That's basically just an extended intro movie, and doesn't carry on through to the game proper. That first mission is very heavy on them, from the talking military types to the horror movie-aping cinematic sequences and whatnot. It's just the tutorial, which introduces the initial concepts of the game while offering a scripted, cutscene-littered half-hour that isn't an accurate reflection of the game to come.Ģ) Going on from that, you won't see many more cutscenes. Not filesize tiny, seeing as it's six bloody gig, but content-tiny. Let me explain, in the form of a list.ġ) It's tiny. In others, it's suggesting a much smaller and far more shallow game than the preview code we've been engrossed in, and for that reason I think it may have been a bit of a gaffe. In some ways - both good and bad - the demo does tell a true story. As a result of this, comments about the demo are a warzone of disappointment.

For various reasons, mostly due to its very minute amount of content (one entirely scripted mission, one on-rails tour of the base and one more too short, too-easy mission), it gives an impression of the game that isn't altogether accurate. This game could only ever divide opinion, of course, being as it is a remake of one of the most revered PC games of all time, but in this instance I think it's dividing opinion for the wrong reasons. The XCOM demo arrived yesterday, and immediately, violently divided opinion.

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