#xcom 2 assassin

[korbensoi]

When you think of the Chosen as children with divorced parents, suddenly my headcanon about Commander being their 'mother' makes a lot of sense. Bear with me for a moment here:

Warlock is the eldest child and spent, perhaps, most of his time with the other 'parent', who is bitter and tells him just how bad you are, how it would all be okay if you just came back to them. Of course, Warlock is the most loyal child of the Elders, who wouldn't have a grudge against such a 'neglectful mom' like Commander after all those years?

Hunter is the middle child, and true to his position, he simply gives zero fucks. Not as respected as the eldest child, not as loved as the youngest one, he's mostly left to his shenanigans. He's not opposed to any of his 'parents', he just wants to have fun - more than that, he can see flaws of both sides, judging by his comments in game. (Do I need to say he's definitely my favorite child? Hunter is so precious, I never wanted to adopt a sassy alien teen so badly before.)

Assassin, the youngest child, perhaps, the favorite one. Strives so hard to be as good as Warlock in terms of loyalty to the Elders, tries so hard to be a good daughter to deserve their attention. She wants to hate the other parent so bad, scoffing at Commander at any give point, and yet, when defeated... She can see and accept the truth. Maybe... Maybe her 'mother' isn't as bad as the Elders were telling her. And maybe she deserves to save this world of hers.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

The Chosen Assassin art by u/pao_briggs

[lasersquad]

[yanderes-galore]

2025 Fandom Request Preview

Some people asked, so.... Definitely stopping requests after this for a long while so I can focus on my life.

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[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)

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13 Sentinels

Steins;Gate

Danganronpa

Zero Escape

Persona 5

Favorite Anime

Akudama Drive

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Mob Psycho 100

Assassination Classroom

My Love Story!!

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Chio's School Road

My Hero Academia

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Dr. Victor Von Doom

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Magneto

Mary Sue

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David Graves

Vanadia

Mad Hatter

Atrocitous

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Hunter's Run

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American Gods

Tuf Voyaging

Age of Ra

Fire & Blood

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Warbringer(Wonder Woman)

Percy Jackson Series

Seventh Tower Series

The False Prince(Ascendence)

Kane Chronicles

Alex Rider

[tastytofusoup]

The XCOM 2 Chosen Assassin

Would.

[treemotan]

Got slightly burnt out replaying 3h so I've started a new XCOM 2 run, but because I hyperfixate on characters and someone made a voice pack mod with (almost) everyone, I decided fuck it, I'm making the Black Eagles in XCOM and future recruits (aside from the story-provided faction units) are going to be random characters from other houses.

Anyways, some highlights of the run thus far:

Bonded soldiers thus far include: Edelgard and Dorothea, Hubert and Ferdinand, Linhardt and Caspar, Bernadetta and Yuri, Petra and Claude, Balthus and Hilda, Hapi and Dimitri, Sylvain and Felix, and Lysithea and Lorenz. A couple were deliberate (Caspar/Linhardt and Bernadetta/Yuri), but the rest just kinda happened on their own.

I've somehow only had a single Covert Op get ambushed and OF COURSE it was the one Ferdinand and Hubert were sent on.

Me forgetting how PSI Operatives work so all the people I WANTED in that class are already other classes so as of right now Sylvain and Annette are filling that niche. Basically Sylvain can read minds and make people's brains explode now. And both rocking the white hair and glowing purple eyes.

On that note, RNGesus absolutely BLESSING Sylvain with the move pool.

Seteth soloing an absolutely MASSIVE horde of The Lost with a plasma pistol, and then him and Lorenz proceeding to beat down the Warlock (with a Teamwork assist from Lysithea) and eliminate him on the same turn he spawned in on that same mission.

Bernadetta suffering a panic attack and almost team-wiping the whole squad and having to be put in Stasis time-out by Sylvain.

Dimitri getting punched in the head and knocked unconscious by a Muton after accidentally blowing up the VIP that was ideally supposed to be captured alive in his very first deployment and Felix having to drag his unconscious body back to the Skyranger.

