Sid Meier's Civilization Beyond Earth - Alpha Centauri sequel announced!

Efour · 24 Oct 2014 at 15:17

im back home and im trying to get into it but im failing at the moment.

half tiredness half unimpressedness.

Started 3x and the map is nasty each time.... Horrible looks low rez textures. purple colours.

Was thinking id fall right into this but not so much
(reminds me a lot of how i felt about Alpha centauri early on)

MooMoo444 · 24 Oct 2014 at 15:21

iamtheoneneo said:
From everything Iv seen it appears the AI is worse than CIV5 and it has a **** load of features removed.

dont see the point personally if you have a full civ5, it will be another 2 expansions before its up to scratch.

Oh dear.

Appreciate the reply. I think I'll hold out for now then.

Noxia said:
Not playing it anyway, playing Crysis 3, although really it's just a reskinned doom.

Yeahhhhh.....no.

Noxia · 24 Oct 2014 at 15:24

MooMo I'd read some of the reviews from people who have put more than 10 hours into it before listening to the doom sayers. http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth
quite interesting reading some of the reactions, I recall when Civ V first came out, never seen so much nerd rage in my life.

We'll agree to disagree on the second part.

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2014 at 15:58

I'm well into it now and tbh I'm really enjoying it. It's not quite as good as Civ 5 but I have not found the AI to be a problem tbh. I have had a few surprise attacks when I was not expecting that showed quite clever AI to me.

I like it anyway it's a lot of entertainment for £20..

Cavallino · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:05

Quite a mix of views here, interesting.

Its quite similar to how Civ 5 started I have to say.

delta0 · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:09

MOOGLEYS said:
I'm well into it now and tbh I'm really enjoying it. It's not quite as good as Civ 5 but I have not found the AI to be a problem tbh. I have had a few surprise attacks when I was not expecting that showed quite clever AI to me.

I like it anyway it's a lot of entertainment for £20..

Me too. I wasn't sure about it at first. Now I'm really getting into it. Lost my first game (just) because I didn't know what I was doing for the first 150 or so turns.

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:10

I find learning from your mistakes is the best way to play Civ games.

Noxia · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:12

I think I've only won a couple of Civ games, but I don't care if I lose as I enjoy it every time.

MooMoo444 · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:12

£20 seems a bit dear for what it is though. The base is honestly just Civ 5.

Loki · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:14

Well purchased and installed. Only managed 10 mins over my lunch break. Tech Tree and Icons remind me VERY much of endless space

Noxia · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:15

That applies to so so many games though. Like COD, BF, FIFA, list is endless

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:20

MooMoo444 said:
£20 seems a bit dear for what it is though. The base is honestly just Civ 5.

£20 for hours of fun. People pay a lot more for crapy add on packs......

Are you Scottish.......

Efour · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:29

I think i would enjoy this more if i hadnt played civ v (as a benchmark)

Saying that i am liking it very much now after getting my head into gear and a few coffees

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:31

I hate to think how many hours I have put into Civ V. It's nice to have things looking a bit different....

Efour · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:36

MOOGLEYS said:
I hate to think how many hours I have put into Civ V. It's nice to have things looking a bit different....

lots here ... too many

MooMoo444 · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:50

Hows trading in this one?

Civ 5:
Me: I need 2 wheat, can I have it?
AI: I want 40 iron, 3 cotton, 3 silver, 2 gems and 100gpt in exchange.
Me: Get ****ed

Noxia · 24 Oct 2014 at 16:52

MooMoo444 said:
Hows trading in this one?

Civ 5:
Me: I need 2 wheat, can I have it?
AI: I want 40 iron, 3 cotton, 3 silver, 2 gems and 100gpt in exchange.
Me: Get ****ed

So true, or even better was when an NPC initiated a trade, press accept "That's no way near a fair deal" .....ok what do you want for it? "There's no way this can work". I'm amazed that was still happening after 2 expansion packs, the trade demands were ridiculous.

Efour · 24 Oct 2014 at 17:10

it was BS but as part of the overall scheme if u are making 400g PT then it really isnt that much - I personalty just hoarded gold.

That and 1 luxury for 6 in return was infuriating, but if you utterly needed that thing for We love the king days it was possibly worth it. If you can sustain the

loss from the 6.

So far trading in this seems different, lots of little "ill scratch your back if you scratch" mine offers for Energy(money)

Noxia · 24 Oct 2014 at 17:11

I'm going to play this evening, I fancy it as a dark environment game. Yes I know Im weird.

Huggie86 · 24 Oct 2014 at 17:35

Please guys how did you get 2560x1440 working? In the menu I only have 1280x1024 as the max.

:mad: