No, it's not the demo yet. Still, spending, like Rock Paper Shotgun's Adam Smith did, as much as forty hours with Firaxis' XCOM Enemy Unknown should count as time well spent; very, very well spent.
As we all eagerly anticipate the game's release in about a month, this is, we'd say, of mandatory perusal.
Here's an excerpt from the lucky, and reportedly very giddy, previewer:
It often happens that people innocently ask if there are any games I’m particularly looking forward to this year. Six hours later they’ve heard all my best stories, the ones where a squad survived the impossible, the ones where a lone survivor fled back to the Skyranger, her will shattered, and, of course, all the ones with the chrysalids. I’m talking about the past but I’m also talking about the future, because XCOM is coming back (...)
Read all about it there, while we all recite the never-so-fitting mantra: "Shut up and take our money!"
