The new features introduced by Rising Tide may change the way you play forever, and those occasional bugs and glitches have been hunted down and ironed out.
Happily, these issues have been addressed. A few bugs and glitches spoiled the immersion. The path you chose and the results it mustered weren't always very significant. Some aspects of Beyond Earth were a bit underwhelming. That is, it makes a great game even better. Rising Tide does for Beyond Earth what Brave New World did for Civilization 5. When we started playing the new expansion, Rising Tide, we had lofty expectations, and we weren't disappointed. Every decision has to be carefully considered. It's easy to pick up for beginners and complicated enough to continually surprise veterans. It boasts smooth design, fleshed out features. We needn't have worried somehow Beyond Earth captured that magic without the same need for historical context.īeyond Earth succeeds in maintaining the gravitas of its forbears by causing us to worry about decisions humanity might take in the future rather than those taken in the past. After all, Civilization is about making a strong cultural, scientific and militaristic nation succeed where historically it may have failed. We were concerned that beyond the historical relevance that we had come to love in the regular Civilization games, the game would lose some appeal. We didn't expect to enjoy it as much as we did. There are lots of great strategy games available, our libraries are stocked with excellent examples of the genre, surely at least one of them can challenge the Civ throne? But then, whenever we review a new turn-based strategy, we always ask ourselves the same question: "Is it as good as Civ?"īeyond Earth was a game that made us double-take.
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Occasionally we've questioned whether our previous assessments of Civilization games might have been a bit generous given it's a series that we have all been playing since its earliest instalments maybe we are guilty of some subconscious bias. The variety in ways to develop culture and science, the assorted ways in which to dominate, the diverse victory conditions these factors are largely unmatched by any similar game. Factions are unique and memorable, with well-balanced perks that can completely alter any players approach on a game-by-game scale. The joy of Civilization games is in how adaptable they are. As far as turn-based strategy goes, there are few examples that can compete or compare with the detail and intricacies of the long-running series.
We have a certain amount of love for the Civilization franchise.
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