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Why is this the thing we're discussing about Civ 6? What I want to know is whether the writing is as good as the original Alpha Centauri. Even 15 years later I

Why is this the thing we're discussing about Civ 6? What I want to know is whether the writing is as good as the original Alpha Centauri. Even 15 years later I still think about quotes from that game's tech tree -- and I can quote many of them by heart. Here's one for Brian Fung at WaPo: "I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld. When I die, they will put my body in a box and dispose of it in the cold ground. And in all the million ages to come, I will never breathe, or laugh, or twitch again. So won't you run and play with me here among the teeming mass of humanity? The universe has spared us this moment." -- Anonymous, Datalinks

bobcostas55 12y ago
Not even remotely close. There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius which redefines and transcends those boundaries. Acknowledging our debt to the former, we yearn, nonetheless, for the latter. -Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "Address to the Faculty"
patmcguire 12y ago
"Richard Baxter piloted his recon rover into the fungal vortex and single-handedly held off six waves of mindworms. We immediately purchased his identity manifest and repackaged it as the Recon Rover Rick character for a multi-tier media campaign: movies, touchvids, holos, the works. People need heroes. They don't need to know that he died clawing his eyes out and screaming for mercy; the real story would just hurt sales."
Vektorweg 12y ago
You are the children of a dead planet, EarthDeirdre, and this death we do not comprehend. We shall take you in, but may we ask this question--will we too catch the planetdeath disease? -- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Conversations With Planet" For more: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri
Vektorweg 12y ago
A handsome young cyborg named Ace, wooed women at every base, but once ladies glanced at his special enhancement, they vanished with nary a trace. -- Barracks Graffiti, Sparta Command
eropple 12y ago
Honestly, it's not very good. It's not Alpha Centauri at all, and I could forgive them for that if the game was particularly striking--but it's the same unambitious, uninspiring gameplay that made Civ 5 a slog. I wouldn't call it bad, but I wouldn't spend $50 on it if I knew what I know now. Organic Superlube? Oh, it’s great stuff, great stuff. You really have to keep an eye on it, though—it’ll try and slide away from you the first chance it gets. -- T. M. Morgan-Reilly, Morgan Metagenics
cmdrfred 12y ago
Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded. -Chairman Sheng-ji Yang
DaniFong 12y ago
The quotes from that game were amazing. They were my introduction to works of classic philosophy and literature, science and economics. It was a critical piece of my education
dllthomas 12y ago
"The Academician's private residences shall remain off-limits to the Genetic Inspectors. We possess no retroviral capability, we are not researching retroviral engineering, and we shall not allow this Council to violate faction privileges in the name of this ridiculous witch hunt!" -- Fedor Petrov, Vice Provost for University Affairs Presented, of course, when you've successfully researched retroviral engineering.

bobcostas55 12y ago

Not even remotely close. There are two kinds of scientific progress: the methodical experimentation and categorization which gradually extend the boundaries of knowledge, and the revolutionary leap of genius which redefines and transcends those boundaries. Acknowledging our debt to the former, we yearn, nonetheless, for the latter. -Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "Address to the Faculty"

patmcguire 12y ago

"Richard Baxter piloted his recon rover into the fungal vortex and single-handedly held off six waves of mindworms. We immediately purchased his identity manifest and repackaged it as the Recon Rover Rick character for a multi-tier media campaign: movies, touchvids, holos, the works. People need heroes. They don't need to know that he died clawing his eyes out and screaming for mercy; the real story would just hurt sales."

Vektorweg 12y ago

You are the children of a dead planet, EarthDeirdre, and this death we do not comprehend. We shall take you in, but may we ask this question--will we too catch the planetdeath disease? -- Lady Deirdre Skye, "Conversations With Planet" For more: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sid_Meier's_Alpha_Centauri

Vektorweg 12y ago

A handsome young cyborg named Ace, wooed women at every base, but once ladies glanced at his special enhancement, they vanished with nary a trace. -- Barracks Graffiti, Sparta Command

eropple 12y ago

Honestly, it's not very good. It's not Alpha Centauri at all, and I could forgive them for that if the game was particularly striking--but it's the same unambitious, uninspiring gameplay that made Civ 5 a slog. I wouldn't call it bad, but I wouldn't spend $50 on it if I knew what I know now. Organic Superlube? Oh, it’s great stuff, great stuff. You really have to keep an eye on it, though—it’ll try and slide away from you the first chance it gets. -- T. M. Morgan-Reilly, Morgan Metagenics

cmdrfred 12y ago

Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded. -Chairman Sheng-ji Yang

DaniFong 12y ago

The quotes from that game were amazing. They were my introduction to works of classic philosophy and literature, science and economics. It was a critical piece of my education

dllthomas 12y ago

"The Academician's private residences shall remain off-limits to the Genetic Inspectors. We possess no retroviral capability, we are not researching retroviral engineering, and we shall not allow this Council to violate faction privileges in the name of this ridiculous witch hunt!" -- Fedor Petrov, Vice Provost for University Affairs Presented, of course, when you've successfully researched retroviral engineering.