Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Preview

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Preview

Added: 28.08.2014 14:00 | 7 views | 0 comments

Beyond a reasonable doubt.

The chief reactionary contention against Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is why it isn't just an expansion pack for Civilization V. And no one should be blamed for feeling that way about this futuristic interpretation of the long-running series, since the sheer number of equivalences between the two borders are difficult to miss: gold has become energy, social policies are now virtues, hidden ruins are resource pods, archeological digs are expeditions, scouts are explorers, warriors are soldiers, etcera, etcera. But look past the obvious similarities, and there are enough alterations and enhancements to the core Civilization experience to warrant a second, more thorough glance.

While most of the elements in Beyond Earth will be familiar, their configuration will be ponderous at first. Since the main Civilization series is based on actual history, Firaxis has seen fit to allow players to create their own civilization for the supposed future in a user-created seeded start. That said, each of the preset civilizations envisions various continental alliances, like the Pan-Asian Cooperative and the American Reclamation Corporation, that will ultimately oppose each other on an exoplanet for humanity's repopulation. Hey, if we all had worked out our problems, there wouldn't be much of a game here, right?