My favorite starting areas are South America and Africa. There are a whole lot of Roulette-specific recommendation I could make, but they're off-topic the main one I'll throw out is that you won't have any medics so get your advance forces Adaptive Bone Marrow early on.

I think everyone should try Training Roulette at least once, so if this is potentially your last game of EW, I'd go for it. New Economy is the same way but to a much lesser degree. Training Roulette, New Economy: I LOVE Training Roulette having tried it, I have trouble imagining playing without it. which means you're the one who's going to be flanked. Results Driven, Marathon, etc: These all make the game harder - obviously not.Īiming Angles, Absolutely Critical: I normally love these but with only 4 soldiers, you aren't going to be able to split into two 3-man teams like you might normally do. Rookie with 55 Will and 85 Aim? Yes please. Not Created Equally: Another minor boost, this lets you restart the game until you get a super starting team. If it seems like cheating, that's because it is and you can feel free to never use it.

Your get-out-of-jail-free card, this lets you continually reload until your 15% shot hits and saves the day. Completing these missions makes the whole game tons easier. Operation Progeny? Up to you, doesn't matter. I typically rush so hard that I still have assault rifles and light armor at the beginning of month three, which you don't need to do, but you get the idea. This strategy front-loads all the difficulty to the first three months: if you get past them, you're golden. For the first two or three months virtually all your money should go to power stations, satellite uplinks, and workshops, and your terror missions should gain you engineers or, if that isn't an option, cash. The basic strategy for Classic or Iron Man playthroughs is Satellite Rush - build them as fast as you can. Try to get EVERY other achievement during this first playthrough. Do this even if you already finished Enemy Unknown several times: the addition of meld, the covert missions, new enemies, new grenades, altered abilities, and other tweaks make the game different enough to throw your game off. You can use any other options you want, including Second Wave.įirst, you should finish Enemy Within at least once so you know the general gameplay. To get An Army of Four you need to successfully complete the final mission on Classic or Impossible difficulty without ever buying the Squad Size upgrade in the Officers Training School. I'm going to take a stab at this without writing a full walkthrough of the game, so please be kind with the -1s.

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