Godmother Learns to Fly | XCOM: Chimera Squad (Impossible Mode)

[@Sethorven]

Also I only just now realized there was apparently about 30 seconds of nothing after the end of the episode? I don't know how that happened. Apologies, must've missed that in editing. Hope you enjoyed the video regardless.

[@dominic5002]

It is an amazing video even with the flying godmother

[@muchluck7981]

Strangely...the 30 seconds of missing footage fit with this episode. Must be the work of the Godmother again

[@metalassasin5664]

btw captures don't grant you any XP, only kills do... but there is a mod on the steamworkshop that fixes that

[@RWKY188]

Amazing episode I wheeze a few times it was that good in my opinion.

[@incompetencelogistics8924]

if you don't pick up my man claymore there will be issues because you'll probably need the AOE damage

[@metalassasin5664]

Godmother: It's over Muton. I have the high ground. Muton: You underestemate my power. Godmother: Don't try it!

[@applepopapplerancher3211]

This sums up what I thought!

[@Ake-TL]

"gets overwatched by back up"

[@Arkticus]

Seth: "I'll restart because the faction I picked has armour and robots." Also Seth: "Hey, let's pick the faction with MUTONS instead!" me: "...oh this is going to go well..."

[@Koboldbard]

I mean his choices are Advent and Mecs, ayylamos, or Psions psions psions

[@Arkticus]

That's fair, I just find it funny that he was specifically complaining about the armour and then picks the faction that he knows has the enemy unit that in previous games always has armour...

[@twinodoom]

The Psions are the weakest faction in my opinion. Ex ADVENT is the most OP.

[@starburst98]

Each faction changes power based on attack order, whoever's you fight last will be stronger.

[@CoyoteCamouflage]

It really depends on which Agents you have. Verge and Torque absolutely abuse Gray Phoenix, much like Patchwork does to anything robotic.

[@MicahCoon]

I am so happy I'm not the only one having Archon-mother...

[@ObliviousNaga]

Her badassery transcends everything. Even physics

[@AmaroqStarwind]

Don't worry. She's just reaching for the highest shelves with ADVENT Burger Helper

[@inkdd1463]

“Your *THOTS* are mine” “Not the time to start a harem, Verge” -Verge and Sethorven 20XX

[@dumitrumahu5791]

"Your THOTS are mine" Okay I laughed at that.

[@coromo4978]

all women are queens

[@mjkoo5365]

Coromo SIMP

[@coromo4978]

@@mjkoo5365 wrong answer

[@GuyinaBubble]

Not gonna lie, I think this is my favorite game out of the XCOM franchise just by looking at how the gameplay and it's systems work and how they compliment the whole theme this spin-off is going for. Nice job getting this sponsor Seth!

[@erikvale3194]

I just wish they didn't release it with so many bugs. I ended up returning it because I was crashing every other mission due to reinforcements not working, either causing crashes or just not spawning.

[@Archris17]

I don't think it'll ever replace the mainline games, but it's a very, very good spinoff, that's for sure

[@fahim102]

It gets an automatic 10/10 from me, purely based on snek waifu

[@storyexe243]

I'd say it's the best spin off game in Xcom and Gaming history. Xcom 2 is still my favourite because people can die and you will be sobbing when you see your guy named "Toilet" die stupidly.

[@ryanotte6737]

For a spinoff, and for the price, this has been an excellent XCOM installment. I would be all for some breach and clear style short and sweet missions interwoven into whatever mainline installment may come next. If it happens to be a story where another group of Elders arrive to enslave Earth and all the species again, it would be cool to see alien squadmembers join forces for a total war.

[@CoconutRouter]

Damn bro, I can't Believe Godmother got Death from Above as a ranger.

[@Jacobstx]

Considering you went for BLU team colors, that ending is hillariously apt - moreso than TF2 usually is! Also.. I really loved that old-timey-greyscale-movie intermission. Your editing is on point as always, Seth. Now.. I ponder.. should I do a radio show for this playthrough? There's already a lot of worldbuilding chatter in the game, so maybe there isn't as much need for it? Hmmm.. I'll need to find an angle not covered by the in-game voicelines.

[@incompetencelogistics8924]

claymore is basically demoman tf2 with 100% less alchohol

[@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons]

The Harbo Maybe have the host be the son of the original host. That might change things maybe?

[@Jacobstx]

@@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons It's only been five years since XCOM won the war, I honestly think the original host would be a better character: Five years isn't that long, and City 31 is specifically made up of the most xenophilic people.

