I think many people here did a great Job summing up what's good and what's bad about Firaxis version of X-Com. I also don't understand those who are complaining about the graphics, because IMO that was one of the strong points, specially on the ground when compared to the screenshot of Xenonauts, which look clean, but very flat by today's standard. They could have been better, yes, but are by no means horrible. Also I have the feeling the artistic style was very much inspired by the old X-Com, with bulky oversized cartoonish weapons etc.
I also don't think it being a console port is what's at fault for it being dumbed down, seeing as some of the older versions of x-com on the playstation were pretty much identical to the PC version in gameplay, albeit with the nuisance of a controller instead of a mouse.
Anyways, I just put in for Xenonauts premium, hoping that they will come through (at least in story and gameplay, if not so much in graphics) where Firaxis didn't. I'm also really hoping that the modding community and maybe even Firaxis itself will change manyof the things we dislike about their interpretation of XCOM.
Btw, since I had to sign up for Desura to buy Xenonauts, I just came across UFO: Alien Invasion. What do people think of it?
