a lonely child who grew up without parents or family. Michael grew up on the run and joined the military. Due to his deadly aim, he quickly rose the ranks and joined the Spec Ops Squad, "Shadow Strike". When the aliens attacked, Shadow Strike was wiped out and he was the lone survivor of his unit. He gave himself the name "Shadow" in memory of his old unit and jumped at the opportunity to join the resistance and seek revenge for his fallen brethren.
Shaiyum "Reversed" Gurung Color scheme: Dark Purple Nationality: British Shaiyum spent most of his life alone. When he was just a child his mother and father left Shaiyum due to the Alien Invasion. His parents left him behind with the military in hopes that he would live on. He was raised by the military and very quickly learned their ways. By 18 he had learned to master a blade, sniper, pistol and of course the rifle and very quickly was raised through the ranks. However, in a seemingly easy mission, him and his squad were ambushed by ADVENT soldiers and Sectioids. His squad was ambushed were almost completely massacred and he was on the brink of death. However, he was able to survive the ambush, but wasn't able to extract in time. He was once again left behind all alone with only the corpses of dead as company...
After watching XWynns do his LW2 playthroughs, it's refreshing to watch you, Chris, and see that we are all human and we can make mistakes. I love your enthusiasm for the game, and the inclusion of some minor roleplaying elements. Enjoyed the first two videos of this series, looking forward to the rest.
Name: Ellie "Switchblade" Johnson Sex: Female Nationality: American Ellie lost her mother during the invasion and never knew her father. After that she was shuffled around resistance groups learning all that she could to become a soldier. Her strong intuitiveness has kept her alive this far. At night in her sleep she dreams about meeting her father among the resistance a cowboy rugged man who she thinks would be named "Joel".
Character Info- Full Name: Cedric 'Artemis' Anthony Nationality: British American Gender: Female Biography: Having a male name as her parents had expected a boy, Cedric has gotten the name Artemis with her precise and immensely impressive aim with a bow and arrow she had learned to use from her dad during their hunting outings. She was merely upon her coming of age at 18 when there were conflict between the aliens and the humans. As long as it never interfere with the ones close to her, she had never taken it upon herself to join the fight until her parents were one of the many to sign up for one of the gene facilities close to the city. After that, she had heard no communications from them before she had finally found out the truth herself when flicking across channels till news immediately took over every one of them, explaining about an explosion that occurred to the facility..." There were no bodies identified at the scene," they said but did discover something rather more terrifying as the aliens were using humans not to help them, but to use them. Upon her interview with XCOM, we already knew her motive to join, and enlisted her with no hesitation, understanding completely that she will have no closure until Earth is at peace once more. Extra Stuff- Hair: Hazel brown and usually tied up in a pony-tail. Eyes: Blue Voice: British (if possible) Attitude: Intense
Name: Cole "Ghost" Savvy Nationality: American/Canadian Cole lost his family during the first invasion. He lived in Newfoundland, Canada. It was the same cold and stormy night as it usually comes with the territory. However, on this night, storms were the least of his worries. In the middle of the night, Cole was awoken to the sounds of a massacre. Screams, both human and nonhuman, could be heard throughout the small coastal town. As he started getting up, his father burst into the room. He was bleeding and his skin had taken a sickly green hue. He told Cole that they needed to go. Before he could ask where Mom was, his father had said that she would meet them later. Both father and son then raced to the car, only to see one of the monstrosities that the aliens had unleashed upon the town. Infamously known now, as Chryssalids, these spider-looking monsters were just as terrifying as the descriptions had said. Cole's father told Cole to run, and Cole fearfully obliged. Cole's only thoughts were of fear and survival. All the sights and sounds that would normally shock someone, were blurred out. Hearing his father ripped to pieces, or seeing his best friends already mutilated did not phase him. Not even when he saw his mother, moving and walking, but not alive. He ran until he could no longer and blacked out. The last thing Cole remembered on that night was gunfire, Lots of gunfire mixed in with the familiar screaming that had plagued this night. Having nothing to his name except the clothes on his back, he became a drifter, using the wreckage of many battle sites as temporary homes. Cole has had a knack for being quiet. Getting somewhere unseen and unknown was his specialty. Cole never trusted ADVENT, due to accidentally seeing the soldiers escort a crate with an all too familiar sounding creature to an unknown location. He never stayed in one place too long and never left tracks to be followed. He only did what was necessary for him, until he met a girl named Hannah. Cole had found something or someone that could finally give him the happiness that was taken away from him all those years ago. However, leaving no trace with 2 people was too challenging for Cole. He never had time to teach Hannah what the skills he has honed for years now. ADVENT found them one day. During the raid, Cole had managed to escape, but Hannah did not. Distraught, Cole was about to go on a suicide run to save Hannah. That is until he heard about a resistance movement hellbent on taking ADVENT down. Upon hearing this, he did everything he could to find them, but his search turned up fruitless. That all changed when he met someone at a shanty town. He called himself Bradford. He was recruiting, and Cole was willing to join even before hearing the requirements. He was ready to avenge everyone who died at his town in Newfoundland. He was ready to finish what XCOM had started.
First name: John Last name: Wick Sex: Male Class: Any Appearance: long black hair, short black beard Bio: After the invasion took place, the assassin organization was destroyed, leaving him with nothing. ADVENT destroyed his home in an attempted assassination, and he fought off the cleanup troops... WITH A FUCKING PENCIL.
Name: Cole Gordon Nationality: USA Defining characteristics: Aviator glasses, hard look on face, normal hair, and orange armour Bio: When the world fell to advent Cole and his father went on the run. Cole's father was wanted for being a soldier for the first XCOM prodject. They left their lives in the city and moved into the deep country of Oregon, all they had where eachother. With advent always on their heels Cole's father had to Constantly keep them moving, trying to keep Cole safe. After 5 years of running advent caught up... A soldier pinned Cole against a wall and made him watch as a Berserker rammed his father into a tree killing him. Advent then took Cole to prison making him a candidate for the *Gene Therapy. With the help of another former Xcom Soldier Cole escaped, and vowed to kill every alien he saw or die trying. He then sought out the resistance to carry on his fathers work.
I was practically screaming at the screen when you moved the Ranger there with what you were saying you were going to do :D It has happened to me too many times.
Name: Leonardo "Stratos" Hunter Sex: Male Nationality: Scottish Appearance preferences: Eye patch. Bio: Leonardo was just your average business student when it all happened, suddenly the aliens were controlling everything, and Leonardo figured something was wrong. he didn't believe that the aliens where just here to help, they wanted something and if they weren't telling us that meant it had to be bad, he then went and join x-com, to save the planet, and maybe make some money along the was.
Name: Alec "Master" Morey Origin: USA Bio: Alec was a small city boy who grew up in Florida and was very passionate about his studies in medicine and competitive Pokemon tournaments. When the Aliens invaded, Alec went into hiding with a group of Doctors to help treat wounded civilians and resistance soldiers. Now being an older man who is sick of being on the side lines, he has signed up for the Xcom initiave to give the aliens their daily dose of death
Bad decisions galore. should have closed the door then walked up. Snipers stay far from the frontlines so giving them a flashbang isn't helpful. I either give the specialist a flash or medkit or give it to the ranger since they are often close enough to the enemies to disorientate whomever is needed. Also since the AI tends to retreat after you flank them, keeping pinned down would have given you a much better chance of knocking them out with your mini gun. When approached the main objective I would have recommended you peek with soldiers through the windows since you had no visibility through the double doors. It was highly likely you could have been able to damage it through the window from that range.
