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<blockquote data-quote="Vanya Mia" data-source="post: 5203906" data-attributes="member: 85882">Man do I remember that mission! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> I never actually played XCOM, and the players in the group who had generally respected my desire to stay uninformed, so the whole thing was new to me. LB cut the in game detail over the rooftop surgery, for expediancy with regard to length of post probably (... I do go on somewhat lengthily in game...) but it was rather cool to play through. I am the Queen of Bad Dice Rolls, on top of my PC being constitution wimp, so no way Cat was going to make the fort save against infection. Which, if I remember rightly, our walking tank Vas did on multiple occasions much to LB's chagrin!&nbsp;Alyssa, well ... it kind of worked regardless of LB's motives. A little dark perhaps, but then the campaign material should mean it's less light hearted except in bursts. It's a present day (ish) setting and so, in my opinion at least, it /should/ be less easy to divorce yourself from actions than DnD. This, amongst other things like the devastation of the major capitol cities, shakes you out of the pure fantasy as a player and gave the campaign added impact. I'm a drama queen in game so I'm never against a little darkness in a campaign, but the way all this was handled gave it serious impact and made it one of the most memorable campaigns I've ever been in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vanya Mia, post: 5203906, member: 85882"] Man do I remember that mission! :D I never actually played XCOM, and the players in the group who had generally respected my desire to stay uninformed, so the whole thing was new to me. LB cut the in game detail over the rooftop surgery, for expediancy with regard to length of post probably (... I do go on somewhat lengthily in game...) but it was rather cool to play through. I am the Queen of Bad Dice Rolls, on top of my PC being constitution wimp, so no way Cat was going to make the fort save against infection. Which, if I remember rightly, our walking tank Vas did on multiple occasions much to LB's chagrin! Alyssa, well ... it kind of worked regardless of LB's motives. A little dark perhaps, but then the campaign material should mean it's less light hearted except in bursts. It's a present day (ish) setting and so, in my opinion at least, it /should/ be less easy to divorce yourself from actions than DnD. This, amongst other things like the devastation of the major capitol cities, shakes you out of the pure fantasy as a player and gave the campaign added impact. I'm a drama queen in game so I'm never against a little darkness in a campaign, but the way all this was handled gave it serious impact and made it one of the most memorable campaigns I've ever been in. [/QUOTE]

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