The entire mission to raid the Assassin's base and put her down. Lots of close calls and drama with the final fight with her having everyone on their last legs and no medkits left, Caspar goes down with the bleeding out status. Linhardt goes Berserk and charges the Assassin with only a couple pips of health left on himself, opens fire, and manages to crit her and eliminate the rest of her HP, bringing her down for good and winning the day.

The game's random nickname/callsign system decided to bestow "King Crab" to Edelgard and I found that so funny I kept it. Can only imagine the incident that led to that.

Anyways. Part of the fun of XCOM is the stories you make for yourself and I'm having a blast right now.

I will continue to share more shenanigans as they happen.

[mr-deep-downer]

don’t know what it is about xcom 2 but I kinda hate how even with the tutorial shit turned off it seems like there’s a lot of rail roading with prescripted missions from the war of the chosen dlc and I’m just like -_-. It’s not egregious enough to make me actively dislike it but it’s interesting to note the subtle focus on premade characters and personable antagonists. The same mission you’re introduced to the chosen assassin is the same mission you recruit Mox and Outrider, characters with unique voice lines who while just as mortal as any other xcom operative stand out enough to make me wonder if this where they got the idea for chimera squad from (haven’t played that yet btw.)

XCOM 2 also highlights my biggest complaints about the battletech game. because XCOM is all about asymmetric warfare between humans n aliens, it lets the devs have a much easier time balancing the two sides since they’ll never have access (under most circumstances) to the same units. It’s fine that I’m up against superior odds because it’s easier for me to get an understanding of how each enemy fights because they��re crafted in a way that’s purpose driven and it’s fine that my individual soldiers are usually stronger/more versatile because I don’t have to worry about the enemy pulling out the same bullshit I use. It’s a nice ebb and flow of fairness and challenge.

[izolyn]

Streaming XCOM 2 at 8pm EST!

The Chosen Assassin has had it too good for too long. We know where her stronghold is, our A-team's all ready to go, it's time to kill her bitch ass.

And then, uh, we go back to our regularly not-scheduled (...irregularly scheduled?) fucking about while we wait to get enough resources to get all the cool mod stuff.

[maximuswolf]

2012 was maybe a peak of gaming or was it?

2012 was maybe a peak of gaming, or was it? There were a lot of great games released in 2012, many of which have been remastered and are now playable on modern platforms.Examples include Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed 3, Borderlands 2, XCOM, Diablo 3, Sleeping Dogs and even Resident Evil 6.But where are Mark Of The Ninja, Spec Ops: The Line, Twisted Metal, SSX, Silent Hill Downpour and Black Ops 2? I'm just asking.2012 was a good year for gaming. TOP10 at least.What was your favorite game of 2012? Submitted February 25, 2025 at 07:09AM by MavorsXXX https://ift.tt/REfX94H via /r/gaming

[korbensoi]

It's... funny? Alarming? How do I even react to that??? But if I treat Xcom:EU/EW like anything from slice of life to a serious military universe, the xcom 2 game have one singular theme I can't stop associating with it. And it's religion.

Not any specific religion at that, more like the undertones and everything that comes with them (though, I'd admit Christianity is very close to what I think about all that). No, really, it's not me, it's devs who started that! Just look at all the important character groups: they all come in three. Bradford-Tygan-Shen. Reapers-Scirmishers-Templars. Warlock-Hunter-Assassin. For crying out loud, we even have THREE alien kings/queens! You know what else have three images? Holy trinity. Boom.

Okay, but seriously, though, it's... too fitting to not explore further. The way Bradford straight up idolizes the Commander, the way the Commander is viewed as some sort of messiah by the Resistance, and the way she feels about that. It's really tough to be a god, when you're only human, after all.