Name: Rolf son of a shepherd Nationality: USA hair: long, blue Outfit colors: yellow and blue Bio: Rolf was born in a quiet cald'de'sach and has a farmer like personality. friends with a badass dude known as Kevin. When the aliens attacked they destroyed his home and kidnapped his family he thought all of his friends were dead and saught revenge for the deaths of his loved ones. He eventually joined xcom.
name: Good "keeper" Jeager Nationality: American Class: Skirmisher gender: male Color: Black and blue Bio: taken from his home to be an advent trooper "Jeager" lost his memories of his name and life. The skirmishers changed that all together, rescuing and providing the skills to be a top tier advent killer. He still has yet to find out who he was and still searches.
Name-David Oliphant Male From the USA Bio- he was 18 when the aliens invaded his father was a part of the United States military and when the aliens took over and disbanded the current military he had to watch his father become a ghost of his former self the military was everything to him so now David seeks revenge and to follow in this fathers footsteps.
Name:Thomas "MadDog" Cooper Gender: Male Nationality:English Armour:black and white and if posable a monocle Biography: As a small kid brought up in the first Xcom days his parents were engineers,Thomas dreamt of joining the Xcom project and used to play games with his friends pretending to fight frontline against the aliens and told them cool story's his parents told him. Sadly They were captured after surviving the base destruction and were tortured for information until their death. This drove Thomas to join the next generation of Xcom and avenge his parents.
Rafa "Flash" Garcia Ranger Indonesian DOB: 31st Oct 2010 Life was good until the initial Invasion, until Rafa's family was killed by THEM. He was only 5. After that, he's always had a great hatred towards Advent as it left him with a hole in his heart that he could never fill, not with women, booze or killing. Pretty sad life. He runs like the wind, getting the nickname Flash from his fellow men in the resistance, being renowned for his combat abilities, particularly with a blade and also his sense of humour, being a positive light in an otherwise bleak world A good soldier, he'll defend the ideals of Humanity and will rip apart every alien bastard he gets his damn hands on. He always carries his little pocket bible along with him to remind him where he came from and where he'll go when he dies and his father's sunglasses to give him good luck Good luck Commander
Name: Kalvin Thain Nickname: Special K Ethnicity: White Male Nationality: Scottish Colour: Primary Orange, Secondary Blue - like the BRU Bio: Kalvin was a young boy who grew up in the far off mountains now known as 'Scotland'. One day the boy was walking around in the nearby forest when suddenly a Reindeer came out of nowhere and bit him, causing him to gain the incredible radioactive power of being able to detect when Reindeer are nearby, changing his life forever. When the aliens attacked he joined up with X-COM right away, as he knew his special power would make him indespensible in the war to take back our planet.
hey, i doubt you'll see this but i just wanted to say i found your channel the other day and ive been watching this as well as your legend xcom 2 series and have been loving it. you inspired me to buy the game and start playing myself and i cant thank you enough for that, it is such a blast! i look forward to finishing this series and watching whatever comes out next!
Name: Caleb Graves Nationality: USA BIO: Caleb is an old school geek, with a focus on tabletop gaming. His life was uneventful prior to the invasion, but after narrowly surviving the invasion and rebuilding process he found something to drive him to take action: psionics. After all these years, his dreams of spells that really worked could come true. ADVENT wasn't holding classes per se, and he couldn't live with himself working for the enemy, so after perilous investigation and a lot of dumb luck he hooked up with the Resistance (and eventually XCOM). Caleb runs games for his fellow soldiers during downtime between missions, providing some much needed stress relief on the Avenger. Still no luck getting Central to play, though - Bradford is more of a wargamer. Distinguishing Characteristics: A Fedora, glasses, and beard. Caleb is an older man, if possible, so gray hair.
2nd character idea redux Character name: Drakuta DracutaScythe Faction preference: Templars Bio: Drakuta joined the Templars as soon possible according to Templar code and over his years of service in the name of the Templar cause he earned the nickname "Teridrox" as one of their most powerful psionic combatants.
Alexander "Nelfein" Tanis was born in May of 1984. He was a member of the original XCOM force serving from 2011 as a Polish Military rep. When the aliens hit on February 10th 2015 he went into battle with the first wave of soldiers. He also was one of the first and few soldiers who agreed to be part of XCOMs Dr Vahlen gene modification program. After the destruction of XCOM laboratories military benefits of the program decayed over time. Except one side effect - reduction of how fast the aging process advancess. After the fall of earth goverments he tried to help his family avoid ADVENT retaliation against ex-XCOM soldiers and their families. After he lost the chase he drew away from his close ones he laid low for a time. But with the fight of the ressistance nad ressurection of XCOM he decided to rejoin the fight.
Name: Kirin Talos, Race: White Color scheme: Black Nationality: American Kirin was only a child during the original invasion, but she remembers it well. Her mother was abducted by the aliens leaving only her father to care for her. Their small country home, wrecked by an alien sectopod. Having nowhere left to turn her father started scavenging in the big cities nearby, spending gradually longer and longer times away. Eventually, she never saw him again. Starving, Kirin decided it was time to fend for herself, armed with an old baseball bat and a handful of rations she headed down the road. Two days later, and out of rations she was lucky enough to cross paths with a resistance transport. That's when the resistance picked her up, shes been living with them up to this date. However she could never quite shake a feeling of uselessness, everyone seemed to have a role except her. But with the revival of the commander, and the call for all able arms to enlist into Xcom, she took the opportunity, to avenge her parents, and Destroy Advent Alt Backstory (because I have to many ideas): Kirin was only a child during the original invasion, but she remembers it well. Her mother was abducted by the aliens leaving only her father to care for her. Their small country home, wrecked by an alien sectopod. Having nowhere left to turn her father started scavenging in the big cities nearby, spending gradually longer and longer times away. Eventually, she never saw him again. After three days of waiting she ventured in after him, it took her maybe seven hours to reach the city, and when she did, she couldn't breathe. The city was ruined and completely decimated, broken cars everywhere, frozen bodies covered in green vine like strands. However, scary the sight may have been, Kirin steeled herself up, she was here to find her father, or kill whatever ended him. After a few hours of searching, Kirin felt eyes on her back, she turned and saw a group of, Zombies? They certainly weren't human, nor alien... yet they looked hungry. She readied her bat, but she never got a chance to use it, a small squad dispatched from the reapers had luckily been passing by, after hearing her story, they brought her into the cause. (I'm not entierly sure how the new system works, but I think you hire the new soldiers from the faction, so if that's the case, here is a backstory for one. Otherwise use the first)
Name: Matthew Lord Nickname: Spook Nationality: British preferably Defining Characteristic: Aviator sunglasses Colour Scheme: Black and red Bio: Before the invasion Matthew had just come out of training for the British military as a military intelligence operative, when the aliens invaded he was quickly dispatched to help as an intelligence analyst for XCOM, however after the attack on the xcom base and the commander being taken captive, something Matthew couldn't do anything about due to being knocked unconscious by an explosion, Matthew was presumed K.I.A. and his body was left in the destroyed base by the aliens and the survivors. When he came to, Matthew got the lay of the land and started to make his way back home, however he noticed that the aliens had won and he was unsure of whether there would be a home for him to go back to, so he decided to cause some carnage on the way using his previous training and knowledge he retained from his short time working for xcom. Eventually he would learn of resistance cells and the name XCOM would be on everyone's lips, he now wishes to be reunited with his old co-workers and superiors and really give Advent and the aliens a good seeing to. Central's note - Commander, I've taken a look at what this soldier has been doing these past 20 years, and he has done well... everything, he seems to prefer engaging at a distance from all the assassinations he's taken on, but he's not afraid of handling tech, explosives, or... as he puts it... "Shivving" someone, I assume that means getting up close and personal with a sharpened piece of metal, anyway I'll leave you to your work. [just so you know, central's note is part of the bio still]
name: Jimi Iun origin of birth: turkey bio: after fighting against the government, supporters and the police he went rebel and join the Resistance. there he became a public figure, a hero for the people and for safety measures, Resistance cryo-froze him and kept him in a secret base. 2 years ago he broke free and after some training he was ready for fighting for humanity once again.
