X-COM, the game that taught many gamers that a 90% chance to hit misses 60% of the time

@KaraokeNig

Жыл бұрын

XD

@AurioqueG

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@AsheramK

Жыл бұрын

That's Xcom, Baby.

@razorwork1

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Jagged Alliance 2, which I still play :)

@anomuumit

Жыл бұрын

That is more of a problem with the new reboot series. In the original you felt pretty confident with 70% (or even lower) chances because the projectiles had to hit something or fly off the screen. More than once have I shot a completely different alien than I had originally in my sights, just because the first shot missed and the projectile continued on.

"They could wipe out the entire population of a city, or worse... negatively affect your performance score.". Brutal, but true in X-Com. Thank you for yet another great documentary. Always a treat.

@rapchee

Жыл бұрын

he needs to sort out his priorities

@BluminousLight

Жыл бұрын

I love his periodic dry humor. Catches me off guard every time just as this line did.

@pnutz_2

Жыл бұрын

also his blaster bomb demonstration when he blows up a battle disc, the convenience store it was in front of, the building next to it, half of the petrol station, a civvie, another civvie and a sectoid

@KopperNeoman

Жыл бұрын

A bad score can doom the world.

This man went from CoD weapon guides (when his channel was still named Xbox Ahoy) to hour long documentaries about old games. And on god I loved watching that transformation unfold ever since his first iconic arms video.

@OnyeNacho

Жыл бұрын

I wished he'd cover a documentary on Army Men and Unreal.

@Cybersharky_

Жыл бұрын

Degenerate

@safe-keeper1042

Жыл бұрын

I love it when channels grow like this. Reminds me of Top 10 Facts that gradually evolved into LEMMiNO.

@gusbabiski

Жыл бұрын

now I finally understand why his logo has a X

@f1u1c1k-y1o1u

Жыл бұрын

Retro games are always fun to rediscover

When I finished this game I did the final mission while running out of time. A good chunk of my experienced members where critically wounded. So I went in with the 60 squad team 10 veterans. 50 rookies. It was a massacre. Immediately on landing it was like D-Day. The rookies got gunned down left and right. Chrysallids jumped everyone. We tried to split as quickly as possible into squads and get out of the heavy suppression. Eventually all that was left was a squad of 5 veterans. Desperately searching for the mother brain. 3 stayed back to hold the advance of Chrysallids. They didn't last long. But one of the survivors limping set enough explosive charges on timer and blasted enough rockets they'd took most of the swarm with them. Two left, my leader from the beginning and my second in command. Psychic attack, my leader was possessed. Took shots at the second in command who couldn't bring herself to shoot X-coms longest serving and most respected veteran. Limping bleeding out I accepted that this is a defeat. Yet the room she stumbled into. Was the room with mother brain. We had about 2 turns left till she would have bled out. And on the last turn before her death she fired enough shots into mother brain. Ended the alien threat for good. No survivors but humanity was saved.

@DigitalBreakfastGo

Жыл бұрын

Cinema quality

@yoboikamil525

5 ай бұрын

that was insane

@RustBot42

3 ай бұрын

This right here. This is why I love this game.

@ZeeZour

2 ай бұрын

60 People? Did you play some mod? The Avenger allows only 26 passengers..

@jamieenoshima5147

2 ай бұрын

No mods I upgraded skyranger fully? and the final mission upgrades the cap for the increased enemies. So 60 deaths defeated the enemies lol@@ZeeZour

The textbook definition of QUALITY over quantity. Always a treat, Stu.

@Thefreakyfreek

Жыл бұрын

Quantity bro tere is 1:40 hours of quality

@lilyliao9521

Жыл бұрын

@@Thefreakyfreek real freak

@trapadvisor

Жыл бұрын

People do both, look at Scott The Woz.

@part1cle137

Жыл бұрын

and don't forget rewatchability, i can't tell you how many times i've watched the monkey island video

@blantisulatorblanston53

Жыл бұрын

I have abandonment issues with this channel

A humdrum Friday suddenly becomes a great day. Ahoy is just a class apart.

@thelaneyo

Жыл бұрын

You ever play XCOM?

@imconfused6955

Жыл бұрын

One of the last people I expected to see here

@chumpchimp1976

Жыл бұрын

Makes my day when either of you upload. Glad I can end the day on a good note

@alaska7766

Жыл бұрын

Wild seeing you here, love your vids! They helped me finally pull the trigger on going back to school for pre-med.

@Gakulon

Жыл бұрын

Always makes the heart yearn for more

This man has the power to make me wanna play anything he talks about

@TheReaverOfDarkness

Жыл бұрын

I think he's careful to make sure anything he talks about is something you wanna play.

@aconfusedlacroix3965

Жыл бұрын

@@TheReaverOfDarkness yea no shit sherlock

@zachclark2936

Жыл бұрын

@@TheReaverOfDarknessppp

@nothanks9503

Жыл бұрын

@@zachclark2936pp?

@safe-keeper1042

Жыл бұрын

No kidding.

I've never played a minute of any xcom Yet I'm watching with bated breath and living the whole story as Ahoy unravels it

@CianaCorto

Жыл бұрын

Try Xcom 2. It's basically the same as this game but modernized and streamlined with extra mechanics and more modern gaming experience. It's amazing.

@BanakaiGames

Жыл бұрын

Seconding Xcom2, a lot of the "fans" prefer other games, but as someone who didn't play the other games when they came out and don't have nostalgia, Xcom2 is perfectly accessible for me, neither too complicated or too easy.

