#xcom hunter

[etherealvoidechoes]

Terrible idea just crossed my mind for the Hunter, or at least my Hunter Kon-Ris.

Can totally see he’d love using Chryssalids as attack dogs or traps on his patrols and sorties. Adds a new thrill to the fight, especially if you get the rare psionically resistant ones and it turns on you in the middle of a skirmish. A little spice to his boring life.~

[heljay]

she's readinge the book with mutti

based on this post:

[kundusaysthings]

I just noticed what this XCOM 2 achievement was called...

I've been playing this game for over 7 years (including the time I played a cracked version in college because I was too broke to afford to buy games), and I've never known this.

I hate how my brain immediately went to the associated lyrics. Now I'm wondering what a Revolutionary War-style mod would look like for XCOM 2.

I haven't even skulljacked the Advent Officer yet, it's too early for me to be thinking of another campaign with completely different mods.

[sirloozelite]

The next time I hear an XCOM player say that the Chosen Hunter is the least dangerous of the three Chosen, I'm showing them this!

[8bitsupervillain]

Here we have the top 25* games of all time.

It is technically the top 29, because in my heart Spelunky is right there with Spelunky 2, Pillars of Eternity is with Pillars of Eternity II, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry is with Wet Dreams Dry Twice, and Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2 are together.

Technically top 30, if you want to count XCOM: Enemy Within as a separate game to Enemy Unkown.

[xcommatriarch]

[Welcome back, Commander]

Xcom-themed blog is now up and running! Main blog: @korbensoi

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[Timelines] Xcom: EU | Xcom 2 | OC!AU

[Relationships] (EU/Xcom 2) Zhang x Anton | (EU) Commander x Bradford (Xcom 2) Commander x Tygan | (Xcom 2) Bradford x Volk (Xcom 2) Elena Dragunova x Pratal Mox (Xcom 2) Victor x Resistance Radio DJ

[Character Masterlist]

[Senior XCOM Staff]

[OC] Ensoi Lesnaya | Tag: Ensoi Lesnaya Callsigns: (XCOM) Commander / (undercover) Chit-Chat / (chosen) Matriarch Role: The XCOM Commander

[Canon] John Bradford | Tag: John Bradford Callsign: (XCOM) Central Role: Operations officer, (previous) Avenger's Pilot

[Canon] Dr. Richard Tygan | Tag: Richard Tygan Callsign: (XCOM) Hamburgler Role: Chief Science Officer, (previous) ADVENT gene therapy clinic employee

[Canon] An-Yi Shen | Tag: Lily Shen Callsign: (XCOM) Lily Role: Chief Engineering Officer

[Canon|MIA] Dr. Moira Vahlen | Tag: Moira Vahlen Callsign: - Role: (Previous) Chief Science Officer

[XCOM Troops]

[Canon] Shaojie Zhang | Tag: Shaojie Zhang Callsign: (XCOM) Chilong Role: (EU/LWR) Assault | (XCOM 2) Ranger

[OC] Anton Smits | Tag: Anton Smits Callsing: (EXALT / XCOM) Vector Role: (EU/LWR) Medic | (XCOM 2) Specialist

[Canon/OC] David Jones | Tag: David Jones Callsing: (XCOM) Big Sky Role: (EU/LWR) Skyranger Pilot | (XCOM 2) Avenger Pilot/Specialist

[OC] Stepan Kononov | Tag: Stepan Kononov Callsign: (XCOM) Wombat Role: (XCOM 2) Specialist

[OC] Lucinda Del Rosa | Tag: Lucinda Del Rosa Callsign: (XCOM) Heavens Spear Role: (XCOM 2) Templar

[Canon] Elena Dragunova | Tag: Elena Dragunova Callsign: (XCOM/Reapers) Outrider Role: (XCOM 2) Reaper

[Canon] Pratal Mox | Tag: Pratal Mox Callsign: Mox Role: (XCOM 2) Skirmisher

[Resistance]

[Canon] Konstantin Volikov | Tag: Konstantin Volikov Callsing: (XCOM/Reapers) Volk Role: Reaper faction leader

[Canon/OC] Jake Levy | Tag: Jake Levy Callsign: (XCOM) The DJ Role: Resistance Radio Host

[Aliens]

[Canon/OC] Victor | Tag: Victor Lesnoy Callsign: (ADVENT) The Speaker Role: (EU) Infiltration Unit | (XCOM 2) ADVENT Speaker / Resistance Radio Co-host | (Post XCOM 2) Actor

[Canon] Chosen Assassin | Tag: Assassin

[Canon] Chosen Hunter | Tag: Hunter

[Canon] Chosen Warlock | Tag: Warlock

[sp-growingpains]

4, 12 and 23 !!! 🫶🫶🫶 I’m curious

Y'all get ready now, I'm going through these while I'm dead at work!

