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Title: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on July 22, 2016, 05:59:01 pm
Let's play TFTD in Superhuman Ironman
Because X-Piratez was too easy.

Quick link to the latest video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sWwnk44xa0)

(http://i.imgur.com/GJaEt5n.jpg)
"Heroic" death!

(http://i.imgur.com/zps81XB.jpg)
Splendid designs!

(http://i.imgur.com/3nYp5mq.jpg)
TERRIBLE weaponry!

(http://i.imgur.com/CnnJsSm.jpg)
Explosions!

Fight the alien/cthulhu/what-the-hell-is-this menace! Enlist to X-Com today! (Post in this thread to get named)
Aquanauts list (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BNoYM1VzgopWQv5aaZrwz6Ud2iMYI6mNfCMG2nseJBQ/edit?usp=sharing)

So the story is: I wanted to stream recordings of OpenXcom X-Piratez but I needed training in the usage of capture and broadcasting software first. So what is the best way to get experience than to have another bad shot at TFTD?

But the campaign took an unexpected turn. Aliens died, aquanauts survived, and researches were completed. I got hours of video in and it grew big enough to get its own thread, because we sure took the long ride now.

Oh and I'm french, very french. Therefore my accent is terrible, have fun.

About the difficulty
This is a run on the hardest setting, superhuman ironman.

This is an OpenXcom campaign so there is differences compared to the original DOS game:
Spoiler: OpenXcom changes (click to show/hide)

I also activated the following mods:
Spoiler: Mods (click to show/hide)

The videos
=> Check the Youtube Playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvS62d4_g6NvKHe2e_E60ue3VlzvMZap8).

This was the start of my channel so you can go ahead and subscribe (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyQ65P08983sIT3dLAomAfA) to be notified when I put new episodes.

Spoiler: Individual links (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Bonus (click to show/hide)

Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Amperzand on July 22, 2016, 10:18:14 pm
PTW, gimme an agent. :V
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on July 30, 2016, 04:01:44 pm
Quote from: Amperzand on July 22, 2016, 10:18:14 pm
PTW, gimme an agent. :V

Done, and you immediately get some kills!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eym1ryuIujA
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Itnetlolor on July 31, 2016, 02:16:02 pm
Kat is a total badass. Nice to see her doing her part. That grenade inside the ship had me worried for a bit.

If you want to spare some room for your mission harvests, make use of one of your other bases as a warehouse for excess stuff not in use; from excess weapons/ammo to even Zrbite and Aqua Plastics. They take up a surprising amount of room when not in use (building ships/armor and such, and sometimes, you don't want to sell certain things for one reason or another, especially craft materials. I generally ship units of 50-100 AP/Z at a time until a warehouse eventually runs out of room. I mean, a little soon becomes alot.). Transfer rates are pretty cheap and worth it, especially if you get plenty of excess crap from mission to mission. And it also keeps HQ nice and tidy. Just remember to keep a minimum amount to keep your troops supplied (like 1.5x the amount they need per-mission, and re-supply accordingly)), and instead of buying/building more stuff, just transfer back re-supply from the warehouse for a cheaper price overall, and in less time.

EDIT:
Wouldnt hurt to also warehouse some live alien captures, in case research on some things take a bit longer than expected, and you still want to accumulate a few more live subjects (to sell or for research; should also motivate live capturing for a slight income boost too; mainly selling soldiers or excess higher-ups/terror units, which sell far better than corpses.). My latest XCOM playthrough had me pretty much stunning nearly-every alien I came across.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 03, 2016, 05:06:14 pm
Yep, I started offloading stuff away and preparing one more base for support.

I have some bad news however... remember the stupid part of "Ironman Stupid" ? Well...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD2FMVGERwY
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 13, 2016, 10:02:23 am
Second half of the terror mission, I'm glad it's over.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgnLmfzR3dk
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 21, 2016, 03:02:42 pm
New episode, cool unlocks and fighting lobstermen for real this time.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hqg5Twea8w
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: hector13 on August 22, 2016, 01:00:39 pm
I shall Prepare The Watching equipment.

Probably.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 23, 2016, 01:06:26 pm
Quote from: hector13 on August 22, 2016, 01:00:39 pm
I shall Prepare The Watching equipment.

Probably.

Then you'll be watching for lobsters.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: hector13 on August 23, 2016, 01:50:56 pm
Last time I played TFTD, many moons ago, I stopped playing because a lobsterman, with a reaction shot after my pointman shot it, took out my three best soldiers on the first turn of a terror mission.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 23, 2016, 01:53:13 pm
Quote from: hector13 on August 23, 2016, 01:50:56 pm
Last time I played TFTD, many moons ago, I stopped playing because a lobsterman, with a reaction shot after my pointman shot it, took out my three best soldiers on the first turn of a terror mission.

