![]() ![]() So is the expansion pack as good as the Steam user reviews make it out to be (83% of 404 reviews) or have they irrevocably ruined the original formula? After purchasing the expansion pack and playing for about 24 hours (which consisted of a few games in single player and multi player) I am now ready to review it. ![]() So when Firaxis announced they were releasing an expansion pack called Rising Tide, I was pretty excited. Consequently the game rated well on Choicest Games, receiving an 8/10. Despite the game not being the next Alpha Centauri I liked the hard science-fiction backdrop, the epic soundtrack, the greater Civ customisation options and the non-linear tech tree. We still have a review in the works, but for now y'all can at least see for yourselves how Beyond Earth begins.When the base game Beyond Earth was released the game received positive reviews from the critics but received mixed reviews from the gaming public with a 52% (Mixed) rating on Steam from over 13,000 reviews. You can play it over and over to try different things, of course. You can choose starting perks like your colonists and cargo, but game options deeper than the difficulty are locked - it's a Standard pace game on a Duel-sized fungal Protean-style map (Pangea, in Civ: On Earth terms). The demo offers 100 turns playing as Brasilia. This Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy game with nary a glimpse of a Pursuit Special or sawn-off shotgun. Or if it is, I can't make head nor tail of the damage it does to the Rockatansky canon. Beyond Earth, it turns out, is nothing to do with Beyond Thunderdome. Click that 'Download Demo' button over on Steam. You can find out now, if you aren't already playing, as Firaxis have released a demo. What happens after the kids reach Tomorrow-morrow Land? Does Aunty Entity rebuild civilization? Will Max return? And what about supposed sightings of Ironbar Bassey with a gentle brute bearing more than a passing resemblance to Blaster? Civilization: Beyond Earth is, as I understand it, an alternate ending to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. ![]()
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