Should confess to the terrible. I hate X-Com: Ufo Defense. Don’t get me wrong. This is a really great game, which brought with him a lot of a mechanic, which few people succeed even in our time. But it somehow happened that I never could have passed it. You can find many reasons, but the blog is not about that. Time passed, several more games with a similar level of freedom were released, but something was missing for me. The clones and rethinking of UFO were passed several times, Ja2 was also conquered, but I wanted more. I wanted hardcore and complete freedom. And at the same time I wanted the plot and tactics. I wanted stealth and action. I wanted the impossible. However, the same Ufo Defense came to the rescue. More precisely, a fan modification. Gentlemen. Ladies. We have an urgent call. Here are two tickets for you. You rent a car on the spot. X-Com Files agency needs you.

I want to apologize for the yellowness and graphic problems in the screenshots. They are not in the game, but the programs to capture do not think so

The first acquaintance
I think that the veterans of the series, who first launched this modification will be somewhat surprised. At first glance, nothing has changed. We put the base, gain its name in the window that opened, go to the screen of our new refuge and … where are my e *** aircraft? What will I shoot down plates. Why the only affordable equipment is a rental car? So. Calm down. Find a plate with a plate, throw it with grenades and missiles, and then according to the classics of the Lazgan-Bronz-Plaza-Plaza fighters … where is the arsenal? Why two agents? Why are there a maximum of five? I mean – there are no laboratories?

That’s our whole arsenal. Ready to protect humanity?

On the course of the X-Com Files indicates the player in his place. Ufopedia briefly explains the situation. You are a minor organization based on the UN, which was given some starting capital, a couple of intelligence from different countries, several qualified heads of departments (extremely outstanding personalities) and a little weapons from the list “What is not a pity”. Spin as you want. For most of the time, forget about the heroic assaults of huge flying saucers and steep guns. The mountains of papers that need to be filled to obtain each unit of weapons, lack of influence in the council, money and personnel – this is your main enemy. But don’t think about the game bad. Still, this is not a clerk simulator. You have to shoot. And more than once.

One of the ordinary enemies appearing at the start. Mighty, smelly, strong.
Even at the very beginning of activity here – above the roof. There, an unknown form of life is fierce, here it is necessary to detain the cultists, but there you need to evacuate farmers there. And it is advisable to respond to everything. You do not want to lose those grains of respect for advice? Most likely your first landing will go like this: your agents will sit on the plane, reach the destination, rent a car and go to the place like that. A couple of pistols, flashlights and shotgun in the trunk "Just in case". And at that moment when a window of confirmation of the start of the mission appears on the screen of your monitor – start praying. After all, now anything can happen at all. Perhaps a couple of slow zombies wander around the district. Or maybe there are more than thirty of them and shots from pistols will be of little worrying. Or maybe this is an invasion of "small" rodents, whose quantity should not be counted at all? And if everything is clear with animals – take it alive only if there is an opportunity, then people need to be arrested. Preferably without killing them in the process. And then autopsy, examinations, interrogations and an attempt to find out – against whom or what we are fighting. By the way, confiscated weapons and things will be tightly settle in your arsenals, complementing the supply of supplies from the UN.

A very interesting way to Nonstop casino games interrogate
Time goes on, you open more and more cells of various organizations, rise higher, find more and more life forms, increase military, research and production power … But aliens are still gone, despite the fact that their existence is already known. Maybe you spotted a couple of sowing plates, but most likely you could not take them storm. Or, witching a quick saving button and putting almost all the operatives captured a small ship, receiving only new questions regarding what awaits you. There is a feeling that you still do not understand anything. And then everything seems to be tired. Each disaster signal is detected and cleaned. Enemies of mankind split in interrogations in packs. You calm down. However, if you missed one “not too important study” – one fine day you will be somewhat surprised by the sudden attack of the aliens on the entire planet at once. And so that life does not seem like honey, the attacks of monsters begin around the world, the coasts are attacked by strange creatures from sea depths and your entire organization is subjected to constant attacks. At this moment you will understand that all those days that have gone to your game before is only a prelude. The game itself began only now. I will stop the story about the plot on this. It is much more interesting to find out yourself – what will happen next.

With such trunks, and with such guys – and it’s not a shame to take a plate

Chips
Perhaps it’s time to lay out the modes of the mod on the items. And you can start with night operations. Yes, it was possible to fight at night in the original, but this happened more forced. Aliens see perfectly in the dark and shoot people before people see at least one of the enemies. Now the night is often – our friend. Remember that people should be taken alive? And people like to shoot. Only at night they do not see anything. So, carefully combing the card and finding the enemy, it is worth quietly attacking the shadow and tapping something that neutralizes on the head of the gaping enemy.

