@@quinnholloway5400 not necessarily so, the vipers we see in XCOM 2 are all female because the elders didn’t want them breeding so much. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the thin men were also female. For all we know, the genetic manipulation they underwent to become thin men may have sterilized them, preventing such a need.
Thinman: I will not give you the pleasure of my pain. Ethereal: I will not give you the... OH GOOODDDD THE PAAAIIINNN!!!!! Edit: Thanks for all the likes everyone!!
According to the report, the Thin Man was more than willing to part with it's secrets, probably realizing it couldnt win in the end. Not surprising given how long they have been around Humanity so they are probably aware of how stubborn we can be in our pursuits.
@@TheChoujinVirus i would say this is more of common knowledge, but i know some people havent played Xcom 2, either way both are the bane of my troopers existence
The doctor spends alot of time talking about how the aliens have no regard for life later in the campaign. But at the very beginning of the campaign she is excited by the concept of extracting information from their brains at the cost of their lives. She's not even angry, she's very casual about it. A character says near the start, "She may not look like it, but she's an aliens worst nightmare." She's like XCOMs Josif Mengele
Yep, pretty sketch. But you are fighting for the survival of humanity, plus the aliens don’t hold back on that front either. You got enough disadvantages as it is.
@@ianirizarry30 And yet shows regret, saiying how she misses the commander on how he/she was able to control her and not let her go wild with experiment. Her scientific curiosity went too far and she knows it.
I love how the Ethereal tries to act all dignified and badass like the Thin Man, but completely loses his shit when the big metal science-thingies come out.
Soldier: Well you should'a gone to college. Thinmen: Did you go to college? X-COM Soldier: *NO!* Why do you think I'm fighting for 10 bucks a month! :(
The Ethereals viewed themselves as gods above all other beings, but they were trying to seek out a new species that had the genes strong enough to replace their atrophying bodies. It is hinted that their entire race is dying and an even bigger threat is on the horizon (likely the aliens from XCOM Apocalypse) for them.
Sectopods can't be captured. The same applies for Chryssalids, and in Enemy Within, Mechtoids, Cyberdisks, Drones, Seekers, and EXALT agents receive the same treatment.
soulslasher7890 Honestly it wouldn't even need to be as broken as "Agent tells you where the base is." It would basically be something like "If you capture an EXALT Agent, you get a bonus hint as to where the EXALT base is located."
You can tell the thin men resent their overlords seeing how they don't resist the interrogation, I would be pissed too if I was genetically modified that horrifically.
The Thin men were exclusively "recruited" from the Males of the Viper species and suffered heavy casualties against human forces That's why you only see females during Xcom: 2
@@Peter_Turbo4 Doesn't fit with Dr. Vahlen's logs, where every sample she found of subject Gamma (the viper/thin men) were female, with a lone exception.
@@kirknay The vipers, I recall were actually engineered to all be female, as a form of population control, until Vahlen undid said engineering, creating subject Gamma, which then proceeded to bang every single female viper in the facility producing literally hundreds of offspring
They creep me out the most. I think its because they look so human and at the same time so... wrong. The wrongess of proportion, the wrongness of their motions, it just hits something right in the childhood fears. The aliens have made the Boogyman and given him a sharp suit.
@@FriezaSucks you do realize that the top comment is the one who copied right? or are you stupid and dont know that older comments go down while new ones appear up?
@@zhuslyth6164 Apparently you're the idiot that can't read time stamps. Top comment is six years old, this one is two, you are brain-dead and also don't understand how the RUclips comment system works.
When Sectoid Commander failed to mind-control scientists through the glass, I wondered... Why didn't they create absolute Mind Shields out of this material?
Minoxio the Third ......they were useless though. Germany ended up not having enough fuel to supply their massive war machine, which severely hampered them in the later stages in the war since they had invested so much into their tanks. X-COM would actually face the same problem, where making this psy-resistant glass a standard piece of armour would cost way too much since they were working on limited budget being sent by the different countries.
Cram electrodes into its brain until you find what you want. Sure it might be able to hold them back for a while with its immense psonic powers but lets see it do that for a few days on end.
thin men "i'm not scared of you...wait till i get out of here and crit you in full cover" ethereal "i'm not scared of you...wai-, wait no STOP THAT HURTS"
Then play multiplayer... well, i mean the humans aren't really AI as if 2K and Firaxis were to make another XCOM: Alien Addition. But, it is still heck of a lot of fun. (i don't remember if you can play as the Ethereal in that mode, but i think you can)
Rush4in The aliens are attacking because they want to force humans to use "The gift." The etherials failed "The ones who came before." so they went and conquered different aliens (all the ones you see) in hopes of finding ones who are the perfect being.