@Kokuyous3ki

Жыл бұрын

Have to heavily disagree. Try XCom Enemy Unknown/Within instead. Best Xcom so far, nice balance between depth and ease of access, difficult yet not frustrating. Unlike Xcom2. Xcom2 went overboard with scripted events, spawning enemies and time limits. Mostly time limits. Never understood why endorse "risk taking" in a game where you can perma lose your soldiers and 99% hit rates are missing left and right. I mean sure, if you want to spam save/load, go ahead but that is just ridiculous. You can still like Xcom2, I still like it too, but they have definitely added a few changes that are debatable.

@safe-keeper1042

Жыл бұрын

@@CianaCorto or the original UFO Defense with OpenXcom. Big fun. It's a masterpiece of a game.

@alexsingleton907

Жыл бұрын

Uh no shit. I'm pretty sure most people are here for ahoy not whatever game he's talking about. Not just you

I literally do not exaggerate when I say that an upload from Ahoy feels like Christmas.

@CheeseMachine17

Жыл бұрын

Same sir, same.

@ecocodex4431

Жыл бұрын

It feels like Christmas because it only comes once a year

@DumKump

Жыл бұрын

@@ecocodex4431 insert meme : "No, no he's got a point"

@d1m4as11

Жыл бұрын

Well, giving how much time is between every upload and the incredible quality of the videos I can say you are right

@ecocodex4431

Жыл бұрын

@@DumKump insert Squidward meme: "oh no, he's hot!"

The fact that Ahoy absolutely nails tying in the graphics design on each one of his videos never fails to impress me.

@igotes

Жыл бұрын

Every video is a masterpiece.

@ketch10

Жыл бұрын

im in a graphics design class and goddamn his thumbnails are awesome

This man made me buy the xcom:enemy unknown and made me discover a whole new franquise I didn't know existed. This is some extremely good free marketing you made here and I love it.

The original X-Com sits in my 'holy trinity' of all time favourite games. This video was a wonderful homage to the series and a pleasure to watch.

@kcsnipes

Жыл бұрын

The other 2 games ?

@ghostman76015

9 ай бұрын

Mine as well

@dr.benway1892

7 ай бұрын

top 5 for me

AHOY is so consistently quality.

@edmn

Жыл бұрын

Unpredictability is dangerous, unlike the quality of Ahoy's content!

@masteriansun

Жыл бұрын

“ it took 12 years to make” seems like it anyway heh

@jhinnyg

Жыл бұрын

How tf your reply say 20 hours ago when this was barely uploaded 1 hour ago?

@Keezawea

Жыл бұрын

@@jhinnyg patreon

@doomanime61

Жыл бұрын

AHOY = QUALITY

The makers of the Long War mod for modern XCOM have gone on to make their own original game, Terra Invicta, currently in early access on Steam. It's not quite an XCOM-like game, more of a grand strategy game, but it builds upon a lot of the concepts and mechanics they created for Long War. It is still in early access and it's a little rough around the edges at the moment, but it has some very engaging strategy to it and a very neat premise that I personally find appealing.

@youtubehandlesux

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it doesn't have 2 teams of funny lads shooting the shit out of each other on a grid though

@hagamablabla

Жыл бұрын

@@youtubehandlesux It's got 7 teams sitting on a merry-go-round instead

@liafitriapurnamawati2432

Жыл бұрын

@@hagamablabla while also still shooting eachother

@willmakesfilms

Жыл бұрын

shit thats who did Terra Invicta?? that makes so much sense

@bmobmo6438

Жыл бұрын

@@willmakesfilms Yep, Pavonis Interactive is Long War Studios rebranded.

Stu is one of the very few youtubers who can make hour long videos and not make it feel like a bloated mess.

@f1u1c1k-y1o1u

Жыл бұрын

Stu, why are you still awake making eggs at 3am? Ahoy: Because I've lost control of my life. Also that XCOM video I've been working on still isn't done yet.

@safe-keeper1042

Жыл бұрын

fr

@BethesdaCakeDelivery

Жыл бұрын

@@f1u1c1k-y1o1u i am very tempted to call you out on where you lifted the "lost control of your life" quote from, but that'll be calling both of us out, aren't we? >:]

@reksraven6909

5 ай бұрын

@@BethesdaCakeDelivery Isn't that one of the most well known memes of that show. Like not even an obscure reference xD

@neilbiggs1353

5 ай бұрын

Only just stumbled across this video, and I have to say he has a great narrator's voice

Can’t even begin to imagine how much work it takes to produce a video like this.

@kcsnipes

Жыл бұрын

The planning, the research, the capturing, the editing plus many more 😅 makes me dizzy

It's fascinating how much of Enemy Unknown's mechanics date all the way back to the first XCOM game. What an impressive title.

@mleise8292

Жыл бұрын

Wait till you play the original, blow something up in an alien installation and have the smoke knock aliens in the room unconscious. The commanders of crashed alien ships would sometimes panic if you swiftly dealt with their crew, drop their weapons and run. It also made a difference in time units whether you had to grab an item from your backpack or from your belt. The grenades were a bit annoying though as their explosion was always delayed until at least after the alien turn.😆

@RussianSevereWeatherVideos

Жыл бұрын

@@mleise8292 Smoke knocking them out? Interesting mechanic that I did not know of.

@BradTheAmerican

Жыл бұрын

I was surprised to see the monster spawning from zombies in the old game, not even realizing it was also in the 2012 version but I've never seen it.

@mleise8292

Жыл бұрын

@@BradTheAmerican These were relentless! I vividly remember opening a UFO and securing the entrance, only to have one of these drop from above right into my crew. Murder holes!

@mleise8292

Жыл бұрын

Oh I almost forgot to mention that not every soldier was good at throwing. Remember when we were the kid at school that threw the dodge ball way off the mark? It's like that, but you are lobbing a grenade at an alien.

I like how AHOY's community is used to the long waits, it's kinda like a stray cat who drops in every once in a while, happy to see it but not bothered or worried if it doesn't show up for a while.

