I’ve just won my first game of Civilization: Beyond Earth1, and I have to say, I’m a little disappointed.
The problem is not that this is “Civilization V in space” – in fact, it’s missing some of the features I liked in Civ V (on which more below). The problem is that my first game contained too much busywork for too little payoff. I can tell you cool stories about Beyond Earth’s progenitors, Civilization V and Alpha Centauri. In fact, I could probably tell you cool stories about every Civ game from I to V. I’d be hard-pressed to do the same for my Beyond Earth run.
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- I played as Daoming on medium (Vostok) difficulty, on a small map, using standard game speed. ↩