This game looks too sexy

Concurring

This is true.
I’m in love with the game as it is, and it being based on the XNA technology is gonna show a ton of possibilities to other independent game designers. I’m kind of hoping that this can eventually translate into its own base technology and then eventually to the Mac.
Yes, I said it. In an Xbox/PC game forum. I want this on the Mac. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my PC time. Still, a major complaint from Mac users are that the gaming industry ignores them. I feel this is one of those games that can shed some light on the anodized steel and gunmetal machines. They do pack some power.
Also, I’m wondering if that level in the trailer is gonna get skinned, or are the towers and roads staying neutral to increase the lighting effects? Inquiring minds want to know, Robin!

Whoop

Hey Demetrious, glad you like it! The reception in general has been super satisfying so far and has given us all manner of giant deformed egos.
I completely agree with you that the Mac is shockingly under-catered to, and would love to see something like XNA provide cross platform tools for both systems. Look at Id Software and Blizzard, their products are fully Mac compatible and they make approximately A BILLION DOLLARS*. Maybe now that the Mac machines are using Intel processors, that kind of technical wizardry is not as impossible as it once seemed.
Whether Microsoft would be willing to officially support such a manoeuvre is another matter entirely. But maybe some enterprising mind will find a way to port XNA games with disguises and subterfuge.
As for the level in the trailer, well.. it’s something of a contentious subject at the moment. It may remain, it may not, it may be completely reshaped beyond all recognition, but as you guessed, we keep the style flat and dim in order to accentuate the lighting all the more. Well inquired, that man! 10 points.

*Actual figures.