Jump to content

Played for the first time tonight


Stun Grenade

Recommended Posts

I just played Terror from the Deep for the first time tonight and I got slaughtered in my first mission! They kept killing me requiring only one shot. . . I went near the entrence to their sub and they just reacted first each time and I was shot on the spot...

 

Is there something I can do to win?

 

~SG

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 7 months later...

Playing TFTD again. What can you do, it's X-COM.

 

This game really is quite a bit harder than X-COM 1. As the thread starter said, it's one shot one kill for the aliens. Even after getting aqua-armour it's not much better - if you're lucky, your soldier will survive a sonic pistol hit. Medi kit isn't needed untill you have the aqua armour...

 

Anyway, I'm currently playing the second game. On experienced and no reload, same as the first one.

 

This one is quite different from the first game, however. Before I only got terror missions, practically no small USOs after the first month has passed. Natually this led to a disaster. Island attacks are ok, but ship missions... Slaughterhouse. So this time around I'm skipping ships missions untill I can equip my men adequately. And even than I'll only go there to collect specimens and head out. Too tedious and impossible with the current death rate.

 

Anyway, in this second game I get a lot of small USOs and this makes the game much, MUCH easyer. Becouse of the higher score the funding is getting bigger and I have enough Zrbite & Aqua plastic to sell.

 

Funny how one game can be completely different from the other. One of the things I always loved with X-COM.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

One thing that is IMPERATIVE on the ship missions is to use that neat close combat weapon. Can't remember what it's called now (thermal lance or something?), but it eats through the lobsterman armour like it was plastic :cool:
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
  • Create New...