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    Steve Watts posted a new article, XCOM: Enemy Unknown review: a space odyssey.

    Firaxis has revived the classic XCOM series by showing the world how to pull off a turn-based strategy game. Our review.
    Oct 09, 2012 6:00am PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, XCOM: Enemy Unknown review: a space odyssey.

    Firaxis has revived the classic XCOM series by showing the world how to pull off a turn-based strategy game. Our review. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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    • won't be able to play this for 2 weeks. Sadface. :< : CabooseThis person is cool!
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      Reviewed on a 360? Seriously. Wow. : wytefangThis person is cool!
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        Why not ? It seems to play and control well on the consoles. : taronishThis person is cool!
        • Oh, no issue with console versions of the game - I'm pleased that they got a console-version working so w... : wytefangThis person is cool!
      • It plays exactly the same. The only difference is slightly longer load times. I would even go so far as s... : gooblerampling
      • I imagine most reviewers were sent console copies because that's what publisher's market towards. : moogleThis person is cool!
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        2K prolly only sent out review copies for the console. : RevRavenThis person is cool!
        • That seems to be the way it goes. Most publishers seem to send out 360 versions for review. : GwyndionThis person is cool!
      • I literally shit my pants after reading that. I cannot believe this bush league carebare shit. : walker270This person is cool!
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        Yeah, I figured that's the review copy they received but having worked in this industry, they could have ... : wytefangThis person is cool!
        • Xcom and tftd were both ported to consoles. : Dusty_SlimThis person is cool!
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          I played xcom enemy unknown for years on the playstation. : mystifier
          • my bad, it was called X-COM UFO Defense: http://www.gamespot.com/x-com-ufo-defense/ : mystifier
      • actually works really really well on 360 : JINKYThis person is cool!
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        where is your fucking pride, shacknews. a slap to the face of all true gamers. good lord!!!!11 : crummynzThis person is cool!
        • A true gamer cares not about platforms, but plays games regardless of platform. : SimulacrumThis person is cool!
      • It's a turn based game not an fps.. : edgewiseThis person is cool!
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      manage to finish the tutorial before going to work this morning... been trying to find a reason to go bac... : Frush81
      • Exactly this. In hindsight, I should have taken a staycation day today. : Teirdome
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      im skipping this. seems to rah rah meat headish. first xcom was creepy, this just looks like its all acti... : sanewave
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        It's awesome and still creepy. It's so great. Played it till 6:30 this morning. Slept. Went to class @ 8a... : geedeckThis person is cool!
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          I dunno about the creepy part but it is still awesome. Part of the creep was hearing the noises of alien... : jingletard
          • do you have a 5.1 setup? : geedeckThis person is cool!
      • lol. : mwasher
      • it's almost as creepy as TftD, which IMHO was much creepier than UFO Defense : NitriumThis person is cool!
      • My first impressions of the demo kind of the same, but after watching OverloadUT play, I understood the g... : ModulusThis person is cool!
    • Just a quick clarification Steve: Strategy is the broader campaign and may not have to do with conflic... : Teirdome
    • FU Guys in the USA who can play this now. 3 more days for us in Europe. No idea why a global release isn'... : rottdcorpse
    • Finished playing a good 6-7 hours so far. A few thoughts thus far. Playing the PC version btw. *Mic : mastermike569
    • does anyone know if this will show up on PSN today? : jrsXThis person is cool!
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      I am very very very very very very happy with my purchase. Congrats to OverloadUT, not dahanese, virus, a... : squigiliwams
      • i am super excited to play tonight. i didn't play the demo because i want to get in and start from scratc... : dahanese
      • Virus works at firaxis/2K now? : edgewiseThis person is cool!