Civilization Beyond Earth

[alcoholbob]

Anyone interested in this title? With the quest system it looks like theres going to be a lot more focus to your gameplay instead of just random doodling that usually occurs in civ titles.

 

[ibex333]

Yes, I am very excited about this title. Just saw it today on Gamespot. I think it's very lame how they are offering a few goodies with pre-order that will not be available otherwise. What about the people that will be buying it sometime after the release? Why should they be screwed?

Really, to me it's no big deal anyway. I'll wait till it drops to around $10-15 and then I'll buy it, just like I did with Civ IV and Civ V.

Should be an awesome game! Cant wait. I hope it will be more like Alpha Centauri, but I know it wont be.

 

[darkewaffle]

My friends are pretty hyped for it after all the time we put into Civ V. I enjoyed the game but whether I get it depends more on them than anything else.

 

[Maximilian]

Yup, excited for this. Its been a long time since alpha centauri, I still remember my first game of that fondly

 

[uhohs]

Pandora: First Contact
http://store.steampowered.com/app/287580/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

if you want a new alpha centauri

 

[Malladine]

What's that link to?

 

[Kadarin]

Pandora: First Contact
http://store.steampowered.com/app/287580/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

if you want a new alpha centauri

Interesting. I'll have to check this out.

 

[you2]

I thought it generally got panned when it was first released; have they improved it (this is pandora; naturally Civ Beyond hasn't been released yet and it looks pretty darn good).

 

[JTsyo]

With Civ games, I find the expansions really add to the games. So I'll be waiting for a gold pack before I pick it up. Really looking forward to it though.

 

[DLGenesis]

Yup, excited for this. Its been a long time since alpha centauri, I still remember my first game of that fondly

used to play the demo over and over again. 100turn games =)

 

[Subyman]

Can't wait. I'm really interested in the goal oriented gameplay they are talking about instead of only relying on game-ending objectives. Too many games coming out!

 

[Sattern]

I was a big fan of dawn of war, so hopefully this will be something along the lines of that.

Dawn of War was a very fun game and I was also a big fan of the Age of Empires franchise.

If you add some cool war features maybe it will be as fun as the others i've played.

I might give it a try, I remember Civilization V and it was very good.

 

[Subyman]

I was a big fan of dawn of war, so hopefully this will be something along the lines of that.

Dawn of War was a very fun game and I was also a big fan of the Age of Empires franchise.

If you add some cool war features maybe it will be as fun as the others i've played.

I might give it a try, I remember Civilization V and it was very good.

I loved the original Dawn of War. DoW2 was a big disappointment though.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

This is nothing like Dawn of War.

I loved the original Dawn of War. DoW2 was a big disappointment though.

Lies.

 

[Lil Frier]

I definitely want to get this, but I'm not sure when. I might get it at launch or shortly after, if they sell physical copies at Best Buy (20% off with GCU). However, I've just gotten Civ V during the Summer Sale, and have a LOT of stuff to still do in that. So, I'm thinking I'll see if it drops to $20-30 during the Holiday Sale instead.

 

[Subyman]

This is nothing like Dawn of War.



Lies.

Haha, I enjoy base building, not hero management. So DoW2 was not my game at all.

 

[Elcs]

Hexes? Not convinced.
Some of the new features? Sound great but big title hype, we know how that goes.

Fence sitting until we see what happens.

But in the mean time, I'll play Endless Space or Endless Legend.

Haha, I enjoy base building, not hero management. So DoW2 was not my game at all.

2 was far superior to 1. Much truer to lore than 1 and that helped the game greatly... I just hope 3 takes it even further into the lore department, making the Space Marines even more legendary and the enemies even more numerous (and throws in some real Grey Knights too, not those pansy ones from Dark Crusade).

Each individual Space Marine is a hero. Their impact on the battlefield is significant and their loss is greatly mourned.

/Avid WH40k fiction reader

 

[GoodRevrnd]

Haha, I enjoy base building, not hero management. So DoW2 was not my game at all.

Oh. I hate base building. I much prefer the focus on tactics in CoH & DoW2. That said I still liked DoW1 quite a bit and prefer it greatly to traditional base builder APM RTSs like SC. Even though DoW1 and CoH still had a degree of base building, it was pretty insignificant.


Edit: I just realized you're probably speaking from a single player perspective. In that case, I agree. I don't think DoW2 move the hero through the map missions are very compelling. I tend to only think of these games in a multilayer context.

 

[GoodRevrnd]

But in the mean time, I'll play Endless Space or Endless Legend.

How is Endless Legend shaping up?

2 was far superior to 1. Much truer to lore than 1 and that helped the game greatly... I just hope 3 takes it even further into the lore department, making the Space Marines even more legendary and the enemies even more numerous (and throws in some real Grey Knights too, not those pansy ones from Dark Crusade).

Each individual Space Marine is a hero. Their impact on the battlefield is significant and their loss is greatly mourned.

/Avid WH40k fiction reader

It makes it very difficult to balance, though, when you have to constantly spend req to replenish your squads of numerous squishy dudes while the marines are more likely to escape an encounter with everyone intact

 

[Subyman]

Oh. I hate base building. I much prefer the focus on tactics in CoH & DoW2. That said I still liked DoW1 quite a bit and prefer it greatly to traditional base builder APM RTSs like SC. Even though DoW1 and CoH still had a degree of base building, it was pretty insignificant.


Edit: I just realized you're probably speaking from a single player perspective. In that case, I agree. I don't think DoW2 move the hero through the map missions are very compelling. I tend to only think of these games in a multilayer context.

Ah yes. I was talking about the single player portion. I can see how the MP would be a lot of fun. DoW1 Dark Crusade totally decimated any other RTS I played prior to it. The conquest campaign was incredible. I just started played DoW2: Retribution. I'm having a hard time getting through the first few missions, they are soooooo boring.

 

[Subyman]

2 was far superior to 1. Much truer to lore than 1 and that helped the game greatly... I just hope 3 takes it even further into the lore department, making the Space Marines even more legendary and the enemies even more numerous (and throws in some real Grey Knights too, not those pansy ones from Dark Crusade).

Each individual Space Marine is a hero. Their impact on the battlefield is significant and their loss is greatly mourned.

/Avid WH40k fiction reader

I've read a ton of WH40k fiction too. Horus Heresy (1-10), several Dan Abnett, and so forth. I don't really care if the gameplay aligns with the lore.

 

[greenhawk]

Hexes? Not convinced.

Civ 5 used hex grids as well, so not new in the civ range.

 

[Bateluer]

Interested, yes. But after the disaster that was Civilization 5, they'll need to earn my dollar again. CBE won't be a first week purchase for me.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Seems to much for me as a reskinned Civ 5. I´m not sold. Plus Civ have gone backwards the last few editions.

 

[BrightCandle]

I watched the gameplay video and while the alien world and such sounds interesting the actual gameplay kind of looks exactly like you would expect from Civ 5. Its the same premise and it felt like a game I had already played. The problem is probably that the video didn't really do a great job of highlighting the genuine differences, but if the first 10 turns look remarkably like Civ 5 other than some aliens instead of wolves and different resources then it feels like the game reskinned.