Rush4in Part of the ethereal race has ascended to a higher plane of existence (you play as one in XCOM: the Bureau). Not all were successful, and some remained encased in slowly decaying bodies (They call themselves the greatest failure of the ethereal ones). So they travel the galaxy in search of suitable species whom they can use as vessels for their minds.
This, this is the kind of small detail, a few seconds scene, that makes the game so immersive, like capturing it alive actually mattered and is not just a +2 number on a random stat.
+FORMINCRAFTIA He probably realizes there is no point. I like them because they are one of the smarter aliens without it going to the point of delusions of grandeur like Ethereals probably have. They're pragmatic.
The Thin Man is the most badass, but the Ethereal is the most satisfying. Look how he's slowly breaking under the pressure and tries to defend, it's feels so good to see that alien mastermind slowly snapping.
The Thin Man retaining his composure and standing makes him (or her? Vipers are Thin Men.. and Vipers are female, aside from the Viper King) seem very cool. Even the Etheral is spazzing out.. though it seems to be due to him/her/it being in tremendous pain. The Thin Man doesn't seem to be experiencing this pain. Probably because they aren't psychic creatures.
I have to congratulate the interrogation team. How the hell do you win against THAT?! Do they have Batman and Judge Dredd inside those glowing things? By the way, Thin Man. Nothing else needs to be said.
Sectoid: "What's... What's all this...? I'll crush your minds for this!" Thin man: "This changes nothing. Your victory shall be as empty as a discarded husk." Floater: "Begone eternal machine! I will be out of th-!" Muton: "Let's go a few rounds, bitches... Hey! Don't even think about it. I ain't gonna take this kin-" Eternal: "We shall take it peacefu-AUUGH! Back away!"
Sectoid: Dafuq is this!? Thin Man: You're dead once I get out of here, fuckers... Floater: GET ME OUT! Muton: I'MA SMACK THE SHIT OUT OF YO' SHIT! Ethereal: Hah, your technology amuses me.
AlphaFirehawk Its called "catch an release" simple-minded humans. That way, the various species of fauna can complete their life-cycles and swim upstream to spawn and die.
This makes me wish we had interrogation in Xcom 2, so we can see more animations like these. An Idea I had was if you were playing the WOTC dlc, after interrogating a advent soldier (troopers, shieldbreakers, officers, etc), you can remove their chip and they turn into a Skirmisher that you can use on missions. Some ideas what the advent/aliens would react: Advent Troopers: "Years of academy training wasted!" Sectoid: "Oi! My psychic!" Viper (not giving a crap): "De ja vue?" Muton: "Can I just go back to my ship?" Berserker: "Why won't heated sand break?" Codex: *inaudible screaming* Gatekeeper (idk how this will work): *pacman noises* A Lost zombie (also idk how this will work): "Brains?"
Well, I have officially seen every alien interrogation in XCOM. As I begin the final battle, I look back on my experiences of my first game and prepare the A-Team for the final countdown.
Thin Man: you are going to die slowly when i get out of here... Ethereal: ha. you really think this human technology is really going to do anyt-- HELLFIRE, THIS ACTUALLY HURTS!!! Sectoid: yeah, this si not that bad, i can just shoot you with head lasers!!! Muton: you are gonna pay when i break this glass-- wait! no! MUST BREAK THE GLASS BEFORE THE METAL COMES!!! Floater: i am gonna asphyxiate (suffocate) myslef before you get ANYTHING outa me!!!
Look up learned helplessness. That's probably what the Thin Man is displaying: being incredibly heavily genetically modified snakes, they're so used to pain being a constant in their life that a little more doesn't phase them. They've given up on trying to avoid it.
Sectoid: GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE! Thin Man: Whatever, It's not Like I give a shit. Heavy Floater: NO! NO! GET ME OUT OF HERE! GET ME OUTTT! S-SOMEBODY! PLEASE! Muton Elite: When I get out of here, I swear to god, I'm going to KILL YOU ALL! Ethereal: ...Alright, How's this gonna work? *Sees the Science-Thingies* "OH JESUS CHRIST NO! NONONONONONONONO! GET AWAY! GET AWAY!
Nobody has mentioned how Dr. Shen managed to design some kind of glass screen thing that's capable of stopping the psionic power from the Sectiod commanders and Ethereals. The scientists didn't even flinch when they tried using it. Surprised that material isn't an armor upgrade or psionic shield or something. It even withstands muton attacks.
If you read the description of the research after the thin man's interrogation they didn't really torture him. He was able to speak several human languages and willingly gave x-com information. I guess didn't see the point in trying to resist.