4) Most overrated character in your opinion?

I just answered this one actually [Here], but there is a tie for first place. And it's fucking Towlie.

Fuck that used cum rag. I am so tired of his ass too. He's gotten a little bit better over the years, but TFBW is the only time I've ever laughed at anything he said. When he pops up and is like,

"Don't trust the government, kid."

That made me giggle a little.

But his merch is ugly, and I am never a fan of the "stoner" type character. I get it, you like weed. Most people like weed. Coming from someone who made South Park their personality, pull it back a little.

12) An episode so horrifying that it has forever haunted your psyche?

I misunderstood the assignment with the last question for least favorite episode. It's still Human-Centipad, but in the good sport of the game, I'll name a different episode.

A Million Little Fibers fucked me up a little not gonna lie. To be honest, I don't remember a lot of that episode that in itself is telling.

23) If a new game is in the works, what theme would you like to see? Such as fantasy, superhero, futuristic or so on.

YESSSS! Oh I was hoping someone would ask me this!

Okay! Hear me out, lock in with me.

Most of you who listen to me ramble know I love Cowboys. That old western era owns my heart! So when Phone Destroyers came out the gate with that, I was immediately in love.

If you've ever played XCOM, my dream game is very related to that. Turn based, top down, strategy game set in the wild west. Kinda like Hard West/Hard West 2! It's super fun and I would adore it!

I would want it to have the mechanics like Hard West where there's a friendship/affection level the New Kid could raise given their choices in the game! It would unlock perks and maybe make their specials better! You'd slowly unlock the characters like in the other game and maybe - like Dragon Age - bring two or three party members! Besides shootouts, there would be little mini events or situations where bringing a certain party member could help or hinder the situation!

Like, for example:

You come across a lonely cactus sitting in the baren sands. The deep green of the plants reflects slightly off the harsh sunlight. The strange thing about it is that all the needles are painted west. You've never seen a cactus so oddly shaped.

If you had like Kenny, an Outlaw, in the party, he could tell you about some old superstition and tell you not to touch it.

But if you had Stan Of Many Moon, he'd tell you that a cactus like that is a sign amongst his tribe of good fortune. That walking that direction will put you on a safe path.

Cartman, the Sheriff, on the other hand would he pissed for even considering taking a plants opinion on anything. It's a waste of time.

Kyle, the bounty hunter, wouldn't be paying attention to the cactus. More worried about finding tracks to the next target, so he wouldn't be much help.

Like some characters would be super good in a fight together but get pissy at one another. You'd have to find that balance and it would be so much fun!

[kriosv]

Know My Interests

Various Top 10 Media Lists under the cut

Favorite Movies

Oscar(1991)

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Godzilla Minus One

A Goofy Movie

Shazam!

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Kung Fu Panda

Jingle All The Way

Missing

Sinners

Favorite Video Games

Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Mortal Kombat(2011)

Saints Row IV

Luigi's Manion

F Zero GX

Star Fox 64

Tekken 7

Injustice

XCOM 2

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Favorite Superheroes

Superman(Clark Kent)

Wonder Woman(Diana Prince)

Robin(Damian Wayne)

Superman(Jon Kent)

Green Lantern(Jessica Cruz)

Ms. Marvel(Kamala Khan)

Quentin Quire

Human Torch(Johnny Storm)

Spider-man(Peter Parker)

Nightwing(Dick Grayson)

Favorite Visual Novel/Adjacent Categories

13 Sentinels

Steins;Gate

Danganronpa

Zero Escape

Persona 5

Favorite Anime

Akudama Drive

Kaguya-sama: Love is War

Mob Psycho 100

Assassination Classroom

My Love Story!!

Spy x Family

Angel Beats!

