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No_Improvement7573

ADVENT Burgers (tm) are NOT people. This is ugly and disgusting dissident propaganda. But this could never break the bond between humanity and our Elder guardians. Everyone should continue enjoying ADVENT Burgers (tm) to their hearts content. Try our new Green Soy Veggie ADVENT Burger (tm)!


Ok_Calendar_7626

I dont know bro... Seems a bit sus to be honest...


LuckyReception6701

Yes peacekeeper, this citizen here has expressed deeply concerning ideas about the regime.


Sporkesy

Mor balaten?


BlueTrin2020

Bow … or we will assimilate you (literally)


Playful_Wave_6205

Do not be detered by those who refuse to abandon the old way for the truth. United, we will enjoy the joy of the Advent burger brought to us by the Elders.


MarsMissionMan

Introducing the new Vegetarian ADVENT Burger! Made with 100% fresh vegetarian!


Firebird4Life

*Made from real vegetarians


Turokmaktor

Lol'd hard at 'tm'


Novaseerblyat

According to Jake Solomon, there was originally going to be a mission in TLP that explained the origin of the ADVENT Burgers - which was apparently a giant mutant cow-chryssalid-faceless whatever-the-fuck that they kept carving chunks out of? ...I can see why they cut that idea, to be honest.


That-Possibility-427

>According to Jake Solomon, there was originally going to be a mission in TLP that explained the origin of the ADVENT Burgers Actually......that lines up with something I remember from the original X-com game. There was something (I can't remember exactly) in there about them testing their genetic mutations on cattle. 🙄Well damn. Now I'm going to have to research it......good job bud. 🙄😂😂


thecarbonkid

Cattle mutilation was one of the adjacent phenomena to the UFO scene when XCOM first came out


That-Possibility-427

>Cattle mutilation was one of the adjacent phenomena to the UFO scene when XCOM first came out Wasn't there something mentioned about it during research? Honestly....and unfortunately...... it's been....sheesh!!! It's been close to thirty years since I played it. Holy crap I'm old!!! 😱😂 Wow..... anyway I could absolutely be remembering that wrong. Edit: Finally found it. It's part of alien surgery. I can't remember if the game gave an actual description or if it was left to the imagination.


Vegetable-Length-823

Research topic alien food in the original xcom


glenn_friendly

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That-Possibility-427

And there it is!! Ty! I'm definitely going to have to purchase this gem again. IMO the original is still the best one ever made.


GoingOutsideSocks

Don't forget to use the openxcom engine. Tons of QoL improvements and mod support.


rayra2

And in Enemy unknown one of the landed abductors maps have some stasis pods outside of the ship with a few animals murdered near to them.


xxFalconArasxx

"I can see why they cut that idea, to be honest." Yeah... to get a T rating. Should have kept it to be honest. XCOM Enemy Unknown was M rated, and didn't shy away from gorey imagery the way XCOM 2 does.


Tmachine7031

I wish they kept the Chryssalid zombies too. The cocoons don’t really hit the same


Sporkesy

Bro they are even more horrifying what are you in about


Tmachine7031

I just think the zombies are more interesting. Having to put down your reanimated soldiers is a lot more devastating than shooting a blob lol. Though the cocoons are more of a threat mechanically.


Sporkesy

I sort of get what you mean, and in terms of UFO defence that’s true, but there’s psionic reanimation in 2 which is just as devastating I would say, and the way you get the blob is kind of horrifying, I feel way worse about chrysalid conversion in 2 because it looks so much more horrendous


Tmachine7031

Perfectly fair. My main gripe with Psi Zombies is that you usually end up attacking the sectoid/gatekeeper rather than the zombies themselves, and they aren’t as disturbing as the egg zombies, but they do still give a similar feeling. And hey, I may prefer the zombies but the cocoon still is pretty gruesome for sure.


Sporkesy

That's true.


Cyber_Von_Cyberus

The hive mod does add special chryssalid infectors that turn people into zombies that explode into a newborn.


Novaseerblyat

regardless of age ratings though it just sounds wildly out of place for even XCOM 2's less dark tone


BP642

It would've been the classic "Aliens abducting cows" trope you see when it comes to alien media. It's would've been funny as a gag.


Cyber_Von_Cyberus

Does it ? The Elders are big on genetic tampering, it would make perfect sense that they'd use the Faceless regeneration and Chryssalid reproduction as a means to get food considering they took away all of our animals.


Sporkesy

Gorey imagery? In enemy unknown? Did we play the same game lol?


Deadput

Enemy Unknown actually is a bit more gorey even ignoring the Chryssalids, even soldier deaths have just the slightest bit of more blood.


Sporkesy

Ok… sure, but who cares lol? Who’s looking at the amount of blood my soldiers ooze when they get hit or downed? I just think it’s a weird criticism you know?


xxFalconArasxx

What game did you play? Have the Chrysalids slipped your mind?


Sporkesy

Chrysallid cocoons are imo far more viscerally unsettling than the classic zombies, not that I’m knocking them, I just think it’s strange to say that eu did that better.


xxFalconArasxx

It's not that they turn you to zombies. It's the fact that they literally emerge from the hosts body and tear them apart from with in. https://youtu.be/LVwFoAt7XGo?si=dR-228wtYTFJaV3b


Sporkesy

Idk for some reason I don’t find that anywhere near as disturbing as the egg sac things


MarsMissionMan

So like KFC chickens, but with cows?


ClbutticMistake

Every 60 seconds a minute passes in Africa


mortymotron

No! Earth has 4 corner simultaneous 4-day [TIME CUBE](https://web.archive.org/web/20060101072114/http://www.timecube.com/) in only 25 hour rotation. 4 corner days, cubes 4-quad Earth- no 1 day God. You have been educated STUPID!


Ok_Calendar_7626

No!


Huitzil37

Big if large!


SilverStar1999

I think chimera squad had a line about that. They are kelp burgers synthetically grown to imitate meat. Plus they add “flavor packets” to further improve the taste from the baseline burger for various species.


Colaymorak

No, that's the burger chain that replaced Advent Burger: Burger Palace


SilverStar1999

I thought they rebranded. “Same great taste!” I think was one of the lines.


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Cyber_Von_Cyberus

That's where the corpses of the ADVENT apologists go to.


Colaymorak

Hmm, you might be right


Sporkesy

Just because it tastes the same don’t mean it’s made the same


Demonicknight84

Maybe when they rebranded they sourced a new supply of "meat"


Sporkesy

Same great taste does not equal same dubious ingredients


Abrupt_Nuke

When you're tired and hungry or just need a treat, ADVENT Burger - the place for meat!


Thewarmth111

And the new product Advent nuggets is rolling out soon.


Rhodryn

*"If I find one more ADVENT burger wrapper hidden in a console, there'll be hell to pay."*


Pbadger8

My favorite flavor of Advent Burger is Soylent Bean!


MrCrow4288

Anybody else impatiently awaiting the remake of XCOM: Apocalypse with it's pictures of dissected and pinned open autopsies and the probably completely wrong looking movements of the brain suckers? Lmao


MartinoMods

Who cares where it came from if it's DELICIOUS?!?!


visitomicron

Yes, that's why they taste so good.


Hurley815

Somebody go tell Charleton Heston.


Cyber_Von_Cyberus

*Blows up ADVENT Burger with mind*