History Funny / XCom2

** In short the game becomes an [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover extremely hilarious crossover]] once you installed a lot of voice packs, from a team consisting of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Heavy]], Nathan Drake, [[VideoGame/KillingFloor The Patriarch]] and [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Trevor Phillips]], to an army where everyone talks like [[Film/TheRoom Tommy Wiseau]].

*** For triple irony, in the last mission, [[spoiler:the Avatar can teleport itself into its own rifts.]]

** Operation Witch Slap. Hilarious on its own, epic when you take down your first [[spoiler: Avatar]] on it.

* In the ending, [[spoiler: resistance broadcasts are shown across the globe as giving instructions to those who want to resist and reporting the events happening around the globe... as well as an extremely nervous-looking ADVENT newscaster urging citizens to remain under curfew]].

** The WebVideo/FreemansMind [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=628251683&searchtext= voicepack]], which takes a twenty-seven year old scientist and neurotic individual through the front lines of the war against the [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combi-]] I mean ADVENT. [[spoiler: Most notably, if a soldier with this voice pack gets mind-controlled, they'll start spouting lines from the Machinima's TalkLikeAPirate episode.]]

* Courtesy of LetsPlay/ChristopherOdd comes the [[https://youtu.be/rOI11iDbGoI?t=457 most epic XCOM 2 campaign ever]]. [[spoiler: One turn, one normal shot, three overwatch shots. Two overwatch shots hit, no kills. The aliens kill a soldier on their first shot - panicking another soldier who promptly throws a grenade that kills the rest of his own squad. The aliens then proceed to kill him. Game over]].
** One of the soldiers from the above campaign showed up in the character pool for the next one. [[spoiler:Specificaly the guy that killed his teammates, who was nicknamed "Squadwipe" and trained as a grenadier.]] In honour of his previous service.

* When the Avatar Project is first uncovered, Bradford places its marker in the middle of the ocean as a placeholder, its true location being unknown at the time. Come the final mission, the Avatar Project facility is revealed to be located... [[spoiler:in the middle of the ocean]].

* At the end of the ADVENT Network Tower mission, the sheer dissonance between [[spoiler: the Speaker saying mankind are about to receive the greatest gifts of the Elders and the hijacked video behind him showing ADVENT carrying out a Retaliation]] is appallingly black humour.

* One ''Legacy Op'' concerns the defection and extraction of Dr. Tygan. It's the only time he's seen in a gameplay scenario, allowing us to finally see his callsign: [[spoiler: [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Hamburgler.]]]]

* In the final ''Legacy Ops'' mission, you must infiltrate a secret ADVENT facility to retrieve what Tygan describes as an "object of power" that was taken from XCOM's original base. Your squad fights their way to a stasis tube. Bradford opens it, and a smile creeps across his face when he sees the contents. Throughout the mission it's implied due to the stasis pod and the eerie purple glow when opening said pod that it might be a powerful psionic like Annette Durand or The Volunteer. [[spoiler:It's his old sweater.]]

** And to clarify: missed shots can't actually hit targets like the disruptor that's keeping the ''Avenger'' on the ground. What they ''can'' hit is environmental hazards like gas tanks and the like. What actually happened is that the shots missed their target and hit an explosive environmental hazard that the aliens [[WhatAnIdiot set up the disruptor next to]]. One has to imagine they were kicking themselves as they watched the Avenger fly away.

*** Including [[WhatAnIdiot inside their own bases]]. Often they do more damage to their base just idling patrolling than an entire firefight usually does.

* Naming soldiers after celebrities or or fictional characters is pretty popular, but can result in unintentional humor when a ranger you named [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake gets killed by a Sectopod]].

** The [[Machinima/FreemansMind Freeman's Mind]] [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=628251683&searchtext= voicepack]], which takes a twenty-seven year old scientist and neurotic individual through the front lines of the war against the [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combi-]] I mean ADVENT. [[spoiler: Most notably, if a soldier with this voice pack gets mind-controlled, they'll start spouting lines from the Machinima's TalkLikeAPirate episode.]]

