Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

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  1. Zapiii
    Jul 31, 2023
    0
    The black sheep of the franchise, and for good reason. It tries to do something new, and fails, spectacularly.
  2. justandi
    Jul 14, 2023
    0
    Feels like a cheaper copy of Civilization 5, diplomacy is even worse than Civilization 5
  3. Worstgamever
    Jul 30, 2022
    0
    Worst game I have ever played my entire life I would rather consume a bucket of paint
  4. Wrathzo
    Mar 25, 2022
    4
    Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The game's setting is unique to the Civilization series in that it takes place in the future, with mankind traveling through space and founding colonies on extraterrestrial planets after Earth becomes uninhabitable due to anSid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy, 4X video game in the Civilization series developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The game's setting is unique to the Civilization series in that it takes place in the future, with mankind traveling through space and founding colonies on extraterrestrial planets after Earth becomes uninhabitable due to an undescribed disaster known as "the Great Mistake". Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy game played on a hexagonal-based grid, iterating the ideas and building upon the engine of its predecessor, Civilization V.[8] Co-lead designer David McDonough described the relationship between the two games by saying "The bones of the experience are very much recognisably Civ. The idea of the cities, city-base progression, leaders, the passage of time, tile-based, turn-based, building improvements, technologies. A lot of them are very familiar themes to the Civ player.… Expand
  5. gracjanski
    Nov 2, 2020
    4
    The idea of the game makes you surely curious to play it: the best strategy gameplay combines with an interesting sci-fi setting, where you try to survive against the aliens (hmm...in truth we are the aliens ;) ) and compete with other colonists. Great cinematics improves this feeling to get into a new world, the music is also great.

    But...it is true, the game is not done, even in 2020.    The idea of the game makes you surely curious to play it: the best strategy gameplay combines with an interesting sci-fi setting, where you try to survive against the aliens (hmm...in truth we are the aliens ;) ) and compete with other colonists. Great cinematics improves this feeling to get into a new world, the music is also great.

    But...it is true, the game is not done, even in 2020.
    Something is missing, somehow it is boring to have more or less the same units, buildings and the same era.
    The quests are a good idea and well written, but they are only text, at least there should be some pictures. In addition the messages are so political correct, as the whole game.
    The tech tree is very important in the Civ series and was understandable, here it is confusing with a lot of branches and mixed with an affinity system.
    And yes, the AI is so bad sometimes, they declare war on you, although they are much weaker and you had very good relationship before. In another game they went on war and the AI was much stronger, but their army was far way. In a third game I was dominant and had 2 allies, a lonely and weak AI declared war anyway, lol. So stupid, it ruins the game a lot and it is impossible to change the AI via modification. Overall there are not many good mods out there, I recommend Codex overhaul and Infoaddict.
    And, this is not the end of the bad things in this game. We have end of 2020 and this game is 6 years old. On steam this game costs 60€ with the very needed DLC Rising Tide. 60€ !!. This is unacceptable, so I didnt buy it, but played it anyway. It should cost about 10-15€ today by the way. An alternative is to play it retail, where the prizes are lower, but still too high. Or you play the "lost copy from the truck".    … Expand
  6. xspidermanx322
    May 13, 2016
    4
    I'm a huge fan of the Civ series and I was very excited for this version of Civilization. However, since Civ VI is coming out and they've only released one expansion trying to fix this game I can't give it more than a 6. It's just not that great. It's pretty, but everything that makes a Civ game great seems incredibly lacking in this version. Diplomacy is a big deal for me and theI'm a huge fan of the Civ series and I was very excited for this version of Civilization. However, since Civ VI is coming out and they've only released one expansion trying to fix this game I can't give it more than a 6. It's just not that great. It's pretty, but everything that makes a Civ game great seems incredibly lacking in this version. Diplomacy is a big deal for me and the diplomacy in this game is AWFUL. It's laughably bad. I suggest buying this if it's ever on a damn good sale. Until then, you might as well stay away.… Expand
  7. paranoid77
    Jan 20, 2016
    3
    Please, please; dont put civilization and Respectful Sid Meier name on this game. Its a shame and disappointment to make a game like this from S.Meier. A very very bad imitation of civilization.
    They just change the terrain and units and buildings and science. But where is AI. Its soo stupid.
    Dont buy this game, buy CIV 5 and play with mods, Mods created by players are much better then    Please, please; dont put civilization and Respectful Sid Meier name on this game. Its a shame and disappointment to make a game like this from S.Meier. A very very bad imitation of civilization.
    They just change the terrain and units and buildings and science. But where is AI. Its soo stupid.
    Dont buy this game, buy CIV 5 and play with mods, Mods created by players are much better then this and its free.    … Expand
  8. AnarchyAus
    Oct 26, 2015
    4
    I decided to play the game because of how much I loved Civ 5 and to say I was disappointed was an understatement. I would make the comparison that it feels like more of a Civ 5 mod then an actually stand alone game but that honestly would be insulting to the Civ modding community considering I have played mods for Civ 5 that have more more depth than Beyond Earth.
  9. omalley
    Jul 24, 2015
    1
    I am new to the Civ series. This was the first civ game I bought. I wasn't too impressed so I bought civ V. I was blown away by how better it was. Stick with Civ V. Way better.
  10. Derringer
    Jun 28, 2015
    0
    So from now on, after playing this one and Civilization V, I will consider Sid Meier's and their new games as . very good example of money leeches (like a lot of other videogaming companies). They give up any attempt to make a good deep game.They're recycling any good idea they had in the past and they are doing it wrong they are killing the very essence of Sid Meiers. only after the moneySo from now on, after playing this one and Civilization V, I will consider Sid Meier's and their new games as . very good example of money leeches (like a lot of other videogaming companies). They give up any attempt to make a good deep game.They're recycling any good idea they had in the past and they are doing it wrong they are killing the very essence of Sid Meiers. only after the money now. Huge dissapointment.