@gugg2216

Жыл бұрын

It's just me bouncing between him and summoning salt

@Zed1987X

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a bit of the tactics of Crowbcat.

@Chomperling

Жыл бұрын

Its the same thing with LemmIno's community, we know we will get the best quality to binge if we just wait long enough

@drivanradosivic1357

Жыл бұрын

@@Zed1987X Ew, crowbcat. the shit stirrer.

@ronan5228

Жыл бұрын

opposite of sam o'nella

Fantastic as always. Exceptionally minor quibble, but at 1:34:40, Phoenix Point gets a Chaos Reborn title banner.

@dontspikemydrink9382

5 ай бұрын

yes, that is chaos reborn 😂

The spin-off game Xenonauts got me into XCOM. I love Xenonauts because of its gameplay so it was a real treat to discover it was based on the XCOM games.

@colbyboucher6391

10 ай бұрын

In fact Xenonauts is much, much more similar gameplay-wise to the original UFO than it is to modern XCOM.

TotalBiscuit recommended this channel to me so many years ago, when it was still Xbox Ahoy. I've graduated both high school and college since then lol. RIP to TB, and cheers to Ahoy for still being around.

@CmoIsDaNam3i

Жыл бұрын

I remember when AhoyXbox (The secobdary channel that has some of the older commentary bonus stuff) had talked about that when TB recommended him. Very greatful he was for that. RIP TB indeed. Guy was amazing and still miss him. Not many other people come close to his style of video. :(

@TheRichardSilver

Жыл бұрын

@@CmoIsDaNam3i No one has been able to replace John, I wear his shirt with pride.

@KaiserMattTygore927

Жыл бұрын

The irony for me is that Total Biscuit recommended the Xcom reboots years ago which is what got me into them and ultimately watching Ahoy's videos :)

@Mene0

Жыл бұрын

Oh man, same! RIP TB

@DanArnets1492

Жыл бұрын

I guess even AssholeBiscuit did something good every once in a while...

Thank you for this. This is the documentary X-COM and Julian deserved.

I can't believe I hadn't found this video before. Wonderful production as always, but this one in specific warms my heart- The old XCom, on my dad's dinky laptop, was the first video game I ever played. It opened my eyes to a whole new world, and to this day still holds a special place in my heart. Seeing it explored and given so much attention and love- it's a great thing.

@degeneratemale5386

Жыл бұрын

Immediately jumped into the deep end, huh?

@shrike6243

Жыл бұрын

If you haven't heard of it, you should give the XCOM Files, a mod for OpenXcom, a try.

@jjcoola998

Жыл бұрын

Yup this was one of the first games I played on my 486 as well, I know the vibe

This man dipped for a year and came back with a movie

New Ahoy video hype!

@chrisl1873

Жыл бұрын

An hour And 40 minutes Legend

@TheDoomFan2004

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisl1873 well, 10 months

@gb_acon

Жыл бұрын

les gooo

@brominete9

Жыл бұрын

How mate? 23hrs ago?

@nestorgamer9746

Жыл бұрын

@@brominete9 Patreon early access

Not even halfway through and the love and care expected from Ahoy is full on display

@5Detective

Жыл бұрын

Austin, TX

UFO still has one of the most atmospheric soundtracks to this day, love that game.

@baynemacgregor8441

2 ай бұрын

The PlayStation version has an improved soundtrack keeping the old music but better quality and has additional tracks and it can be popped into a CD player as a music disc! Perfect as a background soundtrack when say playing the Conspiracy X rpg.

33:14 You can send interceptors back and forth to terror sites to delay the mission until its daytime there :)

@kcsnipes

Жыл бұрын

Hax

@desertdude540

Жыл бұрын

There is no better way to incorporate dairy products into your diet than through cheese.

@matthewjones39

11 ай бұрын

@@desertdude540 Ok, but why

@The.Heart.Unceasing

11 ай бұрын

@@matthewjones39 in strategy games (or games in general really), an exploit or badly balanced mechanic is often called "cheese" or "cheesy" (I have no idea why tho)

To this day, this is my biggest gaming achievement: beating X-Com. It was an incredibly hard game, at least for 11 year old me, and it had everything, such a perfect game from start to finish.

@AntonAdelson

Жыл бұрын

I beat it as an adult but I used the money making exploit

@MegaRazorback

Жыл бұрын

@@AntonAdelson You mean by making something worth a fair bob that doesn't require UFO Defense's Alien alloys/Elerium or TFD's Aqua plastics/Zerbite to produce in an infinite amount at a dedicated base that has nothing but workshops and technicians?

@AntonAdelson

Жыл бұрын

@@MegaRazorback yeah, was some kind of weapon. Forgot what it was and quick Google didn't help 😔

@MegaRazorback

Жыл бұрын

@@AntonAdelson Foe UFO Defense it would be the aircraft Laser Cannon, sells for about 280,000 i think per unit and for TFD you'd want to make and sell the Gauss cannon as the Craft Gas Cannon without mods isn't buildable, you can only purchase that one.

@MegaRazorback

Жыл бұрын

@@pwnmeisterage My copy of UFO Defense was a post v1.0 copy from Australia so i had the Laser Cannon as the most profitable, didn't realize the v1.0 copy from the UK had such different price values to begin with though!

As a huge X-COM fan, this made my day. I'm chuffed to bits.

@ChillDealGames

Жыл бұрын

me too brother, me too.

@RRGreiner

Жыл бұрын

100% agree

@ghostman76015

Жыл бұрын

loved the environmental sounds and musIc

@RRGreiner

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostman76015 Its almost a horror game really

@Souledex

Жыл бұрын

I only played later games in this style, the reboot, Xenonauts, Phoenix project. Its completely insane to me they jumped from "you can fight stuff in this one room" to basically a fully formed version of X-COM with worse graphics.

Julian seems like a real legend.

