I just tried the demo from steam. The game looks great and reminds of Advanced wars types of games. Too bad the demo is just a tutorial level and a 2nd level where you between 2 locations. I'm definitely getting this game and see spending many hours on it being a tactical game.

Originally Posted by Kenshindono and @ the guy mocking people hating generic FPS's... I dont hate generic FPS's. People were pissed off that one of the classic RTS games was being turned into a crappy looking FPS. Thats like taking something like Citizen Kane, and remaking it as a big budget action movie staring Vin Diesal or something. Its just retarded.

Exactly - everyone loved the original X-Com. Why on earth were we getting an FPS?

That's like taking the classic Shadowrun RPG and turning it into an online shooter.

Son of a...I just decided to pre-order this for PC (normally I'd wait til it drops in price, but the $15 gc and physical swag swayed me) and it's sold out online for PC!

ok so decided to bite on this. i had it preordered on amazon.com which wouldve been $59.99 tax free, but i figured getting a $15 gift card at BB and having $10 in reward certificates, its still a better deal. ANd i can do in store pickup and get it next tuesday instead of waiting like 3-5 days from amazon. glad I checked here before it was too late! Thanks!

i got the manager from my bestbuy store to price match the $15 gc offer with preorder / purchase of the game

What's XCOM?

Damn, saw this too late as pre-orders are already sold out for the PC version. I have $40 in reward zone bucks too, so it would have effectively made the game $5. I may try to go pre-purchase from the store and get the $15, though I haven't had good luck matching deals at my particular location in the past.

Tempting, but I'll also probably wait until there's a drop.

Originally Posted by Jackie Chandler What's XCOM?

Not sure if serious....

Just in case:

http://www.xcom.com/

Also, I received my 15$ gift card via mail yesterday. Nice bc next tuesday I will go pick up my xcom and turn around and use it on dishonored.

Originally Posted by Kylearan Exactly - everyone loved the original X-Com. Why on earth were we getting an FPS? That's like taking the classic Shadowrun RPG and turning it into an online shooter.

Or turning Syndicate into a first-person shooter. Oh wait...

Originally Posted by jrbatche2001 Damn, saw this too late as pre-orders are already sold out for the PC version. I have $40 in reward zone bucks too, so it would have effectively made the game $5. I may try to go pre-purchase from the store and get the $15, though I haven't had good luck matching deals at my particular location in the past.

Damnit! Just as I get my $50 gift card in today...

Guess that means I'm not preordering.

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I tried to preorder this in store when I pick up RE6 and the system is not letting me do it. To made sure i have the retail copy as I am bandwidth limited, i preorder from newegg.

Darnit - I bit. Could no longer resist.

Thankfully Best Buy still has their 100% trade in credit promo going, so by ditching both Black Ops and Battlefield 3, I put that $48 towards XCOM - after tax and with the $15 gift card for pre-ordering, I essentially get this for $2. (I also picked up Black Ops and BF3 on Goozex ages ago, so...okay, I probably spent closer to $25 real dollars - fine by me.)

Though I'm trying to amass enough credit to put a sizable dent in a new computer, XCOM makes me weak. And it's a weakness to be savored. =)

That it's being made by Firaxis comforts me to no end. The 9.5 review over at GameInformer closed the deal (though their love of RE6 baffles me).

Originally Posted by Kylearan Darnit - I bit. Could no longer resist. Thankfully Best Buy still has their 100% trade in credit promo going, so by ditching both Black Ops and Battlefield 3, I put that $48 towards XCOM - after tax and with the $15 gift card for pre-ordering, I essentially get this for $2. (I also picked up Black Ops and BF3 on Goozex ages ago, so...okay, I probably spent closer to $25 real dollars - fine by me.) Though I'm trying to amass enough credit to put a sizable dent in a new computer, XCOM makes me weak. And it's a weakness to be savored. =) That it's being made by Firaxis comforts me to no end. The 9.5 review over at GameInformer closed the deal (though their love of RE6 baffles me).

amazon is also offering a similar deal, but with $15 amazon promo credit, since bestbuy sold out of pc version.

Picked one up since I just got $30 in RZ certificates. Using credit for the rest and should be able to price match before Dec.

Originally Posted by YBX87 amazon is also offering a similar deal, but with $15 amazon promo credit, since bestbuy sold out of pc version.

Yeah, I saw that - only problem is that Amazon is not guaranteeing release-day delivery, not without ponying up another $3.99. I can play it on Tuesday, but not again until Sunday, so if I wanna get my feet wet on Tuesday, best option is in-store pickup at BB.

my $15 gc arrived today. I pre-ordered last week sometime. That was fast! I also got my $25 RZ certificate for the Fifa 2013 today (Silver member and gamers club unlocked, so I get 2x RZ points and 25% extra on top of that, so I've been getting $25 RZ certs).

Question for veteran XCOM-ers... Does your CAG mind think this will game drop fast?

Throughout this gen, history shows other 2K games have dropped very fast: Darkness II, Mafia II, Bioshock, etc. Or do you think because it is such an epic 'waiting for years' title that they will keep the price relatively MSRP-ish.

I never played the original back in the day. But this game looks awesome -- I just want to hear your thoughts...

Originally Posted by Kylearan Exactly - everyone loved the original X-Com. Why on earth were we getting an FPS? That's like taking the classic Shadowrun RPG and turning it into an online shooter.

Big fan of the Xcom & UFO series, but the inner cheap ass is screaming at me to hold off for a price drop that is sure to come in the next month or two.

Last year I bought a few games around this time period and right after TRU, Amazon, and Target had "B2G1" or "3 games for $4x" sales.