[@Jacobstx]

@@incompetencelogistics8924 Yea, Claymore is awesome, exactly because he's not your stereotypical mad bomber - he's a sane individual who jokes about that stereotype a lot.

[@BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons]

The Harbo Just a suggestion.

[@mckitsune7600]

*nobody* *Literally not even an advent grunt* *sethorven*:"wow xcom is hard but i need it to be *harder*"

[@LarusFotia]

"Torque, stop giving fanfict materials." I think uh... I think it's too late, Seth.

[@randomdragon2589]

WAY too late

[@Mara_thorn]

So It already exists... Please tell me that it's at least not much...

[@randomdragon2589]

Well.....

[@Mara_thorn]

@@randomdragon2589 How Bad is it, doc?

[@randomdragon2589]

@@Mara_thorn So far, not bad. Rule 34 has already taken effect and fanfic writers are still busy.

[@emeraldmaster5388]

Is it just me or is it just having all the aliens just wear regular civilian clothes relieving in a away Like oh good he’s not going to kill me because that guys face is as big as my face

[@Mara_thorn]

It may be relieving but it's definetly something you have to get used to

[@ShawndaPrawn]

Personally, I like it. The Ethereals conquered and enslaved them before invading Earth, forcing them to fight on their behalf. Whilst we have some clues about the background of the alien species, such as Mutons having an implied tribal society in the past and the Vipers having such a female-dominated population XCOM only ever encountered 1 male Viper (and even then, that's because Dr. Vahlen removed the genetic lock preventing them from having sons), their own cultures and societies are likely long gone, buried under the Ethereals' influence and the biological modification each species was subjected to. Long story short, they had to adapt to and embrace Human culture because they didn't have their own to go back to anymore.

[@arthurgomes5188]

I heard someone say once that Axion looks like the fish guy from "the shape of water" after he got a protein powder sponsorship and i have not been able to see him as anything else since

[@IVoyager-lj9it]

After you said "You activated my trap card!" I was expecting it to be followed by "Flying Nevermore!" That would have been an awesome reference...

[@BartixShieldsmen]

I can only imagine the halo music playing as godmother ascends

[@gunzkingdom532]

SHE HAS ASCENDED

[@wikinfei]

i guess her nickname should be 'Fairy Godmother' now.

[@datmeatyboiofmea4566]

I saw that first title, you can't gaslight me seth!

[@sorrynothing5602]

For a spinoff it's really making me wish for a multiplayer, little small-scale duels with the enemy factions' units would be so fun with these mechanics.

[@Observer29830]

Leaving snek waifu behind? BLASPHEMY!

[@Squiggles01]

Kill the heathen!!

[@cjkelly7536]

I'm gonna need a heavy flamer for this heresy.

[@legoike1234]

Brother get the heavy flamer

[@GyaruRespecter]

Good for him. Hope we find Torque's severed head on a pike in XCOM 3.

[@Somebodynobody10]

You are misusing Axiom. You are supposed to pop his rage-ability once or twice during your turn to power him up. Did you even notice that ability of his?

[@BartixShieldsmen]

Problem is that while he can go on a rage rampage, that smash ain't really reliable

[@vaspeter2600]

@@BartixShieldsmen Psych Up is still incredibly important. Even right off the bat when there's no synergistic ability to boost it yet, high Rage can effectively give him free action attacks on getting hit. And once you get Shrug It Off, it allows him to facetank astounding amounts of damage which is probably my favourite aspect of him. He's a great tank from Field Agent and on. Bonus points if you also have Cherub to shield him (for posterity's sake, the reason why Seth couldn't shield him during this episode was because Cherub didn't have line of sight on him).

[@Birthday888]

@@BartixShieldsmen Watch ChristopherOdd's series on Chimera Squad. Axiom pretty much was his go-to agent for most of the game, to the point where he neglected some of the more strategic agents because he could pretty much brute force everything with Axiom.

[@BartixShieldsmen]

@@Birthday888 Fair enough, different people have different experiences and opinions, I've seen what he CAN do but also how much that can whiff

[@wesleyewert1023]

I think the utility of axiom is that he's a tank, I used him in my campaign and he gets loads of damage reduction later, his rage also lets him attack more so I try to get that as much as possible

[@marvinhubregtse5776]

8:12 jeah enemies cant resist someone out of cover also get tranq rounds for everyone never have to worry about taking people hostage again (i did it on my run bought 4x tranq rounds right when i could and basically always had to much intel)

[@storyexe243]

Brain size large

[@MentalVideographer]

I had basically the same situation in my game, except people still *definitely* died, because of two people: Patchwork and Torque. That tongue was too good to pass up, and Patchwork... I mean, having a 'probably cripple most of the enemy platoon' button, *every turn...* Well... Suffice to say those two were kinda hardened killers by the end of my campaign.