    Instead you should save your bucks and play again Alpha Centaury or Civilization II.    … Expand
  11. CarlosEmirSF
    Jun 22, 2015
    2
    Simple.. i just come here to negativate this game and i going back to play sid meiers brave new world..
    "here your least 150 chars......................"
  12. RickAucoin
    Jun 16, 2015
    1
    Talk about incredibly disappointing. Had no one in the dev team ever looked at Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri or Alien Crossfire?
    Did they not take note of how much atmosphere and character the SMAC devs managed to include in that game from low rez still images and voice-overs? How distinct the factions were from each other and how there was never any confusion as to what the goals and    Talk about incredibly disappointing. Had no one in the dev team ever looked at Sid Meyers Alpha Centauri or Alien Crossfire?
    Did they not take note of how much atmosphere and character the SMAC devs managed to include in that game from low rez still images and voice-overs? How distinct the factions were from each other and how there was never any confusion as to what the goals and actions of the various factions might be if you found yourself opposing them?
    If Sister Miriam ended up next door you knew what you were in for.
    So much incredible CHARACTER was in that game, and it was established by the technology voice-over quotes and the world wonder quotes as much as anything.
    Beyond Earth has NONE OF IT.
    And everything that is bad about CivV is included here in spades, just in case you missed needing a space the size of Nevada to make a u-turn in your bomber plane or needed a space the size of the Great Plains to have two tank divisions and an infantry squad maneuver.
    What was the point of this game? It's not even a good CivV reskin!
    There's no character. There's no FEEL to it. There's no distinction between the "factions" you get to pick from. There's no significant difference in how one or the other will behave when they are your neighbor. You will NEVER feel dread from discovering "Oh, no, Whatsername is my neighbor!" It just doesn't matter.
    And the Wonder Movies? Hah! The endgame? Hah!
    How, HOW, can an entire highly paid developer team not get ANY of the aspects that made SMAC a true classic of the genre right in this game? It doesn't appear that they even TRIED to do so.
    Trying and failing would be one thing. But this... this is just basic CivV with all its many flaws and shortcomings, with a mediocre sci-fi style mod set.
    I wouldn't approve of this if it were a freebie mod I downloaded for CivV. Much less as a full priced game.
    And the worst part? Firaxis will look at this game's poor performance in sales and critical reviews and just say "Well, there you go, turn based strategy just doesn't do well these days. Let's go spend all our time making Call of Duty knockoffs!"
    When it's not the game genre that is the problem. It's the utter lack of Firaxis even TRYING to make this game include all of the amazing stuff SMAC had.
    SMAC was Firaxis's first real success. There's no way I'll believe Firaxis doesn't know exactly what was awesome about that game. I just can't believe that.
    So why is none of it IN THIS GAME??    … Expand
  13. Critical_Fun
    Jun 10, 2015
    3
    I tried liking this. I tried for 68 hours. I don't get this game. What is the point? It's Civ V with different units and tech trees and terrain. And they are not improvements. The alien beasts require a maxed out tech tree and large army to defeat. Not sure why they did this. I ended up going back to Civ V and not looking back. I should not have spent the money on this. The worstI tried liking this. I tried for 68 hours. I don't get this game. What is the point? It's Civ V with different units and tech trees and terrain. And they are not improvements. The alien beasts require a maxed out tech tree and large army to defeat. Not sure why they did this. I ended up going back to Civ V and not looking back. I should not have spent the money on this. The worst thing about it, is that this was time wasted that they could've been working on Civ 6. Everything in this game, Civ V does a lot better.… Expand
  14. michael__b
    May 19, 2015
    4
    as of may 2015 this game is veryu buggy at best , worker automation is not working ( after some time they just stand there and do nothing but it spend there movements as if they did work ) the tech tree is horrible , so large and confusing you have no idea what to do or where to go to even build some new combat units , the affinity part is also broken you need to level up on one of 4as of may 2015 this game is veryu buggy at best , worker automation is not working ( after some time they just stand there and do nothing but it spend there movements as if they did work ) the tech tree is horrible , so large and confusing you have no idea what to do or where to go to even build some new combat units , the affinity part is also broken you need to level up on one of 4 style of game but have no clue how to .

