Hello Chris,
This is my first post and I have done my best to make sure that I have read the forum and make sure I don't ask questions that have been asked already.
I have played just one part of the XCOM series and this is XCOM Terror from the deep. To me, this is the greatest game ever. I started to play it when I was 14, I am now 29, I have a wife and a kid but every few months I spend a few weeks playing this game and when I reach T'leth, I stop playing for a few months and start again . As most fans, I have been waiting for a proper new game (we all know there wasn't one so far) and a few days ago, I realized what you are building (I haven't checked for new releases since 2010) and I spent the last hours reading everything I could (previews, interviews with you, clips in youtube, the forum here).
I have a feeling the game will be amazing, I just want to ask why everything happens on the ground:) and there is no element of the underwater threat.
One last question, when I played the game (terror from the deep), I have always imagined that something like this may happen in the future (because you never know what may happen tomorrow) and this helped me use my imagination. I was a bit surprised that the actions of xenonauts take place in 1979. We know this didn't happen and I am asking myself wouldn't the fans feel better if the actions were taking place in the future and the guns are not old M16 and so on. I honestly hope this question will not sound disrespectful, I am currently super enthusiastic about what I saw and I am about to buy it and start having fun.
Once again, congratulations for what you have achieved so far. It's a lot better than any other xcom game that was made after 1996
