Iced_Eagle
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Yes, got mine yesterday.
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Civilization: Beyond Earth announced, Fall 2014, PC [Trailer, Details]
- Thread starter Pooya
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Yes, got mine yesterday.
I got mine immediately when I bought it yesterday. Already finished pre-loading and sitting on my hands now waiting for friday to come.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Got my preload all set up and ready 
Also, am I crazy or does that map posted a few pages back not have Israel on it?
Also, am I crazy or does that map posted a few pages back not have Israel on it?
;p
Thug Waffle
Member
I get to start playing at 11pm on the 23rd.
Based CST.
If anyone wants to play, add me on Steam.
Name: Suck my Nintendo Wii Wii
Actual ID: proximityyy
searching for my wii wii should get you there, though.
Based CST.
If anyone wants to play, add me on Steam.
Name: Suck my Nintendo Wii Wii
Actual ID: proximityyy
searching for my wii wii should get you there, though.
Thug Waffle
Member
KANEDAAAA
Conkerkid11
Member
I'm very ready to start playing this tomorrow at 11:00 AM PDT.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
The review embargo is on Thursday, which is still the day before the official release.
The Red Wizard
Member
Can anyone recommend a VPN to use to unlock this when it's available in Zone 1?
renegade_dewitt
Member
The cover art looks so minimalist and gorgeous that I am gonna wait until release day and actually buy the physical box copy of this game. So excited! Only 2 days left!
Fragamemnon
Member
Embargo for reviews is tomorrow morning (the 23rd) at 8 EST.
I'm expecting a lot of "too much like Civ 5" in the reviews.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
I've been considering this as well. It really is an awesome box. The pic is a hexagon, it's fucking brilliant.
Haven't played Alpha Centauri myself but everyone I've talked to who has says that Beyond Earth is more similar to Civ 5, minus the scifi setting of course.
Sir Abacus
Member
This is a bad thing? Civ V was fantastic. I eventually even stopped missing the so awesome it hurts Leonard Nimoy commentary in Civ IV.
Iced_Eagle
Member
From the little I've seen, it's more similar to Civ V. Big differences are in the tech tree, there's now an orbit layer to launch satellites to provide various bonuses to your civ, and the early game is more about survival in a hostile alien world. Honestly I haven't done an extensive amount of research about this game because I knew I was going to get it since I love Civ.
fluffydelusions
Member
I expect to see this game in steam top 5 played for a few years.
Nope, looks like it's still up for grabs.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=135231514&highlight=beyond+earth#post135231514
Bah, I totally missed that. There it is!
Conscience Falls
Member
My reservation with GMG was I did not think I could pre-load. Thank you for inadvertently clearing that up!
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Just got my code from Amazon yay~
LurkerPrime
Member
Hydralisks are always welcome.
(Very purrdy images, Bregor!)
(Very purrdy images, Bregor!)
fluffydelusions
Member
just preordered for $32 from gmg
LurkerPrime
Member
Wait, so does the VIP price also stack with coupons? 'Cuz that'd be bananas.
Edit: Upon further research, VIP and coupons do not appear to stack. Sad bananas.
Edit: Upon further research, VIP and coupons do not appear to stack. Sad bananas.
That's the Xeno Titan, Harmony's ultimate melee unit. You can see it in the background of the Harmony army.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
are there supply crawlers like in Alpha Centauri? That was the way to win in that game
demosthenes
Member
How so cheap?
I saw a few people who played 150-250 rounds and they all stated, that this was not the case. I don't know if 2k is a company that forces people to say that, but it seems good to me. So far I saw stuff that was a lot different.
- creating a own civilization with a few choices in the beginning instead of just choosing one
- a techweb that makes it virtually impossible to acquire every tech and forces you to choose, you don't have any tech sooner or later like in previous CIV games
- aliens are not barbarians. This things evolve with you and will be a threat from the beginning to the very end.
- in single player the other players arrive later than you after a few rounds, so not all colonists are magically there at the same time, although people who arrive later have greater tech. And since they come from outer space, you could suddenly be in the midst of advanced enemies or allies.
And that's just what I grasped from a few videos.
LurkerPrime
Member
There's also an interesting terrain change in CivBE: there are hexes that damage units unless you get a tech to remove it, or harmonize with it and avoid the problem entirely. It will drastically change the way the different affinities play.
Corralling and managing aliens, or maintaining outposts (randomized city-states) will further differentiate CivBE and Civ5. It makes me wonder how the different affinities will deal with them... Very interesting, indeed.
That's a good observation. I'm sad to have missed it.
Corralling and managing aliens, or maintaining outposts (randomized city-states) will further differentiate CivBE and Civ5. It makes me wonder how the different affinities will deal with them... Very interesting, indeed.
That's the Xeno Titan, Harmony's ultimate melee unit. You can see it in the background of the Harmony army.
That's a good observation. I'm sad to have missed it.
Drop a xeno on it.
Just keep in mind that Firaxis has a rule of thumb when designing a new game, it's content should be:
33% Old
33% Improvements of old
33% New stuff
If you look at Civ: BE, it follows that pretty well. There are a number of systems that are old (one unit per tile, workers building improvements), some that have been improved (espionage, cultural perks), and some that are new (orbital layer, affinity system, quests).
Of course this means that some stuff got left out, there are no great people, no religion, and no tourism system, for example.
(The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list of changes, by the way.)
33% Old
33% Improvements of old
33% New stuff
If you look at Civ: BE, it follows that pretty well. There are a number of systems that are old (one unit per tile, workers building improvements), some that have been improved (espionage, cultural perks), and some that are new (orbital layer, affinity system, quests).
Of course this means that some stuff got left out, there are no great people, no religion, and no tourism system, for example.
(The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list of changes, by the way.)
LurkerPrime
Member
I think CivBE is the first Firaxis game to have two lead designers; it will be interesting to see how that affects the cohesion of the various gameplay mechanics, not to mention the game as a whole.
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It would be GREAT if someone could post exactly how this is possible in North America. None of the codes I've tried are working.
Nabs
Member
Log into GMG and click the VIP link up top. You can then preorder the game for $37 without a code (and you are free to use your GMG credit).
Soakedjunk
Member
I'd love to know this too! Share the wealth!!!
NM - I saw the VIP post and figured it out. Thanks!
Thanks! That VIP thing is strange. Not complaining though!
fluffydelusions
Member
demosthenes
Member
Guessing you can't use the 20% on top of this, oh well, I might bite at this price.
edit: Oh, missed where you said "without a code".
IblisGinjo
Member
Does anyone know if the Hud/UI has a big screen option or or the ability to scale it?
Civ 5 has some UI scaling options so I assume the same is true here.