History WMG / XComEnemyUnknown

Both ''VideoGame/{{X-COM}}'' and ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' are highly beloved classics without a worthy successor until Firaxis stepped in, this happening for the former in our universe, and for the latter in XCOM:EU's.

** What about one that adds [[Left4Dead Tanks]] as spawns from a new "Elite Chryssalid"?

* Snakemen were oddly missing from the remake. There was also only one addition to the roster of new alien species. The Thin Men. Which are reptilian in origin. Thin Men are literally genetically engineered Snakemen. There's where they are. Now to go prove that the cafeteria food in XCom headquarters is actually celatids and silacoids.

** Those are Creator/SquareEnix games, XCom is 2K. Besides we already got a triad member in the DLC.

** Potentially confirmed. The available news about the sequel seems to indicate there's a human force working with the aliens called ADVENT. Seems likely this is what EXALT turned into after XCom was obliterated.

Think about it, read any old UFO story where the military miraculously shows up moments after a UFO crash. The whole point of the original X-COM's creation was to make the whole thing seem to be absurd and with the massive increase in tech they revived the propaganda campaign to basically make anyone reporting strange soldiers showing up at UFO crashes seem like kook talk.

** In ''X-Com 2'', [[spoiler: the Commander possesses extremely powerful psionic abilities after being downloaded into an Avatar body, and their psionic aura is the same light blue as Asaru's, instead of the deep purple used by psi troopers and Ethereals. The game explains all this as due to the Commander having had a microchip implanted into their brain that previously linked them into the alien psionic network, but the X-Com scientists explaining this may simply be misinformed. In the final mission, the Commander's Avatar seems to control their squad directly in the same manner that Asaru's host did throughout ''The Bureau''. And the game repeatedly mentions how special and incredible the Commander is, without providing any background details as to ''why'' they're the greatest tactical asset either side has ever seen.]]

[[spoiler:At the end of The Bureau Asaru disappeared with "[[MythologyGag Its status, its location, and its intent are]] [[XComEnemyUnknown ... unknown.]]" In a twist he never left Earth and once again acts as the player character to help against the invasion.]]

That's why Zhang deflected, he realized that trying to TakeOverTheWorld during an AlienInvasion wasn't a good idea.

[[WMG: [[Series/GoodEats Alton Brown]] is a Thin Man]]

Look at [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Alton_brown_2011.jpg that face]] and tell me he's not!
* That's about the most awkward looking picture you could have possibly found of Alton Brown... but then my science teacher looks exactly like Alton Brown, so there maybe some truth to this...

They then invaded the Earth of their past, the denizens of which assuming they were from another planet, in order to abduct more specimens to genetically and cybernetically enhance, and wound up with the Sectoids, who, again, failed to stop the threat. So the Ethereals went back in time again. Next came the Thin Men, then the Floaters, then the Mutons, and perhaps even the Chryssalids. Again and again their creations failed. The game takes place on the final cycle, when the Ethereals finally realize that HumansAreSpecial, letting them develop psionic powers themselves, and finally end up with the ideal psionic specimen.

Candidates so far include one of the main characters from a VideoGame/DeusEx game, and Wei Shen from SleepingDogs.
** Those are SquareEnix games, XCom is 2K. Besides we already got a triad member in the DLC.

* Adds a council mission where you have to retrieve a fallen [[VideoGame/{{Portal2}} Space Core]], much like the Skyrim Mod "Fall of the Space Core Vol. 1".

Aside from the ghost armor your snipers can't call nukes though

[[WMG: XCOM is commanded by [[VideoGame/RedAlert2 Yuri.]] ]]

[[WMG: X-com Created the Ghost Program.]]

Psi snipers + Ghost Armor/Mimetic Skin = Ghost

Simply, each scientist knows some basics on every scientific field and basic experiment standard operating procedures, and has a pretty good understanding of mathematics and computer use. On each project, the experts device experiments to understand thing, the non experts help set up the system, and after it has been performed, the lead scientists in the project give the ones not expert in the field relevant, boring, repetitive but easy calculations and computer work while they do the more interesting and specific stuff. But the ones doing the boring stuff know that when the next experiment is withing their field of study, the roles will be reversed, possibly leading to banter such as "I will have my revenge on you someday!" during experiments.

"You know what? I'd like to visit Brazil one day. I heard it's a pretty nice country that's very accepting of gays like me." The EXALT HQ is not in Brazil.

Both ''VideoGame/X-COM'' and ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri'' are highly beloved classics without a worthy successor until Firaxis stepped in, this happening for the former in our universe, and for the latter in XCOM:EU's.

[[WMG: The secretive 'XCOM War' sets the stage for the United EarthGov in Babylon 5]]
Literally everything except the canon sets the stage for this. Forced Evolution, resulting in Telepaths. A Secret 'Greater Enemy' Humanity is being groomed to confront, Earths sudden rise to Prominence in the Dilgar War and the utter shock at actually *failing* to defeat an Alien Invasion during the Minbari War. A Sectoid eventually gets Sued.