E3 2012: XCOM is Mankind's Last Stand

Girl wood.

Right on!

I can't wait!

I like how the C and O make an infinity sign.

So looking forward to this.

Exciting stuff. The more I see of this game the better it looks.

Soundtrack sounds like something Tron Legacy, which is good.

More interesting than 95% of any of the conference's reveals, that's for sure.

looks great!

Not even my body is ready for this

Neat soundtrack. That's all I have to say about it.

Looks better than the other XCom game

I'm really looking forward to this one. I was a little disappointed in Civ V, but it will take quite a bit more than that to tarnish my trust in Firaxis.

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Yes Firaxis. You can have my money.

Was that shadowy dude the same voice actor as Optimus Prime? thats awesome.

@ArbitraryWater said:

Yes Firaxis. You can have my money.

Take mine as well, if this game lives up to half the hype It will be my personal game of the year.

looks incredible. i'm all over it.

Yes. Just yes.

I was intruiged by the look of the FPS game, that sort of Cold War era 50's G-man style was pretty cool. So I'm still hoping that game turns out to be good, but Enemy Unknown is turning out to be a very cool looking traditional take on the game.

I want to sleep while holding this game tightly.

Easily my most anticipated game for the rest of the year. Nothing they have shown of this game has disappointed me.

@Crispy said:

Girl wood.

Well done

Soldiers of the world, unite! To each according to their need, to each according to their alien kill ratios.

I hope to god we can select Canada as an option for country of origin. Will be very displeased if I can not pick my home country.

Thank you so much 2K. You know what's dumb? A bunch of old timey, Mad Men-era goons trying to fight off an alien invasion. Even if 2K Marin's game turns out to be good, the aesthetic is just stupid. You want a current day or futuristic force fighting aliens. Not bullcrap, lame-o, cigar chomping, slacks-wearing, Pleasantville-style, "Rah- Rah" Americana-style Cold War oldsters. I mean, who likes that shit?

So XCOM looks stupid. But Firaxis' game looks fantastic! Dynamic strategy, great stylized visuals, and a proper sci-fi near future universe...honestly, that's all we needed. Thanks for listening. It's been awhile since there was a real good big budget strategy game out there - not since Valkyria Chronicles, probably. I'm VERY MUCH looking forward to this one!

You could probably just cancel the other one now. ;)

I think this one's a day one for me.

Is this dat Battleship thingy?

Hewo, Commander.

The Men in Black are gonna have to work their Neuralizers overtime for this one...

Why wasn't this the original leading game? I want more. MORE!

Guys... I think this trailer just gave me a lady boner AND a dude boner at the same time.

Even though I'm probably going to be shit at the game this does look very, very good and probably a day one purchase.

No gameplay footage? :(

Looks like they redid the whole style of the game. Wasn't the last trailer set in some sort of 50's alternative timeline? I sure preferred that over this generic modern day style.

@Baconator: Actually that was a completely different X-com game being made by a different development team.

Well I think I just pissed myself.

Continues to look really cool. At the very least it looks accessible, I remember trying to play the first XCOM a bunch of times as a kid but it was just way too hard for me.

@bunnymud said:

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continues to look awesome

Wow, that looks super badass, actually.

Gamecation scheduled. October 9th. If that's a midnight release then it's definitely one of those no-shower game days ;)

Big fan of anything Firaxis does so I am on board.

Massive fan of the original and I hear good things about this re-make. Roll on release day...

Come one Firaxis, we're all rooting for you on this one!

I could not be more excited about this!

That was certainly way more immense trailer than I had expected from a strategy game. Even more interested in it now...