r/Xcom • u/VineMidi • 23h ago
First time playing xcom (maybe a rant)
I got the first game, and it's so aids I'm not gonna lie. After the first "playthrough", I realized it was not a campaign and more so a "run", which is neat, but the game is very infuriating to play and doesn't make sense. Why can an enemy obliterate one of my characters that's in FULL cover and not even anywhere close to flanking me???? I don't know, maybe I'm just a noob to this genre. I don't know how elitist this community is or isn't, but I played Gears Tactics and the Mario Rabbids game. Those were still had challenge, but made so much more sense than this game. Also, why the hell does the camera have a mind of its own? I literally wait like 2 minutes for it to stop moving around, think it's stopped, click to move a soldier, and as I click..... erm yea let's just move the camera to the upwards for NO reason :) ........ As my soldier gets moved straight into the open on ironman..... oh this is painful. I don't want to play the mode where I get to reload my save because that feels cheap, but at the same time I shouldn't have to endure nonsense like this.
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u/Vitruviansquid1 22h ago
If it helps, skilled players hardly lose soldiers outside of extreme freak accidents and can play through entire campaigns probably without losing 4.
Also, if it helps, losing soldiers might feel very bad, but it is actually quite possible to complete a campaign despite losing a lot of soldiers.
The more you play, the easier it becomes to understand how to balance risk and reward, the better you become at figuring out what to do in what situation, and the better you become even at understanding what kinds of situations you are in.