![]() The new web interface and design of the tech tree is a great way of providing a variety of strategies instead of doing the same thing again and again Miasmas is littered throughout that causes damage for any units that stand on it over a course of a turn, aliens roam the land who will attack you if you get too close and of course new resources to find and make use of. From the get-go you’ll find your new alien home a harsh fresh experience. ![]() “Freeing up” appears to be the mantra for Beyond Earth, as the developers used the sci-fi setting to full effect with changing how a Civilization game is played. While the different sponsors (AKA Civs) don’t have unique units, this does free up the developers to give you more choices with how you start a game. First is that there is a lot more variety in terms of starting game conditions thanks to the ability to customize your landing party. If those two points are too much of a negative, you can stop reading this analysis here as you probably won’t like Beyond Earth.īut from the foundation of Civilization five, Beyond Earth does do some new things. This brings me to point two: The game is very much built off of the foundation and game engine of Civilization five. Despite the science fiction setting, a lot of what made that game unique is not present here. Let’s get two things out of the way, one: This is not Alpha Centauri 2. Different spaceships have been launched and now must make do on an alien world with new researches, enemies and situations. But despite the new coat of paint and locale, the game can’t escape the orbit of Civilization 5, for better and for worse.Ĭivilization Beyond Earth’s story is basically continuing a civilization game after someone completes the space race victory condition. With Civilization Beyond Earth, the series for the first time moves off of planet Earth and explores the world of Science Fiction. The Civilization series from Firaxis and Sid Meier have been one of the long standing foundations of PC and turn based strategy game design.
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