Three Moves Ahead 190: Fatality!: The XCom Review Show

Three Moves Ahead

Idle Thumbs

Video Games, Games, War, War Games, Strategy, Games & Hobbies, Strategy Games

4.8 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2012

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dave Heron and Jon Shafer return to the show to talk about XCom: Enemy Unknown with Julian and Troy. They talk about the streamlining Firaxis has done to the franchise and how it has paid off. How do the strategic and tactical levels meld? Is the voice acting any good? How replayable is it? And listen to their inevitable list of nitpicks. Troy's thoughts on XCom, Rob and Joe Robinson talk XCom and Rob argues in favour of its simpler design

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0:00.0	Hello, you are listening to episode 189, I think.
0:05.7	Good God.
0:07.0	Of three moves ahead, the once-in-future official podcast of Flashsteel.com coming to you on the Idle Thumbs Network.
0:15.3	I am your host for today, Troy Goodfellow, and with me is one of my founding panelists and the most recent member of the
0:25.2	of the three moves ahead ex-com team to die a horrible death.
0:29.9	Joey and Murdoch.
0:30.9	Hello, hello.
0:31.8	God damn it, that game is hard.
0:33.7	It is, but you know, but Bruce is a major.
0:37.7	Bruce Garrick has survived.
0:39.2	I got one captain.
0:40.0	Tom Chick died in the first battle.
0:41.2	Yeah, it's ugly.
0:42.8	It's tedious.
0:44.1	With us today are two of our frequent guests.
0:47.2	We have from a few subway stops away, independent developer, Dave Heron.
0:52.8	Thank you very much.
0:53.7	Glad to be here.
0:55.2	Glad to have you back.
0:57.2	And also, the eighth beetle of three moves ahead from StarDoc Games.
1:05.3	My very good friend, Mr. John Schaefer.
1:07.5	Hey, guys.
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