Ironman mode and Achievements

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GeorgeCostanza
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Ironman mode and Achievements

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Hello

Just an idea as I play through these campaigns, not sure how hard it is to implement: Add an ironman mode and some steam achievements that are unlocked through playing ironman mode

Ironman mode if you dont know what it is, refers to a game mode that restricts the players ability to save the game down to one save only, and sometimes only at specific times e.g at the beginning or end of a scenario. This prevents making multiple backup saves. I could think of a few ways to implement this but my primary intention with suggesting this is to make the most out of my favourite feature of this game: The random multiple enemy battle plans. If there was a system where I could be rewarded from attempting to complete a campaign against random battle plans for each scenario with no chance to reload from backup saves, that would be enticing for me but maybe for no one else :lol:

Along with this it would have to be something implementing the random battle plans only with no option to pick BPs

I want to be able to challenge myself and compete with my friends for getting those max rank campaign runs, but I can see that its pretty easy to cheese the AI if you just make a lot of save games. I know I dont need a system or steam achievements to do this, but cmon devs, appeal to our show-off side!

Just an idea :D
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Re: Ironman mode and Achievements

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The Ironman Mode is an interesting idea. Making the "one" save mechanic work might be a challenge since some form of save game must allow players to stop when life happens. Any save becomes a means to "cheat" for a savvy gamer. Steam Achievements is a no-go as we have no real time to deal with the level of integration required for one line of sales for the game.
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Re: Ironman mode and Achievements

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Thanks for your response! Have a great day
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