Just installed on Steam the old but quite excellent X-Com Apocalypse which is still one of my top 5 favourite games of all time.

The premise for those who dont know is that you command X-Com a sort of semi covert agency paid to protect the city of MegaPrimus from alien attackers coming into the city via 3 dimensional portals.

You have a hidden base underground (and can buy more) that you can build facilities for and design (in a limited way). You have teams of agents, that you suit up with armour, train, equip and then send out on missions where aliens have been seen, to raid buildings (you can raid ANYONE if you want to) and later into the alien dimension to blow their **** up.

Theres alot of researching and the agent missions are awesome fighting a generally good ai either in turn base OR real time. There are a hell of a lot of alien types all with strengths and weaknesses (I hate the popper which is basically an explosive penis on legs)

You also control a fleet of vehicles and jets with which to stop UFOs from infiltrating buildings and later to bomb them.

So what I was thinking was to start a new game on a large ish city and change all the agents names to massassians and see how long they last, what they achieve and what amusing stuff can generally happen (Nothing like someone getting brainsucked)

Anyone up for this?

I wanna be an agent. Name me Vincent Grey.

Mr. Buttons

Right then starting the game tonight (will add you 2 guys as squad leaders for the agents)

Any preference in weapons?. You've got Machine Gun, Autocannon (Rapid fire fires standard, armour piercing and incendury), Laser Sniper Rifle or Pistol.

Second week they give you Plasma pistols/sword, rocket launchers, mini rocket launchers and other assorted stuff.

Jep

I have no idea what this X-Com thing is, but add me for kicks and giggles!

Will be providing screenys (will have a photo bucket album) and details accounts of each days amusement.

Hey, sign me up.

As Tony. And give me a laser sniper if/when you get the chance.

I'd play this myself, but I can't get the bloody thing working.

Steam version or the old cd version?, cant get my old cd version to run...

Old CD version. I got it working, now, although the mouse moves like it's stuck in bitumen or something.

never played this but add me too.

just Ford is fine.

Add me as well! Gebohq please. Use as you see fit.

If you can, add me.
Vegiemaster. I'll take the Autocannon.

Ok here we go

Day 1-5

A team formed from Jep, Ford, GeboHQ,Mr Buttons,Squirrel King and Tony began its somewhat destructive (and wasteful on ammo) war against the alien insurgents. First mission was a simple investigation of a car factory. Few Anthropods with their brainsucker pods (Think headcrab that sucks your brains out sends you mad and then dies) Annoyingly B team got the action and minced all of it pretty quick (Jep got one kill and was promoted to Squaddie, this may be due to the fact he was given Akimbo Law pistols to see if it worked).

An easy win, but it was mostly B team that got the promotions. Began construction of the Massassi Temple base, purely for sending out missions. Then I decided it needed firepower, so it got 3 tanks just because I can.

First UFO Raid was easily thwarted, and Jep, Mr Buttons and Squirrel King took a Valkyrie Interceptor each to salvage the unmanned UFOs for research.

Jep spotted a pro alien supporter's Taxi on the way back and promtly pwned it. Government not entirely happy as he also destroyed a 2 lane motorway bridge.

Second UFO raid managed to land some aliens in a Megapol (Police) warehouse, but they'd moved by the time the team got their in their Wolfhound APC (Named The Governator). Found them in a nearby Marsec Warehouse and shot them. Again minimal kills for the massasians.

Finally the Massassi Temple got its agent quarters so the massassians moved in (with the newly named APC The Jepmobile). Right away a UFO raid began, which was mostly destroyed by 4 Hoverbikes. 1 UFO landed aliens in a faciilty before being destroyed but the Jepmobile was dispatched.

Carnage ensued in the office furniture warehouse (I'm not kidding) and everyone bar Squirrel King got kills. Jep was promoted to Squad Leader, Ford and Gebohq to Squaddie.

Tommorrow Massassi B team will be formed from Vegiemaster and Vincent Grey (Who I just realised was.. err missed)

Muaha! *flex*

"Do you understand what a chain of command is? Its the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand I'm in rutten charge here!"

Are we dead yet?

i want to be in this... SgtPnkks armed with an incendiary autocannon

Just watch your back, Jep. Ford and I are rising right behind you...

Know your role, shut your mouth, Squaddie!

(:P)

Ok Day 5-9 (Little less active)

Added new team members, new equipment available includes Plasma Pistols, Rocket Launchers (Only have 2 sorry) and Marsec Armour (Lighter than the Police issue stuff, but not as tough. Pro side is that it has a build in jetpack)

At which point the Aliens upped the ante a bit, by sending 2 Transporters and 2 Escort Ships.

The Transporters got shot down by 4 hoverbikes (Tiny things but hard to hit) for the loss of one bike. Started on the Escorts but couldnt bring em down before they legged it.

The Massassians, equipped with their new ship (A Hawk Air Warrior renamed Man Train MKI) set off to capture the wreckage and crew and try to nick their technology.

A team from the main base also went for the other crash site, but though they completed it quicker, they failed to destroy the sprinting penis bomb that came after them and it nearly blew someones legs off.

The Massassi team fought better with Sgtpnkks cremating the inside of the alien ship with incendury rounds (only 1 kill but it looked awesome), Mr Buttons has nearly exhausted the cities supply of Law pistol clips in 1 mission.... but got several kills as group A let loose a horrendous torrent of fire through the door when the aliens tried to bail (also killing an exploding penis before it got out the door).

Anthropods, Spitters, Brainsuckers and a Multiworm (Think a hybrid slug, crocodile that can spit acid) all got minced in short order (At one point 1 Spitter **** himself and tried to run before getting hit by an explosive autocannon round.

Promotions? Oh yes

Mr Buttons,Gebohq,Ford to Squad Leader (Same rank as Jep he wont like that) and Vegiemeister to Squaddie (Veggie is an android and though he cant be trained also cant be brainsucked or mind controlled,and he got 7 kills in his first mission...)

As I left it, another UFO attack is beginning...

http://www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

Right been a few days, this was going to be a full on update but the dammed thing crashed .

Things have been hotting up with a hellish few skirmishes which are annoyingly costly.

Firstly SgtPnkks spectacularly missed and set Jep on fire (quickly put out but a medipac was needed).

Then in a raid on a car factory, in a WTF moment Tony was hit by an exploding popper from under the ramp he was walking down and was killed instantly, the same explosion hit Ford but only his arm was injured.

After another couple of quick raids (and 2 more poppers) SgtPnkks got a popper in the face roughly 3 seconds after the mission started. I'm seriously thinking it might be a good idea to switch to the lighter armour so we can hover and piss the aliens off.

We have however reverse engineered the alien energy, propulsion and control systems and are close to designing our own probe to investigate their space. We've also nearly reverse engineered the aliens first laser weapon, which is seriously quick firing and powerful.

Soon we'll be using that...

This is an awesome idea. Count me in as BobTheMasher. Gimme something simple.

Oh, man.

Was I the first casualty?

woo i burned jepman

If you can still add, people, I'd love to be added as sabe0rpus!

Minor Update, it didnt save so continued again.

No casualties so far, but a couple of close calls with sodding poppers...

Hawt.

RIP Tony.

Ok Full update time, and its not entirely good.

Aliens have started using the full on big transporters (That carry alot of poppers :\)

SgtPnkks got cremated by a popper, Tony was killed by a boomeroid (Grenade that moves towards you...) and Saber0pus followed quickly afterwards, shot dead at close range by an alien laser. The rest of the team is somewhat in the medical bay trying to heal...

Biological Weapons are coming, as are reverse engineered Alien weapons.

Ooh. Add Agent Mack McMichael, if it's not too late! I'll take a laser sniper rifle.

in 'n' out :/