Against the clock - XCOM 2 War of the Chosen Walkthrough Ep. 2 [Legend Ironman]

[@PeteComplete]

Today, things come down to the very last turn in a race against the clock - and against the alien invaders. Enjoy :) ► Full Playlist: bit.ly/36DWlV2 ► Get your name in the series by following this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3O2fYywrtefhrs ► Catch up on the events of XCOM Enemy Within in this series: goo.gl/B6XRdH

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Bradford had just so much faith in van Deik that he announced the all clear even before he opened fire. That man knows how to motivate the troops.

[@Kratargon]

Just light precognition :P

[@marcellburton9349]

I was like tf

[@TheHumbleHollow]

Poor sectoid just accepted his fate, gave up control on the psi zombie and everything.

[@CPC-t3c]

When in the video

[@ElectrifiedBat]

Pete is one of the only channels I have on Alerts. Every episode is so comfy.

[@1337-Nathaniel]

Same. His videos help me sleep.

[@dragonlloux]

Same! He’s literally the only one

[@refuciusref3283]

His voice is like a warm blanket on a cold night! I'm loving this series ❤

[@uraniumremix787]

Yeah love watching him it is always relaxing

[@Canabees1090]

I love how methodically takes everything into account, even my gf notices how happy I get when the phone shows one of those "pete guy videos" notification haha

[@SmokersTars]

There is something refreshing to XCOM2 as a series, even more when professionally edited and with a awesome script. So many times in the past have I tried to watch the game, and always failed after a few episodes of other youtubers

[@cptKamina]

The Xcom games are weird for having quite an active community with many people making videos on them where the strategy is very good but the commentary is lacking at best and zero editing is to be found.

[@spandanganguli6903]

@@cptKamina Drifters broadcast is a channel you can check out in that case. Skyan also tends to non chanlanty and calmly get out of situations where every possible odds stacked against him, and if you ever want to see what the commander would actually be like, he's a good one to watch. Pete complete is overall superior, though, in his story telling and his narration.

[@hughfisherr]

@@spandanganguli6903 yeah syken always manages to push through.

[@Dizzeke]

jingles really sucks but he has entertaining commentary in any game he plays so thats my favorite xcom 2 playlist but petes are always S tier

[@One.Zero.One101]

For me it's the editing and commentary that makes this better than other playthroughs. I usually cannot finish turn-based playthroughs especially cRPG playthroughs because I cannot follow what skills they're using and what strategy they're trying to do. In this playthrough I feel I'm developing skills as I'm watching because it's so well explained.

[@didi0625]

Noone gave credit to Jason yet sooo... Thank you Jason for that generous gift !! Take care bro

[@chaoticstarfish3401]

Man I really thought Helleborus was about to die to a Trooper after he won the votes in the previous episode haha. The soldier who most people consider the hero so far dies in his second mission; That would've been tragic.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Yeah, that one felt... honestly shitty of the game since there was no way for Pete to actually safely complete the objective without risking some poor trooper's life in the process.

[@piotrkubik2307]

From my experience, Rangers are the most lucky mofos on the entire planet. I had them survive 3 flanking 90% shots in the row and then kill 2 enemies and ending mission without a scratch

[@chaoticstarfish3401]

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 Well it's because it was Hacking Mission, where you'd usually take a Specialist. Unfortunately Pete got seriously unlucky with the mission type, but then seriously lucky with the Trooper missing! That's XCOM for you.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

@@chaoticstarfish3401 Yeah. It's one of the things that really ticked me off when making the transition to 2, it feels more luck-based than 1. I don't think it was intentional, more an accidental byproduct of a lot of experimentation that the devs made that sadly made the game more unpredictable.

[@masterrab3060]

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 unpredictable can just mean more of a challenge I mean m.y.z was about pure planning xcom 2 is planning and having 1 or even 2 backup plans

[@GeorgianNights]

Hellleborus was the MVP but Twitchy supported admirably. Great mission.

[@Noah-bi4ll]

It's funny bc I feel like Twitchy really carried that one with those spot on grenades, and with Hellborus finishing up made him a great supporting ranger!

[@User_Un_Friendly]

31:24 It is not a “Mysterious Figure” at all. Just like before, Agent 47 is our contact to those who support Xcom. Of course he survived the purges and conquest by Advent.