Name:Colton Lukinuk Nickname: Big Guy Nationality: Canadian Defining Characteristics: Two pure white death sleeve tattoos Bio: Colton was always told he was never going to be special at anything. Frankly, he believed them, that was until the aliens invaded and he found his true calling. Killing aliens.
Name: Maximillian "Pegasus" Shwartz Sex: Male Nationality: Germany Color Scheme: Black with Andromedon Helmet Bio: As a child, he and several other children were captured by early Advent for the Purity Project, an experiment that would one day create what we now know as The Chosen. Genetic and cybernetic modifications were given to all the children, though few survived the operations. The even fewer that did survived escaped and took whatever they could. With his newfound strength, Maximillan killed as many Advent as he could and stole the experimental Andromedon Helm to improve his own combat effectiveness. Now that he's a part of Xcom, he hopes to not only destroy the alien threat, but also find his fellow escapees.
Name: Sion Barsoon Nation: Australia Nickname: Benno Look and color scheme: Your choice Chris...... Bio:: Sion was hidden shortly after birth by his mother for fear.. She Claimed to have been abducted by Aliens when she was 18 years old and came back pregnant. All her friend and family laughed at her wild story and she went into hiding. For a few years she lived in constant fear that the Aliens would return for her Son...Then the invasion happened.... She and her son were soon found when Advent took over. Sion's mother was killed that fateful day . Sion was taken to an Advent Gene Therapy Lab for testing where they found something unusual... During their testing of the anomaly they accidentally activated something they should not...A massive explosion ensued and Sion was lost in the Chaos, he was not seen again... Until now... Joined with XCOM to use his gifts to help mankind and to get revenge for his Mum. He will not stop and there are few who could stop him
Name: Aubin Belfry Sex: Male Nationality: United States Colors: Green and brown. Features: Scar over eye, warpaint, backwards cap Bio: Before the war, Aubin was considered to be a sort of conspiracy theorist. He knew every conspiracy in the book, and he believed most of them. Excessive paranoia would be considered an understatement when applied to him. When the aliens arrived, he immediately guessed their foul intentions, even if he was wildly off the mark with his idea of alien "reproduction". He fled to his doomsday bunker and hid out in the swamplands of Louisiana for almost 15 years before the environment took it's toll. Now, he has emerged, and he wishes to join XCOM. He doesn't exactly trust any of us, but at least he knows how to shoot straight and aim for alien faces... most of the time.
Name: Nicki 'Duckay' Otte Type: Specialist Gender: Male Country: Denmark/Germany Biography: Nicki is a former danish special force soldier, that has a flair for computers. He was deployed in Germany under a spec op when the Aliens invaded Earth. When it happened, he wanted to return to his home country to defend it, but it was already too late. Denmark has never been the same.. Now he has joined the rebellion forces to kick some alien ass and win back his home country!
Name : Kaz Core Nationality : america good trait : always hits his foes biografy : Kaz Core was a hospital employee helping people treating them he was one of the best people in the business until the aliens came they destroyed everything he loved so he woved to take a stand against those aliens so it wouldnt happen to any other innocent people thats when he joined the xcom 2 project
Name : William Hawk Nationality : Australian Defining Characteristic : Camo face paint , Wide brim hat Colour scheme : Green and gold Biography: William was living in the rural country when the aliens invaded. The aliens put little effort into hunting down humans in the outback and many fled there for safety. William was part of a resistance group called the D.R.O.P.B.E.A.R.S and waged a war of terror on the aliens , Eventually ADVENT sent hunter kill teams out to flush them out with bushfires and William was forced into hiding....until now
Name: Marchello "Sledgehammer" DeeLuChiarno Nationality: American Defining Characteristics: Bald head & Beard Skin Color: Light Dark Color Choice: Blue & Black Biography: Being a 12 year military vet, Marchello needed a new purpose in life. After those 12 years were up, he later learned Advent took over Chicago during the 1st invasion while he was deployed and wanted to find a way to take it back. XCOM recruited Marchello during the 2nd wave invasion to run covert ops due to his military experience. The soldiers in XCOM nicknamed him "Sledgehammer" due to the fact that every Advent he's killed was a hard hitting close quarters attack.
Name: Dwayne "the rock" Johnson Features: ripped af bald always shirtless (or as close as possible) Description: THE ALIENS ARE ABOUT TO SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN (It's a revolution)
Hey Chris nice work keep it up ... I have missed your XCOM vids thanks for coming back to them ... I hope I make the cut Name: Chris "Cpenn" Penner Gender: Male Nationality: Peru Language: Spanish Race: Caucasian Defining Features: Go-Tee and backwards baseball cap Bio: Originally from the good o'll US of A Chris moved to the Andean Mountains of Peru to be missionary, and became a Peruvian citizen. But when the world's governments surrendered to the aliens, that all changed. Being in the mountains allowed for more freedoms than the average person that had been in the cities during the invasion. But Chris saw his fellow man was being exterminated, and knew he could not sit by and do nothing. Since the fall of XCOM Chris has been fighting a guerrilla war with the resistance in South America, and is ready serve XCOM until it is time to meet his maker!
Name: Shae "Sharpeye" Lucia Race: female, Hispanic, tan Bio: Compared to the eager, violent soldiers around her Shae seems pretty average. Quiet, keeps to herself, not particularly skilled in a specific weapon. However, she's known for having an acute sense of strategy and ability to see common patterns in warfare. Though her eyesight is the envy of those around her, her mind is the real threat to her enemies. She sports either a blue streak in her hair, or a blue bandana to remind her of the child she lost to Advent's genetic experiments. I posted my character in first video, but you have your "post character below" in this description too...Just in case, here she is! ( I won't post in the next video so it doesn't become spam) : )
Name: Levvy "Leviathan" Rush Bio: Captain of the most sea worthy ship in all the world, "The Leviathan", Levvy loved hunting the secrets of the deep. Until one fateful night where the hunt for secrets took the ship too close to a hidden, Oceanic advent black-site. Advent mercilessly destroyed the ship, but with some quick thinking, Levvy was able to survive and escape the destruction. Obsessed with what Advent is hiding and seeking revenge for "The Leviathan", Levvy joins the resistance. Sex: Any Main colors: blue & white
Good to see sectoids have a bit less predictability in their ai trees
AdmiralPrice I dunno if I consider that a good thing.
I dunno, they've always gone for easy flanking shots over psionic shenanigans for me.
To ressurect a fallen, the sectoid has to see the dead body, that was not the case, thats why the AI choose the flanking over a mind control.
Ric Walker wasn't a flanking shot. Full cover was in the way.
Don't think so; the sectoid moved around to the side of the transmitter.
It's probably too late now, but sectoids wil almost always take flanking shots or move and flank and shoot when possible, instead of using psionics. It was done in a patch a while ago, and you can't just go in the face of sectoids now with impunity.
AzoRevan wasn't a flanking shot as the wall was in the way.
The wall had a window, no? Hard to tell from an youtub video. Still a flanking shot.
Yeah, you're right, it doesn't LOOK like a flanking shot from looking more closely.
Not a flanking shot, but still had the sight line. In close proximity, that was all it needed
AzoReva
Always hesitate with lots of consideration but ended choosing the most weakest and riskier alternative.
SkywalkerExpress With great risk comes with great Benefits.
TheLegend27 nope, he chose the riskiest option with minimal reward
@@TheLegend-uy7ym he could've grenades the 2 advents and skipped all the shots killing them and killed the sectoids
6:10 Classic vanilla sword rangers. Ah, I miss the power of Fleche
11:00 Slash being a single action was a Long War 2 feature. Slash in vanilla ended your turn regardless if it was a blue move or yellow move.