This is funny because that's exactly what happened with a Deep One on that boat.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: ProtoZoa on August 24, 2016, 07:56:10 pm
good luck mah man. Ill sit this one out.  Ill watch tho.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 27, 2016, 01:17:07 am
Quote from: ProtoZoa on August 24, 2016, 07:56:10 pm
good luck mah man. Ill sit this one out.  Ill watch tho.

Thank you.

New video, with terribly named characters from Reddit.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob7Ck2_ngQU
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Itnetlolor on August 27, 2016, 03:24:16 pm
The Dong 'o' Doom claims more lives. What a shame.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on September 28, 2016, 03:16:27 pm
I tried to hit something that is not a dong, and got punished by DPL. Ow.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75VlLvoFeV8
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on October 24, 2016, 03:00:17 pm
New video, enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfwFieA_ofA
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: MaximumZero on October 31, 2016, 09:45:15 am
PTW. It's time for MaximumExplosions.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on December 18, 2016, 01:21:15 pm
The play is back, and it goes... as expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOomDMapzFw
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on December 30, 2016, 05:36:11 pm
So after losing most of all the characters, let's lose some more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcvIfjlpbCk
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on January 30, 2017, 03:33:47 pm
Next one, unlocking stuff and hopefully we'll soon be able to deal with bigger stuff without losing everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D167T4Q20ac
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on February 14, 2017, 06:03:14 pm
Oh the irony to be stopped by a stupid lift and a bunch of tentacle monster. Haha...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwgsjxDvKdw
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on May 22, 2017, 02:38:08 pm
Did you ever wonder what a French man sound like when getting kicked in the balls? No? To bad.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6U3Xp8dutY

Also Amperzand survives by a hair.
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on June 05, 2017, 03:12:43 pm
TFTD superhuman is like banging your head again a brick wall, only less fun. Hopefully the MC lab is almost done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38NVvi5SxZU
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on July 05, 2017, 04:28:55 pm
Gillmen came for a visit! We shot em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHZaSpCb-UY
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on July 09, 2017, 03:40:49 pm
We take a second gillman ship with a bunch of rookies. Success!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDti3Yobuwk
Title: Re: X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 11, 2017, 02:26:15 pm
The progress so far: I am struggling against struggling against a nasty combination of the end game enemies. Despite this, I'm nowhere near losing this campaign.

Aquatoids attacked a base and offered Calcinite corpses on a silver plater. The result is that I started unlocking mêlée weapons, but the first one is a big disappointment. Somehow I cannot progress beyond this so I must figure what I am missing.

Since i got a warning about terminating the campaign because of money issues, I had to sell some loot and reduce my research abilities. Unfortunately I sold MC readers in the process not knowing that it is vital to unlock MC disruptors. So I am locked out of this until I can get one. There should be some found in the alien bases (I have found three of them) so after identifying some psy strong/weak soldiers, I start assaulting.

I have to say that the research tree of this game is absolutely terrible, no description in there is helpful. Requirement and never explained and I am constantly hitting brick walls. Could be worse, OpenXcom do not have the bugs.

Oh and I also unlocked the updated interceptor but sonic sub weapons are so OP that I will save my zbrite and not use any.

And X-Com is always recruiting! Tell me if you want a soldier named and see how far you survive (spoiler: not far).

PS: Amperzand has terrible MC power.
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 22, 2018, 09:40:18 am
Damn this summer is so slow. I am necroing this thread to tell you that the aquanauts went to T'Leth and chunked grenades at Cthulhu until nothing remained. The interesting part is that I was playing with the floppy version of TFTD and the cinematics were replaced by slideshows with actual content. That's a different take on the story you may want to check out.

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=4ThZe41nFw8

I still have the Piratez save, despite all this time. I'd like to resurrect this campaign but maybe it's better to start from scratch. Any suggestions ?
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Rince Wind on August 22, 2018, 10:35:20 am
Piratez is way out of date, to show the current state would be better imo.
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 22, 2018, 10:39:42 am
Quote from: Rince Wind on August 22, 2018, 10:35:20 am
Piratez is way out of date, to show the current state would be better imo.

Yes, the problem is that when I update the pirates can produce death ray cannons but need to learn how to bang rocks together. It's kind of odd.
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Darkening Kaos on August 22, 2018, 09:13:02 pm
     Prolly better to start again, rather than messing about with save editing, one of the main story elements about XPirates is the flow of research and the choices that you need to make to go from one to the next.

    So yeah, I'd vote to start again.
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Boltgun on August 24, 2018, 03:19:42 am
New campaign then with early tech and all. It will feel nice to go back to text and pictures let's plays.
Title: Re: [Finished] X-Com Terror From The Deep - Ironman Stupid
Post by: Rince Wind on August 24, 2018, 04:26:08 am
I will read that.
Not much interest in video let's plays this is more up my alley. Especially as I am doing a Piratez AAR as well right now (in German).