I still have the game, me and my brother was doing a kinda co-op game basically switching the controller back and forth during one of our games we got a ginger sniper named grace she was the best sniper we had, she was accurate as well but sadly she died and was replaced by a Polish sniper he was kinda good but my favorite character.
People are making jokes about the Ethereal being a bitch, but I remember being legitimately startled for a moment when it started pulling it's psionic bullshit. I lost 2 units the first time I ran into one of those bastards, with their bullshit projectile reflects and mind control, and I was genuinely worried the fucker was about to get out of confinement and there'd be some mission where I have to deal with it.
when you are facing the extinction of your whole race, there isnt much space for "being nice" to aliens that do WORSE to your civilians ... she did what needed to be done for a very valid reason while invaders were dissecting people basically just for lolz ... and then fed the remains to theyr troops ...
Ethereal: Huh.. neat glass container.. oh.. what are these air po-- JESUS CHRIST MY EARS Thinman: You thought you could torture me? Bitch i love that baby baby baby shit.
Okay people, it's 2020 now and can we all just agree that we need not interrogate the filthy Xenos? Just the roar of humanity's Bolter rounds or the sweet symphony of a whirring Chainsword will tell you all you need to know.
Coming from a guy who played xcom 2 the way she was presented and the way she spoke I was expecting to see a doctor Halsey not eh Sonya blade without the ponytail
@@williamgeorge3111 that still doesn’t explain the electric torture chamber. If that was the case, they would just bring in dead specimens. They aren’t extracting it from their brains either, they are learning their biology, dissecting them, they aren’t learning anything other than what kind of guts are in them.
@@lordwoods3111 How exactly do you get knowledge on what an different alien looks like, or how to build a plasma gun, from a corpse? Alien autopsy is a completely different thing that lets you build things that make sense for it, such as chitin armor plating from a giant bug. Did you even play the game?
@@williamgeorge3111 I did play the game, but that’s not the point of interrogation. They aren’t “interrogating” them, if they were, they would be learning things like troop movements, supply routes etc etc.
@@lordwoods3111 How do you intercept an ALIEN supply route? and do you really think some basic Sectoid clone or Muton is gonna have knowledge on where every other dropship is landing? the only thing that could feasibly have that knowledge are Muton elites and Ethereals, by which point you should have at least 1 satellite over every continent, eliminating the need for knowledge of troop deployment locations. Besides, this is extremely new technology, Vahlen and her team can only read basic things, like the vague image of a Sectoid commander. Of course they can figure out the route of UFOs from that.
Was so satisfying when I caught my first Ethereal on my first Overseer shoot down on my first full play through. The three before it ended in tragedy each time... lol.
the thin man being the only unit that's cool under pressure makes sense. as an infiltration unit, he's probably been trained to resist interrogation. i do like how his report kind of implies that he was cooperative, though.
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Ethereal tries so hard to be cool
The Thin Man is *actually* cool
He's also a she
As the Thin Men are all Vipers
@@quinnholloway5400 vopers
@@wyom2838 vips
@@quinnholloway5400 vops
@@quinnholloway5400 not necessarily so, the vipers we see in XCOM 2 are all female because the elders didn’t want them breeding so much. That doesn’t necessarily mean that the thin men were also female. For all we know, the genetic manipulation they underwent to become thin men may have sterilized them, preventing such a need.
ethereal:primitive human technology is so cute!
ethereal:OH GOD IT ACTUALLY HURTS
sharkoo
When snooty high borns forget that even cutlery can pierce their skin.
KA- BOOM!!! You replied to a comment on a 6 year old post
@KA- BOOM!!! guys this is all still very relevant and serious; the xcom war hasn't even happened yet.
@KA- BOOM!!! I didn't know words had an expiration date.
Bruh this entire thread tho
Thinman: I will not give you the pleasure of my pain.
Ethereal: I will not give you the... OH GOOODDDD THE PAAAIIINNN!!!!!
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thinman: pathetic.
Ethereal: if they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed
Blue glowy things: are you sure?
@@tristankahl6843 i call those sonic pain amps because they make one hell of a wicked bass that deffo hurts the xeno scum!
If you came to hear me beg.....
“If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.”
The way the thinman just accepts it.. gives me the chills
Thinmen are so badass
truth be told, im shocked none of those scientists peed themselves when the muton charged trying to break the glass...
"Do your worst."
You know what's even scarier? The after interrogation report stated he was one of the more pliable subjects.
da Emperor Ya I read that and laughed a bit haha
At least they let the thin man keep his shades
What if they're part of them?
@@miguelangelarreola5418 ew
Well earned id say
Bro I'm not going to bet my life on some glasses
The commander approves that the Dr didn't decide to force the aliens to be interrogated naked.