[@BartixShieldsmen]

Yes but punching people is fun

[@firestarr5812]

@@MentalVideographer “That tongue was too good to pass up.”

[@Galgamos]

This is lovely and amazing. Thank you, Seth.

[@thomasedgar8612]

Cant wait to see how you handle the shenanagins with axiom and his "shrug it off" ability later

[@dominic5002]

it's always the time to make a harem!!!

[@silkenemperor]

0:31. On a manga called release that witch, nightingale is the nickname for 1 of the main characters.

[@NoobkinWolfy]

Suggestion on group comp: Cherub, Terminal, Torque (when you get her back) and Axion... although that might make things too easy... meh, give it a try for a few missions and see what you think EDIT: Having watched the whole video, give Axion a chance. He gets better later. Promise.

[@Squiggles01]

Cherub or Axiom are pretty good choices, Torque is a must same with Terminal. And I haven't played the game yet, but judging by what this set up can do, you are gonna love the crazy shit you can pull off!

[@ColetheFlame01]

@@Squiggles01 personally I have the full heal between missions on which just makes sense to me cause Terminal can just full heal the squad and such. even if you don't use terminal. so far for that style my best squad I've found to be Axiom for soaking damage and causing mayhem. Torque for big threats. Verge cause of his disruptive abilities, and Shelter cause he honestly pulls his weight and when combined with Torque the enemies are basically dolls for you to put in whatever evil puppet show you want.

[@kanewilson8624]

Axiom doesn't need a breaching charge, he IS the breaching charge. As in instead of using a breaching charge in breach mode he barges through the wall and has a chance to lower enemy status (agressive to normal and normal to surprised)

[@willtomgames]

that dbza reference was amazing

[@commandercritic9036]

Great to see you continuing this, I’ve already gone and completed this one, and Yea, I started with Grey Phoenix too... that was a mistake. Cherub is a fantastic squad member, but when combined with Axiom you can just shrug off all punishment, Axiom with the right promotions is actually a serious monster in combat, but it’s a careful balance between pumping up his rage, and keeping him from going Beserker Looking forward to more of this, also, I LOVE the hat your wearing in the thumbnail 😁

[@MasterrangerABR]

9:10 OH YEAH

[@ratheonhudson3311]

Your comedy edits uplift me. Thank you.

[@Mattsothelioma]

I like how several of your knock outs have been Terminal. The canonically punch happy medic

[@sigmared1908]

Yeah I love this game also, and you do a great gameplay.

[@4Rys454]

i'm actually intrigued in what happened with the framerate, the solution might get handy. BTW u'r awesome, i think you alredy know it :D

[@JACE70736]

When I played through the first grey pheonix level, verge started levitating the exact same way Godmither did. Oddly, it only seems to happen on that one level.

[@marcuscersy2393]

Seth, here's a small taste of hilarity for you. Last night, I was on a destroy psionic transmitter mission. I had a reaper, some other units and a tech specialist. Mr Hunter decided to pay a visit, his weaknesses were Reapers and Shell-shocked. My reaper tossed a claymore onto his position, and then used micro-missiles from a hacked MEC. Seth... it was beautiful. Hunter was vaporised instantly. 20 damage in one attack. it was glorious!

[@adamfreeman9493]

I did something similar to the Warlock. I used a Templar to Amplify him, and then I had a Stun Lancer that I had on my squad from a resistance order, and I just had him charge the Warlock and he just one shot him, causing him to go completely limp and do a backflip over the pice of cover he was hiding behind and he just crumpled up into a pile on the other side.

[@commisv]

Great content as always, hope to see more soon

[@Impulse001]

Glad to have you back, Chief! One tip, if you want to just obliterate robots then pick Patchwork sooner than later.

[@handyyo]

yaaaaaay mister seth finallly upload more xcom chimera also a bit strat for axiom his rage up skill dint eat action and the cooldown is 1 turn so the best strat would be use the skill and then just go smashing

[@cadanclay4638]

9:10 Hello there (or whatever meme you prefer)

[@crazedchangeling]

When you get the chance, take collar over crowdsource on verge. Trust me, you'll thank me. Unlimited intel.