Chio's School Road

My Hero Academia

Black Clover

Favorite TV Shows

Game of Thrones

Smallville

Agents of Shield

Star Trek Enterprise

Once Upon A Time

Heroes

Dr. Who

Legends of Tomorrow

Hercules The Legendary Journies

Hotel Del Luna

Favorite Songs

Keep You To Myself

In The End

Every Storm

Stupid Cupid

Dream of the Sky

How Do You Like Me Now

Remember The Name

Angel With A Shotgun

Kryptonite

This Ain't My Day

Comic Book Writers

Tom Taylor

Ryan North

Peter J Tomasi

Brian Buccellato

Eve Ewing

Geoff Johns

John Byrne

Kelly Thompson

Jed MacKay

Mark Waid

Comic Book Artists

Dan Mora

RB Silva

Jorge Jimenez

Jim Lee

Daniel Sampere

Daniele Di Nicuolo

Francesco Mortarino

Jamal Campbell

Pepe Larraz

Juan Ferreya

Favorite Musicals

The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals

Thrones! The Musical Parody

Epic The Musical

Event;Horizon

We Are Tigers

Heathers

Twisted

Turnabout Encounters

Little Shop of Horrors

Black Friday

Galavant

West Side Story

Midnight Channel

Prom

Me and My Dick

Favorite Showtunes

The Way I Do(Starship)

Thank You Very Much(Scrooge)

There's a Fine Fine Line(Avenue Q)

Finale(We Are Tigers)

Gee Officer Krupke(West Side Story)

That's Just The Way It Is(Desperate Measures)

Wherever I Fall(Cyrano)

I Feel Pretty(West Side Story)

Come Out of the Dumpster(The Wedding Singer)

No More(Tick Tick Boom)

For Good(Wicked)

Wait For Me(Hadestown)

A Thousand More Words(Emojiland)

Blue(Heathers)

One Knight(Wonderland)

Favorite Bands/Artists

Sheepwave

Bowling for Soup

Sinewave Fox

Seckond Chaynce

Linkin Park

Queen

Halestorm

Avril Lavigne

Beach Boys

Alex Melton

Favorite Comic Book Supervillains

Dr. Victor Von Doom

Baroness Paula Von Gunther

Magneto

Mary Sue

B.R.O.D.O.K.

David Graves

Vanadia

Mad Hatter

Atrocitous

Batroc The Leaper

Favorite TV/Film/VG Composers

Ramin Djwadi

Bear McCreary

Nobuo Uematsu

John Williams

Blake Neely

Gustavo Santaolalla

Michael Giacchino

Favorite Books

Hunter's Run

Artificial Condition(Murderbot Diaries)

American Gods

Tuf Voyaging

Age of Ra

Fire & Blood

And YA/Childhood Faves

Warbringer(Wonder Woman)

Percy Jackson Series

Seventh Tower Series

The False Prince(Ascendence)

Kane Chronicles

Alex Rider

Chronological list of all my nicknames, youngest to most recent

Monkey Boy

Buttered Shrimp

Johnny Cash

Smiles

Coyote

Tijuana

Kuwait

Kawasaki

[piratesdelusionaltreasure]

Games that allow you to customise your character.

The extent of the customisation will vary, Some may be limited and others may be extensive.

Games in red are online only and unavailable to play through the official sites

Animal Crossing franchise

Aion

Attack On Titan 2

Animal Jam

Baldurs gate 3

Baldur's Gate Collection

Biomutant

Bloodborne

Black Desert Online

Code Vein

Cyberpunk 2077

Club penguin

Demon's Souls

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen

Dragons Dogma 2

Diablo 3

Diablo 4

Dark souls

Divinity: Original sin 2

Dragon Age: Inquisition

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

Elden ring

Final Fantasy XIV online

Fallout 4

Greedfall

Gang Beasts

Hogwarts Legacy

Immortals Fenyx Rising

Infinity Nikki

Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning

Knights of the Old Republic

Lord of the Wings

Little Big Planet

Love Nikki

Moving Out

Monster hunter world

Monster Hunter rise

Mod Nation Racers

Moshi Monsters

Mass effect 3

Miitopia

Nioh 2

No Man's Sky

One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows

Pioneers of Olive Town

Plants VS zombies

Palworld

Pony Town

Project Zomboid

Remnant: From The Ashes

South park: The stick of truth

Sims franchise

Stardew valley

Starfield

Soul Calibur 5 & 6

Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life

Sword Art Online Fatal Bullet

Saints row: The third

Spore

Tower of Fantasy

The Pretenders Guild

The elder scrolls 5: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The outer worlds

Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines

Warframe

White Knight Chronicles

World Of Warcraft

Watch Dogs: Legion

XCOM 2

3D Dot Game Heroes

Last updated: 16th february 2025

Dsclaimer: games included may be controversial, offensive, bad quality etc I will not exclude them as this list is solely about customising characters. If this is an issue research the game yourself before purchasing it.