Oh, and this vid helped me get back into UFO Defense. I'd forgotten how fun this game was. I've found that restricting myself by not using plasma weapons (at least for the time being) makes the game a lot more challenging and interesting.

@user-qc6pg6ef6h

Жыл бұрын

In vanilla game the Laser Rifle is basically an end game weapon already. No ammo logistics, kills Sectopods, and mind controlled soldiers usually can't kill teammates in Flying Suit or Power Suit.

When it comes to documentaries, Ahoy is literally the best that KZread has to offer.

@Friska_Rexie

Жыл бұрын

SummoningSalt is in the running

@cylesmith8291

Жыл бұрын

Nuclear Fruit is literally academy level stuff.

@thewalking4473

Жыл бұрын

@@cylesmith8291 I go back and watch it about as much as I do "History of the entire world, I guess". One is crude yet hilariously effective, one is coldly calculated, yet extremely professional.

@hotdogcandy

Жыл бұрын

NoClip?

@chandrakant1479

Жыл бұрын

Not just KZread. Best on any platform

These videos are getting consistently longer with increasing quality. I am scared for the day he slides in with an absolute banger longer than the average human lifespan

@lordvermintide4441

Жыл бұрын

Just wait till he gets into the 8 hour plus Elder Scrolls Retrospective genre.

@jolioding_2253

Жыл бұрын

@@lordvermintide4441 the last mission and episode of a stronghold crusader let's play of german youtuber Hand of Blood was 8 hours long. watched it in one sitting. No regrets.

You will fear 95%. If it ain't 100, you know it can and will miss in the OG UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Man i remember getting my hands on Ufo defence in Norway. What a game. Still plays a playthrou every few years

Now I'm hungry for Ahoy's Civ documentary regardless of the time it takes to make, gonna be worth it

0:11 Seeing this screen that lives rent-free in my head as such a high-quality animatic brings me a level of joy that can't be expressed.

@KingOhmni

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. That image. Hidden Movement. Turn 100. Still can't find that one damn sectoid that passed out but woke up.

@Faramik2000

Жыл бұрын

what is the animatic from?

@MongooseTacticool

Жыл бұрын

@@Faramik2000 UFO: Enemy Unknown. Amiga and PC version.

@MongooseTacticool

Жыл бұрын

I played it first on my Amiga 500+ with an added 1MB RAM, there was so much disk swapping haha

@anchorlightforge

Жыл бұрын

@@Faramik2000 The animatic is most likely original because Ahoy goes the extra mile, but the screen itself is what pops up in UFO Enemy Unknown when you don't have line-of-sight on enemy movement. It doesn't really tell you how many enemies are moving or where they could be, so all bets are off.

1:30:00 It's worth saying that these mechanics I believe are eeking off of how the tactics genre evolved outside of UFO and its kin. For example, the asynchronous turn order was popularized by Final Fantasy Tactics for the PS1, although I'm sure originates much earlier.

@DarkIceKrabby

Жыл бұрын

Just one example of a game doing it earlier is Tactics Ogre on Super Famicom, the game that Final Fantasy Tactics is a spiritual successor to. With most of the same dev team working on both.

I can hazard a guess at the amount of work goes into these projects. Research, Writing, Recording, Editing, etc, etc, etc. I want you to know that I (and if I can be so bold as to speak for others) absolutely appreciate EVERY SECOND of work that went into this. I pray that you can continue to produce these docs, and with the popularity of gaming in the current day & age, I just know that there are a million more stories worth telling on the way. Keep up the great work guys (or guy, not sure how you operate). The selfish part of me screams "MORE MORE MORE", but the sane part of me is just happy that I've gotten to watch each minute that I have so far.

every single video, without fail, has that one line that always gives me goosebumps "An enemy unknown, and the means to overcome them" SOOOO GOOD

@FPSgamer1337

Жыл бұрын

When is that?

@4Wilko

Жыл бұрын

1:40:26

@Hawk7886

Жыл бұрын

Is it normally the last few lines that does it for you?

I haven't played UFO Defense in more than 20 years, and my heartrate still increased when you started talking about cryssalids. Seeing that one operative get attacked from an unseen cryssalid and zombify made my mouth go dry and take me back to the first time I saw that.

@Demiurge13

Жыл бұрын

oh man those guys always made my heart race

@moh_kohn

Жыл бұрын

Xenonauts community edition feels like a modernised UFO defense, it's great

@JC-XL

Жыл бұрын

You're suffering from PCSD - post chrysalis stress disorder 😂 😂

@xxliew

Жыл бұрын

i feel like everyone's first encounter with chrysalids is permanently seared into their brains through pure terror alone

@SilverKnightPCs

Жыл бұрын

They ended so many of my runs when I was kid

Am I the only one who thinks Ahoy has a perfect voice for audiobooks? For example, I would happily listen to him reading Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. Hell, anything, for that matter. lol

Wow, in the screen shot of unused enemy models about 20 minutes in, there is also what appears to be the predator! So they had Alien, Predator, Terminator, and Robocop, haha. That's amazing.

@The.Heart.Unceasing

11 ай бұрын

copyright was much more of a theory back then ^^

This was intense back in the day. The audio really did a great job at setting the tone of an alien invasion. Sometimes you'll hear aliens scurrying about, sometimes it will be them massacring humans or even it's just quiet. Dead silence. The tension was real and this was a true gem. Glad I still have it on windows and PSX.

@pingASS_

Жыл бұрын

How is the ps1 version? Any good?

@notsochosenone5669

Жыл бұрын

@@pingASS_ psx audio is really good, at least.

@MrStratofish

Жыл бұрын

Back in the day? It's still fantastic and more fun that the modern versions

@explosivoification

Жыл бұрын

@@MrStratofish Yeah, I keep hoping they'll remake terror from the deep. Just use the old one as a gameplay template. Up the graphics to new quality. Maybe extend the research tree and make it longer. But I'm not a fan of the newer xcoms. Phoenix point is like newer xcom, but fun. But I'd like to see the game mechanics more similar to the old ones.

