Quote Originally Posted by jaymo76 View Post
Personally I love Civ V. With all the DLC I think it's the best of the series. I have sunk a lot of hours into that game. It has a lot more depth and features than Beyond Earth. However, the game though still enjoyable has begun to get a little too repetitive as essentially it has been the same game forover a decade. What is great about Beyond Earth is that it is a fresh new idea. The game is fun but at this point it has minimal depth.

PROS:
-original concept
-tech tree
-aliens
-very cool worlds/maps
-unique civilizations
-unique units and buildings

CONS:
-only like 8 civilizations to choose from
-repetitive attacks by aliens
-very questionable AI decisions
-fairly low level graphics
-maximum turn limit built into the game (you cannot play past a certain # of turns)
-very weak diplomacy options

While I like the game my concern is that it will get very dull very quick as there is so little depth. I also suspect that the game will gouge its owners with DLC as so many features from V are not in Beyond Earth. If money isn't an option, by all means I recommend it. However, I think it may be best to wait until maybe the Steam summer sale and see what type of DLC has been added by then.


I fired up Civ V last night around 9PM, it was really my first time sitting down with the game, I did the first tutorial and I was up until Midnight! The game is very very cool, if you like building things, managing things, telling your warriors or archers to beat the heck outta the barbarians, then this game is for you.

It seems like Sim City, plus Anno 1701, plus Total War. It seems like a great mixture of all those strategy games.

The only thing I couldn't figure out how to do was save my progress, I assumed this was b/c it was the tutorial. After 3 hours of playing and having worked all day I was getting tired, I didn't look all over the menus to find a save game option, but that's no big deal. This game is very fun. I will definitely keep an eye open for the Beyond Earth edition.