[pluralsword]

something something combine the Matrix with the XCOM 2 Skirmishers for a trans allegory something something. On the other hand it can play out like this IRL (definitely not saying that realizing 1's orientation shakes off the suffering of transphobia on it's own but it can help)

Lesbian Blast version. Shoutout 2 the still vibrant & awesome modding community, the gal w/ the sniper rifle here was put together from moddable assets 2 depict Aimee, a sniper mercenary from a totally different game (Dirty Bomb). not saying she is or isn't lesbiab , lighting was just perfect.

Oh by the way the reason we chose Artemis for this is because the Ancient Greek word that gets mistranslated as virgin (due to what the modern meaning of the word is) simply means not having had sex with men. So... what exactly do we think a gal who hung out with nude ladies who were fellow hunters and had furs was doing you know

[heljay]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: XCOM (Video Games) & Related Fandoms Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Moira Vahlen & Viper King (XCOM), Dr. Moira Vahlen & Berserker Queen (XCOM), Dr. Moira Vahlen & Archon King (XCOM) Characters: Viper King (XCOM), Dr. Moira Vahlen, Archon King (XCOM), Berserker Queen (XCOM) Additional Tags: Flashbacks, Broken Families, Vahlen raised these three from embryos don't tell me they weren't her kids, Unreliable Narrator, Angst Summary:

"It's some sort of psionic rift! I cannot begin to fathom why Dr. Vahlen would have allowed it to have this ability!"

She had her reasons.

[izolyn]

Streaming XCOM 2 at a bit later than usual! I'll just boot the stream up once I get everything started.

Anyways the Warlock is now dead, the Hunter is ready to do the Avenger assault thing so I'm gonna let him do that because I want to see it and then kill him, and I got a soldier captured on a covert ops because I misremembered how a resistance order worked. Oops! Hopefully we'll get the chance to save him at some point.

[wasteland-soul-project]

Here's an insano list that will be continually updated so I have an online record of all that Im currently receptive to include. Consider this spoilers actually.

Greens got a spot on the timeline finalized.

White is sorted by era for workload

Agar.io, Saurian,Ancestors,Far Cry,Civ,History channel,The sumerian game,Hammurabi,Ass cred,Ryse son of rome,Ghost of Tsushima,evil dead,Kingdom come deliverance,western gun,Turok,Oregon trail,Samurai western,Call of Juarez,Red Dead Revolver,GUN,This land is my land,Bioshock Infinite,Valiant Hearts,Call of cthulhu,Sea wolf,Battlefield,Mafia, front line, endless war, the saboteur,Medal of honor,Call of Dutygenesisnoir,Capcom 1942,Commando,Castle wolfenstein?The incredibles,Cathode ray tube amusemen device,La Noire remember da whorient,Bertie the Brain,Nimrod,Destroy All humans,Christophers draughts,Fonzie road race,Atomic Heart,Tennis for two, gta,Spy hunter ,Spacewar!, xcom, metal gear, resident evil, 1967 world series, team fortress, afterburner, galaxy game, computer space, pong, silent hill, night driver, elevator action, E.T, space ace, uncharted, firewatch, jalopy, contra, gone home, portal, postal, prey, max Payne, illbleed, blood, FEAR, venture bros, manhunt, dead island, dead rising, kane and lynch , bully, cherry 2000, hell comes to frog town, burt reynolds flick, socom, saints row, mercenaries, half life,Alpha protocol,Outlast,Life is strange,Payday,Sleeping Dogs,Lollipop Chainsaw,Duck dynasty, hatred, tomb raider, Evil within,Dying light, edith finch, control, trad meme, alaskan road trucker, tume pilot, disco elysium, octodad, tacoma,Van Buren Tech Demo,Five lesbians eating quiche, thag cute radioactive couple,Fallout: Zero,System Shock,One man and a crate of puppets,Fallout: Frost,Wasteland,Fallout nevada,Atom RPG,Metro,Soma,Ashes twentysixty three,Fountain of Dreams ,Organ Trail,Employee of the month,Fallout 1.5 Resurrection,Squidward suicide,Stray,Horizon,Fallout Yesterday,Jazzpunk,xcom classic, breaking badFallout New Califnornia,Mad Max,Hwarts of Iron OWB, soace station 13,Storyteller,Fallout Lanius,Fallout nuka breakFallout 4 miami,All roads,Death Stranding,Morrowind,Outer Worlds