Little fact: it all started when I noticed, how much I was using "atone for his sins" when speaking about Tygan. It made me think, hey, but what if he IS a religious person? I love me some good contrasts, and having a character who is both calculating and logical and religious at the same time is ohhhh so very delicious. The angst! The mental struggle! The way he does whatever he's tasked to do during the day and prays for his sinful soul at night, Lord, have mercy, I am not immune to that. And after thinking about this I started noticing the trinity patterns, and then thought about "when does blind trust in Commander become a bit too close to worshiping", and here we are now.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

Chosen Assassin fanart by Lewdreaper

[ted5947]

More XCOM stuff. Took 2 days to beat the first mission with The Lost LOL.

I had an encounter with the Chosen Assassin. Wherein my specialist literally one-shotted her. God bless you, Stealthpig.

[eri-blogs-life]

After getting super obsessed lately and spending the last few months in an XCOM-infused haze, I have finally beaten XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, and I am ready to retire my career as Commander of Earth's forces, at least for the time being:

Overall, very good time, excellent game, excited to return to it, but I ain't returning to it anytime soon. I gotta break free of the fugue state and start, like, having relationships with my family and friends again.

But uhh, some quick thoughts:

Very fun game. Love the change from XCOM 1 to XCOM 2 of making more missions time-sensitive. Having multiple requirements to complete a mission allows each mission to become a cool puzzle where you're trying to keep everyone alive and complete your goals but you have to play at least a little recklessly to complete your goals before they expire. Very good stuff. Makes you play a lot more on the edge

The Alien Rulers dlc was very fun. I played non-WOTC base game with the other DLC first, then installed WOTC and played through AGAIN (so you can see why I'm maybe a bit burnt out now)... Anyway, the Alien Rulers having the ability to react every time you do an action does feel bullshit, but I ultimately found myself really enjoying my engagements with the Rulers. They were tight and rough and forced me to think a lot more tactically and consider not just what moves I make in a turn but the order I make those moves, which I think helped make me better in general.

The Chosen from war of the chosen are cool. I do quite enjoy them having randomized buffs so the Assassin, the Hunter, and the Warlock never do quite play the same from run to run, which I definitely think adds a nice touch. I do wish that each engagement gave you the opportunity to do some kind of longer-term damage like how the Alien Rulers worked in base game, but they still work really good as antagonists as is.

Okay but the Alien Rulers in War of the Chosen are kinda lame? I mean, first off, I never even fought one. The recommended "Integrated DLC Content" option for playing with both DLC's together makes it so that the Alien Rulers just operate as guardians of some of the alien facility missions. But I raided only one alien facility in my whole run, and didn't see a Ruler during that mission. WOTC adds so extra options to slow the Aliens' progress, meaning I never really felt like I HAD to do an Alien Facility mission at any point.

WOTC also adds some unique allies, and three new classes to the base game, and the resistence factions are amazing. The Reapers are god-tier stealth and explosives experts, the Templars are amazing melee specialists, and the Skirmishers are just all-around solid soldiers.

The tactical combat missions are cool, but especially as I got further in the game I got so frustrated with how many missions they were throwing at me. Sometimes I just wish I could take a break to just do the global-level base-building type missions instead of getting hit every couple in-game days with a Council mission, or a Retaliation mission, or a Resistence ally mission, or a...

I do really appreciate them pulling a 180 on the story of XCOM 1 so as to not be a direct sequel, with the ending of XCOM 1 having you beat back the aliens, but XCOM 2 starts with "oh the commander got captured at the start of the war and we lost and the aliens rule Earth now." I love them pulling that 180, but then pulling another 180 on us because by capturing the commander and using them to run war simulations for the aliens, the story of XCOM 1 DID exist, except only as simulations in the commander's computer-brain matrix head. Plus of course the majority of XCOM 1 runs end in a loss so in a sense that's the canon ending I guess or whatever.

Maybe one day I'll play the other XCOM game, but my understanding is that one has you with specific characters and it's more of a strictly tactical game with less of the feel of XCOM 1 and 2? I dunno. I also don't even remember what it's called. Chimera Squad. I looked it up. It's called Chimera Squad. Maybe one day I'll play it.

Anyway I'm very tired and my thoughts are not very cogent so thank you for taking the time to read this through. I love you, friend <3

[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

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