@vrak24

Жыл бұрын

@@explosivoification pretty sure it's basically confirmed they're doing a remake. Not sure where I heard it but I think some shit was datamined or something.

People don't get that Stuart is actually constantly working on these videos....but when you produce this quality, then it simply takes time. Great job for one of my favorite games of all time.

@MrTheta-lc8zy

Жыл бұрын

1 hour and 40 minutes of Ahoy goodness.

@skeletongang

Жыл бұрын

my guy i understand videos like these take time, but they dont take a year.

@Shit2223

Жыл бұрын

@@skeletongang They take as long as he wants em to.

@datguyuno98

Жыл бұрын

I get that entirely but I just WISH we could get more of this S tier content more frequently! It always leaves me hungry for more

@SM0SS

Жыл бұрын

Hes producing full length film quality documentaries. It's no surprise they take so long

Just seeing that Microprose logo as a kid made your stomach tingle. So many great games.

This game feels so ahead of its time, maybe because so much of its heart carried into the remake

Exquisite... Ahoy is always the pinnacle of KZread documentaries.

@enzobuso5933

Жыл бұрын

Not top 1 for me but def top 5

@RetroRhythmRepeat

Жыл бұрын

@@enzobuso5933 Internet Historian is a close Contender. But there are a few pillars of Quality.

@amberglass7397

Жыл бұрын

@@enzobuso5933 what are the others?

@tsartomato

Жыл бұрын

nope

@ShutUpBubi

Жыл бұрын

Truly is hands down all other answers are wrong

The history of the designer was really interesting. I was aware of Laser Squad being XCom's dad, but you went well beyond that.

Randomly stumbled across the Polybius video the other week and have subsequently been binging all your video game related videos, I have no idea how this channel flew under my radar for the last few years but I’m so glad I found it. I’ve ended up rewatching videos to fall asleep purely bc of how relaxing these videos can be at times.

Great documentary. Enemy Unknown was how I got into the series and I'm so excited for Xcom 3!

The quality in these videos are honestly better than most TV shows out there

@DL-RC

Жыл бұрын

That is so damn true!

@sociallyresponsiblexenomor7608

Жыл бұрын

It does mean it takes a long time for each one, but it's worth it imo.

@raftermanhoward1883

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not even close. Most TV shows are generic garbage anyway. As far as I know, only one other youtuber makes documentaries of this quality: Homemade Documentaries. If there's anyone else as good, I don't care on what subject, please let me know.

@acksawblack

Жыл бұрын

@@raftermanhoward1883 Voices of the past(history), solar sands monumentality (art), emp lemon(pop culture )

@dash_r_media

Жыл бұрын

It's not even a fair comparison...TV is programming by committee, a low-rent magic trick. Sure, internet videos CAN be that as well, but there is such a broad spectrum of material. Some is off the cuff ranting, some is educational, some is absurdist comedy, some is commentary - the potential, even now, remains almost limitless. TV's lone advantages over internet videos are production quality and star power, and those advantages are fading with each passing year. The overlords of KZread are still running things in much the same way that TV overlords do, but give it time. Gatekeeping will, one day, be a long-forgotten shame of the past.

I genuinely believe that this is one of the best channels on youtube, and it's tragic that youtube doesn't support videos like these.

@andyjohnson4907

Жыл бұрын

This was the first, and one of few channels that I have notifications on for.

@Frag-ile

Жыл бұрын

We could always support such creators ourselves, a $5 donation through whatever means available is worth more than thousands of "youtube supported" views. I mean if you think it's worth supporting that is.

@dignelberrt

Жыл бұрын

@@Frag-ile i try to do that when i have the money, recently of course, that's been harder to include in my budget

@Yoshi92

Жыл бұрын

Was the very first thing on my homepage actually.

@dignelberrt

Жыл бұрын

@@Yoshi92 I know I'm late, but I'm just referring to how they keep pushing shorts and more digestible content over long-form content like this. You may get recommended it because you watch tangential content, but a new user or a signed out home page will never have this up front.

Honestly? I wasn't expecting the GBA Rebelstar mention at all. It's probably one of the reasons I love the Firaxis remake so much, in retrospect. This was an excellent documentary on the series history. Keep up the top notch work, my man.

For the last two day I slowly rewatched all of the hour long documentaries in this chanel, sometimes as a background noise when programing or whatching them along with dinner . And i have to say , i would be more than happy if this would be the only content i can find in the web. Its basically the alfa and the omega of quality content creation.

always a joy when ahoy uploads

@cjballinger7732

Жыл бұрын

Always!

@milliondollaquestion8777

Жыл бұрын

no u

@jbzhummerh2gamer

Жыл бұрын

Especially since he doesn't until years and years later.

@MorbidMindedManiac

Жыл бұрын

*always Ajoy

@Ellebeeby

Жыл бұрын

Same to you!

The original xcom was BRUTALLY difficult… I loved it

@reiuji_utsuho

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, the original one had a bug that kept resetting the difficulty to easy, so gamers demanded increased difficulty. The sequel had no such bug AND increased difficulty leading to many people used to the first one getting destroyed in their first fights.

@tubetorpedo

Жыл бұрын

As a teen who understood English decently (not my first language) game was totally manageable after you got hang of it and figured out R&D and alien and UFO types etc. Also there was apparently bug that changed difficulty to easy so that probably helped too. :) But progression and the world was logical so after you learned certain rules (e.g. how certain UFO types predicted what is going to come next) and countermeasures it became very easy. You could bait some UFOs and shoot them down over water so you did not have to fight them (usually just to skip numerous "cleanup" battles if there was lot's of UFO activity) etc. Some point I found another bug (at least I think it was a bug) that if your base did not have any ground to air defenses and UFO attacked and you won the match you got huge chunk of Elerium which was great. And like was mentioned in the video your base design could make the battle much more favorable to the defender. Compared to pretty much all later versions (except Terror from the Deep which was lackluster in other ways), especially these modern ones lack the sandbox quality which made the first UFO so great. You could take your time with the game or rush it based on your playstyle. I e.g. used different types of bases, some were pretty much for storage/research/manufacturing purposes and had separate base to train my psionic soldiers etc., and transferred items, crafts and troops where they were needed. That was such great experience compared to linear and simpler gameplay sequels have.

@reiuji_utsuho

Жыл бұрын

​@@yellowcard8100 Technically yes, but specifically I replied 1 minute into the video. It's neat they covered this.

@AboveEmAllProduction

Жыл бұрын

No, it had a bug that set it to beginner mode.. The sequel was brutal though

Is it me or dose ahoy seem well underrated for the sheer quality of his work ….he needs an actual tv show with this level of polish

@inamortz2372

Жыл бұрын

Not only that, but Golden era telly. Telly from the time before everything was epic, before content was padded with repetition and before it was assumed that every viewer was a cretin. It's wonderful.

@Agent101g

Жыл бұрын

I just appreciate a thumbnail without a red arrow, red circle, or orgasm face

I remember the key to my success in (barely) beating X-COM UFO Defense was selling massive amounts of alien arms and material on the black market to fund my operation. Sure, I may have stopped the alien infiltration of Earth, but now every third person has plasma rifles and laser tanks.

I never knew that both XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 had references to the original guy, with the Gallop Chamber in EU/EW and the AI Julian from XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift. Just makes me appreciate them even more, and will make sure I remember the one who started it all

The bubble trails in Terror From The Deep are actually awesome looking

@pwnmeisterage

Жыл бұрын

TFTD did introduce many subtle improvements. It's easy to notice the better graphic and animation qualities, they create a certain ambience which is immersive and unique. Though I'm still partial to the visuals, music, art, and style of the first game - they're technically inferior but I feel that they're narratively superior. The second game is easier to play and harder to win by most measures, it's slicker and cleaner, more ugly and horrifying, less soaked in cheese. A worthy successor. But it somehow fails to replicate or improve on the visceral stress and fear and intensity of the original.

@mercenarygundam1487

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if XCOM 3 is gonna be this after Chimera Squadron

@Driver-Nephi

Жыл бұрын

@@mercenarygundam1487 I hope it is, that'd be so badass

@nicholasvinen

10 ай бұрын

TFTD is incredibly atmospheric. UFO was too but not quite at the same level.

@ghostman76015

9 ай бұрын

I rem having only underwater weapons by mistake on the cruise ship. So I threw grenades down the halls one after another. Thought I won and realized I had to go below. I dont know where that saved game is unfortunately to finish.

I have played X-COM and X-COM 2 for a long time. Thanks for this excellent video, it brought up memories.

@wofenstein

Жыл бұрын

x com is a very cool game

Such a cool video, I just started playing XCOM 2 and am quite happy with it so far. Glad to have learned all the intriguing history of the franchise.

So glad you mentioned Open Xcom, hopefully more people will try the original game knowing how accessible it can be now.

1:09:54 Ironically, Xenonauts was my introduction to the whole Xcom style genre, it's still one of my favs to this day

@reinforcedpenisstem

Жыл бұрын

Got that free on GOG at some point.

@ollikoskinen1

Жыл бұрын

That game is quite stressful for me. While the Firaxis X-Com is closer to a action movie to me in tone with their better graphics and presentation, the Xenonauts is closer to a cult horror movie.

A solid hour & forty minutes of some of the BEST content on KZread, potentially on the internet. No ads, no credits, no nonsense. We don't know how you do it, but as long as you make it, we will be here to gobble it up. Very grateful for all your effort & passion Stuart, thank you.

Thanks! I love the videos, keep up the good work!

Just got a recommendation today for this video, can't believe I've never heard of this channel. The music, the voice over, the history and explanation of the genre, it all comes together into something extraordinary.

@conork6743

Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of gold on this channel. Welcome.

@overlordalfredo

Жыл бұрын

That how we all got here at some point. Welcome on board!

@Linkale_

Жыл бұрын

You have to see his Polybius video, it's impressive.

@Grayewick

Жыл бұрын

It's never too late for any Ahoy content 😃👍

@IndyJay53

Жыл бұрын

@@Grayewick exactly! I consistently rewatch the catalog on almost a yearly basis. Just scratches the right itch

Very few KZreadrs can make a feature film length video that can hold our attention for the whole duration of it. Your work is awesome, thank you very much!

@gothakane

Жыл бұрын

This is so true, one of the few creators who can hold my attention completely all the way through!

Only ever vaguely heard of xcom - remember ads in magazines back in the day but this video had me hooked. Always love your work. Thanks :)

52:18 "The city, Mega-Primus, is ruled by corporations." Well, ain't that aged like a fine wine. XD

Incredible series, done justice by the best documentary maker on KZread. Thanks for this. Huge.

@drballubins

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to embark on another journey on youtube!

This is one of the channels for which I can wait an eon for the next video to drop without complaint. Always top quality

WTF?? Why didn't I get notification of this new Ahoy video (I subscribed to Ahoy)? I only found out about this new video today... We should give Micropose a salute for giving Julian feedback and to improve Lasersquad. Great video Stu. I never knew parts of the history of Julian only X-Com and his new company. Wish I could play his new game but its on EPIC.

@Dsand23

Жыл бұрын

click the bell

@justinchan4203

Жыл бұрын

Phoenix Point ( the new game I am guessing you're speaking of) is on Steam as well!

