Re: Civ VII: OMG they're selling horse armor

On 24/03/2025 19:05, Zaghadka wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:21:09 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:
 

On 24/03/2025 14:15, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

Well, it's not that I disagree with your premise but I feel obligated
to point a finger at "Alpha Centauri". Although that does actually
support your argument, since it different enough that the developers
felt obligated to give it an entirely new title. So point to you ?

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Well I did mention Beyond Earth ;-)

 You did indeed. Only way to change it is to put it in space.
 I found that "Beyond Earth" was uninteresting for me because the
advancements in the technology tree were fiction and without meaning.
 Alpha Centauri felt the same way. The logic behind tech progression needs
to be accessible to the player.
 

Alpha Centauri I really liked, it's was obviously a Civ game but with enough changes to how it played to have a different feel. It also helps that I like my sci-fi. Beyond Earth I was really looking forward to but whereas I thought it was ok it just didn't grab me in the way that other Civ games have.
Thinking about alternative settings, my version of Civ II came with a number of fantasy scenarios including Middle Earth. I'm not really sure how that works for a Civ game when you have a setting where a certain level of tech is embedded in that setting. That's probably why I never played them.