You research new technologies to push towards your ideal utopia. You of course build objects and citizens to grow your city. You can terraform and continue on like we did on Earth, transcend and dominate the new planet or evolve humanity to live harmoniously in your new surroundings.Īs you set off to forge your destiny, Civilization’s game mechanics work their way in. This is achieved using one of three mentalities, otherwise known as Affinities. Landing on one of any number of largely neon planets, you’re basically tasked to survive. Opportunity lost.Īt any rate, we’ve basically screwed over Earth in this game, and as such, have set off across the cosmos in a quest to survive. I feel like Firaxis could have delved deeper into that as an example, there are many different factions you’ll encounter on each planet, but apart from a different faction name, I really didn’t walk away knowing anything of anyone’s backstory. In fact, I think the thing I embraced the most in Beyond Earth was its sci-fi nature. That said, my prior gameplay experience made it easy to understand that Beyond Earth plays like a re-skinned version of Civ V, only with a sh*t-ton more science fiction. Thankfully, the game’s ADVISR can be used to walk you through the ins and outs of, well, everything. I’m a bit of a noob, to be honest, only playing Civ V before this. Using the Civilization V engine and a bit closer in initial setup to Sid Meyer’s Alpha Centauri – and only know this now because I went and had a play with it afterward - Beyond Earth is pretty easy to play, regardless of your familiarity with the franchise. That said, I understand while some people will sink hours and hours into this game, whereas I’d never say that about something like Football Manager. It’s one of those games that requires something I’ve always been short on: patience. Civilization: Beyond Earth is pretty good.
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