@DeadAndAliveCat

Жыл бұрын

"Wish I could play his new game but its on EPIC"...? What?

@AdmiralLink

Жыл бұрын

@@justinchan4203 oh is it? great but all the rewards I pledged earlier on kickstarter is on Epic...

@justinchan4203

Жыл бұрын

@@AdmiralLink Oh I see, that sucks. I bought the game on Steam a year after it was released.

High quality documentary once again and I always look forward for new ones. Thanks Ahoy for keeping em comming!

Ahoy is a channel on such a professional level i feel like im watching a day time documentary. His voice as well its a challenge to stay awake sometimes its the perfect pitch and tone.

@TheBelrick

Жыл бұрын

When you realize that the original xcom is a much better, deeper, strategic, game than the current two. 1. it wasnt made to work with kiddy consoles. 2. made by smarter european males. 3. made with passion. 4. targeted smarter european male gamers. So much lost.

@antoniolorenzo5640

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBelrick >made by smarter european males >targeted smarter european male gamers Careful there, I think your armband is showing.

@Jabree

Жыл бұрын

@@antoniolorenzo5640 🤣🤣🤣

@ReStOrEd2000CZE

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBelrick Saving this bs comment. Kek'd hard

@TheBelrick

Жыл бұрын

@@antoniolorenzo5640 not that you brainwashed reddit zombies can refute my words You just get triggered to act out emotionally "its illegal and wrong to make positive comments about a particular group"

X-Com was such a masterpiece of a game. So many hours spent playing that game with and without friends as a kid xD

@GrandElemental

Жыл бұрын

Still is!

The one thing I dislike about this excellent video is that I now have the major urge to replay the Firaxis XCOMs, Valkyria Chronicles and HBS' Battletech all at once, when I really don't have the time for even one.

I still get triggered when i hear the Chryssalid screech and X-Com is the first game that taught me about studio interference

Day 1: Tested positive for COVID. Day 2: Misery. Day 3: AHOY uploaded yesterday. It's about X-COM IT'S NEARLY TWO HOURS LONG! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@Lucios1995

Жыл бұрын

Get well soon!

@reinforcedpenisstem

Жыл бұрын

Not all bad news then!

@enochianwolf

Жыл бұрын

do you go to the cemetary to find out if you're dead? then why take a test to find out if you're well?

@antihero0000

Жыл бұрын

I am in your exact situation. Hope you feel better.

@scatered1

Жыл бұрын

I remember back when the whole dystopian man made virus thing started they tested a COVID test kit without having used it on any person and it tested positive.

I think ahoy is a great example of one of the few people who master their craft to such a high degree that few people operating within the same domain can even hold a candle to the level of their skill.

@awkwardcultism

Жыл бұрын

How so? To me it just sounds like he's slowly reading a wikipedia page in a nice voice.

@BlinJe

Жыл бұрын

@@awkwardcultism big gamer opinions coming in from mr. anime PFP once again

@dense_and_dull

Жыл бұрын

​@@awkwardcultism To me is sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about and have no clue how much work it is to make a video like this. Between the game capture, research, script writing, voice over, and video editing, you're looking at more work for one video than you've ever done in your life.

@FroggyMosh

Жыл бұрын

​@@awkwardcultism _"How so? To me it just sounds like he's slowly reading a wikipedia page in a nice voice."_ He tells this story with extreme accuracy in a manner simultaneously befitting of and reflecting the old game; _Deliberately, Methodically and mercilessly without compromises._ Telling both; the objective real world factual happenings, as well as the subjective 'jaded X-COM fan' side _(example; (__1:15:48__) how he NAILS the average X-COM fan's reaction to the utter Tone Deafedness that was 2010 E3 trailer of XCOM __-The Bureau-__ . For context: this was a period where every franchise and it's brother became a military style FPS out of sheer corporate __-greed-__ desperation. I think the Syndicate FPS reboot was announced here as well)_ But hey, maybe the vid needs more shouting, yelling, eXpLoSiOnS and _cats,_ I mean what do I know?

Xcom is such an amazing game.

Ahoy videos are such a rare treat I often wonder if I have seen the last one. Finally a new one.

I love that the creator of XCOM looked at the reboot and liked what they did so much that he just made his own clone it.

@benkai343434

Жыл бұрын

It's not even that it's a just clone, it's also that he directly built on the formula and added a ton of extra depth to the systems that the modern games introduced, it's cyclical inspiration at work.

First 2 Xcoms were such haunting games, very well presented here.

@AsheramK

Жыл бұрын

There have been some arguments that they should be included in the Horror genre. I personally think they should.

@Sekir80

Жыл бұрын

Especially emphasizing Chryssalids. Chilling, till to this day!

@Nabekukka

Жыл бұрын

@@Sekir80 Lol, screw the Chryssalids. Prior to playing X-Com Enemy Unknown, I had played Terror From The Deep as a teen, but never the OG X-Com so I had no idea what I was in for the first time I ran into them. Spotted one, wait, what the hell is that... It slashed a civilian turning it into a zombie, managed to kill the Chryssalid before it got the chance to get close to my squad, half-ignored the zombie as it didn't seem like a huge threat at the time, unfortunately spotted a second chrys that managed to slip right next to a squad member, ok this could get hairy.... Wait wtf, it took down my squaddie in one hit turning it also to a zombie, that's bs, the rest of the squad took it down the next turn. I wasn't too happy that I lost one of my assault guys to it, but decided to start working on the 2 zombies on the field. Too late, wasn't able to take it out as it suddenly turned into a new Chryssalid which immediately lead to a "are you fking kidding me" moment, as it ran right next to another squad member and instaswiped it into another zombie. At that point when I realized that the situation was essentially FUBAR, I walked off from the computer laughing in shock and surprise of what the hell just happened and spent the next few hours thinking and contemplating about my life choices, before I decided to restart the whole game as I realized I wasn't doing too well to begin with. At one point, I decided to indulge my sense of nostalgia and bought Terror From The Deep to play it again after my teen years. It would be smart to go with the easiest difficulty since it's been such a long time. After a bit of stumbling around I got into the groove again, until the first terror mission. It was rough, but made it just barely. Then the next mission was again a normal underwater one, and it all went to shit. Constantly found myself suddenly spotting an alien in a position that is going to be hard to hit, and every shot missed. The alien of course did hit and two squaddies toasted. And so it continued until my whole team was eventually wiped out with the last members taken out by one of them hiding inside a structure while I was outside or from shots that I wasn't able to even figure out where they even came from. Another burst of maniacal laughter as I just got my ass handed to me so thoroughly despite playing on the easiest difficulty. Either I was significantly better player as a teen or the passage of time had given me rose tinted glasses about the brutal difficulty.