Do you ever wonder what kind of torture they have to inflict to scare secrets out of a Thin Man or Muton?
Just show them what the Internet did with their likenesses.
According to the report, the Thin Man was more than willing to part with it's secrets, probably realizing it couldnt win in the end.
Not surprising given how long they have been around Humanity so they are probably aware of how stubborn we can be in our pursuits.
@@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs "fuck it, here's how our tech works. Can i die yet?"
@Tin Watchman war crimes don't legally extend to non terrestrial beings as far as i know
@@alexrecrem9094 Trust me, despite that, people in the rimworld community still call them war crimes
Thinmen is pretty cool dude. Kills Rookies and doesn't afraid of anything
majorD01 I call them Schrutes
Doesn't afraid of anything indeed
Doesnt afraid of nothing
Doesn’t afraid of anything at all.
Jesus that reference was already outdated 6 years ago. Bravo.
The Thin Man interrogation. Holy crap. That dude literally gave zero fucks.
***** They actually don't, the interrogation goes surprisingly well.
+TheKnightOfSmite U just made my day...
He's fricking badass
Damn thin man
I like to call him thick man for some reasons XD
Thin Man is like 'Just wait till my buddies get their hands on your asses...'
he says as he dies minutes after the interrogation ends
fun fact: They're actually females known as Vipers
@@TheChoujinVirus i would say this is more of common knowledge, but i know some people havent played Xcom 2, either way both are the bane of my troopers existence
@@kasrkinwolf9709 Yeah both have good accuracy but viper's mostly hug someone to death.
He seems more like
“You know what? I deserve this. Very well, go ahead”.
0:19 _Rise... and... shine Mr.Freeman_
The combine be like: no,Ur trapped now boi
G Man: This is fine.
*_*doors close_**
"Show... me your... galungas, Mr. Freeman..."
Literally thought of the same thing
_"We'll se about _*_that!"_*
The G-man in Episode 1 intro
The doctor spends alot of time talking about how the aliens have no regard for life later in the campaign. But at the very beginning of the campaign she is excited by the concept of extracting information from their brains at the cost of their lives. She's not even angry, she's very casual about it. A character says near the start, "She may not look like it, but she's an aliens worst nightmare." She's like XCOMs Josif Mengele
Yep, pretty sketch. But you are fighting for the survival of humanity, plus the aliens don’t hold back on that front either. You got enough disadvantages as it is.
She goes full mad scientist in the dlc for xcom2
@@ianirizarry30 And yet shows regret, saiying how she misses the commander on how he/she was able to control her and not let her go wild with experiment. Her scientific curiosity went too far and she knows it.
@@yakamao91 Yeah, that's all well and good until her bullshit wipes out the most experienced soldiers the resistance had.
This comment aged well considering what happened in XCOM 2.
I love how the Ethereal tries to act all dignified and badass like the Thin Man, but completely loses his shit when the big metal science-thingies come out.
"Your puny archaic technology does not scaOH MY GODS IT HURTS I TAKE IT BACK HELP"
@@clayxros576 “Enough!... Wait, why is the machine still glowi-” *Shuttle closes up*
I always like to imagine the Thin Man is thinking "Well.... I guess this is what happens when you don't go to culinary school"
Soldier: Well you should'a gone to college.
Thinmen: Did you go to college?
X-COM Soldier: *NO!* Why do you think I'm fighting for 10 bucks a month! :(
@@alestiiidaeno_last3075 The most elite soldiers in the world are MIT and Harford graduates. Let that sink in.
I think something more badass like
"Well, this is the danger of working beneath enemy lines isn't?"
@@alestiiidaeno_last3075 fairly odd reference?
@@bryanvalles1734 Yes it was.
But 4 years later, I don't even find it as funny anymore. Lol
I really like the Ethereal one. It shows that an seemingly all powerful being isn't as such.
And then theirs the thin man
He just doesn't give a fuck
We showed them how even a god can scream.
The Ethereals viewed themselves as gods above all other beings, but they were trying to seek out a new species that had the genes strong enough to replace their atrophying bodies. It is hinted that their entire race is dying and an even bigger threat is on the horizon (likely the aliens from XCOM Apocalypse) for them.
@@boomerpro87 the virgin Ethereal vs the CHAD THIN-MAN
What? You can't interrogate a Sectopod?
That would be the funniest scene ever, seeing a massive walking tank shoved into that small chamber :D
Sectopods can't be captured. The same applies for Chryssalids, and in Enemy Within, Mechtoids, Cyberdisks, Drones, Seekers, and EXALT agents receive the same treatment.
The Ugly Barnacle I felt like the EXALT agents being unable to be captured was such a cop out, honestly.
