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I'm surprised to see Alpha Centauri mentioned only once. It was a real gem and truly ahead of its time with some of its mechanics. The storytelling (something C
by sbacic 5y ago
I'm surprised to see Alpha Centauri mentioned only once. It was a real gem and truly ahead of its time with some of its mechanics. The storytelling (something Civilization never really bothered with) was also something special.
- mercer 5y agoI played Civ 2 for many hours, but after Alpha Centauri I could never get back to the Civ series. Been meaning to check it out again, but my experience with Civ 3 and 4 just wasn't as enjoyable after having played AC.
- chongli 5y agoI agree. SMAC is the reason I’m doing a philosophy minor in university. The game is so incredibly interesting and varied. There’s no other game that lets you experiment with so many different utopian or dystopian philosophies and witness your choices interacting with other ideological societies.
- iso1631 5y agoI remember playing the Americans in Civ 3, all was going well, I was nice and peacful, but then got to the later stage and oil appeared. I had a fairly large empire, but no oil. Without oil a lot of the later units aren't available, so invasion it was. So realistic.
- ValentineC 5y ago> The storytelling (something Civilization never really bothered with) was also something special. The quotes in the SMAC tech tree were some marvellous pieces of original work as well. Civilization, keeping with its theme, had to use quotes from history.
- Apocryphon 5y agoBrian Reynolds was behind that one, not sure how much Sid was involved in it, if at all.