[@michaelzoller5303]

Incredible!

[@ungface]

Lets be real, if he was Agent 47, there would be no Chosen because they would have had "accidents" along with the Elders.

[@User_Un_Friendly]

@@ungface The “Chosen” in the game were actually “Reservists”. The “Front Line” Chosen had been mostly assassinated by Agent 47. Survivors got fed bad or tainted Sectoid meat, and were in the hospital with dysentery.🙂

[@dawsonrudis4642]

I love that the narrator to this game is totally just the guy that does inforeads for movie trailers… “in a world, overrun by aliens”

[@CheesemastaGG]

I have to admit I was on the edge of my seat when i saw that trooper flank Helleborus.... I have never felt more relief seeing he still managed to come back intact! Great work, Commander.

[@R4BB1T_26]

Great work commander. That timer was pretty mean. I thought that was a real 'that's XCOM baby' moment when the trooper flanked Helleborus thou. Gotta love the rng on that shot! Buzzing to have been one of the winners of the giveaway, big thanks to Jason for doubling the prizes!

[@Raumplestomp]

I really like watching you play XCOM games. I tried to play along with your XCOM war within legendary ironman videos and I couldn't. It just made me appreciate watching your videos even more.

[@Twinsfan1299]

@PeteComplete is the Only KZbinr where I can leave a like as soon as the video is released and know I won't be disappointed.

[@Saihyou]

I'd forgotten how quickly the XCOM episodes go by! This is one of those games I'd likely not play myself without heavy modding, but it's so interesting to watch like this.

[@emilyhockers1086]

*The Experimental weapons reasearch necessities the Alien Hunters DLC AND Wotc. It is activated with the "Integrate DLC" options. Without that option on, you get these weapons with a scavenging site *The extra weapons in storage comes from The Tactical Legacy Pack. It adds one weapon of each type with a basic upgrade in storage at the start of the game, that you can give to your soldiers, and these are modeled like the ones from XCOM-Enemy Unknow

[@ganr1277]

Experimental Weapons only need Alien Hunters DLC

[@emilyhockers1086]

@@ganr1277 Yeah, but usually you need to scan something to get the project

[@ganr1277]

@@emilyhockers1086 I didn't know, I never disable that mission in Vanilla

[@evilbob840]

The DLC for those extra weapons is the Tactical Legacy Pack. You have to complete some short side stories outside of the main game to unlock them.

[@emilyhockers1086]

@@evilbob840 Yes thanks for the reminder

[@tomkelly00]

This is why I like your channel so much. Not only are you competent but you *get* the game. A lot of KZbinrs are so egotistical they act like the game is interrupting them and that they should be telling their life story over important dialogue. Then they are surprised when they don’t know what is going on in the game. So much stupid on KZbin but you are one of the few breaths of fresh air, thank you.

[@Rickbearcat]

Jason, even though I did not win, you are a hero to this channel and I know that I speak for everyone when I say a big thank you for what you have done.

[@Rexarrian]

The real MVP was that one Advent Trooper who missed his flank shot. I thought for sure Helleborus wouldn't have survived if shot connected.

[@chrisb5005]

It was a little sus tbh. I'd would've thought that trooper would have 100% chance to hit from that range and that angle. Indeed, if he had died Pete wouldn't be able to get all achievements for this run.

[@TheEarlofBronze1]

Hot DAMN you are one lucky SOB Pete xD What a great episode!

[@slowmonet]

Maybe, JUST MAYBE, XCOM logic actually works both ways lol

[@josefrancisco4178]

@@slowmonet hits every overwatch shot and they miss flank shots, blessed by the rng gods

[@waynemulley]

@@josefrancisco4178 Ahh, the 1st comment on how lucky he is. I think most of his viewers only watch him playing X-com (and not real X-com players), so don't realise that NOBODY can be as lucky as him. I'm sorry but his last X-com playthrough was utter BS when it came to RNG. And guess what? It's happening again! I'd love for Christopher Odd and Zemalf to watch him and his RNG 'luck' and hear their opinion. I've seen X-com 2 WOTC crucify very competent X-com players (that's X-com baby) but I'm guessing, yet again, he will magically breeze through this. Only Ep2 and guess what? 100% hit record achieved! Dubs the audio after playing, lots of editing, basically a month between uploads.... Sorry, I call BS. Same as his last X-com LP. Just my opinion but fake AF....

