The planet where the action takes place is pretty much doomed, so each faction's story revolves around their individual idea on how to face the coming disaster.Īmplitude Studios have made sure to include a new playable race and set of base mechanics with each of the game's expansions, so grabbing those is pretty much a must for the complete experience. This adds a sense of urgency to play and works wonders for match pacing. Every one of the 13 available factions feels incredibly unique and this goes beyond just appearance and deep into Endless Legend's inner workings.Įndless Legend features a changing seasons system, with winters being increasingly frequent and devastating as the game progresses and some parties deal with it better than others. The game's Necrophage faction is a chittering slithering insectoid swarm only intent on consuming living things incapable of negotiating any sort of peace deal The Roving Clan are a merchant faction that can ban others from the game's marketplace entirely The Cult of the Eternal End is confined to having a single holy city and rely on conversion to spread. When it comes to translating ideas and concepts into systems and mechanics, few strategy titles come close to Endless Legend. The UI and graphics may not have aged too well, but on every other level Alpha Centauri is a true classic. Brian Raynolds, the lead designer on the project, has a background in philosophy and the influence can be felt in almost every corner of the final release.Īn expansion titled Alien Invasion can usually be found bundled with currently available copies of the game, but it adds relatively little to the already jam-packed original release. Go figure.Īlmost everything Civ players may be familiar with, is also in Alpha Centauri, but with a twist. That same alien world, simply referred to as the Planet, is a character in its own right, but that's about as much as one could say without drifting deep into spoiler territory.
Along the way, a malfunction on the vessel galvanises the crew into seven factions not based on ethnicity, but on their vision for humanity's future on an alien world. The story has a colony ship depart from the crumbling remains of Earth towards Alpha Centauri, looking for a new home among the stars. Focusing on questions of ethics, the human condition, and the extremes which the genus Homo can drift into, Alpha Centauri adds character and philosophy where there was previously just a mechanical mirror for human history.
What the early Civilization games established in terms of basic loops and mechanics, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri grabbed and took to the stars.
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