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@psienix it's confusing,but missions 2-12 only give ruby and diamond medals on hard mode,which is unlocked after you went through all 12 missions on normal
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I don't get it. I beat mission two in five turns without taking any damage or leaving anyone behind, but it won't give me the ruby medal.
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This reminds me of playing the x-com games, except the game mechanics rely less on you being lucky and more on strategy and planning. I like the use of the hexagonal board, and that much of the useful equipment is available from the start but you can upgrade it. I also like the action point/movement point system, I experimented with something like this (my results weren't as good). Overall 5/5.
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@hektikbeatz 1. You're the one controlling that 'stupid guy'. Try not to make him run in front of aliens for no reason. 2. An undo option would strip any challenge from this game, and if your strategy works you won't need to undo anything. 3. When you finish/fail a level there's a button that says 'Stuck? Watch a walkthrough!' ... I suggest you click it.
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Unusually easy for an impossible badge. Never took more than 3 attempts (mission 9), most diamonds/challenges were first try.
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mission 11 felt more like the "final mission". It tested my chess logic to the maximum, and even then I got the gold medal just by the skin of my teeth. Mission 12 was pretty epic, but short.
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The lift on C1 is too effing small and once anybody got to the upper floor he gets swarmed to death with or without alert, so I think maybe reduce the alien numbers a bit?
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@Fubarman: You can close the vents:) Techie ( Pierce) have magnetic bombs, and without upgrades he have 1, with 2 blast radius, 2 turns, but upgraded he have 2 Bombs, 3 Radius,3 Turns effect. This Magnetic Bombs seals that area, no enemy / marine can move in or out from those hexagons.
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I like this game a lot, but there needs to be some way to close vents at least temporarily. And the goo really sucks, these tiny hallways become impossible to move through. If they maybe did mp or ap damage it wouldn't be so damn annoying. Otherwise I dig the different characters and using all the different abilities is really fun. Flamer FTW.
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This game reminds me of another one I used to play in my Amstrad CPC 464, "Breach 2" I it was called, and it is quite similar.
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Video walkthrough for diamond medal for all levels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRSOEVmYOeo&list=UUPBLiOEha4olSHPqmrkgUpw&feature=plcp Text walkthrough for challenges 1 to 3: http://obscuremechanism.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/mission-in-space-lost-colony-text-walkthrough/
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it may be too easy if there was a "undo move" button, but it would save my hair from being pulled out cause I accidentally clicked on a acid puddle or otherwise missed the path right as I was about to end the mission perfectly.
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While the game is cool, the way the challenges are set up is irritating. So much of the game is building up your characters and making them cooler. But to complete a challenge, you have *give up* all of that coolness by limiting the points you spend.
Plus, because you have to unlock the hard mode, you have to effectively play through the game three times just to complete it. Why shouldn't I have the chance of bumping things up to hard right from the beginning if I'm good at the game?
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when u enter your name, if you press enter (on your keyboard) the input field empties, basically showing an empty line ;)...
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@drewg : Are you doing the mission on hard mode? If not, you can't have more than a gold medal... (When pointing a mission, you'll see what's needed for the next medal)
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The only problem with this game it that there is not MOAR of it..... Excellent, and I await sequel/additional levels suggested by outro eagerly.
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@drewg22: I believe you need to take both characters to the elevator. I just did the same as you, but only received copper. I assume you need to get both to the elevator for it to count as nobody left behind.