I’m pretty sure if Central did want more than one base in another universe, the UN would never let XCOM have it. There is a reason why you start woefully underfunded, understaffed and unprepared. After all, they all get pissed when even just one country leaves the XCOM Project let alone you forget to give them those 4 nano vests.
Seeing bradford dead in such an unceremonious manner shocked me to my very core, makes me thankful for the few things that survived after the ADVENT takeover.
he is not dead, he is very harmed. As one of commenters said, according to DLC: "He woke up under a rubble and went on run". If we believe him, then XCOM2 takes place from here
@@pshekchikYou can also take into account that whenever any important characters die in TLP they are "knocked out" and assume thats probably how it went for John when they got attacked
You know... this ending is most... disturbing, compared to the other more 'cannon' defeat ending. But what truly makes this disturbing for the Commander (player) is the fact that it slowly dawns on you, that 'you've' failed, not only the world but your own organization in its most dire situation. The way the scene unfolds you see where the aliens break in, then zooming to the personnel, finally to Central your right hand man, all bloodied and slumped, evidence of a final stand, with even alien corpses around that don't matter because its only a 'sectoid', a mere pawn to the Ethereals. Then the scene closes with the sight of 'your' hologlobe, flickering and fading before vanishing... the final nail in 'your' coffin about how dire the situation was. The only other scene that mirrors this is EXALT's defeat, plays out similarly, with it showing you 'their' base, burning and destroyed, with EXALT bodies littering the floor as corpses, and it slowly zooms out to reveal the EXALT hologlobe flickering and fading, but ends on a positive note as your squad flies off back home, victorious. The irony between the two scenes, EXALT's Commander (if they had one) would have seen a similiar ending to 'their' organization all because of 'you', and its only fitting that you see 'your' ending.
I wonder how would EXALT POV look like. Maybe reverse of us where instead of having very small squad and focusing on tech tree, EXALT power is in numbers and sabotage. Really wish we could play a EXALT
According to another comment, in one of the Xcom 2 DLCs, Bradford aka Central says that he woke up under a pile of rubble in the Xcom HQ and crawled out, not knowing how he had survived, so yes, this could be one of the canonical endings.
Well one of the commander's flashbacks involve him being whacked in the face by a muton, but the muton is the evolved version we see in xcom 2, meaning this happened a lot later
@@JozsefPocsi i was actually confirming your statement, since braford is alive, has fought an avatar and the commander being whacked by a new muton, simply means it was another base attack, which happened a lot later than this one
simondUK It's having an Impossible Ironman run and getting run over even before investigating laser weapons, the guys at Firaxis confirmed in an interview. Also, Bradford is still alive in XCOM2
Idk how that is possible. Most of the guides say you have to devevelop basic weapons for your interceptors and soldiers before any psi soldiers ( templars in wotc)
Too late Central realized that his insistence on "only one base" might've been a strategic error.
I’m pretty sure if Central did want more than one base in another universe, the UN would never let XCOM have it. There is a reason why you start woefully underfunded, understaffed and unprepared. After all, they all get pissed when even just one country leaves the XCOM Project let alone you forget to give them those 4 nano vests.
@@speedyazi5029 Back in my day I had about 10 bases to cover the world in radars.
@@speedyazi5029 To be fair, nobody could predict inexplicably humanoid extraterrestrial life forms with guns and psychic powers invading Earth.
thanks god, Central now has mobile base....
Yeah but think of how expensive that base must be. If Central had his way, I'm sure every continent would have a base.
This is effectively canon. Except central didn't get rekt.
I don't think that's Central. There were other guys with similar haircuts and sweaters in that base.
He could just be really really hurt
XCOM 2 canon. Alternate universe/timeline.
In the tactical legacy dlc for xcom2 central says he woke up under a pile of rubble in the destroyed base, and crawled out, unsure how he survived.