Pretty sure it wasn't just long war, I've seen it happen in vanilla
Nope, you probably used another mod for that (I remember one where slashing only costs one action if it was in a blue movement).
+ChibiNyan i have the game on PS4, can't use mods
The ranger has an ability at captain level that allows him a single bonus move if he gets a kill that turn. So that was probably it.
miketex2000 Which is absolutely the worst of all the multi-attack abilities in the game.
Knew that ranger was dead the moment Chris positioned her to be in cover against the aliens he was going to kill instead of the alien he was going to leave standing.
I started getting antsy when he did that too... just our luck! RIP Brigid
He paid the price for not using his Ranger properly. He should've positioned Brigid in front of those three Xenos where it's the same result without losing her.
How do you know when you're in cover against something that will move?
(I'm not being facetious, I'm looking for tips).
@@danielskrivan6921 you always plan ahead, so if you know you're gonna kill 3 and theres one left position yourself to where you don't get fucked over by the 1 left
@@mcmactheaveragesunbro8741 Sometimes there's just to much unpredictability. Even a perfectly planned move can go wrong if the AI move to another direction.
I really love your XCOM Let's Plays. As a newer player, it helps when you really dive in and explain why you are doing what you are doing, or why you are hesitant to do something.
25:20 I felt that “noooooo”
Flash bangs can break mind control? Honestly didn't know that and it's gonna be so useful.
It always was like that))
I was surprised too... Played over years now and never user Flash Bangs :-)
@@MsKeylas okay mr know it all.
@@Postcaot flashbangs are the best item in the game imo
Too bad they don't work against that #$&@ing Warlock.
could have thrown the grenade without moving bridgid up rookie move odd
"I almost always choose Medical Protocol."
Are you sure? In your first campaign, there were several missions where you had two specialists, and both had Combat Protocol. You rarely choose Medical Protocol, and rarely choose Medkits.
he did say almost
wow you really exposed him there, caught him lying to everyone
@@givemeshrubs4295 too bad we dont rly care
Been too long since XCOM on this channel, great to get back to it!
Name: Irina Vorobyova
Gender: Female
Defining features: Blonde Ponytail, dirty pink weapon
Bio: A Spetznaz in training before the Advent invasion, Irina and a group of ambitious settlers established a hidden city in the far north of Siberia. Being outside of Advent's sensory range meant the new city possessed many liberties of the world before advent.
When the elected mayor of the city however went "power hungry", he began eliminating his competition, among them one of Irina's closest friends. Irina fled the city as it descended into turmoil and found XCOM before the aliens found her. She keeps her gun coloured pink in memory of her dead comrade.
Name: Terrence "Howler" Perry
Nationality: Canadian
Defining characteristic: Prefers working alone and lightly armoured
Colour scheme: Black (Primary) and purple (secondary)
Biography: Terrence lived in the Rocky Mountains of BC prior to the "unification" of mankind and the aliens, and against all odds, remained undetected by the new visitors. Terrence has learned, to be self sufficient over the years in isolation, though that all changed when the Avenger spotted his little shack while scanning for supplies. Now Terrence stands ready to serve in any way to take back mankind from their xeno "saviors".
Name: Harry "Obsidian" Gazglow
Sex: Male
Nationality: Irish
Class: Grenadier (Preferably)
Colors: Orange and grey
Characteristics: Burns one side of face, Anarchistic Attire.
Bio: Once an boy who praised ADVENT for saving his life after a freak accident, his admiration turned to vengeful fury when ADVENT Pyro-Troopers burned his home down and killed his family due to his father's resistance contacts. He barely escaped suffering severe burns, and sought the attention of the legendary X-COM resistance by burning several ADVENT facilities to the ground years later. "I was reborn in fire. I'll make sure they die by fire. Any questions?"
For what it matters, I vote for this one.
I thank you. I've been trying to get my character in for several seasons now. To no avail.
Your luck is running thin, commander. Your precious ranger now lay in a puddle of it's own blood. This will be the fate of all your soldiers if you do not surrender.
Sooo, how’s alien heaven Hunter? Also I love how your only subscriptions are Bradford and The Warlock (mostly)
While im happy they gave the sectoids some variance in their play pattern, i am now also terrified, because I would leave them till the end same as Odd did, knowing they at least wouldnt kill my soldiers. RIP that strategy.
3 years later, but I'm finally getting started on these. RIP to the Ranger
Name: Brutus "Janitor" Markus
Sex: Male
Nationality: USA/Scottish (pick one)
Notable Armor Features: Red Plaid for Armor, Bowie Hat
Bio: Brutus has been working constantly, in small ADVENT outposts for the majority of his life working primarily as a Janitor. Finally, about 2 years ago he found out why they had been moving him so much: lack of trust for having his Uncle be in X-COM during the first war. He left to go and find the resistance shortly after
Ironically, his Uncle was also a Janitor.
One small thought. Might it be an idea to make the text for the mission photo following a soldier death say something like "This one's for you Bridget" etc?
Damn this mission went swimmingly for me lmao I got so lucky with the enemy patrol timing
Name:Vike'Bloodlust"Steel
sex:M
Colour:Purple,Black and green
Nationality :Sweden
Prefered Class:sniper,ranger
Bio:He was only 7 years old when it happened,the initial invasion he was always a timid and kind child before it happened.Before his parents were killed right in front of his eyes.He saw a small creature crawled around he picked up a pistol off the ground next to his fathers lifeless body and shot the creature when he looked at the body of it he saw a small alien but it has a bulging brain like an heart.The child started to cry as he transformed
from being kind hearted into a sociopath obessed with killing so he joins xcom with the
intension of qeanching his thirst for either races HUMAN OR ALIEN.
Name: Fleece "Warrior" Johnson
Sex: Male
Nationality: Murica
Color: Tan
Bio: Fleece was a prison convict for charges he had long forgotten. Forced to fight one on one against other convicts, he became hardened from his time in prison. When the war began, he was able to escape due to the majority of earth's resources diverted to combat the aliens. He spent some time out of prison in abandoned cities, scrapping along until he decided that any booty that he would receive from the cities would turn him insane like the others. Later did he realize that those who remained in the cities would turn into the Lost. Upon realizing that the aliens had inflicted such terror on humanity, he joined forces with Xcom to not only repel the aliens from the planet but also take all the booty he could receive.
"Now we can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Choice is yo's"
Name: Rak von Sultze
Nationality: Germany
Bio: During the first invation Rak served as a soldier in XCOM. During a minor misson he got fataly wounded and got transplanted in to a MEC trooper. He continued to fight through the whole war and survived. At first he resist Advent but after some time he begin accept there way and he got rewarded for his trust with the replacement of his old robotarms with new biogenerated arms. So when Bradford asked him to join the resistens he first turned him down but Bradford managed to convince Rak to give the resistens a chance.
Central comment: You better prove to him that we are right fast.
Name:Jesse "PRIME" Hersher
Sex:male
Nationality:Brazilian
Bio:Before the takeover He was a part of exhalt soldier but after the takeover he went into hiding in the favelas of Brazil,he was found by XCOM when he help with a mission with his sniper that he kept from his time with the exalt.
He's recognizing with his signature glasses and beard with his green and black armor.
Name: Austin Blaze
Sex: Male
Nationality: USA
Colors: Black and White
Pattern: Wild
Preferred class: Ranger
Bio: Austin's father and mother both died at a young age and he was completely alone. Later, he found a mentor during the first invasion who taught him how to hold a gun and defend himself against the extraterrestrial invaders. His mentor and close friend was killed short after. He has trained and worked up his passion for saving humanity so that he can now help defend earth and avenge his loved ones. "I fight so that one day our children don't have to" -Austin Blaze
Name: Jon "Wolf" Deal
Colors: Black/White
Sex: Male
Nationality: US
Bio: After watching his best friend get torn to pieces and killed by an advent grenade Jon went off the grid. Putting his old skills as an assassin to use, he took out many advent units one by one without them even knowing he was there. Eventually he joined the resistence to take down the advent once and for all and to avenge his friend.
