If satellites exist, why we still got fog of war, tho?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2grKk4Fv0k
:lawd
My first reaction when I heard that the next Civilization game takes players to an alien world is probably not so different than other strategy fans. "Why not just call it Alpha Centauri?" I muttered to myself. It was also the first question I asked co-lead designer Dave McDonough (who is teamed up with Will Miller) and lead producer Lena Brenk.
"There is a lot of inspiration from Alpha Centauri in this game," McDonough says. "We even have a couple of people who worked on that game still on the team and helping us make the game. It's not Alpha Centauri 2. It's not a sequel. It's a whole new imagining of what civilization in the future, civilization in space could be. There are many homages and nods and winks to Alpha Centauri. And there's a huge creative and spiritual debt we owe to the groundwork that game laid, but this is a whole new idea." It also helps to now that the Alpha Centauri property is still owned by EA. "The heart of Alpha Centauri lives at Firaxis, though," Miller says.
"It's also important to note that you're not going to get all the technologies in a single game," McDonough explains. "The clash between your technological limits will drive a lot of the in-game play. The web design allows you to play the game in a discovery-oriented mode."
In addition to the drastic changes to victory conditions, players will encounter a stronger narrative thread in each of their games. Mankind is leaving Earth following something called "the great mistake." "A messed up Earth wouldn't be reason enough for us to leave," Miller says. He goes on to tell a story of the inevitable photograph that will be taken of a life-sustaining world somewhere out in space. It's that hopefulness and challenge that sets mankind on its new journey.
Once on the planet, quests will help players define their civilization's identity, giving players tasks (including chains of quests) that will help tell a story. Players will also have access to technology that gives them control over part of the planet's orbit. These creations can impact the terrain below, aid with terraforming, enhance tiles, rile up alien wildlife, or initiate strikes against enemies. Much like ocean-faring vessels in previous Civilization games, orbital units can be destroyed and interfered with.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/civilization_beyond_earth/b/pc/archive/2014/04/12/civilization-beyond-earth-announced-here-s-everything-you-want-to-know.aspxQuoteMy first reaction when I heard that the next Civilization game takes players to an alien world is probably not so different than other strategy fans. "Why not just call it Alpha Centauri?" I muttered to myself. It was also the first question I asked co-lead designer Dave McDonough (who is teamed up with Will Miller) and lead producer Lena Brenk.
"There is a lot of inspiration from Alpha Centauri in this game," McDonough says. "We even have a couple of people who worked on that game still on the team and helping us make the game. It's not Alpha Centauri 2. It's not a sequel. It's a whole new imagining of what civilization in the future, civilization in space could be. There are many homages and nods and winks to Alpha Centauri. And there's a huge creative and spiritual debt we owe to the groundwork that game laid, but this is a whole new idea." It also helps to know that the Alpha Centauri property is still owned by EA. "The heart of Alpha Centauri lives at Firaxis, though," Miller says.
They can be coy about it, but the sole reason this isn't being called Alpha Centauri 2 is because EA owns the license.
Installed alpha centauri but it:
-wont run without the disk inside
-won run on w8 it seems
Pc gaming :(
that trailer is perfect but now I feel bad I haven't bought Civ 5 and all its expansions yet
Installed alpha centauri but it:
-wont run without the disk inside
-won run on w8 it seems
Pc gaming :(
Installed alpha centauri but it:
-wont run without the disk inside
-won run on w8 it seems
Pc gaming :(
that trailer is perfect but now I feel bad I haven't bought Civ 5 and all its expansions yet
leper this filth
Does anyone know if this game will get expansions? Despite how much I loved Civ V the base game wasn't exactly the best.
Side Note: This game makes me wonder what they'll do for Civ 6. It would be interesting to have to deal with things like famines, floods, plagues, etc.random events in BTS gave that game so much character, the communitas mod in ciV did something pretty similar, but I think we're due for more streamlining, especially as concerns the vanilla release of each subsequent installment
This game is great but the big pictures not there for me yet. Also feels like the combat is a bitch. Eat a dick siege worms :pacspit
The Quest functions are the best thing in this game. Except they need more. More more more. And maybe need to beef up the concept of them as well somehow.
There needs to be a richer narrative over this game to replace the deficit of the story of humanity told by the vanilla Civ games.
This is free to play for the next five hours. If you miss that it's on sale for half off until tomorrow. I'm going to try it out now.
Bought this two weeks ago hoping to rekindle some SMAC memories. Or at the very least, see what the big fuss for Civ 5 was all about.
Then I played it.
Then I realized SMAC has had a Mac port for ages.
Why am I playing this drek?
Just buy Endless Legend and its expansion, brehs.
I've seen Frag playing it on my Steam friends list. The RPS Wot I think wasn't very kind though
I've seen Frag playing it on my Steam friends list. The RPS Wot I think wasn't very kind though
I have to say I'm very impressed with the expansion. There is so much new content. :lawd
The aliens are assholes, there are a lot of them, and more types. Diplomacy adds some nice depth to your civ.
:bow Firaxis :bow2
The Rising Tide expansion makes it a finished game. It was pretty boring without it.
The Rising Tide expansion makes it a finished game. It was pretty boring without it.
I wish it got 1 more expansion to round things out but oh well. :-\