[@KodiakDug]

Ahh, I love the sound of the grenade launcher. Also, specialists are a godsend on any mission with hacking, since they can hack at a distance

[@TukozAki]

This, and heal.

[@fernando47180]

@@TukozAki No need to heal if you don't get shot at, less so if one shot can kill you, like during the early game. Until vipers and chryssalids start to show up, I wouldn't bother with med protocol, and grab Combat protocol instead

[@TukozAki]

@@fernando47180 You're right about this being still super early game and "Heal from a distance // without moving" becoming especially useful later on.

[@tite93]

Wow, so this is what it's like to randomly win a game in a giveaway, huh? Thank you very much, it's very unexpected!

[@russellholmes3187]

Well done, matey!

[@fragrantwinter8233]

It’s here! I’ve been very much looking forward to another XCOM video. Thank you for choosing to complete this game Pete.

[@isaacjones748]

I'm so hyped up for this series, yours is probably the only channel I watch every vid as and when it comes out. Love ya pete

[@LEGrease]

This series is so good. I've never played XCOM 2 but now I'm going to download it

[@xOutLawAsSasSiNx]

Omg i won first time wining giveaway :) , thank you Jason and Pete .

[@russellholmes3187]

Well done, Orcy!

[@ceremonious_houseplant]

Amazing episode as always. Love the cast, hope to see more and more badassery in the coming episodes.

[@eduardo_carvajal]

15:30 oc he lied to get into the fight, that madman

[@BrJPGameplay]

The Zombie saw that failed flanking shot, was too embarrassed to continued and just gave up the minute he saw what was going to happen to the Sectoid

[@CorvidaeCorvus1]

Xcom can be pretty janky Pete, I'd suggest getting a community patch mod as there are some horrible bugs that brick your save file. One that destroyed mine was the animation for advent reinforcements, kept crashing when it tried and restarting mission didn't work. This is a QOL thing but you can get UI mods that show some extra stuff, like enemy hit chance after the fact. Seeing a trooper hit a 15% shot through a flashbang and high cover is just *chef's kiss*

[@piotrkubik2307]

Well, to be fair, RNG is a cruel double edged sword. Both you and aliens can hit 1 percenter from across the map, or miss point blank 99% shot. Somewhat it gives, sometimes it takes ...

[@Jackbanne]

I think he backs up his save.

[@michaelbowman6684]

@@piotrkubik2307 I thought that the Aliens had unfair hit chances though? A Trooper for example has a 65% chance to hit you, which doesn't change with distance from the target. While they don't get a bonus for standing closer to you, they DO still have a 65% chance to hit you when standing at their maximum firing range, which just so happens to be 2 tiles farther than your soldiers default range because they have an extra 2 tiles of vision. And considering you don't even get 100% accurate shots even at point blank range and while flanking, _and_ considering getting right up in the enemies face is a very risky move, the Aliens seem to have the advantage in this case exchanging some close range accuracy for way more long range accuracy.

[@piotrkubik2307]

@@michaelbowman6684 about flanking. Your chances are not 100% because technically flanking itself doesn't give any kind of bonus for it. The only bonus that flanking provides is crit chance, and essentially removing cover of the enemy. So hit chance in that case is equal to your solider aim, which isn't 100 in most cases in the early game. That's why flank isn't always 100%. Also, with certain perks from OTS (or it's version in in XCOM 2) you can take control over Advent troopers and their stats are quite bad. Thier aim bonus is most likely caused by difficulty you play on. You can check that easily in config file. I think it's called `gamedata_CharacterStats.ini` or something like that.

[@fernando47180]

How does Stun lancer critting through full cover while flashed, and taking out in one shot my full health Skirmisher sound? Because that happened to me once

[@finjaftw1318]

Words can not describe my excitement whenever I see a new upload

[@maglio825]

Watching from Djibouti, love your channel been watching since ice sheet!!!

[@russellholmes3187]

Yeah - Canbiar would have a good use for those Alien Corpses :-)

[@soabtanmnl]

Perfect way to wrap up a Sunday with a new video

[@tigereyeinc.718]

Been looking forward to this!