Fallout minecraft map,Fallout:Dust

Post war:Spongebob, 60 seconds, the story must be told, fallout revelation, starcraft, space quest, dead space, broken roads, breath of death, star heroine, mass effect

Prewar: 2050+, idealized-era retroscifi jetsons, overwatch, series of unfortunate events, deathloop, f zero x, afro samurai, thief reboot

Prewar 2025-50, dystopia class struggle sci fi deus ex, cyberpunk, mirrors edge, cruelty squad, final fantasy

Pre war (big mess of speculative future) home front,dishonored, naissancE, space station 13, crackdown, timesplitters, kentucky route zero, red faction, dreambreak, attack of the saucermen, metal slug

My lived yearss that one 4chan comic in france, plants vs zombies ,the boys, slender, sniper assassin, stalker, hitman, the quarry, pandemic 2, black watchmen, alien hominid, police quest, tony hawk, ape out, ace attorney, the beginners guide, arma, aemy of teo , chimamande adichi, crysis, just cause, just dance, prototype, skate, various sports, dangenrampa, true crime, post void, burger tycoon, dino crisis, the cat lady downfall devil went through here lorelei, science adventure, goldsrc counter strike, detectives united, deadly premonition, freedom fighters, eternal darkness, unboxing, that unity game abt the painting, subnautica, perfect dark, famicon wars, the darkness, captain underpants

1900s fnaf, calvin and hobbes, papers please, mother, zaxxon, heros journey, stalin vs martians, x files, tom clancy, spec ops, gorillaz, the sims, GI Joe, leisure suit larry, pathologic, cold war game, hammer and sickle, jurassic park, evil dead, james bond Tropico, sims city, ikari warriors, spy hunter, time crisis, alone in the dark, syphon filter, gabriek knight, arma cold war, chinua achebe, camara laye, persona, shenmu, yakuza, brothers in arms, company of heroes, punchout, operation flashpoint, professor layton, sniper ghost warrior, sniper elite, undying, stanley parable, hotline miam, war in the east, wings of orey, men of war, 9th company, red orchestra, iron front, death to spies, mother russia bleeds, roller coaster tycoon, counterspy, esrls day off , gaiden, shin megami, suda 57, fatal frame, gorogoa, hotel room dusk

1800s thief, amnesia, samurai champloo, jojo, dark pictures anthology, wadjet games multiverse, bloodborne

1500s sekiro

1400s Europa Universalis

1300s Demons souls classic

1100s lionheart

1000s crusader kings, chrono trigger

800s prince of persia

200 silk

100 romanc eof the three kingdoms, dynasty warriors

Ancient 0ad, pharoah, the scorpion king, sphynx and the cursed mummy, age if mythology, noahs ark, empire esrth, rise of nations, total war, tak and the power of juju, hades

Cavepeople: dawn of man, jawa mammoth, age of empires, tork, tail of the sun, echo secrets of the lost cavern,roots of patcha

Old af: jurassic the hunted, nanosaur, a prehistoric tale, id software timeline, AVP TIMELINE OLD AF, evo, evolution games of itnelligent ligr, lynn margulis, civ dinosaur war like cthulhu mythos, robert howard books, cthukhu saves, DC, Marvel

[kyndaris]

Mother Knows Best

For someone that plays video games as much as I do, you begin to pick up on a lot of common themes and tropes that are often used in the medium. What took me by surprise was facing Lilith in not one but two games in such quick succession. It's not often that I face the exact same antagonist. After all, both were demonic entities seeking the destruction of the world. Both were referred to as 'Mother' throughout the in-game dialogue and banter. And both had a connection to the playable character.

