XCOM: Enemy Unknown was a game I was giving little consideration to until I saw the guys raving about how much they loved it. Originally suspicious, as I thought they may simply have been driven by strong nostalgia, I decided if I saw it cheap I would buy it. That's exactly what happened.
I picked it up for 29 euro and I must say what a bargain. One of my favourite games that I simply can't get enough of. Despite the lack of a strong narrative, the way the game is set up lends itself extremely well to one developing ones own narrative. I had one character through the whole game and on one particularly tough mission towards the end, he went down. The mission ended before I could revive him and I thought I had lost him, it's been a while since I've reacted to a game so strongly. I may or may not have thrown my controller down and walked away, only to see later of course he was not dead and I felt a fool. A happy fool though.
Easily worth a purchase at full price and a no-brainer at anything less! My game of the year and no doubt will remain one of my favourite games.