NoiseMarines imagine, if you could VERY rarely capture one, that would then reveal the location of the exalt base, so you can take it out.
I believe the interrogation of an EXALT agent would probably just be a simple torture.
soulslasher7890 Honestly it wouldn't even need to be as broken as "Agent tells you where the base is." It would basically be something like "If you capture an EXALT Agent, you get a bonus hint as to where the EXALT base is located."
You can tell the thin men resent their overlords seeing how they don't resist the interrogation, I would be pissed too if I was genetically modified that horrifically.
"You mean to tell me you're modifying me to the point where I GOT JUNK DOWN THERE?! Uh, uh! I ain't gonna be loyal to THAT, sista!"
The Thin men were exclusively "recruited" from the Males of the Viper species and suffered heavy casualties against human forces
That's why you only see females during Xcom: 2
@@Peter_Turbo4 Doesn't fit with Dr. Vahlen's logs, where every sample she found of subject Gamma (the viper/thin men) were female, with a lone exception.
@@kirknay The vipers, I recall were actually engineered to all be female, as a form of population control, until Vahlen undid said engineering, creating subject Gamma, which then proceeded to bang every single female viper in the facility producing literally hundreds of offspring
@@weldonwin lucky bastard...
If looks could kill, the entire interrogation room would have been dead from the Thin Man's glare.
Lucky enough they let him keep his shades. That softened the blow.
the thin man actually the scariest dude
They're badass though
the more numerous they are the harder you against them , they spit poison gas and if you near it when they die , well you swell down too
Atom pulverise yeah, but they look awesome in a suit
they should make mini thin man , where it actually thin man without disguised and usually arrived in a pack , low health more than the sectoid thought
They creep me out the most. I think its because they look so human and at the same time so... wrong. The wrongess of proportion, the wrongness of their motions, it just hits something right in the childhood fears. The aliens have made the Boogyman and given him a sharp suit.
Ethereal: Lol what are these blue lights going to do? Hurt me?
Also Ethereal: OH GOD IT HURTS!!!!
PLEASE ILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING
Wow you literally looked at the top comment and still decided to post the same exact joke.
@@FriezaSucks you do realize that the top comment is the one who copied right? or are you stupid and dont know that older comments go down while new ones appear up?
@@zhuslyth6164 Apparently you're the idiot that can't read time stamps. Top comment is six years old, this one is two, you are brain-dead and also don't understand how the RUclips comment system works.
Dream It’s the same joke told differently. It’s standard. Get over it
Floater and Muton= RAGE!
Ethereal= Show off
Sectoid= Midget
Thin Man= BADASS
Thin... woman now?
@@kirknay Thin Person
kirknay wait really?!
@@VoraciousSergal Yep, And the Vipers (thin Man) are all females.
@@Krizalid3YE and the King Viper?
0:20
"i hate you all"
Boron Moron Benedict cumberabatch
The thin man has the coolest interrogation scene
When Sectoid Commander failed to mind-control scientists through the glass, I wondered...
Why didn't they create absolute Mind Shields out of this material?
The Legendary Fartmaster it’s probably thick AF
I'd guess that'd be like trying to outfit every soldier with the armor of a tank, way too expensive and potentially rendering the soldier useless.
@@arandomperson8646 >Massive amounts of tanks are useless in warfare
germany would disagree
@@minoxiothethird outfitting a soldier with 3 inches of armor all over the body is both inefficient and hinders their ability to move
Minoxio the Third ......they were useless though. Germany ended up not having enough fuel to supply their massive war machine, which severely hampered them in the later stages in the war since they had invested so much into their tanks. X-COM would actually face the same problem, where making this psy-resistant glass a standard piece of armour would cost way too much since they were working on limited budget being sent by the different countries.
HOW the hell do you interrogate an etheral
+jaycboy h Very carefully.
If you interrogate an etheral he will get the answers he wants from you.
I would expect a member with psionic abilities since i am pretty sure mind reading would be necessary, doubt they use their vocal chords.
Cram electrodes into its brain until you find what you want. Sure it might be able to hold them back for a while with its immense psonic powers but lets see it do that for a few days on end.
He can only keep up his psionics for so long before he begins to tire from those electro things. Then you ply him for info during it.
thin men "i'm not scared of you...wait till i get out of here and crit you in full cover"
ethereal "i'm not scared of you...wai-, wait no STOP THAT HURTS"
The Ethereal is so majestic... I really want them to make a xcom game from the aliens point of view.
Then play multiplayer... well, i mean the humans aren't really AI as if 2K and Firaxis were to make another XCOM: Alien Addition. But, it is still heck of a lot of fun. (i don't remember if you can play as the Ethereal in that mode, but i think you can)
Peter Siegler I'd love to play with the aliens out of the MP. Coz in the game you can't really understand why the hell they are attacking the Earth.
