Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Windows
Model: 12345
SKU: 5749237
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Customers express satisfaction with the gameplay, turn-based nature, and fun factor of Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth. They appreciate the new concepts and the tech web that enhances replayability. Some customers find the game time-consuming, wishing they had more time to play.
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Civ BE is neat, it's a change in the way the series in general works. The AI is much weaker, as it seems to struggle with the new features, the Aliens are a bit broken - not challenging them results in dozens of aliens wandering around and they'll still kill colonists and workers, but attacking them results in a more aggressive stance, and negative rep from other civs. The tech web has a steeper learning curve than the tech tree, and it takes much more investment to figure out where you want to go. There aren't enough civs, so it makes most games feel samey.
Posted by nexesn
I found this game to be a very nice edition to the Civ environment. However, I believe it lacks some interest factor. While Civilization was historically based, decision results were well planned out and made sense, Beyond Earth situations are so hypothetical that success is not clear, nor is the direction apparent. I'm sure that this is a game that requires many more hours than I have so far invested to find the true nature and I may enjoy this game more down the road, but initially, it did not totally meet my expectations.
Posted by YoungSkywalker
The game, for a Civilization entry, has good graphics and is engaging to play for a few hours. Some people tried to get all sorts of achievements but even a novice player on the easiest setting will complete the game within 8 hours or so. The hangups that will stop the more-than-casual gamer is that this game is not refined. It has the feel of something that is nice and flashy but lacks substance or anything that is deep and engaging. There is really little plot to the game, the AI is very predictable after a while, there is no diplomacy angle with any of the computer players and smaller parties, and there's little that would interest a player going through it again for the 3rd time. While it may seem like groaning by arm-chair programmers, there's a reason quite a few people grumble about how it feels like an add-on to Civ5 and not a new game. I liked it because I'm a fan of the series and I knew, going in, that it would not be a refined game like the prior games with all of their add-ons and patches. Keep that in mind and you may well enjoy it.
Posted by hjpop