What's up, everyone! To kick off SciFi Falls, we review the Civilisation series' love letter to the sci-fi genre. Can this game kick off the season with a high score, or should this game Be left behind on Earth?
Let's find out!
The Civilisation series is one of the grandfathers of the strategy genre, as heritage predates the legendary Dune 2. The first game of the series was released in September 1991. Since then, the series has been hailed as one of the best turn-based strategy games on the market.
This particular title was originally released exclusively for the Windows PC on 24 October 2014. The game revolves around an event called The Great Mistake, a thermonuclear war, as the various nations of the world carry out nuclear strikes against each other on a tit-for-tat basis.
As a result of this excess nuclear radiation has once again, accelerated global warming, stripping Earth of over 75% of its natural resource supply.
So, humanity takes to the stars to find new planets suitable for habitation for a fresh start. You take control of a collection of nations, known as "sponsors", and compete with others for planetary domination, carving out a whole new chapter for humanity.
The accessibility scores are as follows-
Visibility 8
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In this game, there are no colourblind modes in its interface. However, there is little need for one. If you move your mouse cursor over any unit icon, a tooltip will appear informing you of one type of unit it is, and who is controlling that unit.
Also, and a turn-based strategy game, you have as much time as you need to think through your actions, so you control the game's pacing. So, this game is quite accessible for a player with visual impairments, but, more customisation options over which colour each faction is under would make this game a lot more accessible.
Audibility 9.5
In this game, all dialogue is text-based. Even spoken dialogue from your adviser, and other leaders are subtitled. However, font customisation options can be very beneficial, that way a player with a hearing impairment can read what's being said without running the risk of him or her gaining any eye strain while reading them.
So a player with a hearing impairment to play this game with no issues, however, font customisation options can make this game more accessible.
Mobility 10
This game is controlled by the mouse, left-click select units, and right-click issues orders.
When a unit is selected and the right mouse button is held the distance that a particular unit can move is represented by a border. Go outside that border, it will take multiple times for the unit to reach its destination. The amount of turns it will take is noted by the number on top of the title you want to move will be displayed before you release the right mouse button to confirm the order.
Any other actions in the game can be done through traditional menus. However, controller support which they this game a lot easier to play. Turn-based strategy games are ideal candidates for strategy games with controller support.
Gameplay 10.5
Although Firaxis cut corners when they were developing this game, as the majority of mechanics and features are carbon copies from its predecessor, Civilisation V, the experience is still excellent. The graphics are by far superior when in contrast with the latest edition of the franchise Civilization 6, with the reverse roster of readers to choose from, especially with the rising tide expansion.
What really makes this game stand out from the crowd is aquatic cities. You can build a city on an ocean title. However ocean cities don't gather culture, and the only way for the city's territory to expand is to physically move the city from tile to tile.
In summary, Civilisation Beyond Earth is an excellent spin-off of the Civilisation series, Its sci-fi setting is like a breath of fresh air, when contrast to the historically inspired entries of the series. It plays differently, looks different, and feels different.
As I have said before graphically the game looks completely different from the other entries of the series, apart from V. The battles of this game look a lot more realistic as each military unit feels like an army. The complete game is under £20. This includes the base game, the rising tide expansion, and the exoplanets map Pack, which adds more replayability to a very long game.
In terms of system requirements, it doesn't require a lot of firepower in your PC to run this game. If you can run Sonic Origins, you will be able to run this game on high, or ultra settings at 1080p resolution.
If you are a sci-fi enthusiast, who is looking for a cheap, low-spec-friendly strategy game to play on the run to the Christmas period, this game is highly recommended.
OVERALL SCORE 95%
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