Iconic items: anything to cover his face like a cowl or ski mask of sorts
If it doesn't cover his whole face then put a scar over his left eye please (from fragment of the grenade in bio)
Pref class: Sniper/Ranger
Gun camo: Blue with Hex
Hope you choose my op Odd 😏
Ps feel free to fix bio. Made this super late so it's kinda lame. Not creative when I'm tired lol
Name: Zeko "Thief" Zyran
Nationality: Australian
Bio: Formally an employee of a Black Market merchant, Zeko was a specialist in acquisitions. Exclusively stealing from ADVENT, he always did anything he could to undermine the invaders. As the world seemed to go from bad to worse, Zeko decided he needed to do more and so joined the Resistance.
Defining characteristic: Hood
Name: Shaun "Butcher" Black
Sex: Male
Nationality: Irish
Color: Black Purple Blue
Facial Hair: Goatee
Bio: Shaun counts his blessings as none of his family has been killed by Advent. He aims to keep it that way. He's just a simple man looking for a fight and he knows just who to bring it to.
Shaun earned his nickname by single-handedly taking out an Advent squad when they interrupted his pint at his favorite pub Durty Nelly's.
Just saying, Sectoid's AI was changed.... they no longer ignore your very wounded soldiers.
Name: Christopher "Eon" Powell
Sex: Male
Nationality: Australia
Color: White and Purple
Bio: Hailing from the outback of Australia, Christopher was only a young lad when the aliens invaded. Being quite isolated from the major city centers, he didn't pay much attention to the invasion, being a very... carefree young man. His attention was drawn however when the Invasion hit his town, and he saw his friends, family and neighbors slaughtered before his eyes. He only survived by escaping into the bush, using his knowledge of how to live off the land that he learned during some of the camping trips his school would go on. He spent a month eating grubs, drinking river water and hiding in caves until he stumbled upon an XCOM skirmish against the aliens. He hid until the fight was over, and approached the XCOM soldiers afterwards. They took him to a safe place, where he grew up. After XCOM fell, he was left alone, and eventually found them again, joining up as a soldier.
Name: Daniel "Old Bear" Mahtuk
Nationality: American
Defining Characteristic: black stripe eye paint and headband
Color Scheme: Black and Red
Job: Ranger
Biography: Old Bear was a child of the old world. He grew up away from civilization on his reservation. Never trusting outsiders, he has been in a personal war with Advent since the day they arrived. He always puts his axes to good use.
Name: Sandra "Lucky" Ackermann
Sex: Female
Nationality: Germany
Trait: Likes to wear a blue uniform.
Bio: Daughter of a police officer, when the invasion hit, she knew what was expected of her. She joined XCOM the very same day and fought every day since. Every mission Sandra went to, she and her entire squad made it back without a scratch. It didnt take long for her to become the most sough out soldier in the entire XCOM. Her team was always sent to carry out the most dangerous missions, nothing could possibly go wrong with Lucky on their side. And nothing ever did. She has 110 successful missions under her belt, 555 alien kills and not a single friendly casualty.
Hopefully, Firaxis will make missions like this actual sabotage rather than X4 plant. The X4 plant feels like a placeholder.
5:02 you've forgotten how to Ambush OW! Remember they have no aim penalty when they OW from concealment, its a huge boost for low level characters, as you are rarely going to be able to get reliable flanks and have no skills that would be good to use.
Odd: Don't worry, the sectoid will resurrect someone.
Sectoid: Am I a joke to you?
Name: Christopher "Chrissy" Lid
Aesthetic: covered in chrysalid killer tattoos and anarchy's children chrysalid shoulder things. A nice vest and cargo shorts and lots of scars
Backstory:feel free to add onto it if you have ideas(anyone) As the lone survivor of the Newfoundland mission in enemy within after chrysalids destroyed his boat; the S.S Oddity he vowed to single handedly wipe out the chrysalid population, and Xcom is just a means to a end
Honestly I don't know if its obvious but this is a play on words chris-alid, so hes pretty much mr. odd shh don't tell anyone
Sorry for posting in both vids. I didn't know if you looked at one more than the other. Lol
Name: Chris Newcombe
Nickname: Nukedawg
Preferred Class: Grenadier
Nationality: Canadian
Bio: Once followed the rules of Advent do to losing my son in early days of the Alien's Invasion. However I learned that my Son did not just lose his life during those days, no I learned he went into hiding by joining the Resistance known as XCOM.
Eventually an Informant from XCOM found me and informed me of most resent events that involved my son, he has gone missing. With this I joined XCOM within a heartbeat to find out what happened to my son. All I know is that he joined with one of their former scientists, a Doctor Valhen.
Name: Gwen Fiongala
Nickname: Firelight
Appearance: Long brown hair (ponytail or bun), and glasses
Color Theme: Red and Gold
Bio: Gwen was born to globe trotting researchers who fed her curiosity for culture and languages even after the first war. Raised on stories of backhanded deals with god-like entities, she knew the promises Advent made were not all they seemed. Gwen has worked for years funneling manpower and resources from Advent's coffers using "clerical errors" and misdirection. It wasn't until recently, with the capture of her parents, that she was driven deeper into the resistance and XCOM's network.
Name: Max (Shadowrider) Moseley
Sex: male
Nationality: English
Bio: Max and his big brother were both born in the wilderness of the old city's both learned how to hide and sometimes hunt advent troops without making noise. The death of both of their parents made them split.His brother left the city to find one of resistance cells while Max still in the city until he was found by a reaper and was recruited as a part of the reapers until he was sent to Xcom to help their operations against the chosen
Name: Simon "Viking" Jensen
Country: Denmark
Defining Characteristic: Beard
Apperance: Red hair
Color scheme: Green
Bio: Descending from a long line of Danish vikings. Once a programmer for the ADVENT turned against them once he learned their true nature
Name: Faye Winterborne
Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Bio: Winterborne was a military contractor and high-ranking advisor
working for ADVENT before she was captured by XCOM. Unfortunately, the
bonk on the back of her head that she received during the raid resulted
in amnesia. Instead, Winterborne now believes that she has always been
with XCOM. Or so she claims. In either case, it was decided to allow
Winterborne onto the field. Although risky, it is hoped that this will
trigger her lost memories; allowing XCOM to recover the information that
had been lost. Or at the very least, trigger her forgotten military
skills so that they may be used to serve humanity, which she had once
betrayed.
Name: Michael “Shadow” Ting
Nationality: Canada
Defining Characteristics: Dress hat and aviators, scar on his face
Colour Scheme: Red and Black
Class: Sharpshooter
Biography: Before the war, Michael "Shadow" Ting was a lonely child who grew up without parents or family. Michael grew up on the run and joined the military. Due to his deadly aim, he quickly rose the ranks and joined the Spec Ops Squad, "Shadow Strike". When the aliens attacked, Shadow Strike was wiped out and he was the lone survivor of his unit. He gave himself the name "Shadow" in memory of his old unit and jumped at the opportunity to join the resistance and seek revenge for his fallen brethren.
Shaiyum "Reversed" Gurung
Color scheme: Dark Purple
Nationality: British
Shaiyum spent most of his life alone. When he was just a child his mother and father left Shaiyum due to the Alien Invasion. His parents left him behind with the military in hopes that he would live on. He was raised by the military and very quickly learned their ways. By 18 he had learned to master a blade, sniper, pistol and of course the rifle and very quickly was raised through the ranks. However, in a seemingly easy mission, him and his squad were ambushed by ADVENT soldiers and Sectioids. His squad was ambushed were almost completely massacred and he was on the brink of death. However, he was able to survive the ambush, but wasn't able to extract in time. He was once again left behind all alone with only the corpses of dead as company...