Rush4in The aliens are attacking because they want to force humans to use "The gift." The etherials failed "The ones who came before." so they went and conquered different aliens (all the ones you see) in hopes of finding ones who are the perfect being.
Darkpumpkin21 tnx Maybe I should have payed attention to the ethereal's speech. :X
Rush4in
Part of the ethereal race has ascended to a higher plane of existence (you play as one in XCOM: the Bureau). Not all were successful, and some remained encased in slowly decaying bodies (They call themselves the greatest failure of the ethereal ones). So they travel the galaxy in search of suitable species whom they can use as vessels for their minds.
This, this is the kind of small detail, a few seconds scene, that makes the game so immersive, like capturing it alive actually mattered and is not just a +2 number on a random stat.
Thin man: the only one who doesn't attempt to run away.
+FORMINCRAFTIA He probably realizes there is no point. I like them because they are one of the smarter aliens without it going to the point of delusions of grandeur like Ethereals probably have. They're pragmatic.
The Thin Man is the most badass, but the Ethereal is the most satisfying. Look how he's slowly breaking under the pressure and tries to defend, it's feels so good to see that alien mastermind slowly snapping.
Thin man: “If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.”
Ethereal: “If they came to hear me beg-AHHH! AHH, GOD!”
The thin man was gangsta with the interrogation. 10 points Thin man
Ethereal: hah, these puny and primitive Humans could not possibly hurt me!
XCOM: Haha, interrogation machine go brr.
You can feel how recent this comment is
Kevin The Lazy correct
Jesus, Asperger's spreads like the plague.
@Lassi Kinnunen they have their ways...
I love how the ethereal tries to act all scary and shit but fails almost immediately
They see the probes come out and is just *immediately* “nope, fuck this” and attempts to blast its way out to little success.
0:18 TEST SUBJECT 3785, REVEAL THE SNEK WAIFU, IMMEDIATELY.
The Thin Man retaining his composure and standing makes him (or her? Vipers are Thin Men.. and Vipers are female, aside from the Viper King) seem very cool. Even the Etheral is spazzing out.. though it seems to be due to him/her/it being in tremendous pain. The Thin Man doesn't seem to be experiencing this pain. Probably because they aren't psychic creatures.
I got the feeling they mutated males into thin men while the females they left as is. It makes more sense than just culling the males.
Relax dude this is not a feminist woke foro
I have to congratulate the interrogation team. How the hell do you win against THAT?! Do they have Batman and Judge Dredd inside those glowing things?
By the way, Thin Man. Nothing else needs to be said.
They don't actually "interrogate" them. They insert probes on their brains and generate images of their thoughts
@@---qm1th The thin man actually does cooperate somewhat. Far more than any other captured specimen.
they dont need Batman, nor Judge Dredd. They have doctor Vahlen.
Sectoid: "What's... What's all this...? I'll crush your minds for this!"
Thin man: "This changes nothing. Your victory shall be as empty as a discarded husk."
Floater: "Begone eternal machine! I will be out of th-!"
Muton: "Let's go a few rounds, bitches... Hey! Don't even think about it. I ain't gonna take this kin-"
Eternal: "We shall take it peacefu-AUUGH! Back away!"
The Thin Men give up their information voluntarily if memory serves me correctly... No reason to resist.
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Naser Alomoush General Kenobi
I didn't search for this and 8 years later I'm here
see ya ll in 8 years!
Thin man:This isn't the end human-Valhen:Meh, whatever
Sectoid: Dafuq is this!?
Thin Man: You're dead once I get out of here, fuckers...
Floater: GET ME OUT!
Muton: I'MA SMACK THE SHIT OUT OF YO' SHIT!
Ethereal: Hah, your technology amuses me.
Jacket Ryder www.rikky.net/upload/truestory.jpg
Then why do we see your men cutting them open after the interrogation Dr Vahlen?
Yes, please do explain why you would release the creatures that would go back and murder your fellow humans.
ULTIMAT3D3RP Environmentalism.
AlphaFirehawk Its called "catch an release" simple-minded humans. That way, the various species of fauna can complete their life-cycles and swim upstream to spawn and die.
Me Pulls up chair: "Now you take me to YOUR leader"
Just remember someone had to capture all of these
This makes me wish we had interrogation in Xcom 2, so we can see more animations like these. An Idea I had was if you were playing the WOTC dlc, after interrogating a advent soldier (troopers, shieldbreakers, officers, etc), you can remove their chip and they turn into a Skirmisher that you can use on missions.
Some ideas what the advent/aliens would react:
Advent Troopers: "Years of academy training wasted!"
