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XCOM Meets Skynet - the Impossible SHIV Challenge

Rooo's Gaming Den

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This is a SHIV-based challenge run for XCOM: Enemy Within on the highest difficulty level. To make it interesting I'm playing with a rule that I have to dismiss any soldier that gets a kill. If you like this content, feel free to like and subscribe and support me on Patreon (Patreon: rooosgamingden) or as a YouTube Member. Thanks for watching!

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - March
03:00 - April
05:40 - May
09:03 - June
12:43 - July
16:48 - August
20:10 - September
21:22 - October/Alien Base Assault
25:07 - November/XCOM Base Defense
30:16 - November/Intercept Overseer Ship
32:20 - December/Temple Ship Assault
36:14 - End Game Stats/Conclusion

20 Comments

@Sathornetfire 1 year ago

Bruh

This is literally drone combine warfare when you unlock the hover shiv

Who knew flying gun platform is so OP lol

@MrDrCthulhu 1 year ago

That Newfoundland cheese was absolutely beautiful. After so many tense runs with those bugs, being able to give them the finger and just fly in and out was cathartic to see.

@C3dar4ever 1 year ago

4:03
"Aha! Got yo- "
Chorus of safeties clicking off
"Ah... shit."
BRRRRRRRT

@DavidiiXV 1 year ago

Love the runs you do and the commentary you have. Very unique, charming, and funny! Keep doing you, man!

@bruce10101 1 year ago

I wish that we could do a true shiv run (as in, we literally dont need anything but shivs and fighters), but regardless I always love seeing the little RC cars go brrrrrt.

Great run, and seemed like a ton of fun (minus the usual XCOM quirks like stability)! Keep doing challenges on what you enjoy, and here's to whatever you're cooking up!

@lawyerslime1326 1 year ago (edited)

I have a feeling this is going to go so much worse than the MEC run was. Absolutely insane of you to even attempt this.

@impersonal6959 1 year ago

Surpriesd at the level of oversight regarding SHIVs. I mean, for them to not even show up in the cutscenes? Damn.

@mattiapolimanti3959 1 year ago

This channel is getting better and better.

@Extermiraptor 1 year ago

New Rooo video lesgoo

@boldmenace708 1 year ago

As recent years have taught us drones are indeed OP.

@operationmeh 1 year ago

Love your content man, this channel has been a real rising star lately

@Nilhulus 1 year ago

Hell yeah, I am so down for this! Love your videos! <3

@Monarch_Of_Rubiconian_Skies 9 months ago

2:41 Aggressive Terminator theme

@drawkcablogic 1 year ago

Really loving the content/game choices and for giving the old XCOM some love, keep up the great work!

@Mastercheap 1 year ago

30:43 I guess their psychic attack can affect inanimate object and you need will to make it less powerfull.

@stalwartteakettlepotato9879 1 year ago

I remember playing like this years ago. Fun times

@BirdyDive-ASMR 1 year ago

I like your style, subscribed.

@jakehatton2910 1 year ago

This was really cool! I came via the EU4 videos and have about 2 hours in XCOM but the video was still possible to follow. Funny about that final mission - if it's the same results from the same action chain XCOM RNG must be calculated somewhat deterministically, like how Stardew Valley counts player steps as the base for a lot of "random" calculations. Looking forward to more!