Good strategy games, according to Meier, are the ones that keep your mind on the future. The idea is that when you finish a game, you’ll always have an idea in the back of your head about how you’re going to play differently next time. “These range from the affinity you choose, to your faction, to the starships you build, to the difficulty level you choose.” “There are a lot of different choices you can make,” says Meier. The road to a victory will be different every time you play the game. Take too long to reach your own victory and you’ll lose the game. And finally there’s the Population victory, achieved by having a large amount of people in your empire.” Like Civ, you’ll be alerted when other factions make progress towards these victories. The Science victory is won by unlocking three level six technologies. There’s also the Wonder victory, where you control seven wonders. Here you win by taking out all the other factions. “There’s the traditional Domination victory, which carries over from Civilization. “There are a number of ways to win,” says Meier. You can still play how you want to play, a freedom that’s a crucial part of all of Meier’s games.īut no matter how you decide to play, you’ll always have one thing on your mind: victory. But your choice of affinity won’t restrict you in any way. Then there’s Supremacy, who are leaders in technology and construction, and start the game with a random wonder. Harmony fleets focus on the interrelatedness of all living things, and their bonus is repairing their ships at half the cost. Purity admirals are diplomats, and their emphasis on the heritage of humanity gives them double mission rewards. “The idea is that the affinity you choose is the affinity that led you to victory in a game of Beyond Earth, and now you’re ready to move outside your world, out into the rest of the galaxy.” “We use the affinity system as a way to customise your federation,” says Meier. Affinities, returning from Beyond Earth, will inform your play style. Replayability is something Meier and his team are striving for. That rolls together very nicely and is a lot of fun.” This creates a loop where victories in combat give you more strategic capability, which in turn makes you better at combat. “The strategy systems and what happens outside of combat directly feeds into your fleet and its capability. “Combat is really the heart of the game,” says Meier. Just like in a game of Civ, conflict is often unavoidable, and combat will be a big part of the Starships experience. The company has also released a video offering an inside look at the title narrated by lead designers Will Miller and David McDonough, including gameplay footage and details on the personalities that the player will encounter during the course of the game, reproduced below.It may be possible to exist peacefully in this galaxy, but it’ll be difficult. This pack, its publisher 2K Games has explained, is based on real-life research into potentially habitable planets outside our own solar system and allows players the chance to colonise Kepler 186f, Rigel Khantoris Bb, Tau Ceti d, Mu Arae f, 82 Eridani e, and Eta Vulpeculae b, each of which will have unique features that will require different tactics. The title is to launch world-wide on the 24th of October, and will come with an Exoplanets Map Pack for pre-order customers. Civilization: Beyond Earth, then, is to be the first space-based title to form an official part of the franchise - and one which its creators and publishers undoubtedly hope will do considerably better than its critically-acclaimed but poor-selling predecessor. The plot was largely a follow-on from a space victory in Meier's Civilization games, but Alpha Centauri was not an official part of that franchise which remained studiously Earth-based. Released in 1999, the game allowed players to colonise the planet Chiron in orbit around the eponymous star. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth, the first in the franchise to leave the confines of our home planet, has an official launch date: the 24th of October 2014.Īnnounced back in April, the game is a spiritual successor to Meier's space-based Alpha Centauri.
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