Civilization Is Headed for the Stars

*heavy breathing*

I'm going to play a game of civ 5, win a science victory, then use what happened in that game for my decisions I make for a Beyond Earth campaign...

I know Alpha Centauri immediately comes to mind but the pitch for this game sounds a lot more like that old Sierra game Outpost. Especially that initial choice where how you outfit your ship and where you aim it at determines the planet you land on. Color me super excited, I always thought that was missing from space 4X games

This trailer made me almost cry.

SCIENCE VICTORY

I'm excited, but why didn't they call it Alpha Centauri? :S

I've been wanting this so bad since Civ 5 came out, you don't even know.

My body is ready.

It's going to be hard to get into if you're not familiar with games from that era, but most people believe that it's aged very well. If you're interested, I'd recommend watching a Let's Play first. I believe GoG has it.

I want this now. I want this in my veins at this very moment.

YEAAH! Bring it on, my body is ready.

WANT!!!!

I have never played Alpha Centauri, hop onto the civ train with Civ V, after some months I was wondering about a Civ game in space. Endless Space came out, was cool for a while, but I never stuck with it. This is exciting.

Also...is the XCOM squad going to be the starting unit, that's the logical step right?

It has a couple of holdovers from Civilization II that you'll find anachronistic if you're used to the newer Civ games, but it absolutely holds up.

@pkmango7: Its ugly but it still plays great. I pull it out about once a year.

Has Alpha Centauri aged well? It's one of those games I've always wanted to play but never got around to doing.

Fuck Earth, space is where it's at!

I loved Alpha Centauri, but in a lot of ways it was a very different game from Civ. Vehicle/ship customization, much more water options, factions with defined viewpoints, an overarching plot, neutral aliens that played an actual role in the story and game.

I'd be curious how many of those departures they keep up with, if any, or if this is just going to be Civilization in space. Though either a new Alpha Centauri or just space mod for Civilization sounds great to me.

This is my new reason to keep on living.

give

Space Civ sounds great!

I really liked Alpha Centari, but what I really loved was the very diffrent and very OP alien races in Alien crossfire. I loved how they basicly hacked the game to get a civ to start on water or got 2 Civs to have compleatly diffrent playstyles then the other 12 civs

Get hype!

And thus do I bid "fare-thee-well" to any free time I have once this comes out.

As much as I'd wish to be excited, considering I liked Alpha Centuri plenty, I'm still barely more than slightly interested. Maybe the intervening years have just set in the jadedness, but all I'm imagining thus far is something that could just be a Civ 5 mod/expansion.

We admittedly don't know much yet, even with the interview, but I'm not convinced of this becoming anything vastly different or complex in the ways I'd like. Replacing ACs unit construction with what sounds like a slightly modified Civ 5 unit promotion system for example. And I doubt we'll be seeing ACs dynamic terrain/altitude/weather altering either.

Civ 5 and X-Com were fine games but just significant steps back in complexity and depth. But I guess unfortunately for me, they managed to make more of a push into the mainstream because of that. And that's where the money is. So I'm sure this game will turn out 'alright' again. Just maybe this time can we avoid gutting even more of the complexity and then selling it back in expansions?

OMG YES!

Why are they revealing this now? It is so long until fall :( AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!

SOLD

http://kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-delayed-until-february-2015-1541407561

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'll take 10!

D: Civ in space?! Sign me up! I look forward to this consuming my life (like Civ 5 did) this fall!

Edit: This trailer makes me think of the Interstellar trailer

This is now easily my most anticipated game of the year other than Witcher 3.

Well everyone has pointed out the obvious. But another classic 4X game I'd love to see get a proper sequel (if not in name) is Master of Orion II.

ABOUT TIME!

It's beautiful man :')

I usually don't get exited for things, but this made me tingly.

If "global warming" leads us to getting to space faster, fuck it, my car is idling 24/7!

Sid hasn't disappointed me in 30 years. I'm on board.

@john1912: seriously! I hope this is different.

Space?
Space.

Not normally a civ fan but I might check this out.

Yes, EA has the rights to AC. Also Civ is a bigger name at this point so it makes sense either way

33rd and Lex looks like that currently. Are we running out of time?!

Yes please.

Can't wait!

4X in space? That'll never work!

Never played Civ but now I'm in

I imagine it's called this because they don't have the rights to the name Alpha Centauri anymore, right?

Alpha Centauri 2 basically? Yeah, okay.

There's a scene in that trailer that, pyramids aside, is eerily similar to a dream I vividly remember from my childhood. It freaks me out in a nice way.

hey this is a great! really nice video too

Finally that Alpha Centauri spiritual successor we've been waiting for.

Well…I suppose I'll have to clear a couple hundred hours from my schedule now. Thanks, Firaxis. D:

YESSSSSSSSSSSS