Watch an hour of XCOM: Enemy Unknown

by Alice O'Connor, Aug 28, 2012 6:45am PDT

You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself yesterday, though you'll have missed it if you don't follow social Twitfacestreams. So come, enjoy an hour of tactical delights.

Lead designer Jake Solomon and lead programmer Casey O'Toole from developer Firaxis, of Civilization fame, got together with community manager Greg Laabs yesterday to play and stream 56 minutes of Enemy Unknown, showing off two single-player campaign levels.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on October 9.

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Watch an hour of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself yesterday, though you'll have missed it if you don't follow social Twitfacestreams. So come, enjoy over an hour of tactical delights.

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Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Watch an hour of XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

You wouldn't know it from watching the bang-pow-quote-cinematic-die-die trailers, but XCOM: Enemy Unknown is actually a turn-based tactical affair in the same vein as the widely-celebrated original X-COM games. Fortunately, publisher 2K decided to show off the game itself yesterday, though you'll have missed it if you don't follow social Twitfacestreams. So come, enjoy over an hour of tactical delights. : Shacknews
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- Oh! Snap uhhhh huuuuu, nice. : valcan_s
- I really want this game. : gooblerampling
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  The beard really suits dahanese! : marmite
  - thanks dude. i also decided to get lifts and go on the "look like a skeleton" diet. : dahanese
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  Why is this not getting more attention? It looks great. : gooblerampling
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    It's easily my most anticipated game right now. : marmite
    - Me too. : Sexpansion Pack
    - Fuck yeah I've been waiting like 10 years or however long its been : bolneze
  - This does look great! : iamgoat
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  aaahh to watch or not to watch... : devpaul
  - Skip through. There aren't any story spoilers but there's a lot of gameplay and you see 4 or 5 enemy type... : marmite
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  Very nice! But the guy going "That's X-com" every fucking time something happens becomes very old very fa... : utgaardsloke
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    Jake is just very excited about XCOM :P : OverloadUT
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      That is nice, but he comes across as someone who tries too hard to say that this is a worthy successor to... : utgaardsloke
      
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      That's what the rabid X-Com fans want to hear, though. And it wasn't every time something happened, it was every time an X-Com-ism occurred. Actually, I was saying it right along with him, though mine was sorta pleasantly surprised in tone!
      It's like having to complete a mission, then coming back and getting your reward, then killing the guy who gave you the mission. "That's Fallout."
      
      Aug 29, 2012 8:36pm PDT
      
      That's what the rabid X-Com fans want to hear, though. And it wasn't every time something happened, it wa... : AxeMan808
- will buy, hell, maybe even on PS3, turn based means I wont need twich fps skills. : radula
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  Why can't I watch shack videos on my iPad :( : bozer
  - That's a Twitch.tv embed. I don't know if it'll work if you go directly to the site, because I don't even... : Alice O'Connor
- If this isn't a must-buy, then you must hate video games! : FlatlineDixay
- Tasty. : Johnny Law
- this video finally inspired me to try and get into x-com for the first time really cool game : DeBurgo
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  We put the video up on YouTube which is clamped so you don't have to skip to the start: http://www.youtub... : OverloadUT
  - I must say...It. Looks. MAHVELOUS. And I wasn't ever a fanboy. I liked X-Com, but... It was no Eternal Da... : AxeMan808
- Is this game Steamworks? : Rice-Rocketeer
- That was great, and looked good to play with a gamepad : mad-d00d

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