Take a Deep Dive Into the World of XCOM: Enemy Unknown

More XCOM coverage!!

Looks amazing. Mass effect what?

THANKS FOR THE SPOILER ALEX GOD

Great a follow up to some of the most nerve wracking games I've ever played. This should be fun.

Any reservations I had about a remake are gone. This looks very, very good.

Looks pretty much what I wanted out of a new xcom game.

WANT!!!

Thank you Firaxis (preemptively) !!!!

ok, sold ... take my moneys ... all of them!

MY WHOLE BODY IS READY

So GI.JOE (with aliens) the videogame. That doesn't sound horrible to me.

Note: I have not played the first X-COM. However, if they keep up what their doing with this one. I might go buy and play both of them.

Time units are too complicated for players?! Wow, that is pretty harsh insult right there.

I am satisfied that this is being made.

This looks fantastic. I legitimately can't wait

Ant farm? awesome!

@2HeadedNinja said:

ok, sold ... take my moneys ... all of them!

This x1000

Please don't mess up the soundtrack.  The original was just creepy and really created that tense atmosphere.

Awesome. I'm so glad this game is happening.

this looks sooo good

Jagged Alliance reboot should have been like that goddammit.

Only bad thing i can say is that there is not enough dubstep.

Gotta admit, this looks awesome. I was a bit skeptical about it (not that I didn't think Firaxis couldn't make a good XCOM game) but now I'm sold.

Only bad thing - seeing them use a controller made me a bit sad :( but hey, easy to control is ok also right?

Ok. Done. Sold. You have my money Firaxis.

Goosebumps :D

I have no prior experience with XCOM, but I want this game.

I am so hard for this

Yessssss this looks fantastic!

Shut up and take my money!

@charlie_victor_bravo:

As someone who just went back to play the original X-COM again, in anticipation, I can tell you that time units are a pain.

Done. Sold. Take my money.

I KEEP THROWING MONEY AT THE SCREEN BUT NOTHING'S HAPPENING!!!!

This looks fantastic. If we can have Alpha Centauri II next, that would be perfect. I do wonder how fast the novelty value of the cinematic camera wears off, though. Hopefully it won't be all cinematic action all the time.

Firaxis was a great choice.

I like everything I have seen of it so far.

Take my money!

@Dredlockz said:

@charlie_victor_bravo:

As someone who just went back to play the original X-COM again, in anticipation, I can tell you that time units are a pain.

What?! Are you a potato? Time units in X-COM are easy if you can count properly.

Not super exited about the smaller squads, but, if the rest is good then i'm okay with it!

Never been so interested in this game before. Awesome.

Might even go play the old ones.

crap, day 1 purchase for me.

*throws money at computer screen*

@charlie_victor_bravo said:

@Dredlockz said:

@charlie_victor_bravo:

As someone who just went back to play the original X-COM again, in anticipation, I can tell you that time units are a pain.

What?! Are you a potato? Time units in X-COM are easy if you can count properly.

The point is that they found a way to eliminate the need for all that counting without crippling the tactical aspects of the game. They simplified that which was needlessly complex, and added depth by adding new tactical mechanics such as the cover system. If your only counter-argument is some sort of weird time unit snobbism, well...

Looks good, but I hope the controls havent been dumbed down too much. And that kill shot feature could get old fast.

But great to see that X-COM stil lives!

As someone who missed the original X-COMs (don't hate, I was poor), the combat and light "rpg elements" in this bring to mind Valkyria Chronicles. With a (very) little Sim Tower in the base building.

Looks cool, do want.

Looks sweet, wonder what systems it's coming out for.

@S0ndor:

-Here is 10 dollars, go by what you need.

-But I do not know how to count, mommy.

-OK, you can buy 3 candy items. You can count to 3, can you?

I am really having hard time believing that people have trouble with handling limited set of units.

@charlie_victor_bravo said:

@S0ndor:

-Here is 10 dollars, go by what you need.

-But I do not know how to count, mommy.

-OK, you can buy 3 candy items. You can count to 3, can you?

I am really having hard time believing that people have trouble with handling limited set of units.

The point is simplicity and ease, not whether a person is able to count. The developers changed it because they felt it was easier this way. But you are obviously more interested in being an Internet dick and troll, than actually trying to understand the reasoning behind the change.

I'm done here. This is Giantbomb, not freaking 4chan.

Looks cool. However, that generic alien design is kinda a letdown.

Yes how much

its gonna be a XBLA title.

@DeF said:

Ant farm? awesome!

Seriously, the pics don't do it justice. The realtime observation of my army dudes and dynamic zoom almost makes this worthwhile to purchase by itself for me, especially as I build it up an customize.

This game looks so much better, and more fun, than 2K Marin's game. It's going to be REAL interesting to see if this, or XCOM, sells better, and across which platforms. I bet PC and PS3 players (who turned Valkyria Chronicles into a hit) will buy more of this one, but the Xbox Live headset wearing meathead crowd will no doubt embrace the shooter game more.