Civilization Is Headed for the Stars

Yeah I find it so reminiscent of this:

@iceland: Now we're fucking talking.

Excite.

I'm curious how this will work though. Will you start in prehistoric times and work your way up to space? Or will you start out in space?

This is the worst news ever.

@stanleynipple:

This doesn't really mean anything though. I think it's pretty much normal procedure of fireaxis to only announce games when they are a few months from release. I know they did it for all the civ expansions and xcom which all turned out great.

One more turn...

@zevvion: Space, its basically an Alpha Centauri reboot minus the name because they don't have rights to the name. You start as a fresh colony ship on the planet.

Yeah, I actually read this a while after I made that post. It's a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri apparently.

I didn't buy Civ V because I never played Civ IV after buying it. I played Civ IV at my friend's years before I bought it for myself. This one looks very cool to me, but I'm going to hold off unless one or more of my regular co-op buddies wants it also.

Can I still be Abraham Lincoln of Space America?

Anybody know the song used in this trailer?

some of the stuff they showed at the panel sounded really cool, like the tech tree is a web and you expand based on different philosophies of human development (like cyberization versus genetic modification) and there is also a satellite layer on the map that sounds like you will be able to place buffs or debuffs on tiles using satellites.

@ross2075: ha was literally about to post that!

The future is in brazilian portuguese

This is exciting -- I feel this breaks out the trend of games that simulate the past (recent Civ expansions, the Total War series). I remember Alpha Centuri as being cool but a bit of a downer at the same time. This trailer has a positive tone that I hope to see in the game.

Take my money! Take it now!

I started to get into Civ a couple of years ago (yeah, I know). But since that time I really got into them so needless to say, I'm really looking forward to Beyond Earth.

@bug9329: Alpha Centauri a 'bit of a downer'? How dare you Sir! It epitomised a brave and bold future of string theory and nano-robotics, of the essence of humanity flourishing in the far distances of space. Of alien contact and harmony with a new world. Plus a little dash of lasers and nuclear weaponry...

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

This looks super awesome!

Looks awesome! I always wondered what happened to all those colonists after shooting em off into space for Science Victory.

Who is the narrator in this video? Sounds a bit like Jen Hale but i'm not sure.

This will take up all of my times.....

@rvone said:

It's nice to see people openly say they still enjoy the Civ series, instead of acting like jaded internet fucks who are too cool to like Civ V.

Really looking forward to this game.

I had never played a Civ game or an XCOM game in my life before V & Enemy Unknown but both of those were so god damn good I'm struggling to imagine Fireaxis messing this up. If the whole team became hard cider alcoholics overnight I'd still have every faith in them.

Looks like it's time to get back into Civ...