But while Lilith in Diablo IV gave birth to the Nephalem, the progenitor to humanity in the world of Sanctuary, she could only connect to the playable character due to a ritual involving her blood petals. Lilith in Marvel's Midnight Suns has a much more direct connection to the playable character, known only as The Hunter, as their birth mother. The other major difference here is that in Diablo IV, Lilith is trying to rule over Sanctuary while in Midnight Suns, Lilith serves as the agent of Chthon, a slumbering Elder God hoping to destroy the Earth and recreate it in its image.

Coincidences aside, Marvel's Midnight Suns was a game that I picked up in December last year and was one of the many tactical role-playing games I'd intended to get through before reaching the meat of the 2023 gaming experience. Alas, travelling and being bombarded left, right and centre with lengthy games distracted me from it until about 8 months later.

And when I finally booted up the game on my PlayStation 5, I found myself asking why I was indulging Firaxis's attempt to recreate what they had with XCOM but with a Marvel skin. What immediately struck me were the character models that I felt were less than stellar. Nor was I that impressed by the voice acting.

True, it was not like the game studio were going to bring back the actors of the MCU films to reprise their roles for the superheroes (or use their likeness), but I wanted something more than the somewhat janky character models that we received. In fact, I almost put down the controller, unsure if I wanted to continue with the game.

But persevere I did.

With time, I grew accustomed to the character models and the voice acting. After all, the cast is pretty stack with the likes of Yuri Lowenthal (reprising his role as Spider-Man from the Marvel's Spider-Man games), Erica Lindbeck, Courtney Taylor, Josh Keaton, Laura Bailey, Steve Blum, Darin de Paul and Matthew Mercer to name but a few.

Once I managed to get over that initial hump in the road, I started to enjoy the time I spent hanging out with a few of Earth's Mightiest Heroes and their more supernatural compatriots, the Midnight Suns.

Like many Firaxis games, Midnight Suns is a tactical/ strategy game. One that would have been better, in my personal opinion, as a handheld game. However, given that the playable characters are heroes with a multitude of abilities, Firaxis mixed up the traditional tactical/ strategy gameplay with the use of cards to denote special abilities and skills.

Gone were percentages detailing whether or not my character would hit the enemy. Gone, too, were Overwatch abilities that would allow my characters to attack an enemy as they dashed across the screen. Instead, Firaxis introduced a card deck system which was drawn up to a maximum of six at the end of each turn. Cards could comprise of attack, skill or heroic abilities. Many of them also included a variety of status effects to buff or debuff both allies or enemies, bringing with it another layer of strategy as most of these ended within a round of combat.

But the most important ones were those that refunded cardplay like the 'Quick' effect. Other cards allowed you to draw additional cards and these were important especially if you didn't have a good hand. Redraw too, was a resource that could be expended to power up abilities or to replace unwanted cards.

While it sounds complicated in theory, the gameplay of Midnight Suns was simple. You played three cards each turn (occasionally four) and tried to defeat the enemy as quickly as possible.

What was important to note was that while you were limited in the number of cards that could be played each round, your heroes could also deal damage via the environment. Unfortunately, to perhaps balance the use of environmental attacks, such actions were gated behind another resource: heroism (which were also used for heroic cards).

This meant that players had to carefully consider which cards to use when and where to maximise the damage on enemy Hydra agents and Lilin creatures and reach objectives for each mission.

Firaxis, though, are not content to simply sit on their strategy/tactical gameplay. Like many of their other games, Midnight Suns also included base management. Simpler than their incursions into the XCOM universe, Midnight Suns allowed players to research particular upgrades that could give their heroes an edge for their next battle against the forces of evil.

More importantly, though, Midnight Suns also allowed for team bonding. And as someone that wants to be friends with everyone, I spent many hours trying to boost my friendship levels with each and every hero that was recruited to the cause of stopping the rise of Chthon by giving them gifts or hanging out with them in an activity that they liked.

Heck, I was even looking up a Steam guide to know which dialogue options that each character preferred.

What was most unfortunate, though, was that there was no way to romance any of the superheroes. Why did Blade and Carol Danvers have to get together when I wanted both of them to myself as The Hunter?

