As a fan of the original (and nearly everything Sid Meier and/or Firaxis), I've already pre-ordered Enemy Unknown. Hopefully a shade of the original remains...
Whoring out of the franchise? Sure. But was it a fun game? Hell yes it was. Yeah, it was a simplified RTS, but as far as RTSes on consoles go, this was incredibly fun to play! I actually played through twice.
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