Sectoid: "Oi! My psychic!"
Viper (not giving a crap): "De ja vue?"
Muton: "Can I just go back to my ship?"
Berserker: "Why won't heated sand break?"
Codex: *inaudible screaming*
Gatekeeper (idk how this will work): *pacman noises*
A Lost zombie (also idk how this will work): "Brains?"
RUclips quarantine recommendation (4am edition) squad where you at
2:45am here.
ethereal should just psi lance the glass
ps: cyberdisks are cyberdicks
Ethereal: This is gonna hurt...
AGHHH!
Gotta... hold... them back.....
Strengths... fading... ohgodPleaseNO!
*cover slams shut*
remember everyone, they're not war crimes when they are not of our species.
Human right are called like that for a reason
They're also valid when they also don't follow the geneva convention.
@@williamgeorge3111
You mean "invalid if you not follow the geneva suggestion" ?
@@orctrihar What?
@@williamgeorge3111
I mean, you wanted to say "The human right are nothing to consider if you will not follow the geneva convention to begin with"
Well, I have officially seen every alien interrogation in XCOM. As I begin the final battle, I look back on my experiences of my first game and prepare the A-Team for the final countdown.
The Thin Man is just so pissed off
The Thinman is the interrogator for the aliens, so he would know how to handle interrogations XD
Thin Man: you are going to die slowly when i get out of here...
Ethereal: ha. you really think this human technology is really going to do anyt-- HELLFIRE, THIS ACTUALLY HURTS!!!
Sectoid: yeah, this si not that bad, i can just shoot you with head lasers!!!
Muton: you are gonna pay when i break this glass-- wait! no! MUST BREAK THE GLASS BEFORE THE METAL COMES!!!
Floater: i am gonna asphyxiate (suffocate) myslef before you get ANYTHING outa me!!!
I wonder if you could make a mod for X-com that adds dialouge like that whenever you try to interrogate an alien?
From 1:06 onwards, I imagine Cleveland's voice in the Ethereals head with the "No no no no no no NOOO!"
0:26
“We’ll see about that.” - Gman
Look up learned helplessness.
That's probably what the Thin Man is displaying: being incredibly heavily genetically modified snakes, they're so used to pain being a constant in their life that a little more doesn't phase them. They've given up on trying to avoid it.
Sectoid: GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!
Thin Man: Whatever, It's not Like I give a shit.
Heavy Floater: NO! NO! GET ME OUT OF HERE! GET ME OUTTT! S-SOMEBODY! PLEASE!
Muton Elite: When I get out of here, I swear to god, I'm going to KILL YOU ALL!
Ethereal: ...Alright, How's this gonna work? *Sees the Science-Thingies* "OH JESUS CHRIST NO! NONONONONONONONO! GET AWAY! GET AWAY!
Poor bastard
0:24
"We'll see about that."
I like how the Ethereal just glances over to the machine like 'Welp, I'm fucked.'
Nobody has mentioned how Dr. Shen managed to design some kind of glass screen thing that's capable of stopping the psionic power from the Sectiod commanders and Ethereals. The scientists didn't even flinch when they tried using it. Surprised that material isn't an armor upgrade or psionic shield or something. It even withstands muton attacks.
look closely at the ethereal's hands. Just before the metal cover closes, his power fades.
Thinman: "If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed."
The alien in the suit honestly gave me goosebumps, like he knew something big or whatever
Muton: FUCK THIS SHIT!
If you read the description of the research after the thin man's interrogation they didn't really torture him. He was able to speak several human languages and willingly gave x-com information. I guess didn't see the point in trying to resist.
My mom trying to figure out who clogged the toilet
i really like that thin man isnt as aggressive when locked up
I still have the game, me and my brother was doing a kinda co-op game basically switching the controller back and forth during one of our games we got a ginger sniper named grace she was the best sniper we had, she was accurate as well but sadly she died and was replaced by a Polish sniper he was kinda good but my favorite character.
Cool story, bro.
People are making jokes about the Ethereal being a bitch, but I remember being legitimately startled for a moment when it started pulling it's psionic bullshit. I lost 2 units the first time I ran into one of those bastards, with their bullshit projectile reflects and mind control, and I was genuinely worried the fucker was about to get out of confinement and there'd be some mission where I have to deal with it.
You wouldn't know it by looking at her, but that woman is an aliens worst nightmare.
They invaded us, captured humans and experiment on them .... Now humanity is returning the favour... Humanity FUCK YEAH !!
A chilling realization: Vahlen was a complete monster.
She just happened to be on our side.
when you are facing the extinction of your whole race, there isnt much space for "being nice" to aliens that do WORSE to your civilians ... she did what needed to be done for a very valid reason while invaders were dissecting people basically just for lolz ... and then fed the remains to theyr troops ...