[@travisshallenberger9486]

Always glad to see a new episode!

[@sfbismarck9537]

Hey Pete. Just wanted to say a quick thank you for the Postcard^^. Can not wait for the next Video already

[@yelrathur1607]

Super pumped about this series pete, I think mass effect is feeling a bit left out recently though lol.

[@clavranos]

Great episode - can't wait for the next one

[@Peek4b00_13]

I little trick with this one you have to check out the facilities in the correct order and you can have engineer for the first scan. I always start with one it’s just give you so much advance. Start with the globe first after go for the research start with mod weapon, go to engineering check out what item you can build (but don’t start anything) and go back to globe it should give you engineer

[@darkbasilix2019]

Ah I love Xcom 2 goodluck with your playthrough Pete.

[@benx6549]

This is shaping up to be a good series! I didn't massively enjoy your first Xcom run, but I've high hopes for this one.

[@bg3841]

This game kicked my ass. Cool to see how its meant to be played!

[@jamesonmoore6748]

"We didn't miss a single shot. The enemies missed the only one they took." Calling BS this was actually done in ironman mode.

[@waynemulley]

100% agree. Watch his last X-com LP. It's total BS. Smoke and mirrors with editing and dubbing the narration after playing...

[@paulzagieboylo7315]

Those mission timers on Legend are.... extremely unforgiving! This map setup normally gives you a 12 turn timer. 7 is just absurd. This would have been a lot more plausible with a Specialist who could hack the terminal at range.

[@TheEarlofBronze1]

When you quit the game your playing because you see a new Pete Complete video uploaded! Settle in boys, this is gonna be good.

[@martinmardrignac3645]

Congratulations to all winners :D I hope you enjoy the game as much as I do.

[@outphase78]

I'm so excited you've started this playthrough. May I kindly ask though if you could turn up the in-game music up a bit in the series? I absolutely love XCOM 2's ost and would greatly appreciate being able to hear it as well as your commentary. Cheers!

[@Taliesyn42]

You know, this series really makes me wish they'd been able to adapt Long War II to the expansion. It was an absolutely amazing mod.

[@klorollenhalter6634]

For me XCOM 1 Ironman was much easier than XCOM 2 on Veteran Mode. I can't say why, maybe it's just rooted deep within me to underestimate sectoids, maybe I hate being on a clock with enemies respawning endlessly, but nevertheless, I'm glad to watch enemies being owned here, good job Pete!

[@tyraelpl]

2 hell yeah! The 1st one for a polish ranger and the 2nd for the council chairman being back! So glad! Id miss his raspy voice with a texan (i think) accent. That's gonna be a good series, i just know it!

[@JFking5590]

I think one of the story related mission is lost in this walkthrough. The one when you need the power cell to activate the avenger. This one take the 2nd place in the tutorial. This is not a big deal but sad when you say you want to show the full storyline. Appart from that, i'd like to say that i love what you do. Before looking your video i didn't knew how to handle some situation (talking about the first XCOM too). Thank you for all that, you look like a teacher to us at this point !

[@ricardoguevara776]

just starting a new campaig, its, good to play along, following your gameplay

[@DGG-DomGotGame]

Oooooooh let’s go an xcom series tbh I’ve forgotten to keep up with the latest rimworld series but I’m hype for this so gotta watch episode 1 first

[@LynxStarAuto]

27:45 Bradford predicts the future 😂

[@bdk336]

I'm still curious: why is it you chose to take the integrated DLC option instead of doing the DLC-specific missions to unlock that content? Why integrated is the default I found that I generally had a better experience doing the missions.

[@ganr1277]

Those missions has a lot of enemies, and most soldiers ends tired after them. I think integrated is default because most players only has an A-team and some B-team soldiers

[@emilyhockers1086]

I mean he is playing impossible, so maybe he wants a more balanced campaign? But still, as a completionist, he should have went with not integrated to get the quests and related achievements

[@User_Un_Friendly]

Huh? I haven’t started playing Xcom 2 yet, as my laptop is in for servicing. Please explain the difference between integrated and dlc-specific.

