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Article #394Re: XCOM - TFTD questions....
From: ram... Paul E. Goodwin III
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00
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"Jakob" <imma...@pacifier.com> wrote: >I play the same way, usually. For me, I have had times where I just have to >reload the mission, but I never save or load from within a mission. >This may sound really stupid, (in fact, I'm sure it will) but I sometimes >talk out my orders, and my recruits replies, or at least imagine it this >way. It almost adds a roleplaying element to the game...sometimes I even >feel a sense of dramatic pride and respect for the soldier who just gave his >life to let his fellow soldiers escape to safety. >God, I must suck... >-Jakob Heh, and here I thought I was the only person who talked to his soldiers. Hehehe. I re-load during missions (and save during missions) because I have the unhappy habit of clicking NOT where I had intended, or accidentally ordering the WRONG aquanaut to head somewhere, thus artifically exposing them to enemy fire. Paul G.
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From: ram...@gtalumni.org (Paul E. Goodwin III) Subject: Re: XCOM - TFTD questions.... Date: 1998/09/24 Message-ID: <360cd1d3.8101388@news.mindspring.com> X-Deja-AN: 394546167 References: <905973562.9891.0.nnrp-07.c2deb095@news.demon.co.uk> <36017810.D87B3C0F@globalxs.nl> <6tuirj$md8@news-central.tiac.net> <6tuk1v$1nh@fcnews.fc.hp.com> <906156592.27027.0.nnrp-03.c2deb095@news.demon.co.uk> <3604682f.0@news.pacifier.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. X-Server-Date: 24 Sep 1998 23:11:13 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: ram...@gtalumni.org Newsgroups: alt.games.x-com,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit