Can I beat XCOM 2 WOTC without using guns?!

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  • @genzo53
    @genzo53 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +294

    Here's something for the pain

    • @TheDriftersBroadcast
      @TheDriftersBroadcast  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Thank you so much! 🙏

    • @averagejoey2000
      @averagejoey2000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      rub some dirt in it, you wimp!

    • @JamesHall-zs7ui
      @JamesHall-zs7ui 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for your patronage

    • @ryanbolson23
      @ryanbolson23 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aye let’s go!

  • @chevairelame
    @chevairelame 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +197

    "Okay, Bradford has been talking all about how incredible this commander is and how they'll turn the tide of this war and save humanity. Let's see what tactics they'll use."
    "Hey, don't shoot your guns."
    "Uh, what?"
    "Just use your grenades. Each of you gets one. Oh, but no grenade launchers, okay? Swords are alright. Just run around or something after you use your one grenade."

    • @UltraZombie115
      @UltraZombie115 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      And somehow it works

  • @kindatim
    @kindatim 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +505

    When the world needed him most, he returned.

    • @AndrewRussell-dz8zy
      @AndrewRussell-dz8zy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      He was neither late nor early...
      He drifted along precisely when he meant to.

    • @nicholasmartin6526
      @nicholasmartin6526 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      So it was foretold in the ancient scrolls...

    • @kindatim
      @kindatim 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@nicholasmartin6526 some scrolls of the *elders* dare I say 💀

    • @nicholasmartin6526
      @nicholasmartin6526 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kindatim I see you are a man of fine taste.

  • @macroglossumstellatarum5932
    @macroglossumstellatarum5932 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +325

    How getting past the hero class limit works:
    If there are already 2 of any class in your barracks at the start of the month, then no mission to recruit another can generate at the start of this month.
    However, units that are captured or on covert ops at that time are not technically in your barracks, allowing you to very rarely get more.
    edit: Though with that fourth Templar it might just be something is borked with your game.

    • @Ninjataz
      @Ninjataz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      On I saw another illegal op on the successful run

    • @bigmitchy4026
      @bigmitchy4026 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      i thought the natural limit was 3? I don't remember where I heard that though, might have been on one of the wikis

    • @twinodoom
      @twinodoom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Under normal conditions, you can only add two soldiers from the starting faction and one from the other two on the roster.
      However, you can get an extra faction soldier Covert Op if you start a new month while there's an already an ongoing Covert Op to recruit another because that faction soldier technically hasn't joined the roster yet. So this can push you up to 3 starting faction soldiers and 2 other factions.
      Faction soldiers captured by ADVENT don't count towards your roster count at all until the rescue mission for them is available, allowing the Covert Op to recruit a new Faction Soldiers to reappear because you can get below the maximum count and go back above it after the rescue missions. I've seen this get to 4 Faction Soldiers before, but it can probably go higher if you're intentionally exploiting it to the fullest.

    • @BobMcBobJr
      @BobMcBobJr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Perhaps it's because 3 is not 2 so since he did not have 2 soldiers it offered another for him to recruit.

    • @furiouscorgi6614
      @furiouscorgi6614 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BobMcBobJr 4 also isn't 2, so wouldn't it offer another?

  • @alessandrobresciani1717
    @alessandrobresciani1717 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +121

    I love Drifter's demolitionist/mental breakdown arc from throwing grenades at civilians to throwing grenades at his own units

  • @Potatezone
    @Potatezone 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +212

    You miss every shot you take- just learn to win without taking shots!
    -Shootquel O'Neal

    • @malorian1855
      @malorian1855 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tactical nukes?

    • @user-uq9se1nx9q
      @user-uq9se1nx9q 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You miss every swing you take as well!)

  • @galacticfish6380
    @galacticfish6380 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    To add my 2cents to the psi amp, neither the psi amp, not the psi-ops hand are a *metal* tube, therefore, they don't count as a gun, since metal was in the definition you were working off of

    • @ろうにん浪人
      @ろうにん浪人 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I would consider the psi amp as a glorified staff really.

  • @heatherdark3387
    @heatherdark3387 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    I consider the psi-amp to be a kind of battery for the psi-operative to make use of in combat for their cababilities.
    not a gun.

    • @Wootmanwashere
      @Wootmanwashere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I always thought of the PSi Amp as like a focusing tool so that they can actually cast.

    • @whitepaws60
      @whitepaws60 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I always thought it was an amplifier increasing their Psionic power hence why upgraded versions of the amp increase a soldier's Psi stat

    • @Ninjataz
      @Ninjataz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      It’s an amp

    • @Quandry1
      @Quandry1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@Wootmanwashere That's basically what it is. a focusing/targeting tool to boost the usability of the powers.

    • @heatherdark3387
      @heatherdark3387 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@whitepaws60 that also makes sense, I wasn't considering the upgraded versions at the time.

  • @edwardbuott9270
    @edwardbuott9270 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    You are an absolute madman for doing this...
    And I think i speak for all of us when I say, your content is all the more interesting for it.
    Hope your doing well, and having a good summer.

  • @EtherialofNowhere
    @EtherialofNowhere 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    Purifiers being the most threatening enemy is so cursed sight.

  • @mobgabriel1767
    @mobgabriel1767 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    oh the irony of anakin dying by being left behind after taking a shot from a sectoid on the high ground XD

    • @Malkontent1003
      @Malkontent1003 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hey, at least it wasn't in the desert.

  • @goofygoober779
    @goofygoober779 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    If you get your Templar captured, then the missions on covert get reshuffled, you can get a recruit new templar mission, complete the mission and then afterwards go rescue your original templar. You can even do that again, getting both your templars captured, then recruiting a third and so on. Technically infinite Templars... technically. It costs a lot of set up and time which you might not have in a game but it is possible.

  • @goofygoober779
    @goofygoober779 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I think the following attacks should be legal in this run:
    The RAGE suit's melee attack
    Ranger's Sword attacks
    Templar's gauntlet, volt, Psi-Onic storm and parry counter attacks
    Psi-Operative's Psi based attacks
    Throwing things (grenade, axe)
    The Feedback order
    The Specialist-Drone's electric shock attack
    A Reaper's mine explosion
    A Skirmishers Ripjack
    A SPARK's punch attack
    Any psi attack of the commander's avatar
    (if you have the order that gives you Advent units on some missions or mind control/ hack them)
    A Lancer's melee attack
    A chryssalid's melee attack
    An arcon's melee attack
    A sectopod's electric shockwave
    A viper's tongue pull and poison spit
    A berserker's melee attack
    A gatekeeper's psionic attacks
    An andromedonsuit's punch or left behind acid
    If you wanted to you could make a Grenadier a bit more useful by giving them a skulljack, which would enable them to attack, although you might as well give that to a Specialist.

    • @nowaynowaynottoday
      @nowaynowaynottoday 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Ooh also the Spark throwing the BIT

    • @elivcdxv1852
      @elivcdxv1852 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@nowaynowaynottoday yeet

  • @lewisvargrson
    @lewisvargrson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    15:52 "It would have been nice to get that scientist, but I don't think missing out on them is the end of the world. At least I hope not." Immediately after you say that I get an ad roll for the game Memento Mori. The first thing the ad's narrator says is "Wake up, Drifter."
    How fucking fitting was that?! Even the TH-cam ads are telling you that you are dreaming, lol.

    • @TheDriftersBroadcast
      @TheDriftersBroadcast  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Apparently a few people got that same ad haha.

  • @twinodoom
    @twinodoom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    27:06 One interesting thing about Counterattack is that can only trigger it per turn. As in once one Muton's Counterattack has procced, all Muton's on the same team cannot use Counterattack until the next turn and it's safe to melee Muton's for the rest of the turn.
    So you can use a Skirmisher with Lightning Reflexes (Yes, it works against Counterattack) and a second melee attack or a mind controlled melee enemy to attempt to trigger Counterattack and it will be completely safe to use other melee attacks on all other enemy Muton's for the rest of your turn if it worked.

  • @korhol2065
    @korhol2065 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    *context*
    The aliens have released a gas that makes bullets turn into piss, so everyone collectively said fuck it and went Leroy Jenkins on anything that moved

    • @plasant8408
      @plasant8408 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thanks for the context now it all makes sense why anyone would do this to themselves

  • @loknathshankar5423
    @loknathshankar5423 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Should have done this while ago but didn't get the chance, keep up the good work. I watch your videos regardless of the game, your narrative aspect for me is perfect.

  • @blakereece2365
    @blakereece2365 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I remember watching a little over a year ago. Wondering how you would tackle doing a run without guns. Just wanted to congratulate you on the commitment to Xcom. I’m sure you’ve reached over 1,000 hours in the series. It just goes to show how much replay value is in this game.

  • @Wisper200
    @Wisper200 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    55:00 mark "Ooh, thats why this is 2 hours long"

  • @grigoretudorstefan11g33
    @grigoretudorstefan11g33 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    THE KING IS BAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!! Love you Drifter! If you can, update us on your community page on what your schedule looks like for the future!

  • @devalk_
    @devalk_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I was just thinking that I'd not seen anything from you in a while,
    And what an absolute bugged slog of a run
    Props for seeing it through to the end!

  • @DragonxFlutter
    @DragonxFlutter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Run ideas I had while watching the first Sharpshooter vid:
    All Heroes (Skirmishers, Reapers, Templars; maybe SPARKs and PsiOps but I'm not sure they count as "Hero Units")
    Base Class + Hero/Hero-adjacent (Assault + Skirmisher, Grenadier + SPARK, Sharpshooter + Reaper, Psi Op + Templar; poor Specialists don't have a 1-to-1 comparison like the rest do).

    • @TheDriftersBroadcast
      @TheDriftersBroadcast  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for the support! We could take this idea even further. Only one Ranger and Skirmisher, etc. Basically a tag team run. Probably impossible to win, but could be interesting.🤔 What one would you want to see first?

    • @DragonxFlutter
      @DragonxFlutter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheDriftersBroadcast Whatever you felt like you could do without ripping your hair out! ;P By all means, take my ideas and have fun! I'm on the Highlander video now, and it's a blast!

  • @ladywaffle2210
    @ladywaffle2210 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I will not lie, I saw this and immediately thought of Jane Kelly tearing through two squads worth of ADVENT soldiers with Reaper and Bladestorm, then thought that this would be way easier than it actually is.
    Props to you for... surviving... this.

  • @TrickyPilot
    @TrickyPilot 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I’ve been drifting aimlessly through life awaiting a broadcast from The Drifter. The time has come and now life is good!

  • @jonsku6662
    @jonsku6662 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Reaper: "This is a solo mission!"
    Resistance Fighter: "And I'm coming with you!"

  • @seanvucich
    @seanvucich 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    "There is no honor on this channel" had me proper LOL.

  • @givejagersacogback7602
    @givejagersacogback7602 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Really appreciate the content your making, your a great narrator for both active watching and even listening at work cause you explain things well enough to not always need the screen

  • @eseerianknight0386
    @eseerianknight0386 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    WHOOOOOOOOO
    NEW XCOM VID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    For real though these videos, speciically the xcom 2 challenge videos were what kept me going through a rough time one year ago. I'm still finding them enjoyable and always a good time. Your suffering is comforting :)

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is crazy!
    I had just checked these days and was watching one of the classics when you dropped this.
    I had not lost hope, because the archives showed me that you had done another one.
    Wish you all the best and another year of sanity doing these.

  • @kazekamiha
    @kazekamiha 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Advent wins when Drifter fails his spot check.

  • @blababarda
    @blababarda 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It's so cool to see you're back. You inspired me and my channel so much, I'm so glad I watched your videos. Keep it going!

  • @maxbreiling4929
    @maxbreiling4929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great video. It was a 2 hour movie but I ended up watching it all! The pain of Xcom knows no bounds

  • @redbones5156
    @redbones5156 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Never seen anyone lose a run on any game and repeat it in the same video, crazy work ethic man, rollercoaster.