After watching XWynns do his LW2 playthroughs, it's refreshing to watch you, Chris, and see that we are all human and we can make mistakes. I love your enthusiasm for the game, and the inclusion of some minor roleplaying elements. Enjoyed the first two videos of this series, looking forward to the rest.
Name: Ellie "Switchblade" Johnson
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Ellie lost her mother during the invasion and never knew her father. After that she was shuffled around resistance groups learning all that she could to become a soldier. Her strong intuitiveness has kept her alive this far. At night in her sleep she dreams about meeting her father among the resistance a cowboy rugged man who she thinks would be named "Joel".
Character Info-
Full Name: Cedric 'Artemis' Anthony
Nationality: British American
Gender: Female
Biography: Having a male name as her parents had expected a boy, Cedric has gotten the name Artemis with her precise and immensely impressive aim with a bow and arrow she had learned to use from her dad during their hunting outings. She was merely upon her coming of age at 18 when there were conflict between the aliens and the humans. As long as it never interfere with the ones close to her, she had never taken it upon herself to join the fight until her parents were one of the many to sign up for one of the gene facilities close to the city. After that, she had heard no communications from them before she had finally found out the truth herself when flicking across channels till news immediately took over every one of them, explaining about an explosion that occurred to the facility..." There were no bodies identified at the scene," they said but did discover something rather more terrifying as the aliens were using humans not to help them, but to use them. Upon her interview with XCOM, we already knew her motive to join, and enlisted her with no hesitation, understanding completely that she will have no closure until Earth is at peace once more.
Extra Stuff-
Hair: Hazel brown and usually tied up in a pony-tail.
Eyes: Blue
Voice: British (if possible)
Attitude: Intense
Name: Cole "Ghost" Savvy
Nationality: American/Canadian
Cole lost his family during the first invasion. He lived in Newfoundland, Canada. It was the same cold and stormy night as it usually comes with the territory. However, on this night, storms were the least of his worries. In the middle of the night, Cole was awoken to the sounds of a massacre. Screams, both human and nonhuman, could be heard throughout the small coastal town. As he started getting up, his father burst into the room. He was bleeding and his skin had taken a sickly green hue. He told Cole that they needed to go. Before he could ask where Mom was, his father had said that she would meet them later. Both father and son then raced to the car, only to see one of the monstrosities that the aliens had unleashed upon the town. Infamously known now, as Chryssalids, these spider-looking monsters were just as terrifying as the descriptions had said. Cole's father told Cole to run, and Cole fearfully obliged. Cole's only thoughts were of fear and survival. All the sights and sounds that would normally shock someone, were blurred out. Hearing his father ripped to pieces, or seeing his best friends already mutilated did not phase him. Not even when he saw his mother, moving and walking, but not alive. He ran until he could no longer and blacked out. The last thing Cole remembered on that night was gunfire, Lots of gunfire mixed in with the familiar screaming that had plagued this night.
Having nothing to his name except the clothes on his back, he became a drifter, using the wreckage of many battle sites as temporary homes. Cole has had a knack for being quiet. Getting somewhere unseen and unknown was his specialty. Cole never trusted ADVENT, due to accidentally seeing the soldiers escort a crate with an all too familiar sounding creature to an unknown location. He never stayed in one place too long and never left tracks to be followed. He only did what was necessary for him, until he met a girl named Hannah. Cole had found something or someone that could finally give him the happiness that was taken away from him all those years ago. However, leaving no trace with 2 people was too challenging for Cole. He never had time to teach Hannah what the skills he has honed for years now. ADVENT found them one day. During the raid, Cole had managed to escape, but Hannah did not. Distraught, Cole was about to go on a suicide run to save Hannah. That is until he heard about a resistance movement hellbent on taking ADVENT down. Upon hearing this, he did everything he could to find them, but his search turned up fruitless. That all changed when he met someone at a shanty town. He called himself Bradford. He was recruiting, and Cole was willing to join even before hearing the requirements. He was ready to avenge everyone who died at his town in Newfoundland. He was ready to finish what XCOM had started.
First name: John
Last name: Wick
Sex: Male
Class: Any
Appearance: long black hair, short black beard
Bio: After the invasion took place, the assassin organization was destroyed, leaving him with nothing. ADVENT destroyed his home in an attempted assassination, and he fought off the cleanup troops... WITH A FUCKING PENCIL.
bored ninja
Yes
Name: Cole Gordon
Nationality: USA
Defining characteristics: Aviator glasses, hard look on face, normal hair, and orange armour
Bio: When the world fell to advent Cole and his father went on the run. Cole's father was wanted for being a soldier for the first XCOM prodject. They left their lives in the city and moved into the deep country of Oregon, all they had where eachother. With advent always on their heels Cole's father had to Constantly keep them moving, trying to keep Cole safe. After 5 years of running advent caught up... A soldier pinned Cole against a wall and made him watch as a Berserker rammed his father into a tree killing him. Advent then took Cole to prison making him a candidate for the *Gene Therapy. With the help of another former Xcom Soldier Cole escaped, and vowed to kill every alien he saw or die trying. He then sought out the resistance to carry on his fathers work.
oh and on characteristics cole likes to have the least amount of Armour available or the most skin showing
I was practically screaming at the screen when you moved the Ranger there with what you were saying you were going to do :D
It has happened to me too many times.
Name: Leonardo "Stratos" Hunter
Sex: Male
Nationality: Scottish
Appearance preferences: Eye patch.
Bio: Leonardo was just your average business student when it all happened, suddenly the aliens were controlling everything, and Leonardo figured something was wrong. he didn't believe that the aliens where just here to help, they wanted something and if they weren't telling us that meant it had to be bad, he then went and join x-com, to save the planet, and maybe make some money along the was.
Name: Alec "Master" Morey
Origin: USA
Bio: Alec was a small city boy who grew up in Florida and was very passionate about his studies in medicine and competitive Pokemon tournaments. When the Aliens invaded, Alec went into hiding with a group of Doctors to help treat wounded civilians and resistance soldiers. Now being an older man who is sick of being on the side lines, he has signed up for the Xcom initiave to give the aliens their daily dose of death
Bad decisions galore. should have closed the door then walked up. Snipers stay far from the frontlines so giving them a flashbang isn't helpful. I either give the specialist a flash or medkit or give it to the ranger since they are often close enough to the enemies to disorientate whomever is needed. Also since the AI tends to retreat after you flank them, keeping pinned down would have given you a much better chance of knocking them out with your mini gun. When approached the main objective I would have recommended you peek with soldiers through the windows since you had no visibility through the double doors. It was highly likely you could have been able to damage it through the window from that range.
Every time i hear the councilman i keep waiting for him to say "i...am optimus prime!".
I absolutely saw that section flank coming. Unfortunate.
Name: Rolf son of a shepherd
Nationality: USA
hair: long, blue
Outfit colors: yellow and blue
Bio: Rolf was born in a quiet cald'de'sach and has a farmer like personality. friends with a badass dude known as Kevin. When the aliens attacked they destroyed his home and kidnapped his family he thought all of his friends were dead and saught revenge for the deaths of his loved ones. He eventually joined xcom.
Love the new level designs. Way to interactive and challenging. I will likely really enjoy this dlc. Thanks again for doing this Christopher!
name: Good "keeper" Jeager
Nationality: American
Class: Skirmisher
gender: male
Color: Black and blue
Bio: taken from his home to be an advent trooper "Jeager" lost his memories of his name and life. The skirmishers changed that all together, rescuing and providing the skills to be a top tier advent killer. He still has yet to find out who he was and still searches.
