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• #Pixel 3 civilization beyond earth background series#

Technologies like the printing press, gunpowder and the stealth bomber are replaced by more speculative entries, culled from the fancies of futurologists, sci-fi authors and Firaxis' own bevy of pretty smart boffins.Īt a recent play-through, I was allowed 50 turns to establish a first colony and try to gain some sense of how Civilization: Beyond Earth, due to be published by 2K Games this fall on Windows PC, Mac and Linux, differs from 2010's Civilization 5. Replacing great historical bosses like Gandhi and Elizabeth I, we have a panel of fictitious human leaders who represent the interests of their peoples from various nation-combinations from the likes of Africa, South America or Western Europe. It is the story of what happens when humanity ventures out towards new planets.Īnd so, instead of dealing with Earth-dwelling hordes of barbarians or sulky city states, we are faced with alien creatures, deeply alarmed at the arrival of hot-headed bipeds onto their lush-and-lava terra-firmas.

#Pixel 3 civilization beyond earth background series#

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is the natural extension of a series of games that begin in a pre-agricultural age, pulling the player right up to intergalactic travel. Sid Meier's map-based tech-chasers and military sims pull together science, history, fun and competition to create games, like Civilization 5, that fold humanity's technological achievements into our deepest desires for domination and power.