[@STSGingie]

The Red Shirt moment had me rolling.

[@radoslawmazurekwaw]

It's funny like XCOM was called "insurgents" previously, and now they call the same their enemies.

[@mard16zze87]

Hmm... hopefully Seth comes back to this someday

[@zomb13d3stroyer]

Verge is the smoothest alien boi.

[@CoyoteCamouflage]

When Cherub unlocks Phalanx, it's a damn good time.

[@LordMyrga]

Loving it dude.

[@CT-CTCheckmate]

Sethorven just announced on discord, that his Grandmother passed away... so... he has his reasons, if he doesn't do anything for a while. My condolences Seth, and good luck in dealing with your loss.

[@slenderminion2229]

I remember my first playthrough. Abandoned it in the third act because I made the mistake of picking Sacred Coil last and using Verge and Torque too much, whose abilities are severely handicapped when fighting heavily armored robots and the four other members of the squad were very underleveled. So I learned something any experienced XCOM player would know: never train up only one squad.

[@andrewdiaz4059]

More of this Please.

[@thenintendocyclops1074]

The shit-eating smirk on that animated viper is priceless

[@jaybuddy2_]

I hope this game comes to console so everyone can experience it. I would love to see a floating godmother on my screen.

[@NDScalio]

Don't be afraid of using "Psych Up" with Axiom, it's free, and he -at least in my run- never went berserk when reaching max rage! And also, if you send him SMASHING an enemy while he has full rage, the chances of him going berserk are higher and SUPER Beneficial! Because! Axiom! Will! NOT! Attack! Your! Teammates!!!

[@ryanotte6737]

He's your friendly neighborhood hulk. I tended to back off on the rage if he happened to be more than slightly wounded, but yeah start of an encounter go for the Adrenal Surge. The best defense is a good offense during a breach and clear.

[@NDScalio]

@@ryanotte6737 That ability is the Elder's gift upon Axiom haha

[@twinodoom]

6:35 How do they set up a snare to catch people smashing through a wall?

[@somedude4087]

you know those junkrats in overwatch putting their traps in the dumbest places and then getting a kill on genji cuz he was running for a healthpack and didn't notice it?

[@cdestroyer2180]

I don't know if you have someone else edit your video or if you do it yourself (I like to think you do but you do most of the work anyway) I love your videos and edits that you make. They keep me entertained with your video's and even watching (Mostly) the same game play from most other youtubers That I get bored with after a while. I can always come to your videos for the fun, wacky, and just all around super entertaining content. Amazing job, keep up the good work, and as much as I would love to say upload something every week. Taking you time makes everything so full of heart, something that others may be lacking. Love you and your content and keep it up

[@avionprime8757]

every video Seth uploads his voice gets lower. Cant wait to hear him grumble in a year or 2

[@graetestfanever1]

will you use any of the mods they made for this? There are quite a few that help the game out tremendously.

[@BlenderGuy-i2n]

"I'll replace what I can" then seth we can tint our armour.

[@reganbeazley5810]

Eyyyy! Someone knows about Star Trek, and that's the person whom I least expected!

[@electricrush2233]

At little bummed out that he didn't notice the neon light of a sectoid in a chef's hat eating ramen.

[@JackBlade1000]

Don't worry Seth the tranq rounds in the shotgun are just a bunch of syringes with horse tranquilizers in them... perfectly safe.

[@juliancabana899]

Hey man, nice video, punch an alien for mankind would'ya

[@silkenemperor]

I feel like godmother was charging up that one elite archon attack

[@Alpha___00]

I love music selection :)

[@silkenemperor]

12:23. May I ask why that would be a problem. I assume cause it makes her look like an enemy.

[@zethicalyt2406]

Fun fact:when enemies that are in the neural network and unconscious still gives the +10 Aim to Verge, thus making a Aim Farm

[@RavingNutter]

While their mind debilitating powers and soul fire are very anoying, the Progeny investigation give you turncoat grenades which is probably the most overpowered item in an xcom game.

[@silkenemperor]

I just thought of an interesting game mechanic. Recruiting faceless. A random enemy in the level is replaced with an ally.

[@huntereyeofdarkwood5417]

Yes more snek squad

[@Delta_rocket]

More please

[@allenw794]

I know it's been 2 years, but I'd really like to see you run through the rest of the game

[@potatoefrie]

Is there a mod list for the mods he uses on Xcom? I can't find a lot of them and I really want to play with the mods he has, it looks so fun

[@Oblivius33]

Good lord what have they done to the Mutons.