Name-David Oliphant
Male
From the USA
Bio- he was 18 when the aliens invaded his father was a part of the United States military and when the aliens took over and disbanded the current military he had to watch his father become a ghost of his former self the military was everything to him so now David seeks revenge and to follow in this fathers footsteps.
Name:Thomas "MadDog" Cooper
Gender: Male
Nationality:English
Armour:black and white and if posable a monocle
Biography: As a small kid brought up in the first Xcom days his parents were engineers,Thomas dreamt of joining the Xcom project and used to play games with his friends pretending to fight frontline against the aliens and told them cool story's his parents told him. Sadly They were captured after surviving the base destruction and were tortured for information until their death. This drove Thomas to join the next generation of Xcom and avenge his parents.
Rafa "Flash" Garcia
Ranger
Indonesian
DOB: 31st Oct 2010
Life was good until the initial Invasion, until Rafa's family was killed by THEM. He was only 5. After that, he's always had a great hatred towards Advent as it left him with a hole in his heart that he could never fill, not with women, booze or killing. Pretty sad life.
He runs like the wind, getting the nickname Flash from his fellow men in the resistance, being renowned for his combat abilities, particularly with a blade and also his sense of humour, being a positive light in an otherwise bleak world
A good soldier, he'll defend the ideals of Humanity and will rip apart every alien bastard he gets his damn hands on.
He always carries his little pocket bible along with him to remind him where he came from and where he'll go when he dies and his father's sunglasses to give him good luck
Good luck Commander
Name: Kalvin Thain
Nickname: Special K
Ethnicity: White Male
Nationality: Scottish
Colour: Primary Orange, Secondary Blue - like the BRU
Bio: Kalvin was a young boy who grew up in the far off mountains now known as 'Scotland'. One day the boy was walking around in the nearby forest when suddenly a Reindeer came out of nowhere and bit him, causing him to gain the incredible radioactive power of being able to detect when Reindeer are nearby, changing his life forever. When the aliens attacked he joined up with X-COM right away, as he knew his special power would make him indespensible in the war to take back our planet.
hey, i doubt you'll see this but i just wanted to say i found your channel the other day and ive been watching this as well as your legend xcom 2 series and have been loving it. you inspired me to buy the game and start playing myself and i cant thank you enough for that, it is such a blast! i look forward to finishing this series and watching whatever comes out next!
Name: Caleb Graves
Nationality: USA
BIO: Caleb is an old school geek, with a focus on tabletop gaming. His life was uneventful prior to the invasion, but after narrowly surviving the invasion and rebuilding process he found something to drive him to take action: psionics. After all these years, his dreams of spells that really worked could come true. ADVENT wasn't holding classes per se, and he couldn't live with himself working for the enemy, so after perilous investigation and a lot of dumb luck he hooked up with the Resistance (and eventually XCOM). Caleb runs games for his fellow soldiers during downtime between missions, providing some much needed stress relief on the Avenger. Still no luck getting Central to play, though - Bradford is more of a wargamer.
Distinguishing Characteristics: A Fedora, glasses, and beard. Caleb is an older man, if possible, so gray hair.
2nd character idea redux
Character name: Drakuta DracutaScythe
Faction preference: Templars
Bio: Drakuta joined the Templars as soon possible according to Templar code and over his years of service in the name of the
Templar cause he earned the nickname "Teridrox" as one of their most powerful psionic combatants.
Man, can't believe you didn't go Medical Protocol. Can't be the correct decision, like, ever.
I cannot wait, for this DLC. TBH, i've never actually completed a game, I HATE losing soldiers. All my efforts of customization wasted.
Zoom in on the bar after every mission. There are changes
Alexander "Nelfein" Tanis was born in May of 1984. He was a member of the original XCOM force serving from 2011 as a Polish Military rep. When the aliens hit on February 10th 2015 he went into battle with the first wave of soldiers. He also was one of the first and few soldiers who agreed to be part of XCOMs Dr Vahlen gene modification program.
After the destruction of XCOM laboratories military benefits of the program decayed over time. Except one side effect - reduction of how fast the aging process advancess.
After the fall of earth goverments he tried to help his family avoid ADVENT retaliation against ex-XCOM soldiers and their families. After he lost the chase he drew away from his close ones he laid low for a time. But with the fight of the ressistance nad ressurection of XCOM he decided to rejoin the fight.
25:20 We hardly knew ye.
7:44 Loved the Ace Venture reference.
What's the performance like? Have they improved it at all from the (somewhat poorly optimized) base game?
Name: Kirin Talos,
Race: White
Color scheme: Black
Nationality: American
Kirin was only a child during the original invasion, but she remembers it well. Her mother was abducted by the aliens leaving only her father to care for her. Their small country home, wrecked by an alien sectopod. Having nowhere left to turn her father started scavenging in the big cities nearby, spending gradually longer and longer times away. Eventually, she never saw him again. Starving, Kirin decided it was time to fend for herself, armed with an old baseball bat and a handful of rations she headed down the road. Two days later, and out of rations she was lucky enough to cross paths with a resistance transport. That's when the resistance picked her up, shes been living with them up to this date. However she could never quite shake a feeling of uselessness, everyone seemed to have a role except her. But with the revival of the commander, and the call for all able arms to enlist into Xcom, she took the opportunity, to avenge her parents, and Destroy Advent
Alt Backstory (because I have to many ideas): Kirin was only a child during the original invasion, but she remembers it well. Her mother was abducted by the aliens leaving only her father to care for her. Their small country home, wrecked by an alien sectopod. Having nowhere left to turn her father started scavenging in the big cities nearby, spending gradually longer and longer times away. Eventually, she never saw him again. After three days of waiting she ventured in after him, it took her maybe seven hours to reach the city, and when she did, she couldn't breathe. The city was ruined and completely decimated, broken cars everywhere, frozen bodies covered in green vine like strands. However, scary the sight may have been, Kirin steeled herself up, she was here to find her father, or kill whatever ended him. After a few hours of searching, Kirin felt eyes on her back, she turned and saw a group of, Zombies? They certainly weren't human, nor alien... yet they looked hungry. She readied her bat, but she never got a chance to use it, a small squad dispatched from the reapers had luckily been passing by, after hearing her story, they brought her into the cause. (I'm not entierly sure how the new system works, but I think you hire the new soldiers from the faction, so if that's the case, here is a backstory for one. Otherwise use the first)
Pause at 24:56 for an epic shot.
Name: Matthew Lord
Nickname: Spook
Nationality: British preferably
Defining Characteristic: Aviator sunglasses
Colour Scheme: Black and red
Bio: Before the invasion Matthew had just come out of training for the British military as a military intelligence operative, when the aliens invaded he was quickly dispatched to help as an intelligence analyst for XCOM, however after the attack on the xcom base and the commander being taken captive, something Matthew couldn't do anything about due to being knocked unconscious by an explosion, Matthew was presumed K.I.A. and his body was left in the destroyed base by the aliens and the survivors. When he came to, Matthew got the lay of the land and started to make his way back home, however he noticed that the aliens had won and he was unsure of whether there would be a home for him to go back to, so he decided to cause some carnage on the way using his previous training and knowledge he retained from his short time working for xcom. Eventually he would learn of resistance cells and the name XCOM would be on everyone's lips, he now wishes to be reunited with his old co-workers and superiors and really give Advent and the aliens a good seeing to.
Central's note - Commander, I've taken a look at what this soldier has been doing these past 20 years, and he has done well... everything, he seems to prefer engaging at a distance from all the assassinations he's taken on, but he's not afraid of handling tech, explosives, or... as he puts it... "Shivving" someone, I assume that means getting up close and personal with a sharpened piece of metal, anyway I'll leave you to your work.