[@Sideway8]

@@User_Un_Friendly copied this description from somewhere else - If checked: The individual missions (and, consequently, rewards) that introduce Shen's Last Gift and Alien Hunters are disabled. Instead, they become projects you must pay for and complete in the Proving Grounds - and they're not cheap! So, you will not receive the first-tier array of Alien Hunters weapons for free, and you will not receive a free SPARK with DLC integrated. As you cannot undertake the mission that activates the Alien Rulers, they are instead redeployed to guard Avatar Facilities and will only activate when you meet them in those assaults. If unchecked: The DLCs will behave precisely as they did without WotC installed. As the hooks for both Alien Hunters and Shen's Last Gift occur pretty early into the game, this will lead to a very hectic opening act to your game - and the extreme length of the Shen's Last Gift mission is likely to leave the squad that completes it very tired. Of course, you will be able to obtain the first tier of Alien Hunters weapons for free by investigating a rumor, and you will get a free SPARK for completing Shen's Last Gift. You will also be able to control the activation of the Alien Rulers by simply doing or not doing the Alien Hunters combat mission.

[@bdk336]

@@User_Un_Friendly What Sideway8 said gives more details but the basic idea is that the DLCs originally came with their own story missions that you could do when you wanted which would unlock the DLC, teach you a little about how the new content worked, give it narrative context and give you some of the near gear for free. Integrated cuts out those missions (and any time you'd have to spend scanning to unlock them) and you'll have to spend research time and/or resources unlocking the new DLC gear.

[@rcblazer]

That was a close one for Helleborus. Would have been a real shame to lose the MVP of the previous mission in the very next one.

[@JohnSmith-lx1xe]

Very good video!

[@tombardsley3081]

27:00 how? Incredibly lucky

[@waynemulley]

Get used to his BS luck.... 😆

[@ProWhitaker]

Thanks for the video

[@baudsp]

I still feel like the flashbang would have been a better play at the end, reducing hit chance is so much better than an overwatch coin flip

[@evilbob840]

I was thinking the same thing. Especially with low level a.k.a. low aim soldiers.

[@taipenn2358]

I'm calling it now. Hella Lucky Helleborus will be the Chad Wargull of this series.

[@Raumplestomp]

❤️ XCOM 2 War of the Chosen 🔥

[@charliethekobold516]

After this campain would you be interested in checking out things like long war?

[@ephraimhase7190]

The Council Report is actually readable - seems like ADVENT is a great fan of Lorem Impsum.

[@danwallsby9508]

Thumbs up for Xcom!

[@dethkruzer]

Man, Helleborus was the real MVP. Although I was expecting him to be turned into Swiss cheese there for a moment.

[@zarakikon6352]

That guy on the TV sounds like a cross between Optimus Prime and a guy who voices movie trailers lol.

[@jamshydvazifdar8023]

Fun episode and great commentary too. Thanks Pete. Question - why assign the engineer to excavation instead of assigning to assist with building the GTS?

[@martinmardrignac3645]

Wow, this was CLOSE ... I already saw him falling but dices rolled lucky for him.

[@SolidsSnek]

Hey Pete! I dont know if its just me but you sound a bit ill. Take care of yourself and dont exhaust yourself masterfully editing these videos.

[@marcosmoraes8654]

I love how they make the game 100% POV, as to make the player an actual character in the story. But I wound't mind if they add an option to creat a character for better interactions in the cutscenes...

[@Starmaik]

The MVP this time around is the enemy soldier missing his shot :D

[@adamramos9924]

Starfall is MVP for me this round Consistent kills kept the pace of the mission going

[@Ruslakall]

I always use the double timer setting, it is the only luxury I allow myself when playing legend ironman, the timer is just so ridiculously short

[@SamJust]

I wonder, why didn't you take specialist on the mission? He could hack those terminals from range, and it's nice and easy way to boost good hacking skill

[@kala457]

Yay new episode

[@ladymorgana2313]

Awesome.

[@Jesse_Dawg]

MY NAME IS PETEEE AND TODAY WE COMPLETE! YESSSSS

[@redfighter6737]

Yes another episode

[@VlasiosSokorelosTheDarkwavist]

It’s a shame that you can’t show the Avenger taking off scene or the full DLC missions, due to the restrictions of the integration option and the difficulty level. But I’m really happy nonetheless that you are playing the game!

