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[Grand Dad]

Gosh I didn't know you still play X-Com series...I beat them (2) a long, long time ago, still have them and will re-start soon as I install.

I believe all MPS games were great, pity they too packed up, even before Sierra.
In my opinion Civilization was (IS) the greatest strategy game ever and a precurser of all others: followed by MS's AOE and AOM series; didn't much like Sierra's EE! But the that's new topic, if it's not already there I'll start it k:

[The Fifth Horseman]

Yes, and as you can see they are quite popular here. Myself I have yet to finish TFTD - and return to Apocalypse.

[bahman]

Originally posted by Grand Dad@Apr 28 2005, 10:23 AM
Gosh I didn't know you still play X-Com series...I beat them (2) a long, long time ago, still have them and will re-start soon as I install.

I believe all MPS games were great, pity they too packed up, even before Sierra.
In my opinion Civilization was (IS) the greatest strategy game ever and a precurser of all others: followed by MS's AOE and AOM series; didn't much like Sierra's EE! But the that's new topic, if it's not already there I'll start it k:

Well XCOM is almost a tough game rather than a complicated or hard game. You are mainly faced with many aliens and killing them took very much time and caution. I have to say that killing them is always fun but not more than that. CIV and MOO are really complicated and they are much more attractive too. I still remeber playing CIV for months. By the way what are AOE and AOM series?

[The Fifth Horseman]

Age Of Empires, Age Of Mythology (not sure about that second one).

[axident]

Originally posted by Grand Dad@Apr 28 2005, 10:23 AM
Gosh I didn't know you still play X-Com series...I beat them (2) a long, long time ago, still have them and will re-start soon as I install.

I believe all MPS games were great, pity they too packed up, even before Sierra.
In my opinion Civilization was (IS) the greatest strategy game ever and a precurser of all others: followed by MS's AOE and AOM series; didn't much like Sierra's EE! But the that's new topic, if it's not already there I'll start it k:

You mentioned good games like MOO, Civ, and AOE, but have you tried Master of Magic? If they updated the graphics/sound, fixed the bugs, and kept everything else the same, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I'd pre-order it if they made it multiplayer.

[admanb]

There's a patch here that fixes a lot of crash problems as well as some other stuff. It works with this version of the game.

[Microprose Veteran]

If the ship is too large or dangerous or your team is still recovering, try to shoot it down over sea.

Any UFO downed over sea just sinks and disappears.

Also, night missions are unneccessary (unless terror zone). Just hover near the crash site with your troop ship untill day dawns.

[Jman4117]

You can avoid night terror sites too. Just be sure you have a ship targeting it at the end of each hour. You can prolong the wait for days if you like. :P

[PrejudiceSucks]

Or alternatively just land with flares...

Also, you should NEVER just shoot something down over the sea, even a Terror Ship. Try to land it, because if you just blow it up you have wasted a lot of time. If you even just land at a UFO site for a single turn then you will get a lot of points. Even better, if you start killing the aliens (even by luck) then you should start raking in the points.

By the way, a quick question - Does anyone know if leaders are present at a terror site?

I also discovered yesterday (although some may know this) that floaters have medics too. I stunned a floater and hoped for a Techician or preferably Navigator, but it turned out to be a medic!

[another_guest]

Originally posted by PrejudiceSucks@Apr 29 2005, 11:15 AM
Also, you should NEVER just shoot something down over the sea, even a Terror Ship. Try to land it, because if you just blow it up you have wasted a lot of time. If you even just land at a UFO site for a single turn then you will get a lot of points. Even better, if you start killing the aliens (even by luck) then you should start raking in the points.

I'm not sure whether it's also true for terror ships, but I certainly get 500 points for downing very large alien retaliation ufos over the sea. I only do this for this particular ufo type, as letting my bases' defenses shoot it won't give me any points at all.
Smal and medium sized ufos don't yield any significant points, or at least not enough to show on the graphs.

I seem to remember there is at least one alien leader present at terror ships, so I think there should also be one or more at terror sites. Though I've never had more than 1 terror site since I started playing again, now I just down intercept any terror ship before it reaches its destination.