What happens in Lagos...

So I recently got XCOM: UFO Defense thanks to a contributor on Space Battles Forum (alongside Terror From the Deep, Acopolypse, Interceptor [which doesn't appear to work for reasons unknown], Enforcer [which acts...strange], and Civ 5 [it was two Steam Codes].

While I was excited about the fact that I got it (and thus could begin a potential LP), I looked up info on whether the difficulty bug remained, and it was conflicted at best.

This was my attempt at a Veteran Playthrough (number 3), and from the Terror Mission, I can safely assume that it doesn't have the bug, as there was another Reaper (and one or two more off-screen) along with the two shown here.

And yes, those are the crappy starting rifles. And yes, that's two dead reapers.

Did I forget that it took concentrated fire from 3 squad mates just so a damn rook could finish them off?

Can I get some mad badass creed now?