[just so you know, central's note is part of the bio still]
they year is 2021 we finally stopped the alien invaders know as the coronaians and it was all thanks to you MR ODD!
name: Jimi Iun
origin of birth: turkey
bio: after fighting against the government, supporters and the police he went rebel and join the Resistance. there he became a public figure, a hero for the people and for safety measures, Resistance cryo-froze him and kept him in a secret base. 2 years ago he broke free and after some training he was ready for fighting for humanity once again.
Oddly enough, your earlier playthroughs of XCOM made me realize my low Cohesion with RTS games, but this go around has been pure entertainment!
Name:Colton Lukinuk
Nickname: Big Guy
Nationality: Canadian
Defining Characteristics: Two pure white death sleeve tattoos
Bio: Colton was always told he was never going to be special at anything. Frankly, he believed them, that was until the aliens invaded and he found his true calling. Killing aliens.
Almost go to bed and got notified just in time.
Well, no sleep tonight, I guess... :D
Name: Maximillian "Pegasus" Shwartz
Sex: Male
Nationality: Germany
Color Scheme: Black with Andromedon Helmet
Bio: As a child, he and several other children were captured by early Advent for the Purity Project, an experiment that would one day create what we now know as The Chosen.
Genetic and cybernetic modifications were given to all the children, though few survived the operations. The even fewer that did survived escaped and took whatever they could. With his newfound strength, Maximillan killed as many Advent as he could and stole the experimental Andromedon Helm to improve his own combat effectiveness. Now that he's a part of Xcom, he hopes to not only destroy the alien threat, but also find his fellow escapees.
Love the series so far Chris! keep it up! (The "Phenix" typo is killing me...)
I likes the Missions with the Power Notes in old X-Com game - happy to see them back
halfway through finishing the first xcoma and he already makes a new one. that is the old chris i like
Name: Sion Barsoon
Nation: Australia
Nickname: Benno
Look and color scheme: Your choice Chris......
Bio:: Sion was hidden shortly after birth by his mother for fear.. She Claimed to have been abducted by Aliens when she was 18 years old and came back pregnant. All her friend and family laughed at her wild story and she went into hiding. For a few years she lived in constant fear that the Aliens would return for her Son...Then the invasion happened.... She and her son were soon found when Advent took over. Sion's mother was killed that fateful day . Sion was taken to an Advent Gene Therapy Lab for testing where they found something unusual... During their testing of the anomaly they accidentally activated something they should not...A massive explosion ensued and Sion was lost in the Chaos, he was not seen again... Until now...
Joined with XCOM to use his gifts to help mankind and to get revenge for his Mum. He will not stop and there are few who could stop him
Soldier Memorial
Brigid O’Reilly: 25:22
Name: Aubin Belfry
Sex: Male
Nationality: United States
Colors: Green and brown.
Features: Scar over eye, warpaint, backwards cap
Bio: Before the war, Aubin was considered to be a sort of conspiracy theorist. He knew every conspiracy in the book, and he believed most of them. Excessive paranoia would be considered an understatement when applied to him.
When the aliens arrived, he immediately guessed their foul intentions, even if he was wildly off the mark with his idea of alien "reproduction". He fled to his doomsday bunker and hid out in the swamplands of Louisiana for almost 15 years before the environment took it's toll.
Now, he has emerged, and he wishes to join XCOM. He doesn't exactly trust any of us, but at least he knows how to shoot straight and aim for alien faces... most of the time.
Name: Nicki 'Duckay' Otte
Type: Specialist
Gender: Male
Country: Denmark/Germany
Biography: Nicki is a former danish special force soldier, that has a flair for computers. He was deployed in Germany under a spec op when the Aliens invaded Earth. When it happened, he wanted to return to his home country to defend it, but it was already too late. Denmark has never been the same.. Now he has joined the rebellion forces to kick some alien ass and win back his home country!
Name : Kaz Core
Nationality : america
good trait : always hits his foes
biografy : Kaz Core was a hospital employee helping people treating them he was one of the best people in the business
until the aliens came they destroyed everything he loved so he woved to take a stand against those aliens so it wouldnt happen to any other innocent people thats when he joined the xcom 2 project
Name : William Hawk
Nationality : Australian
Defining Characteristic : Camo face paint , Wide brim hat
Colour scheme : Green and gold
Biography: William was living in the rural country when the aliens invaded. The aliens put little effort into hunting down humans in the outback and many fled there for safety. William was part of a resistance group called the D.R.O.P.B.E.A.R.S and waged a war of terror on the aliens , Eventually ADVENT sent hunter kill teams out to flush them out with bushfires and William was forced into hiding....until now
Wow, the Reapers look exactly like a created custom character in Destiny
I think I would have just closed the door and ignored the problem.
Name: Marchello "Sledgehammer" DeeLuChiarno
Nationality: American
Defining Characteristics: Bald head & Beard
Skin Color: Light Dark
Color Choice: Blue & Black
Biography: Being a 12 year military vet, Marchello needed a new purpose in life. After those 12 years were up, he later learned Advent took over Chicago during the 1st invasion while he was deployed and wanted to find a way to take it back. XCOM recruited Marchello during the 2nd wave invasion to run covert ops due to his military experience. The soldiers in XCOM nicknamed him "Sledgehammer" due to the fact that every Advent he's killed was a hard hitting close quarters attack.
Loving this series already.
Name: Dwayne "the rock" Johnson
Features: ripped af bald always shirtless (or as close as possible)
Description: THE ALIENS ARE ABOUT TO SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN (It's a revolution)
I keep refreshing you page in hopes theirs a episode up on XCOM 2 war of the chosen. i need more!
Hey Chris nice work keep it up ... I have missed your XCOM vids thanks for coming back to them ... I hope I make the cut
Name: Chris "Cpenn" Penner
Gender: Male
Nationality: Peru
Language: Spanish
Race: Caucasian
Defining Features: Go-Tee and backwards baseball cap
Bio: Originally from the good o'll US of A Chris moved to the Andean Mountains of Peru to be missionary, and became a Peruvian citizen. But when the world's governments surrendered to the aliens, that all changed. Being in the mountains allowed for more freedoms than the average person that had been in the cities during the invasion. But Chris saw his fellow man was being exterminated, and knew he could not sit by and do nothing. Since the fall of XCOM Chris has been fighting a guerrilla war with the resistance in South America, and is ready serve XCOM until it is time to meet his maker!
Name: Shae "Sharpeye" Lucia
Race: female, Hispanic, tan
Bio: Compared to the eager, violent soldiers around her Shae seems pretty average. Quiet, keeps to herself, not particularly skilled in a specific weapon. However, she's known for having an acute sense of strategy and ability to see common patterns in warfare. Though her eyesight is the envy of those around her, her mind is the real threat to her enemies. She sports either a blue streak in her hair, or a blue bandana to remind her of the child she lost to Advent's genetic experiments.
I posted my character in first video, but you have your "post character below" in this description too...Just in case, here she is! ( I won't post in the next video so it doesn't become spam) : )
Name: Levvy "Leviathan" Rush
Bio: Captain of the most sea worthy ship in all the world, "The Leviathan", Levvy loved hunting the secrets of the deep. Until one fateful night where the hunt for secrets took the ship too close to a hidden, Oceanic advent black-site. Advent mercilessly destroyed the ship, but with some quick thinking, Levvy was able to survive and escape the destruction. Obsessed with what Advent is hiding and seeking revenge for "The Leviathan", Levvy joins the resistance.
Sex: Any
Main colors: blue & white
Jeremy 'Plaje' Planck
Nationality: American
Defining feature: "Long Hood" Helmet (bottom of the list)
Color Scheme: Blue and Black