Looks as though I will be waiting on the steam release

[VOLAND]

@lordflin1

Lovecraft’s creations were extra dimensional beings of near infinite intelligence… they were so far beyond anything experienced in our own dimension that Lovecraft often left their description to the readers imagination having fueled their imaginings with his excellent dark prose…

Well, there was that hanky-panky between the villagers of Innsmouth and the Deep Ones.

And it’s not hard to see that the Pandoravirus is a variation on this theme to give it a scientific, rather than an esoteric explanation.

@lordflin1

Could their be some such entity behind the viral mutation… sure… but the game has provided absolutely zero substrate for such a direction…

You really think so? Not only is it part of the main story, but there are tidbits of it in the random text adventures on the geoscape… May I assume you didn’t finish the game?

@lordflin1

I am guessing the game also does not make the PP mistake of killing off your squad… this is a real no no in a squad level game, as bonding with one’s squaddies is what it is all about.

To paraphrase Sol Stein, readers love in fiction what they hate in real life. To quote myself from a post yesterday on a different thread:

@VOLAND

That’s the whole point - I care, but I can’t control who lives and who dies.

That’s the story. It’s not masochism, it’s drama.

That’s what the whole genre is about, imo. You have a strategic objective you have to achieve through a long series of short tactical engagements. No way all your troops are going to pull through, many of them will die, some in meaningful sacrifice, others due to your mistakes, because you took a gamble that didn’t pay off, etc. The player makes the characters come alive, forms an emotional bond with them and suffers when they die. That’s XCOM, X-Com, Phoenix Point. That’s the damn experience I’m signing up for when playing a game like this!!