Admittedly, I did think the romance between Caretaker and Agatha Harkness was great. The Hunter and their two mums. Who could ask for more except for some more lesbian representation in media please. True, some might argue that it did have a 'bury your gays' trope since Agatha is dead, but she comes back as a ghost and seems to be fine chilling around in the library. Something that Caretaker doesn't really take issue with after the Grey Seneschal ritual that binds Agatha a bit more to the land of the living (though still in spirit form).

Beyond that, I liked being able to explore the Abbey grounds and uncovering the secrets of the past, along with discovering new chests that could present me with another cosmetic for either The Hunter or the other heroes in my roster.

Still, what didn't make sense was that although the Abbey had a Forge and CENTRAL ops, a training yard and pool to lounge by, it had no kitchen or bathrooms. Given that Robbie Reyes had installed a TV to watch movies and play video games on, WHY WERE BASIC AMENITIES MISSING?

The fact that there was no kitchen also made it confusing when an upgrade to The Hunter's bedroom left a plate of bread and fruit on their bedside table.

Why? What? How?

From a plot standpoint, I felt like much of the conflict came from poor communication skills between Hunter, Sara (Caretaker) and your mother, Lilith. If Lilith could have explained her plan better, maybe she and the Hunter would have stood beside each other from the start instead of fighting against each other.

Caretaker, too, needed to learn to trust the wards under her charge instead of holding grudges.

But without these factors, of course, there would be no central conflict. Which, in turn, wouldn't have brought all of America's Mightiest Heroes (with the occasional Transian witch and Russian mutant) along for the journey. It wouldn't have allowed me to simply chat with these characters and watch them grow. Nor would it present me with an intriguing plot to drive me ever onwards to the end.

And that's another thing that I take issue with. The fact that a majority of Marvel's heroes are Caucasian. True, we have Robbie Reyes's Ghostrider, Eric Brooks and Nico Minoru showing off minority representation but almost all of the other heroes are blue-eyed Caucasians!

And they're all American. Or, at the very least, live in America. With most of the missions revolving around New York and the American South-West with only the final act in the fictional European country of Transia.

Now, this isn't an issue with the game, of course, but rather the state of affairs when it comes to superheroes in general. Yes, I know that there are heroes and villains from all over the world but the vast majority of them are Americans. Which, in all honesty, is likely to stem from the fact that a vast majority of comic book writers are American. And consequently, they write from an America-centric viewpoint.

But I've noticed that in many of the games I play, America also serves as the be-all and end-all for settings as well. Take Horizon: Zero Dawn and its sequel Horizon: Forbidden West. Or even The Last of Us, Grand Theft Auto, Fallout, Days Gone, Saints Row and a myriad of other games.

In any case, Marvel's Might Suns was an interesting take on a mishmash of genres that worked well with its superhero aesthetic. While I feel like it might have been better if they could increase the cardplay usage or the damage the heroes dealt for certain (we are talking about superheroes here, not foot soldiers), I enjoyed trying to figure out how best to place my heroes to deal with the enemies before me so I could put an end to Lilith's plans.

Soon, I'll tackle Fire Emblem: Engage. I promise. Just a few short games and it's the long haul for me.

I swear it won't be for too much longer!

And then I can tackle all the other triple-A video games that released in 2023...

[genshingorlsrevengeance]

Fav game of all time?

Besides Team Fortress 2 and Monster Hunter, no other game really holds a special place in my heart more than XCOM Enemy Unknown and its expansion. It's where my love of strategy games in general comes from since it was one of my first ever.

The gameplay of it is what will stick in my mind forever, as well as the futuristic soundtrack by Michael McCann. I have so much fond memories of recreating characters in that game, and putting so many hours into its sequel.

It also inspired me the most in why I care so much about characterization with the own stories you could create from it. It's also probably where my love of crossovers comes from the most. But more on that later...

If you love strategy games and haven't played XCOM, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

[mmeveronica]

WOOOOOO!

I just beat the last Chosen in my first compain of XCOM 2 Long War Of The Chosen on Rookie difficulty! Let me tell ya, going up against the Assassin without any battle scanners or people with the scanning protocol ability was a bad idea, at least my sharpshooter took her down quick, but another soldier got down to 1hp while wearing a war suit.

The other two chosen were wimps though, like the Hunter only got one turn in that's how much of a wimp he was. Turns out the highest tier of weapon is pretty good.