"Takes a second to say goodbye/say goodbye, oh oh oh/push the button and pull the plug/say goodbye, oh oh oh"
I have nothing to say, really. I looked upon midterms, and found them wanting. An A- on my history of science midterm, a solid B on my American history midterm and my first poli sci midterm. Turned in the second of those today, and I expect no problems with it.
So I played some UFO: Aftermath.
I could say much about this game. I love the tactics of running your squad through cities, through forests, into buildings, all the while attempting to shoot up aliens. It's challenging - make a wrong move, and you may well die. There's enough adrenaline pumping around in UFO to make it very, very fun.
That having been said, I have a few screenshots and a story or two.
First, though, a game glitch shot
You'll note Ron there, who just got killed by that dead alien lying in the foreground. Yet if you act fast enough, you can medkit your guys back to health. They're still DEAD, but they look alive...
Now for the story. I'm defending one of my bases from alien attack. Understand that when you're defending a base, your squad starts scattered through the base, which can be quite sizable. Sometimes you get lucky and your guys all start next to each other, and sometimes, well, they don't.
"But sir, I REALLY hafta go!"
"Dammit Brian, we're under attack here!"
"I know, sir, but I've been holding it for HOURS!"
Meanwhile, on the other side of the base, my other three troops start next to each other, and group up. Unfortunately, where they group up is right on top of the alien spawn point.
The little grey boxes in that shot are dead aliens, sometimes 2-3 to a pile. There were 8 that came in, singly or in pairs. A single alien is survivable. Pairs? More iffy. More than that? Suicide. Remember that. In any case, there was quite a lot of gunning down aliens. 8 of my 12 needed for success.
So I went hunting for the other five. So I was sneaking down a long hallway, got to the end, and quicksaved, as is my standard procedure...just as an alien came around the corner. Followed by three of his friends, multiple of them armed with massive damage weapons or area effect weapons. Linette got off a couple of shots then went down. Jayrashee pulled out her medkit, got Linette up again, then died the final death. Joan and Linette managed to finish them up.
Brian? He spent the entire time in the bathroom.
Another story. Another base defense, but this time my troops all started near each other, so I got them together. The problem was, they were all in a room surrounded by very wide, very long halls. Why is this a problem, you ask? I stepped out, and about 5 rockets came shooting down the hall. So I ran flat out down the hall, dodging rockets, until a side hallway came into view. So I ducked into it and set up shop to wait for the aliens. Got out the grenades, set up snipers, the whole nine yards.
Then the aliens started coming. And coming. And coming. I was tossing grenades one after the other, and my shotgunners couldn't shoot fast enough. Eventually my grenadier got taken over by a mind control ray, and I had to bug out down the hall, dodging my own grenades and a couple of rockets, until I could duck around the other end...right into a couple more aliens, who had heavy weapons and incapacitated a couple of my troops before being taken out. Then, with my grenadier back, I got to go back and take out the OTHER aliens.
Fun times. Fun times.
Posted by Dwip at November 15, 2003 2:38 AM