    this is basically a haft baked civ 5 wannabe -- just get civ 5 or ANY other 4k game

    this game is simply not worth it - pending some massive updates I will stop playing    … Expand
  15. owen445x
    Apr 6, 2015
    3
    Regret buying this.

    Everyone hates you if you shoot an alien.. literally hate you.. so why play 2 of the factions that dont mind killing them.

    Researching is boring as sh*t, literally just research points that have the color faction you want to become.

    I played a few games and literally have no desire to continue what so ever.
  16. Megatanis
    Mar 23, 2015
    4
    Sid Meier's last good game (and it was very good..) was Civilization IV. Ace patrol was nice, yeah.
    Beyond Earth is boring, it's a reskin of Civ5 (which I absolutely disliked), and as a successor of Alpha Centauri it doesn't even get close. I still remember those secret project videos, absolutely brilliant. Alpha Centauri was (is) a much better game. Beyond Earth is not a terrible game, I    Sid Meier's last good game (and it was very good..) was Civilization IV. Ace patrol was nice, yeah.
    Beyond Earth is boring, it's a reskin of Civ5 (which I absolutely disliked), and as a successor of Alpha Centauri it doesn't even get close. I still remember those secret project videos, absolutely brilliant. Alpha Centauri was (is) a much better game. Beyond Earth is not a terrible game, I just find it uninteresting, boring and easy. Would deserve a 5 but I'm angry, because I know the Man can do a lot more, even though it's ten years things got a bit..streamlined.    … Expand
  17. Dartboard
    Mar 11, 2015
    4
    Feels like a comprehensive mod for Civ V, if anything. The AI is as incompetent as it has ever been, the diplomacy is lacking, and the decisions you make start to have little meaning to you as a player as time goes on. The lack of eras really gives you a feeling of little progression. There is nothing genuinely innovative to this game that keeps you hooked, either. When compared to Civ V +Feels like a comprehensive mod for Civ V, if anything. The AI is as incompetent as it has ever been, the diplomacy is lacking, and the decisions you make start to have little meaning to you as a player as time goes on. The lack of eras really gives you a feeling of little progression. There is nothing genuinely innovative to this game that keeps you hooked, either. When compared to Civ V + expansions, it really pales.… Expand
  18. uenoparker
    Feb 20, 2015
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After having a great time playing Civ IV and Civ V, I confess to being very disappointed with Civ BE. When you think of a futuristic game, what comes to mind? Advanced technologies? Maybe that's too much... what about modern, 21st century technologies? Still too much? How about mid-20th century? No?

