You play as a multiethnic resistance group that performs guerrilla warfare against an overwhelmingly powerful oppressor. Feels like a leftist dogwhistle, even if realistically its normal #resistance

  • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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    4 years ago

    Having a handful of super soldiers winning nearly every single battle from the start doesn't feel as epic as growing from sending 12 rookies knowing 3 might survive to calling retreats early/ignoring missions because you're already stretched too thin to slowly putting together an effective army and carrying out every single mission.

    Xcom without LW doesn't feel like you're fighting a guerilla war against an overwhelming force.

    • Rodentsteak [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Yea but that's nonsense. LW just means you're sending the rookie on 900 missions which consist of 9000000000 aliens per mission, and its still not harder because you're still only gong to fight them 1 on 1.