Mikael Hanssonmikael@hachyderm.io
Jun 5, 2026, 11:57 AMA nice thing about #OpenXCom? The save files are plaintext yaml, so I don’t need to employ a hex editor and reverse engineer the file format to cheat. #Feelgood casual #retrogaming
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Zelda 🎀🏳️⚧️TheZeldaZone@mastodon.socialJun 5, 2026, 12:02 PM@mikael Ohh I still need to play that. I always wanted to enjoy Terror For The Deep, but...if you've ever tried to play it, you probably know the difficulty is unpleasant.
- Mikael Hanssonmikael@hachyderm.ioJun 5, 2026, 12:45 PM
@TheZeldaZone yes, it’s been a while because of that, but my memory of it is basically that even early battles are two-part ones, so if you’re not cheating you’re likely to almost be out of resources after handling the first wave, and then you get a nice surprise with a second one.
Jun 5, 2026, 12:35 PM@mikael But having random parts of my base glitched due to my botched hex editing of the game data is part of the charm.