XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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Yep, that's ironman. And frankly I don't care what anyone says, ironman classic is not just classic with one save. I've played classic and it's really not all that big a deal in terms of difficulty difference from normal, however, ironman/classic is, and it's more than just the one save business.

As for pain, I hear misery loves company, so here's mine from tonight. Dropped into the 3rd exalt mission, keep taking them out in threes, since they keep showing up all over the place in threes as they are prone to do, get caught out on a reload with a heavy who has been holo tagged and before I can do anything about it, a laser sniper crits him out of existence. First Colonel I've lost, had to park the game for the night after that one. Same mission I also got within one health of losing a Colonel sniper thanks to a rocket he took while taking cover by a car, the extra damage from the car exploding nearly got him as well.

The trouble with it was the reinforcements which just didn't stop coming.

Not as bad as your situation I'll admit Grey, but man oh man did it hurt losing a Colonel (one btw that was spliced too, so that went to waste as well).