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The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
I didn't really follow the Beyond Earth thing, how badly did it gently caress up?

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The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
I just got mildly put off by it being something kinda trying to bank off nostalgia for Alpha Centauri but simultaneously trying to distance itself from Alpha Centauri. seemed suspicious

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
So they basically did the thing where the new game they produced is more or less just a mod for an older game released at full retail price?

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax

StashAugustine posted:

sid meiers gettysburg is still the best pc strategy game ever made

it is

I made the Confederacy win the Civil War and am personally responsible for slavery limping on in the Americas for many decades afterward

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax

Sombrerotron posted:

in some parallel universe, out there somewhere, gamers are now happily playing a next gen master of magic

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax

Bicyclops posted:

i recommend disabling the voice acting but that's probably just because that is the way that i played it first.

Yeah, I recommend this too, for people with gay human being fail aids

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
I sound like the Utwig dude IRL and I am sad that anyone doesn't like my voice acting

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
Galciv is one of those games that is incredibly polished but entirely unoriginal so I can see having that attitude towards it

The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax

Larry Parrish posted:

Alpha Centauri loving sucked. That's how you know every game claiming to be the successor loving sucks.

I too have a negative opinion of this cult classic. You can tell it's right because it's different from the popular opinion.

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The Sharmat
Sep 5, 2011

by Lowtax
Not as good as Civ 4 does not mean "it sucks". That's a really high loving standard

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