civilization beyond earth review gamespot

If one could describe Civilization I through V as the invention of the wheel and its constant refinements and improvements which culminate in the current ‘wheel’ (Civilization 5) that bears minimal resemblance to the original, then Civilization: Beyond Earth is a bunch of people getting together, taking the current wheel, re-dressing it, chipping off a few parts, tacking on a few new ones, calling it a day and insisting the new contraption be called ‘a square.’ You will be pleased to know that such questions don’t exist in Civilization: Beyond Earth, but only because the passage of time isn’t something that is tracked. While many other things have become more detailed and precise in the Civilization games as it matured through I to V, the same bewildering question will always be asked: “Did it seriously take my people two centuries to build that granary?” In fact these single-choice serial production lines for each one of your cities, which potentially span in-game decades or even centuries, that make you choose between a temple and a soldier unit are a main staple for the Civilization series.

Civilization beyond earth review gamespot