Civers unite!!!!

GreyICE · Post Post #201 (isolation #0) » Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:36 pm

Maybe it's my nostalgia filter, or maybe it's just me not really ever getting into any of the others, but Alpha Centauri was always the best civilization to me. I was hoping Beyond Earth would be AC2, but it doesn't seem to be the case from Quadz' review.

A shame.

GreyICE · Post Post #203 (isolation #1) » Thu Nov 06, 2014 5:45 am

Oh okay, will have to check it out then. Does it have the same customization system? Amazing custom units were the best part of AC, as well as just having a more streamlined feeling than civ to me (civ has like 40 resources, AC had 3). It was that kind of simple-yet-complex feeling that really made it work for me.

GreyICE · Post Post #206 (isolation #2) » Thu Nov 06, 2014 7:53 am

I liked city unit support. It represented kind of an ongoing supply line needed - your units needed food, ammo, fuel, etc. From a game perspective, it heavily punished you for building huge armies and sitting on them. If you had a huge army, you needed to use it for gain, or you were going to fall behind really rapidly.

Sure, there were some balance changes you could do, hell, that's what I wanted - balance changes, AI upgrade, a few new mechanics, maybe make the native lifeforms a little more interesting (AX did some good things there, but a lot more could be done). And some new mechanics, hex grids, that sort of stuff.

I dunno, I do love the idea of super-unique units to go with the customization, but I'd love to be able to "build your own titan" type of thing.

Bah, maybe someone will do some modding.