[@eyeofevilgood8577]

We all float down here, georgie

[@pinguin4898]

godmother really do be putting god next to the mother

[@Eshtian]

12:20 ??? Idk what wrong there.

[@Eshtian]

@Anxious Boi are the redshirts bad? Or is it just a low rank? Because if it just a low rank then I don't think it is. Because his reaction seems like a red shirt would be offensive.

[@DemonMankeyMan]

I do love me some Chimera Squad. Unfortunately 'IT' does not like me or my PC as much. So many crashes/freezes/outright deactivating all visual feed to the monitor...

[@Press_START360]

XCOM Engine be like: *This Video* Seth: :O

[@soulstealer5625]

I’ve done 4 run throughs so far. Have to say, coil is best left last if u dislike Ronins but progeny being last is pretty good too. The order you do factions change what dark events affect them and even their plans. The final encounter for their takedown is the first encounter if you do them last. As for sauadmates, Axiom, Torque and Blueblood are perfect. Last slot is a toss up of Terminal, claymore or Shen (mods)

[@somedude4087]

Axiom as Heavy, Verge as Spy, Torque as Ms Pauling and...uh...no more possible connections to draw?

[@ecpeople6339]

No Seth you want to take the progeny out first their grenade mods are insanely op, and you want to grab claymore over cherub or godmother because he can out put insane dpr with frags and shred all armor off a mech

[@Mandemon1990]

Tip with Axiom, use his second ability. It¨s a free action and increases his range, which increases his abilities proccing

[@gwinnondavis9284]

My Axiom quickly became my mvp, and barely ever using his gun in the process

[@phoenix-kingz]

While I’m in these here comment section quick question, anyone crash almost all the time when reinforcements arrive? 4/5 times I seem too

[@DmitryKurushin]

You sure about the Blue Shirts Team? Remember the Blue Shirts security personel in the EW base defence? In this timeline it didn't go well for them

[@Chuck_vs._The_Comment_Section]

I wanted to watch the next part of the Lets Play only to find out that there is no next part. - Too bad!

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

We used to make glow-in-the-dark glass out of uranium. It's actually really cool stuff, and for some reason offically called vaseline after the lubricant. The 50's were a different time. ...Why was I saying this? Oh yeah- the spiking ramen with elerium thing.

[@krazycommando3151]

Wait... if your guys are BLU team... does that mean Axiom is a Fat Scout? STOP LAUGHING AT HEAVY!

[@darthkingedededbobo6117]

give Axiom a chans he get's real good after some level ups

[@Lord_Numpty]

You... you left Torque behind. Thou _fool!_ With high dodge, Torque can be the tankiest of tanks, reducing every single shot against her to a graze _at most!_ Not to mention she can drag and coil around all but the heaviest of foes, including armoured Mutons. Jokes about being indignant aside, am surprised and disappointed with Axiom's showing this episode. From my experience, he's usually pretty bloody good with Psyche Up and have hardly ever seen him miss. Not to mention that one of his skills, 'Shrug it off' has a chance to reduce incoming damage to 1, and I've seen it proc on Crits. Oh, and the Mutons of Grey Phoenix are the most sympathetic faction. Won't spoil anything, but Mutons are given cats to test for/help them learn empathy.

[@yugijak]

You were way luckier than my first attempt. Everything went well until an enemy unit missed and shot through the table which forced a reset out on literally move 2.

[@Vgorb]

I mean she is called GODmother

[@OverlordMalarkey]

Axiom: YEEEE AAAAAAAAAHH *Misses hitman* Nope. *Everyone laughs at him* Axiom: Stop laughing at Heavy!

[@OverlordMalarkey]

19:10 if youre looking for the timestamp

[@HotaruZoku]

Whats your mic and audio setup? Your voice comes through godly quality.

[@aer0340]

*picks gray pheonix because he thinks itll be easier than sacred coil* **it’s sectopod time**

[@bionicdragon5]

"Your THOTs are mine!" Sethorven, you magnificent bastard!

[@Squiggles01]

@Sethorven I have a squad comp that is gonna make you smile! "Cherub, Axiom, Terminal and Torque" Two to three tanks ((Even though our Snek is best tank)) and two damage dealers plus the healer!

[@Brendan1259]

Love the end credits theme for your videos, is it one of your design?