Quick Look EX: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Posted by | Sep. 24, 2012 7:00pm

To the Firaxis guys, using Giant Bomb staff as fodder is an acceptable strategy when combating aliens.

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Edited by CaptainErock

sweet

...as in sweet mother of mystery!....finally got it.

Posted by BlueStriped

The Future

Posted by GuyIncognito

EX :(

Edited by Fluttercry

Oh sweet! This is the game I've been looking forward to the most this year.

Posted by mlarrabee

I missed most of it, so I was hoping it would be uploaded today!

Posted by MiniPato

@GuyIncognito said:

EX :(

A good EX though cause the dev guys are cool and joke casually. Ryan actually sounds more like a PR guy than any of them in this quick look because he seems to love the game so much and can't stop talking in depth about it.

Posted by Ceno

Vinny was the first to die :-(

Edited by MrBen

55 minutes... Hell yes. This looks great. SOLD.

Posted by wisdumcube

What? This was live?! When did this happen?

Posted by Cybexx

I'll watch this while downloading the demo. Thanks GiantBomb!

Posted by myslead

missed all of it :(

so excited though

Posted by Nettacki
@wisdumcube said:

What? This was live?! When did this happen?

It just happened today. Like, about 6 hours ago as of now.
Posted by AllanIceman

Missed this. glad it's up so quick.

Posted by Abendlaender

Nope, not gonna watch this. Pre-ordered the game already, so I wont be spoiled by this.

Posted by Encephalon

Big Jeffrey!

That's a deep cut, Garth. I approve.

Posted by Fram

Firaxis dude sounds uncannily like Dave Snider at times.

Posted by CaptRocketblaze

Big Jeffrey got out of the roller coaster park to kill aliens... Yup, sounds about right.

Posted by bushpusherr

US Pipe is such a good fucking name haha

Posted by RetroVirus

I need this game now!

Posted by WSGEXE

I never would have expected such tough-looking dudes to have even heard of XCOM.

Posted by CJduke

Just finished the demo. Game seems great!

Posted by buzz_clik

@Fram said:

Firaxis dude sounds uncannily like Dave Snider at times.

You read my mind!

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Posted by Scotto

I love when they do quick looks with guys who are actually fans of the website. Big Jeffrey was a deep GB cut, but referring to Alex as "Nic Cage" was arguably even deeper.

Also, the game looks badass.

And Firaxis, please re-release SimGolf on Steam in widescreen and for modern Windows/OSX. Playing the original game on Windows 7 is janky as fuck, but SimGolf still rules.

Posted by Joby21

Nice bottle of Bookers!

Posted by BluPotato

First time I've seen this game in action and it looks goddamn amazing and seems to be a worth successor to the XCOM legacy.

Posted by jaks

Not embarrassed to admit I'm touching myself.

Edited by WSGEXE
Posted by MormonWarrior

But will I, the core gamer, enjoy it? I'm unconvinced.

Posted by ArbitraryWater

I could really use this game right now. The demo is underwhelming inasmuch as it's just the tutorial.

Posted by Peanut

@MormonWarrior said:

But will I, the core gamer, enjoy it? I'm unconvinced.

Listen, buddy! There's a level of obsession you need to have before you can grab that tag. Play some more Halo, Mass Effect, or Skyrim and get back to me.

Posted by davo

This seems all right, despite being a bit buggy in a couple of places. I just hope the UI translates well over to PC. I'm seeing a lot of...big menus.

Posted by allodude

@WSGEXE: Pleasantly 90s.

Posted by CornBREDX

And of course, Brad is the first to freak out =P (jk, Brad).

Game looks awesome, but just as terrifying to play as the original.

@Abendlaender: There's nothing on here to spoil as it's randomly generated scenarios. I recommend not skipping it for that.

Posted by ShaggE

Oh man, I need this game in me. So many hours to be lost, so many late nights to be had...

Posted by buzz_clik

16:30 - "And not just alien activity in the bottom..."

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Posted by Sonny009

this game: i like it.

Posted by Fram

@Peanut said:

@MormonWarrior said:

But will I, the core gamer, enjoy it? I'm unconvinced.

Listen, buddy! There's a level of obsession you need to have before you can grab that tag. Play some more Halo, Mass Effect, or Skyrim and get back to me.

Applause.

Posted by LiK

wow, custom GB crew. nice lol

Edited by Blair

That Big Jeffrey reference was amazing.

Posted by HerbieBug

I like this game's wiggle.

Edited by Nanne

This is how all Quick Look EXs should be.

Posted by Osaladin

This is an example of a great Quick Look EX, well done fellas. The game looks great btw.

Posted by rapsney

Those Firaxis guys have MY full permission to come back anytime! Really enjoyed this and made me want this game as it was completely off my radar (never played the original). Downloading the demo now as a matter of fact

Posted by thebatmobile

I'm going to have wet dreams about this game until release.

And probably for a while after that as well.

Posted by SuperJoe

First thing I'm gonna do is check if Shigeru Miyamoto and John Carmack are hero characters, though Ken Levine is more likely since he's 2K.

Posted by foolman

@MormonWarrior said:

But will I, the core gamer, enjoy it? I'm unconvinced.

It's no Fable: The Journey, but I think your still like it!

Posted by Arrested_Developer

I've never played an X-Com (though I own a ton of them from a Steam sale), but I can tell this is totally up my alley.

Posted by Rasmoss

Big Jeffrey says "drop 'em".

Posted by SilverTorch1

I've been seeing some disconcerting things about the pc version of this game. Stuff like seeing the tops of buildings even though there are no textures up there because the xbox version doesn't zoom out as far as the pc version. Seems to imply that it's a console port.

Posted by ShaggE

I forgot to mention: Look at China when they show the country threat levels. Near empty. I think we all know what that means: Proof that China is experiencing a deficit in caring.

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