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The E3 gameplay walkthrough video for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Rising Tide is now online for those of you interested.
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Skeptical. I'm a huge Civ fan, and BE didn't do much for me. That other Starships game was also morel like something I would have expected to play on a tablet. Not impressed with Sid.
Endless Legend is a MUCH better game IMHO.
Endless Legend is a MUCH better game IMHO.
Civ V was pretty lame without its expansions. I feel the same way about BE, it's not finished yet.
More and more as I read comments I fear I may be the only person who truly enjoys BE.
More and more as I read comments I fear I may be the only person who truly enjoys BE.
Endless Legend is a MUCH better game IMHO.
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Best steam sale purchase I've made in a while. I'm debating on picking up the DLC pack for it, but the user reviews are flakking the hell out of it.
It looks like they have an expansion Guardians of Auriga just recently released too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh1JIM5Ymps+1 For Endless Legend, it's everything Beyond Earth should've been and more.
Endless Legend is a completely different game than BE or Civ5. It was made to be a longer, more challenging and more diverse experience than what Civ is made for. Civ is made for a quicker and better Multiplayer experience, something you can play in a decent amount of time. It is also a bit more balanced. This also goes for Galactic Civ3, which is designed to be a longer game than the Sid Meier's Civ series.
The problem a lot of people have is they want more and more complexity and diversity in the game, but that doesn't lend itself well to multiplayer. Over the years, the Civilization series has been designed more as a good multiplayer experience. With multiplayer you need a lot more balance to the game. The more diverse you make the game, and on top of that lengthening it, makes it much more susceptible to balance issues. For all the great things in Endless Legend, it still has a number of balance issues.
Skeptical. I'm a huge Civ fan, and BE didn't do much for me. That other Starships game was also morel like something I would have expected to play on a tablet. Not impressed with Sid.
Skeptical. I'm a huge Civ fan, and BE didn't do much for me. That other Starships game was also morel like something I would have expected to play on a tablet. Not impressed with Sid.
The problem is BE is nothing new. It was a broken buggy mess and essentially a crappy reskin of Civ5. I loved Civ5 but they shouldn't have gotten away with charging full price for what basically amounted to an expansion pack that had no previous testing. By the time the first patch rolled out (which still didn't fix my issue) I was over it.
Zarathustra[H];1041704161 said:Ditto. Didn't even buy BE. I might get it, if it goes on sale for $2, but it really doesn't look worth it.
The historical aspects of Civ are partially what make it worth playing. Put it in space and it becomes uninteresting to me.
I'd buy annew version of Colonization. Or a Civ 6 with a new engine/game dynamics in a heart beat, but this? No thanks.
Except it wasn't. BE is not Civ5, nor was it ever meant to be. I am not sure what the the "buggy mess" is about, it always worked well for me. As far as an expansion pack, not sure what that is about either since it really isn't the same as Civ5, so not sure how it could be an 'expansion pack'? I think people are just putting unreal expectations on a game.
I really liked Colonization, I wouldn't mind seeing another version of that. But I think it would wind up being a bit watered down much like Civ5 and BE compared to the previous versions, mostly because of all the demands for multiplayer for every game these days.
I swear the advent of Youtube "lets play" type videos of people who are in no way related to the gaming industry (i.e. shills who give good reviews based upon funding received from said products) has stopped me from buy many games I probably would have bought no questions asked.Zarathustra[H];1041704161 said:Ditto. Didn't even buy BE. I might get it, if it goes on sale for $2, but it really doesn't look worth it.
Apparently you didn't get the game Day 1 because it was literally Arkham Knight. The first few weeks every review was a thumbs down and they were sitting under 50% user raiting. The game was a broken mess and plenty of people have posted their opinions on why the game was a failure from launch.
Zarathustra[H];1041704714 said:I found Civ5 to be very watered down when it first came out, coming from Civ4 Beyond the Sword. Two expansion packs later, I find Brave New World to be up there with the good Civ releases.
Civ 4 was actually the same. The original release was a let down, but by the second expansion, it was really really good.
This seems to just be a Civ thing
I can't imagine playing any of the Civ games in multiplayer... yuck! Just have people rage quit when they start to lose, and have to wait on their ass every turn... bleh.
That is why you find a group of buddies that play it, and play with them. Multiplayer Civ games are a lot of fun.
That is why you find a group of buddies that play it, and play with them. Multiplayer Civ games are a lot of fun.
Endless Legend is a MUCH better game IMHO.