    This game purports to have you as an interstellar colonial mission, and yet you are unable to map the planet's surface before landing. You are unable to develop a satellite that actually orbits the planet. You rely on trucks and ships to move materials rather than aircraft. Your scouts are ground-bound.

    What is the point of this? Civ V (and even Civ IV) plays better. Skip this over-priced offering and stick to one of the older games that's likely available much cheaper and with less room to disappoint.    … Expand
  19. Mittsies
    Feb 18, 2015
    0
    Are you new to the Civilization franchise? Play Civ V instead - it's a more complete game that outshines Beyond Earth in almost every single aspect. Are you already a Civ fan? Steer clear. Beyond Earth adds nothing new to the franchise and has no style. It feels like a total conversion mod of Civ V, but with extremely limited features. I guess you can wait for 2K games to pump out a bunchAre you new to the Civilization franchise? Play Civ V instead - it's a more complete game that outshines Beyond Earth in almost every single aspect. Are you already a Civ fan? Steer clear. Beyond Earth adds nothing new to the franchise and has no style. It feels like a total conversion mod of Civ V, but with extremely limited features. I guess you can wait for 2K games to pump out a bunch of costly DLC and then maybe the game will be playable once you've bought it 3 times over, but even then I have major doubts.

    Bottom line: an extreme disappointment. Don't be fooled by paid reviews and hype.    … Expand
  20. rodericrinehart
    Feb 7, 2015
    4
    Civilization has to be one of my 10 favorite franchises over the past 30 years and has brought me possibly thousands of hours of entertainment and great memories.

    This game honestly was disappointing and does not live up to the Civ name. It was tedious, lacked the depth of Civ V, and is really a watered-down, poorly done skin on Civ V. I wish I had never bought it.
  21. Jack_TheRipper
    Jan 25, 2015
    0
    This game is nothing but a watered down pos re-skin of civ5 with a plethora of bugs almost no new content over civ5 but some content from civ5 striped out or dumb ed down and at a price of $49.99 its a insult to any gamer please do yourself a favor and pass on this game that will not even be respectable until it gets its 2 mandatory firaxis expansions priced at $29.99 and a few dozen minorThis game is nothing but a watered down pos re-skin of civ5 with a plethora of bugs almost no new content over civ5 but some content from civ5 striped out or dumb ed down and at a price of $49.99 its a insult to any gamer please do yourself a favor and pass on this game that will not even be respectable until it gets its 2 mandatory firaxis expansions priced at $29.99 and a few dozen minor dlcs priced at about $5-$15 a piece just to make it worth taking a look at. But at that point you have to spend nearly $100 usd to make this game good; now ask yourself this should you have to pay that much for a OK game. NO! so send a message to firaxis and pass on this gold painted turd… Expand
  22. Stefanakis
    Jan 24, 2015
    2
    Lots of gamers awaited this game for a long time. Too much time passed between this and Alpha Centauri. Me of course among them. But I am sad to say this is a shadow of a game. Did they try out the mechanics ? Every time you end up micromanaging a fleet of trade vessels while waiting. There is no real choice in anything. This game needed another 6 months of testing and/or development.Lots of gamers awaited this game for a long time. Too much time passed between this and Alpha Centauri. Me of course among them. But I am sad to say this is a shadow of a game. Did they try out the mechanics ? Every time you end up micromanaging a fleet of trade vessels while waiting. There is no real choice in anything. This game needed another 6 months of testing and/or development.