Unfortunately, I can’t show you a night mission because screenshots come out evenly yellow.
But capture by force is not the only way to arrest. Now reasonable opponents may well give up if they understand that further resistance can lead to death. What is characteristic – different types of enemies have very different criteria for surrender. Some opponents beat to the last drop of blood even left alone. Others can lay down a weapon when wounded or the death of the vast majority of the detachment.

The cultists of Dagon behave especially funny. For it is worth shooting the priest Dagon and his guard – how everyone else sharply begins to panic and surrender. Sometimes it is possible to take a prisoner at once a dozen or even two low -ranking cultists. No discipline.

Fast victory. After a second, a citizen in blue will fly in the face, which instantly demoralizes his followers throughout the location and force them to surrender. Great luck on the first move.
Arsenal. There are hundreds of items of various weapons. And each barrel is really different. The damage and accuracy of one weapon is higher in operatives with a high accuracy indicator. Other trunks should be given to tenacious. How do you need an option to slam a huge werewolf boombox in the face? By the way, if the agent really loves music and has steel eggs, such a “weapon” will be powerful enough to knock out even more terrible opponents. However, there are many close combat guns that are better suited to eliminate the enemy. In addition, when fighting, it’s very difficult to shoot closely – the enemy standing nearby can reject your barrel aside. And the larger the trunk, the easier it is to intercept it.

In the last move, the investigator ended ammunition, so I had to tear the enemies with his bare hands and a selected bat. True, a good blade would have coped better … but with what pleasant sound the bit was used!
Dogs. Love dogs? Even if you are the same avid feline like me – in this fashion you will love them. Because a well -trained bobik can break a cybercian for a move. What can we say about people and sectoids that would be worth performing suicide with only the sound of a dog barking alone. True, before the dog begins to bend the reinforcement with a look, she needs to survive more than one fight and train to tear to shreds of any enemy. And the dog is not very tenacious even in special equipment. Nevertheless, even if the faithful dog still does not know how to tear his hand into one bite – he can scare enemies with his barking to the parliament. Seriously. Yes, by the way. I said that the dog can smell anyone and is one of the best locators in the game?

In fact, the dog is doomed. He will not run far, and he will not have time to bite anymore. But look how proudly he stands over the enemy he defeated Rip Bro.
Well, the bestest. Opening work. You could see something like this in the reloading of X-Com’a. But believe me, missions with holding the point and the newsletter of agents with pistols cannot compete with emotions with what X-Com Files offers us. After the “Covering” study, you may well notice a new activity on the map. Depending on your resources, you will be invited to penetrate the enemy territory in the image of repairmen, vacationers, athletes or someone else. But there is one problem. The shotgun is not very suitable for the repairman’s image. And it is difficult for a vacationer in some underpants to hide a grenade launcher. So to select equipment and fighters for such missions. And you will also have to act carefully. The territory is enemy, walking with weapons is not shy there, shoot at uninvited guests – too. Although no one stops to score the first enemy who came to the arm of scrap and get hold of something more serious. Or not to attract attention

From the side of the head of the head, it was stupid to stand with his back to the aisle. However, there is no reception against scrap.

And, of course, a rich bestiary. Each fraction hostile to us has its place in the world, its gameplay characteristics, weapons and behavior. And the variety of the predatory fauna makes us recall the best seasons of such series as “Secret Materials” and “Supernatural”. And everyone needs their own approach. Especially if you want to not only win, but also get dividends from this. In the end, no one will buy the corpse of an ordinary person, but a couple of dozens of living cultists sold on the side are already a little capital. In addition, gradually moving in the plot and developing your agency, you will hire not only basic specialists, but also the heads of departments that will open new research and opportunities. And always you should keep a few living and dead creatures. They will be useful to a new team member for in -depth research or the production of interesting things.

Let him not yet know, but in the coming months he will have enough work.

Result
Fuh. I think this can be finished while. Still, I don’t write a guide. And in order to become interested in this beautiful mod, this should be enough. If you wanted a game for a long time, which gives you a real challenge – it is in front of you. With a huge variety of tactics of passage and events, it constantly makes you think. The game balance will never put you in a hopeless situation. But the greater the difficulty you have chosen, the less you will say goodbye to you. If you are in a losing situation, then only through your fault. And even from it you can get out. If you think of it – how.
Do not forget to note – did you like this … article, and if yes – do you need a detailed description of the arsenal and fractions or information about what will happen after the start of the invasion.
I take a break for Sim.