  • @BreezeTheCat
    @BreezeTheCat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    1:08:48 “Anakin I have the high ground” great video drifter

    • @tommarsdon5644
      @tommarsdon5644 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Things probably would have ended better if they didn't leave him too.

  • @mark9960
    @mark9960 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Just when i thought he couldn't get any crazier with his ideas. He proves me wrong.

    • @d3ltabrav0
      @d3ltabrav0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Next run: throwing pocket lint at aliens!

    • @profwoland8942
      @profwoland8942 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Followed by run where only thinking angry thoughts and glaring menacingly at aliens is allowed

  • @ormtapp6014
    @ormtapp6014 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I had just finished watching your old challenge runs the other day and now we get this. Cant wait to see what Lesson and the gang get up to this time.

  • @ykloke5451
    @ykloke5451 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've been waiting for another one of these for quite a while, cheers Drifter!

  • @MrKuharak
    @MrKuharak 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Missed you a lot lately

  • @Red-yt2dk
    @Red-yt2dk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMG DRIFTER IS BACK MOM GET THE CAMERA
    1:00:40 I'm the one who told you this about the lost reinforcements, it is true :D
    It is also true that it's a pain in the neck to tell the reinforcements apart from the original spawns

  • @samphunter
    @samphunter 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Awesome video, but what made me laugh most is that Mutons melee attack with their GUN. Oooops. :D

  • @JasonRoberts-cg5yt
    @JasonRoberts-cg5yt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow. I've been watching and rewatching your videos for the last week. How amazing!

  • @matril328
    @matril328 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Just what I needed !
    Thanks Drifter

  • @LoIazors
    @LoIazors 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a wild ride, good job on this run and welcome back

  • @Time_Sync
    @Time_Sync 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Oh Drifter! I can tell this will be crazy, I salute the pain you go through to entertain us!
    Don't know if you are still taking suggestions for challenge runs, but I've been contemplating a "Proper Military Hierarchy" challenge run for a while - haven't been brave enough to try it myself yet!
    Its always bothered me, aesthetically not mechanically, that XCOM will happily send 3 Majors, a Squaddie, and Two Captains on a mission.
    Would limiting squad selection on missions such that there MUST be fewer higher ranking units than any tier below it make an interesting run?
    ex: 1 Colonel, Two Majors, 3 Captains would be an allowable squad composition.
    I suppose a true madman could extend those rank limitations to the whole barracks... but that sounds horrifyingly difficult...
    The one silver lining there is that there's only one commander, so 2 Colonels (or whatever the current highest rank soldier is) would be allowed... :)
    Love your content, keep it up! I'm gonna go sit in a corner and watch the "no-gun" run right now!

  • @TNT_8412
    @TNT_8412 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Every time I watch any of your Xcom 2 challenge runs I get in the mood to play some myself.
    Also ROCK AND STONE if you. understand this reference.

  • @stevengull6703
    @stevengull6703 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I can't watch right now but I'm thrilled to see you post again drifter, your narrative style is very entertaining and it doesn't matter what the challenge is you still make it unique to your style. Keep up the good work and I very much look forward to watching this when I get the opportunity.

  • @Dale_Nightking
    @Dale_Nightking 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    3:40 when you’re talking about the probability of landing an additional hp of grenade damage Drifter, did you forget about the 100% chance shot that failed? It’s all 50/50 in this game. It hits, or it don’t. That’s XCOM baby. Welcome back sir

  • @jules2326
    @jules2326 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Such an interesting run I never even thought of the concept! Well done!

  • @thenut55555
    @thenut55555 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    53:05 The Drifiter is panicked moments right here, i'm feeling you man.

  • @Quandry1
    @Quandry1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One thing I've learned about this game is that pod activations will occasionally treat closed doors as if they were open.

  • @nikolaisladkov9586
    @nikolaisladkov9586 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Top tier content!

    • @TheDriftersBroadcast
      @TheDriftersBroadcast  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks. I really appreciate the support. 😊

  • @Alelip1000
    @Alelip1000 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Drifteeer! happy new year! I know what im watching this weekend. cheers mate

  • @VladShev
    @VladShev 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    "It's times like these I feel like trying a Phoenix Point challenge run instead" - Drifter, PLEASE, that would be awesome! (And great video as always, glad you're back :D)

    • @furiouscorgi6614
      @furiouscorgi6614 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And coincidentally speaking, Phoenix Point has a Bash action on all soldiers, where the damage scales with weapon and unit Strength

  • @MarkofWisdom
    @MarkofWisdom 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I would have allowed the grappling hook stuff, just ignoring the animation they use and just say they throw the hooks at whatever they're aiming at, and for some of the skirmisher abilities yanking them back as well. What a wild run

  • @jinxtheunluckypony
    @jinxtheunluckypony 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The idea of the XCOM Commander getting bored and building a robot is hilarious.

  • @kontraproduktiv933
    @kontraproduktiv933 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nice run, although at the beginning i thought laser weapons were okay, because strictly speaking laser weapons don't adhere to the gun definition you shown, they don't fire projectiles which are propelled by explosions. But props for only doing this close ranged and sticking through this suffering and misery.

    • @vegeta002
      @vegeta002 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I doubt grappling hooks or grenades are explosion-based either, so the "projectile" part seems to be the primary focus. Which would technically include the plasma from endgame weapons.

    • @razesamiel4278
      @razesamiel4278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@vegeta002 a 40 mm grenade is essentially just a really big bullet a grapple hook should be fine so I should black powder weapons aren't guns at least to the ATF an RPG would also be fine as that's not shooting a projectile out of a barrel

  • @oozb
    @oozb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Nobody tell him there are grappling guns that use springs, not explosives, to launch the grapple.

  • @DarkCT
    @DarkCT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dude, I missed you! glad to see you back!

  • @dominikstoll3169
    @dominikstoll3169 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    its so awesome seeing one of your runs again. great content man

  • @lordcaedus8713
    @lordcaedus8713 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know I’m late, but I always enjoy your vids. I always put these on my phone while I’m doing a gaming session on my pc. Something about your voice as background noise makes me actually want to keep on trucking in whatever game I’m playing. So yeah, keep up the good work!

  • @lil_vault_boy
    @lil_vault_boy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Drifter I use your vids to fall asleep to and man am i happy you uploaded a new video i cant wait to see how this one ends

  • @profwoland8942
    @profwoland8942 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Yay the return of the “close range” meme!

  • @whitepaws60
    @whitepaws60 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Psi Amp absolutely is not a gun. Its an amplifier for the soldier's psionic ability. There's absolutely no world where that could be considered a gun

  • @rolftates451
    @rolftates451 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you drifter, I was just getting my yearly drive to play xcom, and this is the perfect video to start my ew playthrough

  • @ZyanoStarseeker
    @ZyanoStarseeker 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have been literally rewatching all the Xcom 2 challenges runs... now I have something new to consume... *chef's kiss* Noice...

  • @delta502
    @delta502 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finally my working from home staple is back. Always love it!

  • @alek7998
    @alek7998 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love all of the "Here's an Andromedron punching x" moments, made me chuckle every time.

  • @sloth5352
    @sloth5352 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I enjoy these videos so much and it makes me happy to see people still doing challenges in xcom in 2024. I also have an idea, what about a psionics only run? not like the psi ops only one. I mean like this one, you can’t fire any bullets, you can only attack with things psionic based like psi op attacks or Templar gauntlets. it would be difficult but I think it would be pretty fun

  • @DayofFates
    @DayofFates 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    1:21:00 The Game Graphic Glitch Gremlin will never truly be gone

  • @Jamesmor999
    @Jamesmor999 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    yesterday I was thinking damn is being a while since a saw a Drifter challenge only to find this today.
    btw that toilet joke was hilarious.

  • @PeriodicallyRational
    @PeriodicallyRational 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is so hard and yet so fun to watch. Amazing run!

  • @wesleyzucoloto659
    @wesleyzucoloto659 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just made my month, ty for the excepional runs

  • @p19070
    @p19070 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So happy to see the Drifter back with a 2hr video

  • @nolanroots9036
    @nolanroots9036 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This really is just the “Templar ranger specialist experience” lol anyway you did great I couldn’t do that amount of resets

  • @vvbr2372
    @vvbr2372 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been a while! Glad your back

  • @paganhorde4463
    @paganhorde4463 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You are quite the madman, I love it

  • @lhevakitt
    @lhevakitt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Finally some good TH-cam video for us to watch!

  • @eclipsesunmoon4959
    @eclipsesunmoon4959 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've never seen so many glitches in just a couple of Xcom WOC playthroughs as I have in this video, good job making it through! Would like to see a Phoenix Point challenge, I can barely beat it normally.

  • @nickkoenig8083
    @nickkoenig8083 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was so excited seeing another video come out!

  • @seanvucich
    @seanvucich 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome - Looking forward to this mate! Cheers!

  • @BoindilTwoBlades
    @BoindilTwoBlades 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeah, baby! Drifter's back!

  • @syressx9098
    @syressx9098 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You are insane! Amazing run! Good job

  • @Rocklous
    @Rocklous 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    How does he accomplish these things?

  • @Pudy15236
    @Pudy15236 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Respect, I admire your tenacity. 🤩

  • @trentonguarienti3389
    @trentonguarienti3389 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At about 1:25:00 or so, where you dominate the trooper but it doesn't activate the pod, that's consistent. Im not 100% sure how it works internally, but the wont detect that trooper until the start of their turn. It's either an issue with how the game calculates detection (ie, maybe it only checks on soldier movement or on a position change) or with how it counts the mind control status being counted on alien turns, so it won't update until the alien turn starts

  • @aclaymushroomwithaberet7084
    @aclaymushroomwithaberet7084 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    nice to see you back man!

  • @uknowhattho
    @uknowhattho 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    48:28 Well, "uranus" is kinda the end of a barrel that "shoots" projectiles so... Kidding aside that bit made me rofl.

  • @Lostlancer
    @Lostlancer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ahh another challenge run I love watching these such fun

  • @InsaneFrame
    @InsaneFrame 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes a new challenge think ill be doing this but no mindcontrol added in!

  • @PeterOlson
    @PeterOlson 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The double parry trick is pretty amazing. Will definitely use that in the future.

  • @LAZERAK47V2
    @LAZERAK47V2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One thing that might've really helped with the early game (other than pure RNG in the first mission) is an early Psi Lab rush.
    Getting access to a Psi Trooper and their crowd control abilities could've easily helped out with the problem enemies like Purifiers, Mutons and Spectral Zombies, while also providing rechargeable ranged attacks.

    • @TheDriftersBroadcast
      @TheDriftersBroadcast  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I actually did rush the psi lab. The problem is losing the first council mission means you miss out on the first scientist. This sets things back, as psionics is locked behind having at least 2 scientists recruited.

  • @0XiDiZE
    @0XiDiZE 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He's back! Trust Drifter to find any and all XCOM shenanigans

  • @Delmworks
    @Delmworks 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’ve had a similar idea for chimera Squad-got past the progeny and realized how much of a slog it would be

  • @happygol-lucky5938
    @happygol-lucky5938 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want the record to show that at 16:00, following the wipe, I got a commercial that started with 'Wake Up, Drifter', and I fucking thought it was part of the video.

  • @jock118v2
    @jock118v2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ain’t seen x-com in so long glad to see this appear in my recommended o7

  • @jesseward6938
    @jesseward6938 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for introducing to a new band, I always need my good music in my life.

  • @kala457
    @kala457 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The revolver at the start is the type of gun that leeson shoots with 0:50

  • @Talon1124
    @Talon1124 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    34:34 Dude. Tanklar was right there.

  • @anonymousanonymous9587
    @anonymousanonymous9587 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    XCOM but the ships fly off handgun recoil

  • @jordanleighton6893
    @jordanleighton6893 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    3:49 about a 3.5% chance if the 20% figure is consistent, for those who are curious