    And I can proudly say that I am a Sid Meier fan. Civilization is the game I played and am playing more than any other game combined. I hope they take another good look at it . Maybe a DLC and another 50 bucks will fix it ...... /irony off    … Expand
  23. Atr0s
    Jan 22, 2015
    3
    Completely disappointing. Even though it's marketed as a completely different game, it's just a Civilization V with different wrapping. Yes, the UI is less intrusive and the game slightly more complex in some areas but there are too many downsides to it. For example, there are fewer choices of civs and all of them can pretty much follow the same paths, with their unique trait being a minorCompletely disappointing. Even though it's marketed as a completely different game, it's just a Civilization V with different wrapping. Yes, the UI is less intrusive and the game slightly more complex in some areas but there are too many downsides to it. For example, there are fewer choices of civs and all of them can pretty much follow the same paths, with their unique trait being a minor advantage at best and being the only way to distinguish themselves (they have access to the same units, no matter the path taken). They at least took note of previous criticism and actually introduced more customization as "random" event choices ("random" as they're mostly tied to your colonies' buildings and research) but failed to be creative in several other areas, for instance most of victory conditions (besides Domination) consist of researching a technology and building its associated Wonder.
    This could be a Civilization V mod if there were any grand modders like in the past (as of Civilization IV). We've got to thank the developers for that, for making such crap they basically shoved this part of the community through the back door. If you had experience with previous titles (when Civilization was still a good reference), you should stay away from this release.    … Expand
  24. Vayra
    Jan 20, 2015
    3
    C:BE is a difficult game to review negatively when played only for a short period of time. At first glance, you are offered a new Civilization game with a completely overhauled tech tree, new units, new surroundings and a new setting. It holds promise until you have finished a couple of games and realize the truth behind this Civilization V reskin.

    Did I just say 'Civ V reskin'? Indeed.    C:BE is a difficult game to review negatively when played only for a short period of time. At first glance, you are offered a new Civilization game with a completely overhauled tech tree, new units, new surroundings and a new setting. It holds promise until you have finished a couple of games and realize the truth behind this Civilization V reskin.

    Did I just say 'Civ V reskin'? Indeed. Every resource has been converted into a seemingly different, yet extremely similar mechanic. Gold has become Energy, for example, and Happiness has been changed to 'Health'. Sensible choices for the setting the game is in, but these design choices make C:BE feel, play and look like a reskin. The game is not helped either by the minimalistic UI and the complete lack of backstory or CGI movies, every pop up feels like a glorified text box with little flair or soul to it.

    The above is especially disturbing when you consider this is a 4X developed by Firaxis, a company that released a game such as Alpha Centauri. There are loads upon loads of hidden references to that game, but not one single moment does C:BE aspire to that level of greatness, polish or immersion.

    Every faction in the game feels like a lifeless husk dropped onto an alien planet with an odd and surreal backstory, supported by what is supposed to be the backbone of the game: Affinities. It is through this mechanic that you progress to stronger units with more unique abilities. Affinities can be combined, mixed and matched in any way the player sees fit; another example of a game mechanic that just hasn't really been fleshed out and thought over critically, because it results in every game becoming an 'affinity race' and having access to more than one at high level is always a huge advantage. End result? Every game is exactly the same: you rush a few cities, a few starting techs to boost production or fill the blanks in your economy, and the affinity race starts. Early game units are nowhere near strong enough to rush enemy cities or really make a lasting difference, since the alien population will most likely destroy those attempts completely, while becoming utterly worthless and underpowered once you obtain the first Affinity-based unit. Oh, and don't even think those aliens will ever be an issue, or the planet will ever be a threat to your growth and prosperity. There IS no threat in C:BE. There is only the 'next turn' button, which you will find yourself clicking like a madman to finish that affinity race and finish the game.

    C:BE misses the mark completely as an enticing, deep or challenging 4X. It looks nice, sounds good, and that about sums it all up. All the rest feels like an incomplete shell of rehashed Civ V mechanics that lack in every respect.

