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Wow, these guys did it again. I mean, I’m totally blown away (again) with this new XCOM: Enemy Unknown deep dive video. These are starting to become really addictive to watch. The first XCOM: EU “deep dive” video<\/a>\u00a0is also an excellent one. It makes an overview on the game, introducing the setting, the story and the overall gameplay. Now, this second video, focuses on presenting the XCOM’s base, or, the “Ant Farm” as the devs like to call it.<\/p>\n By watching the video you get to start to understand better why they “forgot” about allowing the player to build more bases across the globe, as the original X-COM games did. I think one of the reasons is \u00a0because they invested so much in the base, the XCOM organization’s home, that any other base you would create after would just pale in comparison. And perhaps they thought\u00a0additionally\u00a0that if you would be allowed to build another of such magnificent bases, that would hurt the emotional bond you eventually establish with the “main base”.<\/p>\n I have to admit that although having more bases across the globe made all the sense back on the original X-COM games, now that I look back I didn’t really care much about the second, third or fourth bases I built. So, going with a single magnificent base was one way to go, and I totally get that now.<\/p>\n X-COM lovers will totally love this video. Series’ new-comers will at the very least wonder “What a hell is so special about XCOM anyway?”. Well, for you folks I invite you to read\u00a0XCOM: Enemy Unknown vs Xenonauts – The Debate Starts<\/a>, especially the part\u00a0“What made the X-COM series fantastic in the first place?”, to get a taste of the X-COM cult. Xenonauts<\/a> is also shaping nicely by the way, so this is not really a game about Firaxis vs Goldhawk, but really and totally about recreating what made the original X-COM games such landmarks of science fiction gaming. Till now I think both games look well underway on achieving that.<\/p>\n