* Among the very first mods released for the game? [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616324092 A mod]] that replaced the default assault rifle with a corgi complete with barks whenever it is fired. [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616824432 Another day-one mod]] includes a construction helmet, a [[NiceHat fancy top hat]], and an [[PaperThinDisguise Ayy Facemask]].

** One Resistance Radio broadcast is nothing but a cheerful {{Jingle}} for ADVENT Burgers, while another is a bit more morbid.
--->'''Resistance Radio:''' ADVENT Burger, serving humanity! [[ToServeMan ... With a side of fries]].

* This LeaningOnTheFourthWall bit from the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj42i7f1nj0 Gamescom preview]]:

* The mere fact that the Informant / Council Spokesperson is voiced by [[WebVideo/HonestTrailers Jon Bailey, aka Epic Voice Guy]]. There's even an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qehLhqLx6Ak XCOM (Honest Game Trailers)]] now, complete with Jon reading nonsensical Website/YouTube comments in his Informant voice.
** Jon had a lot of fun recording his Spokesman voice, and leftovers can be found if you digging in the game's files. [[StealthPun Witness]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvIgzYBL2Z8 the Council Spokesman]] [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad promising to bring the Commander to the Gates of Valhalla]]. For added HilariousInHindsight, he had already done the Honest Trailer for ''Fury Road'' before that.

*** One particularly lucky individual ended up with '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ7GqSvGG8s&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s Operation Magic Chicken]]'.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFDSFcyMpFg Eurogamer tries to figure out what the ADVENT soldiers are saying]]. [[MondegreenGag Emphasis on]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation "tries."]]

** The Bob Ross voice pack (yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=appHBe0ZSOA seriously]])- he's so [[DissonantSerenity calm and serene]] when shooting a Sectopod to death that it lapses into [[AxCrazy absolute psychopathy]]. The official Bob Ross Youtube channel noticed, and played along.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1PCWOpQAJg A Tygan voice pack]] [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1101614033 mod]]. Intriguing. "I could not have predicted those DAMN JUICY ADVENT BURGERS.".

* Courtesy of LetsPlay/ChristopherOdd comes the [[https://youtu.be/rOI11iDbGoI?t=7m37s most epic XCOM 2 campaign ever]]. [[spoiler: One turn, one normal shot, three overwatch shots. Two overwatch shots hit, no kills. The aliens kill a soldier on their first shot - panicking another soldier who promptly throws a grenade that kills the rest of his own squad. The aliens then proceed to kill him. Game over]].

* Counting as a [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome CMOA]], too, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6V62cO-6Xc this video shows an XCOM squad]] ending an ''Avenger'' Defense mission in 2 turns. How? [[AccidentalAimingSkills One of the turrets missed a shot]] [[ImprobableAimingSkills and hit the target on the other side of the map]].

--->'''[[https://youtu.be/zi2rU_SxKhM?t=26m49s Beaglerush:]]''' Alright, I'm gonna try something fucked-up for this reinforcement pod. So don't judge me. (''EvilLaugh, fwoomp'') [[HollywoodAcid Acid...]] (''fwoomp'') [[UniversalPoison Gas...]] (''fwoomp'') [[KillItWithFire Incendiary...]] [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanet With your powers combined, I'm a warcrime!]] Cap-tain Warcrimes, he's... a real dick... really need to try him at the Hague~

* The official XCOM Website/YouTube channel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzm9P4LK62E posts a remix]] of Vahlen's infamous explosives and restraint line with a mixture of Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 footage.

* One that doubles as [[Awesome/XCOM2 a moment of awesome]]: during [[https://youtu.be/mSFpGSS0igQ?t=34m10s ChristopherOdd's assault on the Assassin's stronghold]], he commands the Reaper Tao Zhao to use his Banish ability on the Assassin. Tao Zhao misses with his first shot, which prompts the Assassin to taunt him...[[TemptingFate only to get wasted the moment she finishes her sentence]] because Tao Zhao's [[OneHitKill Repeater]] activated on the next shot.
-->'''Assassin:''' Surely you can do better?
-->'''''Executed!!!'''''