@@Asghaad she then goes on to create the alien rulers in Xcom 2, the most frustratingly powerful enemies in the entire franchise.
Floaters = Stroggs
that's what i thought
well.. here I am, nine whole years later-
nearly a decade later ehe
The thin man walks among us
ThinMan1337 was the impostor.
You are quite the wise ass for a time traveler
Thin men can talk, in human languages nonetheless.
Thin Man: You cannot win... kill me, and two more shall take my place!
0:25 "Well, I got a sick suit out of this while you're in a lab coat, so who's the real winner here?"
One of the most metal parts of the interrogation sequence is how you receive the alien’s corpse after it’s done
Despite their fragility, they're actually my favorite aliens just for their interrogation cutscene XD. Way to die with dignity, eh?
I know we all thought the same thing when we saw thin man, slenderman has a chill cousin.
The ever loyal citizens doing the emperor's work.
Ethereal: Huh.. neat glass container.. oh.. what are these air po-- JESUS CHRIST MY EARS
Thinman: You thought you could torture me? Bitch i love that baby baby baby shit.
Cant etheral just teleport out of there?
My top three
#1: Thin Man (0:19)
#2: Ethereal (0:56)
#3: Sectoid/Sectoid Commander (0:06)
Damn, that thin man was badass, he didnt bother to attack the arm thingo
I got the impression from the Ethereal that it was more used to being on the other side of the equation than subjected to the indignity interrogation.
Okay people, it's 2020 now and can we all just agree that we need not interrogate the filthy Xenos?
Just the roar of humanity's Bolter rounds or the sweet symphony of a whirring Chainsword will tell you all you need to know.
Ha! THat's what you get for messing up with the humans!
I like how at first the Ethereal is calm and when those probing things come out he goes like ''You told me this would be a peacful negotiation!''
ethereal: NOOO you arent supposed to be able to hurt me!!! im supposed to be powerfull!!
XCOM: haha wave machine go brrrr
Coming from a guy who played xcom 2 the way she was presented and the way she spoke I was expecting to see a doctor Halsey not eh Sonya blade without the ponytail
Ahh yes, “Interrogation” by which they mean, “ask no questions, turn on the torture chamber, make sure it closes, then leave for several days”
I mean, nobody on earth speaks the alien language yet. The only way to get info from them is to extract it from their brains.
@@williamgeorge3111 that still doesn’t explain the electric torture chamber. If that was the case, they would just bring in dead specimens. They aren’t extracting it from their brains either, they are learning their biology, dissecting them, they aren’t learning anything other than what kind of guts are in them.
@@lordwoods3111 How exactly do you get knowledge on what an different alien looks like, or how to build a plasma gun, from a corpse? Alien autopsy is a completely different thing that lets you build things that make sense for it, such as chitin armor plating from a giant bug. Did you even play the game?
@@williamgeorge3111 I did play the game, but that’s not the point of interrogation. They aren’t “interrogating” them, if they were, they would be learning things like troop movements, supply routes etc etc.
@@lordwoods3111 How do you intercept an ALIEN supply route? and do you really think some basic Sectoid clone or Muton is gonna have knowledge on where every other dropship is landing? the only thing that could feasibly have that knowledge are Muton elites and Ethereals, by which point you should have at least 1 satellite over every continent, eliminating the need for knowledge of troop deployment locations. Besides, this is extremely new technology, Vahlen and her team can only read basic things, like the vague image of a Sectoid commander. Of course they can figure out the route of UFOs from that.
they underestmated humans...a grave error they will not live to regret.
Was so satisfying when I caught my first Ethereal on my first Overseer shoot down on my first full play through. The three before it ended in tragedy each time... lol.
I somehow managed to pull it off on my first playthrough PERIOD. Talk about dumb luck.
Aliens: What is thisssssss? What are you doing to meeeeeee?
Humans: It's Dubstep.
bruh, this is not 2010 anymore
@@michaelhawke7689 It only makes dubstep hurt more.
До сих пор считаю, что самый спокойный из них- это Лепс.
I wonder why you can't interrogate a cryssalid?
because you cant capture them
+Austin Renck Also they seem more animal to me so i do not think they have anything worth interrogateing them for.
+Austin Renck Let me ask you this, can you interrogate an attack dog?
+L. Court True.
+Austin Renck They're bugs it's like an organic machine no actual mind just instinct
thinman be like: "-shit they will discover i`m a sexy snek"
the thin man being the only unit that's cool under pressure makes sense. as an infiltration unit, he's probably been trained to resist interrogation. i do like how his report kind of implies that he was cooperative, though.