@exidy-yt

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Can't wait to dig into OpenXcom. I had been playing Xenonauts a lot, but somehow missed out that there was an open-source release of X-Com!

@Atreus21

Жыл бұрын

I thought additional content should've been devoted to psionics and molecular control. They utterly change the calculus of the first two games, where you go from being overpowered to utter dominance of the enemy.

As usual superb video and as a plus of my favorite game (UFO).

NOTHING has recaptured the feeling of UFO for me in the 20+ years since I picked it up. My original run, which had me terrified wandering fields for over an hour to locate one hidden alien, only to lose two soldiers to get the win... (embarrassing in hindsight, but I was hooked the entire time despite literally nothing happening. The tension and the music had me engaged in a way horror as a genre never has) Then becoming GOOD at the game. Creating opportunities with the destructible terrain, playing the odds, taking expendable rookies to scout and distract... and the genuine heartache when you lose a ranked soldier. The risk/reward of even TAKING a ranking soldier onto missions. I adore the remakes, but they don't have that same feeling. As difficult as they are, they don't begin with 1 sectoid being a genuine threat to your entire squad. They play more like the endgame of the original, where your crew of 8-16 can take on an entire alien base with care. Not at all a bad thing, but not the same. Even the "alien pods" mechanic gives less of a feeling of action, with more of a feeling that offscreen aliens are waiting for their cue to fight you, rather than doing their own thing (why the HELL is that Floater hanging around on the second floor of that barn? Why are sectoids running through the streets? What's that snakeman doing in a random bathroom?!) I loved openxcom adding so much QoL to the original... I just wish we could get a genuine remake of the classic... As much as it's still infinitely playable (especially with those QoL updates) it would be amazing to see it done in a modern engine with modern AI.

I love that Ahoy has the power to come out of the wilderness every now and then, and essentially dictates, "This is what KZread gaming is doing today".

@idrinkcoffeebij7254

Жыл бұрын

He and lemino are in a league of their own

Long time X-COM fan, both new and old. I've read alot about the history of the series, and thus there was very little to learn from this video, but AHOY's presentation is always so gripping and entertaining that it didn't even matter

@cslack813

Жыл бұрын

Weird flex but okay

Wow. This overview of such a broad subject was so well done! Kudos to you! I am especially impressed by all the magazine reviews of the older games that are clear enough to read the whole thing onscreen if we take the time to pause it. Always enjoyed this X-COM. Thanks to this I may get Xenonauts, Long War, and Phoenix Point at some point too.

Seeing a new AHOY video felt like what X-COM feels when they got their series revived; Filled with joy and satisfaction.

Not only is he back he is covering one of my favourite franchises of all time. Today is a good day.

@tedjohansen1634

Жыл бұрын

I concurrrr!

Now this is a 100% chance to hit! Good to have another documentary from you, Mr. Brown!

Ive been sharing Ahoy's channel everytime I can .. it's most likely one of the last channels that Actually do research their topics in depth and provides great quality with such a soothing and captivating narrative is hard not to get hooked by such a Gem-like channel.

How did I sleep on this for 11 days?!! Ahoy and X-Com, those are two of my favorite things!

This is probably the classiest channel on youtube. So professional.

I know this will get lost in the midst of thousands of comments, but I feel the need to say this anyway. For the last few months I have been undergoing intensive chemotherapy sessions because of a large walnut-sized tumor that was found in my brain a while ago. I was feeling pretty down because of the whole thing, and the chemotherapy doesn't help, but these videos help me pull through these tough times. Your channel gives me the strength to fight another day, even if the doctor says things look grim for me. I may soon be gone from this world, but I still have time to appreciate the intros you make, the effort you put into your videos, and the life-changing, soul-touching quality of your transitions. 🙌🙌Am I right fellas?? XD

@Votixful

Жыл бұрын

Keep on fighting and get well!

@Dsand23

Жыл бұрын

holy shit that sucks man i hope very dearly that your treatment works and you will get to see every future ahoy upload stay alive friend

@johnn1199

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to post this. That is pretty valuable stuff to share. Best of luck, friend.

@zealot8904

Жыл бұрын

Brut = Turb -_-

@gatfishrandy

Жыл бұрын

sending you love my friend hope you are still with us. if not… well i am still sending you love where ever you are

That was an amazing documentary! Thanks for putting in the time and energy, Ahoy! Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thanks so much for such a top quality video. I own and have played so many of the earllier games listed in your video going right back to Rebelstar on the ZX Spectrum and every one of the early Xcom titles before the more recent reboots. Great research (the nostalgia hit I got from seeing the old game footage of Rebelstar on the Speccy and the original UFO-Enemy Unknown on the PC was immense), excellent editing, presentation, etc, frankly everything about it was in my opinion top notch. Excellent job sir and a fitting tribute to Julian Gollop's legacy in both the Xcom games franchise and squad focused turn based strategy games as a whole.