* [[https://youtu.be/Jm6M8XkFDmY?t=6537 Ryan]] from Creator/AchievementHunter, [[https://youtu.be/B3x1HZ0_HkQ?t=920 JackSepticEye]] and [[https://youtu.be/ZHYiL5LbvHw?t=8m4s TheUrsinus1]] independently had mishaps involving a [[EscortMission mission-critical NPC]], an ability that [[GrapplingHookPistol pulls an enemy into convenient stabbing range]], and an enemy that [[ActionBomb explodes when they die]].

-->'''Tygan:''' I'm sure your... device will be fine.
-->'''Rover:''' <sharply turns to Tygan with an extremely annoyed squint>
* Some clever sod [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPJHmSgpKUg made a]] ''Series/RedDwarf'' voice pack for the game.
-->'''Heavy:''' ''<with the voice of Lister, firing a grenade>'' [[DreadfulMusician What I lacked technically, I made up for in loudness]].
-->'''Ranger:''' ''<with the voice of Cat, being ordered into overwatch>'' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall You can't tell me how to play this game!]]
-->'''Sniper:''' ''<with the voice of Rimmer, while evacuating from the field>'' I'm not one for long farewell speeches, but... ''see ya!''

** The [[Machinima/FreemansMind Freeman's Mind]] [[http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=628251683&searchtext= voicepack]], which takes a twenty-seven year old scientist and neurotic individual through the front lines of the war against the [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Combi-]] I mean ADVENT.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFDSFcyMpFg Eurogamer tries to figure out what the ADVENT soldiers are saying]]. [[{{Mondegreen}} Emphasis on]] [[BlindIdiotTranslation "tries."]]

** Speaking of Mods.. XCOM 2 has over one ''thousand'' mods available on the Steam Workshop. Usually, you pick out a few that you want and the workshop system integrates them quick and elegantly into the game. [[https://www.youtube.com/c/OverEnglishMan OverEnglishMan]] decided to figure out when you download AllOfThem[[labelnote:*]]Okay, not all of them, some conflict with each other to the point of literally breaking the game, but [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1285776993 The modlist]] is still just shy of a thousand mods[[/labelnote]] - the result is the ''very'' aptly named "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBCr1b6yNzU&list=PLhB9TyVIDBfn2eLfT-O-u3Yv7LLVoCRI1 Modded Beyond Reason]]''".

** Speaking of Mods.. XCOM 2 has over one ''thousand'' mods available on the Steam Workshop. Usually, you pick out a few that you want and the workshop system integrates them quick and elegantly into the game. [=OverEnglishMan=] Decided to figure out when you download AllOfThem[[labelnote:*]]Okay, not all of them, some conflict with each other, but [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1285776993 The modlist]] is still close to a thousand mods[[/labelnote]] - the result is the ''very'' aptly named "''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBCr1b6yNzU&list=PLhB9TyVIDBfn2eLfT-O-u3Yv7LLVoCRI1 Modded Beyond Reason]]''".

* The Commander apparently took how things fell apart after his capture to heart. In every cutsceen featuring transmissions from the counsel man there is a shotgun hanging right above their bed easily in reach.

* The Commander apparently took how things fell apart after his capture to heart. In every cutsceen featuring transmissions from the counsel man there is a shotgun hanging right above his bed easily in reach.

** It's not unheard of for the enemy to kill one of their own trying to kill your forces, usually due to a charged/[=AoE=] attack. A common occurrence is when a Stun Lancer charges into a Codex's delayed-action rift or an [[DeathFromAbove Archon bombardment]], takes a swing, and then getting blown up by the attack at the beginning of the next Alien Phase. Bonus points for hilarity if [[EpicFail he misses]].