There's some activity about this over at Videogamegeek.com if you want to check that out.  Not much activity yet though, as it's really just an expansion of the 'boardgamegeek.com' site into all games... not a lot of videogamers hanging out there yet.

It's an absolutely amazing game that will torture your mind at every choice you make, from moving a soldier to producing goods or selling alien bodies on the black market. Each decision can have terrible consequences. Move a soldier badly, and you might lose one or 2 high-level guys that you liked a lot. Buy a satellite and you might get long-term financial rewards, but might not have enough money to properly outfit your soldiers (who will then die on the field). Every decision has a cost and significant repercussions. Very few are meaningless. Good job Firaxis!

I love this game. Yes they did cut some stuff out but it's just so much better than the original. What is there to talk about? I don't even want to write a longer reply because I'm going back to playing it.

I'm enjoying it. It's a polished and interesting game that focuses on asking you to make tough decisions. That said, it's not the game purists were really looking for. It is, in many ways, less like X-Com: Enemy Unknown than some of the spiritual successors like UFO:AI. It changes up things in a number of areas. It focuses very heavily on scarcity: you won't have enough funds to build or manufacture everything you need, so you have to choose between, say, whether you want better armour or a new laser sniper rifle. Likewise, you simply can't keep every country happy, and you have to consciously choose which ones to save, and which to leave an alien wasteland. 

A lot of this, I would argue, is influenced by it's release on a console. There are a number of simplifications that make this a much more arcade-like strategy game. But, again, it isn't a bad game; it's fun and interesting and I'm having a blast. It does not suffer much for a lack of strategic depth. It's just not a true X-Com successor. 

I think the new XCOM will be fun because of its RPG elements but I have very large concerns about the controls and some of the design choices. 

I am very interested in xenonauts except I haven't seen any mention of whether you unlock futuristic technology or if you use the modern day tech for the whole game. 

Great great game with some minor and annoying UI problems.  Buildings don't go wireframe vs. staying solid consistently, for example, which can make it challenging to move your guys around.  

I'm loving it.

Yes, the wireframe building issue is driving me nuts.  I want to know where the cover is, but it's really difficult if the building is in wireframe mode.  I have to bump the camera view up a level for it to pop back to non-wireframe.

This game is still good and fun. I just don't really consider it a real x-com game. Also it being made for consoles and then ported to PC didn't help.

Got this as a birthday present. Loving it so far.

I never liked the original, but this one is awesome.  (On XBOX anyway)  It is somewhat buggy, but nothing huge.  (Unless you leave the game alone doing nothing for a couple minutes:  My brother had to restart because it stopped taking commands.)

-Twi /)

Thanks for the tip on xenonauts, Cauldyth! (and I've also been having a blast with the new XCOM title)

FYI, it seems as though SHIVs are very buggy.  I'm on my second one, but the game won't let me include it on my team.  It just gives the 'invalid selection' noise when I click on it, and the page for it in View Soldiers doesn't have a 3D model and the only available button is Dismantle.  There are lots of other reports of this bug around, so hopefully it gets fixed soon.

So if you're running your budget right on the edge, you may want to avoid investing in SHIVs until they're fixed.

http://ufoai.org

These folks have been doing a great job capturing the original game's feel.