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News article I read:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/133685-Civilization-Beyond-Earth-Screenshots-Leaked-Update

Official Trailer:


Wow. Really looking forward to this. According the interview, they're trying to stay away from any comparisons to Alpha Centauri, trying to make this its own game. I spent quite a lot of time playing SMAC back in the day.

I’m a big fan of the Civ franchise. The fact that my old machine was incapable of running Civ 5 was one of the driving reasons to get me to upgrade my hardware.

I look forward to seeing what comes of this.

looking forward to this too, been a really avid fan of the franchise since the first one.


Since no one has update master of orion lately, or re released alpha centauri, this is going to have to be my space fix!

Will be very interesting to see what comes out of this one, as civilization has always been one of those games with a huge amount of replayability, its one of the few games that I actually try to beat on all difficulties.

its also one of the few games that I cannot ALWAYS beat on highest difficulty.

Yes, please.

My money; take it!

Looks good, finally the successor to Alpha Centauri.

Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

 Pacific wrote:
Looks good, finally the successor to Alpha Centauri.

There already is a successor to Alpha Centauri http://www.slitherine.co.uk/games/PandoraPC. Its not by Firaxis but that doesn't mean that much anymore.

 Pacific wrote:
Looks good, finally the successor to Alpha Centauri.

They were trying to make it distinct to AC, so it wouldn't be a successor.

 easysauce wrote:
Since no one has update master of orion lately, or re released alpha centauri, this is going to have to be my space fix!

*cough, cough*

I still play MOO2 and SMAC, thanks to GOG.

I let out a girlish squee on seeing this. The one thing that I dislike about civ is how it's confined to history. Anything that lets me play civ in a setting that hasn't been done over 5 times is a nice one.

That trailer is simply beautiful.

Yep, looks more like a brand new game (with some traces of the old Colonization) than an Alpha Centauri reimagining. I'm terribly excited about this, but I'll my days as space Kim Jong-Il on SMAC. Nerve staple them all!

 Palindrome wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
Looks good, finally the successor to Alpha Centauri.

There already is a successor to Alpha Centauri http://www.slitherine.co.uk/games/PandoraPC. Its not by Firaxis but that doesn't mean that much anymore.

It's not really that much of a successor, it was kinda bland and not really that good, it didn't feature much for base building and most of it was pretty much just the combat.

Oooh, this sounds interesting. I was immediately thinking of Alpha Centauri, too, but several users have beaten me to that comparison. I'm intrigued by the idea of settling multiple planets - perhaps this will work like the planes in Warlock 2? It could certainly make for longer games, depending on how the situation develops and how quickly each faction manages to grab land on other planar bodies.

Pacific wrote:Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

Have you tried again with the expansions? The add-ons really, really did a lot for the game.

nomotog wrote:The one thing that I dislike about civ is how it's confined to history. Anything that lets me play civ in a setting that hasn't been done over 5 times is a nice one.

You've got a point. It makes me ponder about the possibilities of a Civ game set on an alien planet (with alien species, ofc), or an Earth-setting with altered tech-trees, where civilisations and unit profiles are randomly created (or customised via perk-purchase a la MoO2), as if you'd be playing a "what if" scenario.

That being said, there's a ton of mods for Civ V that might deliver what you're looking for?

Tannhauser42 wrote:*cough, cough*
I still play MOO2 and SMAC, thanks to GOG.

This man has taste.

I took a quick look but is it basically an add-on to Civ 5 or a completely separate game that just happens to use the Civ 5 engine?

I know it's not going to happen but I would love it if I could play 'regular' Civ, launch a rocket to Alpha Centauri and then continue playing when my rocket reaches AC. Sort of a way to bridge the two games but with some continuity.

It looks like its own game using a modified Civ5 engine, to me. Not an expansion-- if it was an expansion it'd be Civilization 5: Beyond Earth.

SMAC was one of the greatest games ever made, so - big shoes to fill.

Pacific wrote:Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

With both expansions I think this is the best Civ game released - definitely the first one where religion makes sense to me.

Interesting.

Most interesting.

Now, what I still want a game that let's me boldly go where no one has gone before. If it's based off of Civ 5, I'm not sure how far the engine can support that kind of game.

Failing that, just skip the virtual stuff and send me an FTL capable ship.

 Bromsy wrote:
SMAC was one of the greatest games ever made, so - big shoes to fill.

Pacific wrote:Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

With both expansions I think this is the best Civ game released - definitely the first one where religion makes sense to me.

Yeah, 4 had the most homogeneous and worst religion mechanic I've seen, it was definitely a case where they didn't want to offend anyone or put stats to them...Which made the earlier religions the best because they quickly spread more.

Course every Civ to me looks good, cept 3.

Looks interesting; a new Alpha Centauri.

I might crack that open and play it again actually.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:

 Bromsy wrote:

Pacific wrote:Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

With both expansions I think this is the best Civ game released - definitely the first one where religion makes sense to me.

Yeah, 4 had the most homogeneous and worst religion mechanic I've seen, it was definitely a case where they didn't want to offend anyone or put stats to them...Which made the earlier religions the best because they quickly spread more.

Course every Civ to me looks good, cept 3.

Civ2 is still the best civ. But I rather like Civ5 with expansions, as well. I actually disliked four more than three, if I remember correctly... but the gold edition of 2 is just great in its moddability; latter games just don't have that easily moddable factor any more.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
it was kinda bland and not really that good

Much like Civ 5 then.

 Palindrome wrote:

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
it was kinda bland and not really that good

Much like Civ 5 then.

I thought civ 5 was good. It also sounds like Beyond Earth won't be deviating too much form civ 5. They are still keeping the one unit per tile combat for example. (I wonder if they will figure out a way to make it less labor intensive.)

 Palindrome wrote:

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
it was kinda bland and not really that good

Much like Civ 5 then.

HAd more fun with Civ5 than I did with any other one but Civ2, myself. Civ5 also has a great modding community in spite of its flaws.

Pretty much the only thing I don't love about Civ V is its horrible, horrible, horrible netcode that keeps dropping people.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
Course every Civ to me looks good, cept 3.

Civ 3 was my entry in to the series as a kid. Who knows how many days I've spent on that instead of learning valuable skills (worth it). Who can hate all these features?

 Lynata wrote:

Pacific wrote:Excited about it, but it won't be an auto-purchase thanks to finding Civ 5 a bit of a disappointment upon its initial release.

Have you tried again with the expansions? The add-ons really, really did a lot for the game.

Yes that's very true actually - the expansions did bring a lot back to Civ 5, although I think I still preferred 3 and 4 in terms of the game mechanics.

Some screenshots have been released:

IS that a playable alien race?

Well struck, Sid Meier- right in my wallet.

I think that's this game's version of barbarians, but it might be a playable race with mods.

First Gal Civ 3 is announced and now this?

I approve.

 Melissia wrote:
I think that's this game's version of barbarians, but it might be a playable race with mods.

Yes almost certainly the same as Barbarians. I wonder if it will use a similar mechanic to AC, where aggressive expansion in the game brings on a strong response from the natives..

Wonder if that vehicle turns into a settlement?

Excited for this. Especially if it also gives us a space navy too