@@louiesatterwhite3885 I was about to say this, thanks. Plus, I think he has a slight limp all during the XCOM 2 cutscenes, probably from this
Seeing bradford dead in such an unceremonious manner shocked me to my very core, makes me thankful for the few things that survived after the ADVENT takeover.
he is not dead, he is very harmed. As one of commenters said, according to DLC: "He woke up under a rubble and went on run". If we believe him, then XCOM2 takes place from here
@@pshekchikYou can also take into account that whenever any important characters die in TLP they are "knocked out" and assume thats probably how it went for John when they got attacked
This was the last ending I got before Xcom2 came out, the transition was seamless!
But Central is in the second one, he didn't die (according to cannon) when the base was attacked.
Central, Respond.
Central?
CENTRAAAAAAAL!
*Sees central officer Bradford dead*
Female AI voice: " Commander has changed his rank to... *C O M M I S S A R* "
You know... this ending is most... disturbing, compared to the other more 'cannon' defeat ending.
But what truly makes this disturbing for the Commander (player) is the fact that it slowly dawns on you, that 'you've' failed, not only the world but your own organization in its most dire situation.
The way the scene unfolds you see where the aliens break in, then zooming to the personnel, finally to Central your right hand man, all bloodied and slumped, evidence of a final stand, with even alien corpses around that don't matter because its only a 'sectoid', a mere pawn to the Ethereals. Then the scene closes with the sight of 'your' hologlobe, flickering and fading before vanishing... the final nail in 'your' coffin about how dire the situation was.
The only other scene that mirrors this is EXALT's defeat, plays out similarly, with it showing you 'their' base, burning and destroyed, with EXALT bodies littering the floor as corpses, and it slowly zooms out to reveal the EXALT hologlobe flickering and fading, but ends on a positive note as your squad flies off back home, victorious.
The irony between the two scenes, EXALT's Commander (if they had one) would have seen a similiar ending to 'their' organization all because of 'you', and its only fitting that you see 'your' ending.
Well said. I was able to follow that
but in the end it doesnt even happen ... xcom 2 baby
@@xDennNiex technically yes, except for Central surviving
This one is more disturbing because you know its pretty much over for humanity, with the canon ending there is still at least a chance to fight back.
I wonder how would EXALT POV look like.
Maybe reverse of us where instead of having very small squad and focusing on tech tree, EXALT power is in numbers and sabotage. Really wish we could play a EXALT
somehow, central returned.
Well. That's.....disturbing
+Jorek Just like the other bad ending where 8 countries leave the Council. So disturbing that you're feeling guilty.
That's XCOM, baby.
so this is the canon ending of the game, n bradford just wakes up and changes his voice n runs out of the base lol
This mission still gives me nightmares.
9years 9 years already? Just like yesterday
Reminds me of the original Fallout 1 ending where the mutants overrun the vault.
me :CENTRAL RESPOND
central : 'static
Central
If that's the canonical ending, central should have been dead, but he isn't, wich means that isn't the canonical ending.
According to another comment, in one of the Xcom 2 DLCs, Bradford aka Central says that he woke up under a pile of rubble in the Xcom HQ and crawled out, not knowing how he had survived, so yes, this could be one of the canonical endings.
@@danielm.595 He also said he fought an avatar.
Well one of the commander's flashbacks involve him being whacked in the face by a muton, but the muton is the evolved version we see in xcom 2, meaning this happened a lot later
@@n1ghtwalk3r54 Still, central isn't dead in the second game.
@@JozsefPocsi i was actually confirming your statement, since braford is alive, has fought an avatar and the commander being whacked by a new muton, simply means it was another base attack, which happened a lot later than this one
Canon ending
And cue xcom 2.
Canon end.
simondUK
It's having an Impossible Ironman run and getting run over even before investigating laser weapons, the guys at Firaxis confirmed in an interview.
Also, Bradford is still alive in XCOM2
simondUK No. This one shows that XCOM was destroyed entirely.
escopeteroce "It's having an impossible Ironman run and getting run over even before investigating laser weapons..."
Hey Mom, I got the canon ending!
Not quite. Bradford's alive on XCOM 2
Idk how that is possible. Most of the guides say you have to devevelop basic weapons for your interceptors and soldiers before any psi soldiers ( templars in wotc)