Gandhi

I am a big fan of Alpha Centauri and definitely getting this.

The new quest system seems to be quite interesting.

It wont be a direct sequel to Alpha Centuri though, knowing how Firaxis design their games, they will always change some fundamental mechanics to provide a new experience.

Like what they did with Civ V with hexes and one unit per tile. And XCOM's more narrative driven gameplay.

Preview by PC Gamer

http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/civilizati...turn-at-a-time/

Pre-purchase Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth and receive the Exoplanets Map Pack for free.

The Exoplanets Map Pack includes six custom maps inspired by real-world exoplanets. Specialized scripts produce randomized geographic layouts each time a new game begins, allowing for even more replayability on new alien worlds.

• Kepler 186f: This lush forest planet is one of the oldest known Earth-like planets.
• Rigil Khantoris Bb: Orbiting the closest star to the solar system, the historical records of this arid continental planet’s settlement are well-preserved.
• Tau Ceti d: This planet of seas and archipelagos features a booming biodiversity and a wealth of resources.
• Mu Arae f: Tidally locked in orbit around a weak star, the southern hemisphere of this planet is a blistering desert where the sun never sets, while the northern hemisphere is perpetually in frozen darkness.
• 82 Eridani e: An alien world of scarce water and wracked by tectonic forces.
• Eta Vulpeculae b: A mysterious new discovery with unknown terrain.

It is on Green Man Gaming also and there is a 20% discount coupon code.

Just bought it for USD40.

Why not use the 25% coupon?

Oh, I didn't know there is a 25% coupon.

Damn.

Can you post that over here?

I am planning to buy another game from Green Man Gaming.

GMG250-FFSELE-CTED00

only applicable for Fable Anniversary, Civ Beyond Earth, Dead Rising 3, Alien Isolation, Gauntlet and Footbal manager 2015.

you can try contact support, saying you used the wrong coupon to get back $2.50 as GMG credit

Firaxis has been posting in-character interviews and letters from each of Civilization: Beyond Earth's faction leaders for a while now. The latest to fall under the spotlight is Hutama, leader of the Polystralians.

Polystralia is a pan-national civ formed from Australia and the Pacific Rim of South-East Asia. They're a generally less aggressive, more trade-focused empire, and leader Hutama embodies their preference for trade and diplomacy over more straightforward, aggressive tactics.

He began his rise to power as a student activist, leading "grass-roots campaigns against corruption and cronyism in reclamation projects only to become the dynamic face for a new generation of the Commonwealth." Now he's the head of the Polystralian colonisation effort.

In Beyond Earth Firaxis outlines the idea of an 'Inflection Point', an approaching moment when humanity no longer has the resources to send a spaceship off to colonise new worlds. Though Hutama is a populist politician generally opposed to propping up the few at the expense of the many, he realises humanity has little choice but to create Freeland, an exploratory expedition of ten thousand souls searching for a new home.

"On one hand you don’t send Freeland; five billion citizens of the Commonwealth suffer privation," says the man himself. "On the other hand you send Freeland; four billion, nine hundred ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety thousand citizens of the Commonwealth suffer privation. But ten thousand live free and well. Maybe those ten thousand figure out how to fix Earth. Maybe they don’t. Maybe they all decide to drink alien kava and play house music. It doesn’t matter."

In terms of gameplay, an interview with Australian site Gameplanet reveals that Polystralians "tend to favour policies and gameplay tactics that make them lots of cash." On the other hand, they're not quite as fearsome militarily as some of the other factions. One to choose if you like sweet-talking your way out of trouble.

Civilization: Beyond Earth is out this October 24 on PC, Mac, and Linux.

wait 75 % discount . rm25

Wanna buy this, but the problem is that I don't have time to play it.
Oh and I'd rather wait for all the DLC's to be released, by then for sure discounted a lot already.

Wanna buy this, but the problem is that I don't have time to play it.
Oh and I'd rather wait for all the DLC's to be released, by then for sure discounted a lot already.

