Talk:Alien Life Forms (EU2012)

Confirmation

I have never heard of the Elite Muton, Ethereal or the Ethereal Uber confirmed in this game. Can anyone confirm these with valid sources? --Kokkan 06:03, 4 October 2012 (EDT)

The 3 are confirmed, from several posts at the 2K forums and from the info on the demo files. The only doubt is about the name of the big Ethereal, the game code names it as Ethereal Uber but on the 2k forums I've seen 'Ethereal Commander' Hobbes 09:14, 4 October 2012 (EDT)

Format

What do you guys think of a format like this? It makes each race a sub-section (I would recommend alphabetic), which could help with inter-wiki links from other pages. It gives the name, a quick couple sentences about the unit, bulleted list of abilities or special things about it, and then a thumbnail picture so you can see what it looks like.

Good, keep it short (so that most of the content will be on the individual page about the alien). This page is more of a jump-off point to the individual alien races. Hobbes 06:31, 6 October 2012 (EDT)

Hobbes, until we have out-grown a single page. Why don't we have all info on the alien species there? Once it gets too big, it's easy to copy-paste.

--Kokkan 03:11, 7 October 2012 (EDT)

That works too. I just have this idea on my mind: be ready to expand. :) Hobbes 06:00, 7 October 2012 (EDT)

What do you guys like better? The white background solo pic, or the Research output dossier (like the THin Man)? I think I prefer the dossier, partly because I can't find white background solo pics for all the aliens, especially the not-yet-seen Ethereals. And partly because the pictures will end up having a standard size, format, set of info... Robbx213 23:58, 7 October 2012 (EDT)

Imo. the white background images looks best, I guess there will be more of those when the game is released.--Kokkan 04:24, 8 October 2012 (EDT)

About the Thin Man image... I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have those official materials, unless there's 1 for all of the races, which I doubt since they look more like promotion materials. Otherwise I prefer the image with a black background (like the 2nd Cyberdisk) because it's easier to spot but that's minor details.

There's only 1 type of Outsider, the crystal is *something* else (and a bit spoiler). I don't know also if it's better to remove the Uber Ethereal from the list since it's spoilers as well. I'm not sure actually of when w should start putting the really spoilerish stuff (like XCOM's objectives to win the game, which I already have a list on my computer). Hobbes 09:27, 8 October 2012 (EDT)