[@plasmaburndeath]

I just realized that Agent 47 is the secret mysterious bald guy in the Xcom series 😀

[@metalrockgaming]

Flawless VICTORY

[@superliogaming]

This is straight up ASMR lol

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Lmao the new troopers got the roles I pegged them as, but reversed. The muton-looking guy becomes the specialist, the nice and professional-looking one the ranger.

[@DmytroBogdan]

Post mission screenshot, soldiers tiring and research breakthroughs are introduced in WotC, not in XCOM 2

[@chumopasemo]

The subtitles were a bit hard to read. Is it possible to increase contrast or size in this game?

[@russellholmes3187]

I suggest 'Full Screen' and a higher DPS; I go for 360p, but with the bandwidth I am on I need to pause every 5-7min for 4-9min to let the buffer fill up again. It can take me over an hour to watch a Pete upload of 30min, and I am quite happy to do that, coz - hey, it's Pete.

[@adamhoughton9516]

@@russellholmes3187 They're probably watching on a smaller device, on my tablet they're barely readable at 1080 (but I have shit eyes)

[@Zbest-fb8ir]

Starfall had hit all his overwatch shots, for a rookie that’s great

[@Xero8644]

Do you plan to complete the Legacy Ops missions ?

[@silenceofallthings]

Pete Complete - I bought XCom 2, after seeing you start it up, and very much enjoying it. But I have a question, how are you hitting them so often? I set up an Overwatch Ambush like you, but they all missed, and my recruit got killed. I managed to win, then on the second mission like this, tried the same but all my troops kept missing and died, from overwatch and normal shots. Also, when I got flanked, they've never missed =/

[@waynemulley]

Exactly this. Same with his last X-com LP. I call BS. In fact I'm certain it is...

[@bloodrose9467]

Aliens about to be yeeted and completed

[@bobsmith6768]

So good

[@MomirViggwilv]

32:03 I'm sorry, but why does this Engineer have a monocole in the year 2035? Is XCOM hiring steampunk cosplayers now or something.

[@russellholmes3187]

Cheap GoogleGlasses(tm)

[@oscarlundberg7462]

Swordman best man!

[@User_Un_Friendly]

It wouldn’t be Xcom without a bug…(the one at the end, with the Sectoid.)🤣

[@bdk336]

In the future it might be safer to focus on killing the enemies threatening your forward soldier first. In this situation you probably could have made things safer by having helleboris run up to slash a trooper while one of the guys behind him came up to do the objective.

[@AxMi-24]

I don't think that anyone else was in range.

[@mattlewin72]

Pete or other folks who know this game, does the mission performance and associated stats affect anything, or is it just for bragging rights?

[@bruhder5854]

Mostly just bragging rights. Although iirc it does affect will recovery time.

[@mattlewin72]

@@bruhder5854 🙏

[@ManualReplica]

I've played XCOM 2 for over 500 hours and I had no idea Tygan's first name was Richard

[@piotrkubik2307]

The one thing i absolutely love about XCOM 2 are PSI Ops. They are so much fun and also the best and most powerful troops in the game. I remember having full squad of them, funnily enough, they were all females (coincidence?). I wonder how are you going to deal with new sectopods and overseers, first ones are definitely more potent than Thier predecessor. Good luck Pete ... Edit. I also wonder which of three DLC groups will Pete prioritize. My favs were definitely Templars, mostly because they deal PSI damage that ignores armor. This, and i have soft spot for purple shiny color of all PSI related units in this game

[@cptKamina]

Sadly Templars are downright bad compared to other units. The Reapers are by far the best unit in the game. The ability to basically ambush every group is insane.

[@tomisabum]

I forgot to check if he has the Shen's Last Gift DLC added as well for SPARK shenanigans.

[@piotrkubik2307]

@@cptKamina to me, skirmishers are the worst. I never used them. Templars can be quite potent when they charge up. And with some straining, deal absolutely bs AoE PSI damage.

[@piotrkubik2307]

@@tomisabum i remember using one spark myself in my main squad. I can't remember what were Thier abilities that made them so good. Been a while since i played this game.

[@catspoons]

I like the war of the chosen dlc but i wish it had more effect on the campaign like the enemy within expansion

[@samueltrusik3251]

Ah, I missed the banter between the engineers and the scientists.

[@YourPalKindred]

Those damn tasty advent burgers