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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Brehvolution on January 21, 2015, 10:59:57 AM

Title: Firaxis Announces Sid Meier's Starships
Post by: Brehvolution on January 21, 2015, 10:59:57 AM
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/01/19/firaxis-announces-sid-meiers-starships
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Due for release in early 2015 as a digital download for Windows-based PC, Mac and iPad, Starships is a turn-based adventure-driven strategy game set in the same universe as Civilization: Beyond Earth.

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Starships challenges players to create a federation through exploration, which will expand the federation’s influence, and in turn lead to further dominance throughout the galaxy. Players will also be able to research futuristic tech, and engage in turn-based tactical space battles complete with customizable spacecrafts.

Furthermore, every new playthrough features its own unique strategy map of 'dynamically' generated combat missions. Plus, if you already own Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth you’ll be able cross-connect the two games, although details of how they interact haven’t been revealed as of yet

:hyper

Title: Re: Firaxis Announces Sid Meier's Starships
Post by: thisismyusername on January 21, 2015, 11:20:27 AM
This isn't the "expansion to make Beyond Earth Alpha Centari 2.0" that you're looking for. :(
Title: Re: Firaxis Announces Sid Meier's Starships
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 21, 2015, 11:43:45 AM
I usually steer clear of space sims because they are usually too cold or too deep. I would imagine that Sid will be looking to make something more accessible to people like me.  That will probably piss off a lot of greybeards, but they have plenty of other games to play.

 
Title: Re: Firaxis Announces Sid Meier's Starships
Post by: pilonv1 on January 21, 2015, 06:20:21 PM
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Starships is a turn-based

 :lawd

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adventure-driven strategy game

 :shaq2  :holeup

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set in the same universe as Civilization: Beyond Earth.

:snoop :picard :ufup :paul
Title: Re: Firaxis Announces Sid Meier's Starships
Post by: chronovore on January 21, 2015, 07:02:01 PM
Just play some GURPS Alpha Centauri, brehs.