There is a faceless holding cats with a cute face.

[Mazisky]

You can tell by that alone how the writers are changed for the worse.

The franchise is completely ruined, but at least people can make memes on reddit.

Good Job Firaxis i guess

https://i.redd.it/b3n6rn7tw8v41.jpg

[[NL]Ben]

Originally posted by Sierra 117:

Don't see how it's ruined, but I for one am enjoying the hilarity that is coming from the devs obviously taking dumb ideas and saying ♥♥♥♥ it let's put it in. Like, nothing about this screams you need to take this seriously.

Too bad this game seems to be intended to be some sort of 'bridge' to XCOM 3.... (Check the ending)

Originally posted by danp164:

Damn youngins forgetting all about the original Xcom's They were full of tongue in cheek jokes, just check out the dashboard stickers on the interceptors in Xcom interceptor.

There's 'tongue in cheek' and just lame.... Too often in Chimera Squad it are just lame jokes.

[STORDYR GAMING]

Nerds re the worst critics a franchise can have. Can you guys please just enjoy the freaking game and not whine about canon, a different take on the topic or whether or not the franchise is ruined...

This is seriously annoying the ♥♥♥♥ out of me in every franchise, be it Star Strek / Star Wars ... be it Fallout or ElderScrolls... and now you guys here...

Excuse the rest of us for spending our money and enjoying the game. You guys are not the ones to tell us what we are allowed to have fun with.

[Lenny]

Originally posted by STORDYR GAMING:

Nerds re the worst critics a franchise can have. Can you guys please just enjoy the freaking game and not whine about canon, a different take on the topic or whether or not the franchise is ruined...

This is seriously annoying the ♥♥♥♥ out of me in every franchise, be it Star Strek / Star Wars ... be it Fallout or ElderScrolls... and now you guys here...

Excuse the rest of us for spending our money and enjoying the game. You guys are not the ones to tell us what we are allowed to have fun with.

As a nerd I have to say that you are actually 100% correct.

As a side note, logically the faceless would be the single most likely alien to pet or own a cat. In fact, they are uniquely suited for integration in human society, as they are already able to mimic human behaviour, manners and speech perfectly. They are also smart enough to understand the value of appearing cute, instead of as horrible brooding monster. This is a non-issue. Just pure salt.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Wondervice:

Everything is delivered with this upbeat, 'nothing can go wrong, we are all just having fun guys' way as if you got a splinter on the playground instead of mind controlled by a ruthless terrorist.

That's just the character writing rather than the world building, and yes, it does come across like it was written by a fourteen year old on a cocktail of anti-depressants and energy drinks trying to replicate the script of a particularly bad Buffy episode. It's just about bearable after you bench the more obnoxious members of the squad, but I still find myself hitting 'skip' more often than not.
Outside of that though the world as presented seems to be fairly familiar XCom territory. It's just a shame we're seeing it through the eyes of children rather than adults this time out.

[Zaltys]

Originally posted by Lenny:

As a side note, logically the faceless would be the single most likely alien to pet or own a cat.

Nah, I think the faceless is rescuing those cats from a tree. The fireman helmet is a big clue, not to mention that the text is flipped and says 'helping hands - help where you can'.

(Come to think about it, a fireman who can easily regenerate burns sounds pretty handy for rescue jobs.)

[Lenny]

Originally posted by Zaltys:

Originally posted by Lenny:

As a side note, logically the faceless would be the single most likely alien to pet or own a cat.

Nah, I think it is rescuing the cats from a tree. The fireman helmet is a big clue, not to mention that the text is flipped and says 'helping hands - help where you can'.

Ah, that makes sense

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

Originally posted by Mazisky:

faceless holding cats with a cute face.

https://i.redd.it/b3n6rn7tw8v41.jpg

I too, find the visage of the Dark Lord of Hell, Satan, adorable.

[Mistfox]

I have to ask you guys one thing. When you go to work or school, how much of your interactions with your friends actually meets the criteria of social interaction that you are setting for this game? Do everything you talk to with your friends have to be grimdark world building and exposition for Planet Earth?

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

Originally posted by Mistfox:

I have to ask you guys one thing. When you go to work or school, how much of your interactions with your friends actually meets the criteria of social interaction that you are setting for this game? Do everything you talk to with your friends have to be grimdark world building and exposition for Planet Earth?

Yes. Because that's rEaLiStIc

Seriously though. Anybody who thinks that soldiers are 100% serious and edgy 100% of the time has never met a real soldier in their life.

[Cat]

Oh get real, the series is not "ruined" because the game has cute pictures in it. If anything it's a cute little gag they added, all the other games have these things too. There are FAR bigger things you could bring up, this comes across as reaching at straws.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Mistfox:

Do everything you talk to with your friends have to be grimdark world building and exposition for Planet Earth?

Nice reductio ad absurdum. The problem isn't that they're not grimdark, the problem is that they sound like a bunch of adolescents rather than colleagues, let alone those involved in law enforcement. It's perfectly possible to write office banter in a comedic manner without making it sound like your characters have yet to experience puberty; see for example The Office, The Thick of It et al.

[DrKold]

Originally posted by STORDYR GAMING:

Nerds re the worst critics a franchise can have. Can you guys please just enjoy the freaking game and not whine about canon, a different take on the topic or whether or not the franchise is ruined...

This is seriously annoying the ♥♥♥♥ out of me in every franchise, be it Star Strek / Star Wars ... be it Fallout or ElderScrolls... and now you guys here...

Excuse the rest of us for spending our money and enjoying the game. You guys are not the ones to tell us what we are allowed to have fun with.

I partly blame lets players for this , they have a huge influence nowadays.They tell whats good and whats bad in a movie but in the end , its all personal opinion.I for example quite enjoy the star wars prequels , i really like them ..most people dont so i got some flag for that because they are "bad".

There are so many examples for this and its sad.

[Athyl]

I just need to play a Faceless in this game! Even in a DLC I would buy it!

Maybe a Faceless character will be playable in “XCOM 3”? Let's dream.

[Jackdaw Mask]

Originally posted by archonsod:

Originally posted by Mistfox:

Do everything you talk to with your friends have to be grimdark world building and exposition for Planet Earth?

Nice reductio ad absurdum. The problem isn't that they're not grimdark, the problem is that they sound like a bunch of adolescents rather than colleagues, let alone those involved in law enforcement. It's perfectly possible to write office banter in a comedic manner without making it sound like your characters have yet to experience puberty; see for example The Office, The Thick of It et al.

I mean it depends on party composition. Terminal is one of most prone to joking agents and Cherub is really naive. So I guess for more seriously minded people, the tutorial party might not be super great :D Also do know that vast majority of them aren't actually from military background, they are people who joined the resistance vs advent meaning its pretty plausible lot of them don't have military disciple.

But yeah, on the other agents: Torque snarks a lot, Axiom is pretty serious, Claymore jokes somewhat but in more subdued manner, Shelter is awkward but serious, Patchwork doesn't seem to joke a lot so far, Blueblood is prone to talking about his old days as a cop(he feels like old timer), Zephyr is brutish.

[Mazisky]

Originally posted by Bruno Fisto:

Really that is bothering you? A simple poster? Honestly, people like you are the reson why I'm not calling myself a gamer anymore. Only crying and hissing if something does not fit you.

Really that is bothering you? A random dude complaining about posters? Only crying and hissing if something does not fit you.

Some people don't even realize they act exactly like the behaviour they criticize and all of that at the same time.

It's mindblowing.