If the sales are good, there will be an expansion.

Firaxis did say that there are a few major features that they could not implement in time. One of them is water based tiles cities and even more faction diversification.

Water based tiles cities would be very interesting as it was not in Alpha Centauri.

Hopefully the sales number will allow them to make DLCs / expansion.

I hope they do sell enough for another expansion.

I am still waiting for another XCOM expansion. I want to go to Cynodia.

Does anyone know the size of this game?

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB ATI HD3650 or better, 256 MB nVidia 8800 GT or better, or Intel HD 3000 or better integrated graphics
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Other Requirements: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® Vista SP2 / Windows® 7
Processor: 1.8 GHz Quad Core CPU
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD HD5000 series or better, nVidia GT400 series or better, or Intel IvyBridge or better integrated graphics
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c‐compatible sound card

Based on its store page on Steam, around 8GB.
Source: Steam Store

This game price increase amirite?

from 95 to 119

ok wut wont take too long to download 

Then sales is when the time to buy. Their stupidity in doing so.

Good thing is not as big as other games like Bioshock Infinite.

That was like 34gb, took 2 days to download.

aiya only 20 ringgit diff but then again id wait for sales too
ya games thesedays are getting crazilly huge 

Hmmm, I waited too long for a spiritual successor for Alpha Centauri so I bought this from GMG before Steam even introduced local currency.

Turn-based games from Firaxis are one of the best.

A bit hard to say Firaxis is the best as nowadays, I think Amplitude who developed Endless Space and Endless Legends also have a lot of potential while had proved themselves with Endless Space. I didnt really like the game, due to the really dull combat but their support and communication is fantastic.

But I wont deny that Firaxis is still the best TBS company so far.

Just a quick clarification.

Is Endless Legends the sequel for Endless Space?

Endless Legend is more like another in the same universe that is set on one dying planet. Gameplay wise, both are very different.

You can find the Endless Legend's planet in Endless Space, if I am not wrong, as a barren planet.

What is the symbol of an eye in a pyramid everywhere on the screens (1:44)?

Should I pre order or should I wait for steam sales?

Probably should have done that before price increase in Steam.

Unless you have to play this immediately, else wait for sales.

For anyone that get this from Greenman Gaming. The steam key they send via email is for borderland the pre-sequel instead of Civ Beyond Earth.

Btw will the game be ready to play at 0:00 24th Malaysia time ?

It will be ready to play at 1AM 24th Oct

4 hours in and im done for today 
Still can't make it work in 1080p, seems im not the only one to have this problem http://steamcommunity.com/app/65980/discus...69341071355215/

It's the game good?

Tempting to get this too but from what i read, it's similar to CIV 5 which isn't my best CIV preference

I shall wait for more people here to give reviews first

What GPU are you using?

Mine works fine though. Just tried this morning.

Nvidia Geforce GTX660M

hmm patch for this problem coming soon https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/525444246372114432

Which driver are you currently using? 344.13?

I dont have that problem on mine. nVidia recent drivers seemed to have a lot of issues with running games on full screens.

Just updated to 344.48 because it said it is now optimize for Civ BE. Still cant find 1080p.

Just updated to 344.48 because it said it is now optimize for Civ BE. Still cant find 1080p.

I tried on mine. Seemed to be running on 1080p on default but I didnt look into the setting. It just start on window mode and Alt Enter fixes it.

I'll try again tonight and post it here.

Why nVidida mobile drivers are so wonky now?

Just curious. I always thought drivers for mobile GPU are usually different from the desktop version.

The hardware itself is actually very similar. The only difference is, it is downclocked with some power saving hardware on it. Other than that, it is very identical to the desktop version.

There are modded desktop beta drivers for mobile GPUs and they run just fine. The only difference is they just modify an .ini file that allow the driver to be installed on the laptop.

I did it 

That was fast.

How many other players were there?

anyone bought physical copy for this game? heard it comes with a special map