    My two cents: avoid like the plague, maybe revisit after it has been expanded and properly fleshed out. C:BE is a shameless copy of tried and tested concepts with a price tag of a whole new game, which it is clearly not. There are dozens of 4X games that do literally every single thing a lót better.    … Expand
  25. pettina
    Jan 18, 2015
    1
    This game was a huge disappointment. It's trying to be something what they couldn't do. Game is just too complicated even oldschool civ fan. Tech trees is too complicated. Units get killed one shot by aliens in field. I can recommended this game only for star-craft people. And only if you like turn-based combat !
  26. diehard-gamer
    Jan 17, 2015
    1
    Slow. Slow. Unplayable slow. My basic Win 8 laptop will happily run Skyrim (low settings, game controller, all DLC plus 50 or so mods) at 25FPS. But Civ Beyond Earth (small world or tutorial, min graphics settings) runs like a snail swimming uphill through treacle. It takes so long to load the game and menu screens I'm never sure whether its crashed - then simply scrolling around the mapSlow. Slow. Unplayable slow. My basic Win 8 laptop will happily run Skyrim (low settings, game controller, all DLC plus 50 or so mods) at 25FPS. But Civ Beyond Earth (small world or tutorial, min graphics settings) runs like a snail swimming uphill through treacle. It takes so long to load the game and menu screens I'm never sure whether its crashed - then simply scrolling around the map in game is a frustrating jerky nightmare. This is a sim FFS - so how much graphics power does think it needs! It may be a good game, but I doubt I'll ever find out. The developers need to get the programming sorted.… Expand
  27. Canisrah
    Jan 17, 2015
    2
    This game is little more than a mod for Civ 5 - and not a very good mod at that. I don't know how they managed it, but Beyond Earth takes an interesting premise and the engine from Civ V and takes away all traces of personality, atmosphere and...fun. It's a soulless game which seems to be more about learning the game systems to win without ever engaging the player in the sorts of emergentThis game is little more than a mod for Civ 5 - and not a very good mod at that. I don't know how they managed it, but Beyond Earth takes an interesting premise and the engine from Civ V and takes away all traces of personality, atmosphere and...fun. It's a soulless game which seems to be more about learning the game systems to win without ever engaging the player in the sorts of emergent game play and stories for which Civ V and it's predecessors are famous. That addictive 'one-more-turn' mentality that Civ V promotes is simply absent in Beyond Earth and it's more of a chore to keep playing than a pleasure.

    Disappointing.    … Expand
  28. condythug
    Jan 15, 2015
    1
    Terrible game and not fit to bear the Civilization name. Sid Meier must be nearing his retirement if this is the sort of trash that he is turning out nowadays. i stopped playing it once i got into the early turns; boring graphics, strange bugs, stupid gameplay and quest goals. looks like games nowadays are all following the same formulae, "go there get that, come back get rewards"Terrible game and not fit to bear the Civilization name. Sid Meier must be nearing his retirement if this is the sort of trash that he is turning out nowadays. i stopped playing it once i got into the early turns; boring graphics, strange bugs, stupid gameplay and quest goals. looks like games nowadays are all following the same formulae, "go there get that, come back get rewards" repeat 100000 times.

    thank god i manage to get a refund for this piece of trash. advise to PC players, save your money and go play the old Civilization games instead (Civ 4) if u want a really good Civ game. This one is for the dustbin.    … Expand
  29. Dethmar
    Jan 12, 2015
    4
    I've been coming to metacritic for years to read reviews and opinions. You always have to read the user reviews with a grain of salt as there are far too many gut reaction reviews thrown in. However, I've put in a good 20 hours into this game and can't help but feel utterly and completely cheated and disappointed.

    I am a big fan of the series, recently playing Civ V for over 60    I've been coming to metacritic for years to read reviews and opinions. You always have to read the user reviews with a grain of salt as there are far too many gut reaction reviews thrown in. However, I've put in a good 20 hours into this game and can't help but feel utterly and completely cheated and disappointed.

    I am a big fan of the series, recently playing Civ V for over 60 hours...I absolutely loved that game. Beyond Earth takes so many of the things that were good in Civ V and either simply rehashes them with space-like skins or removes them from the game entirely. Believable AI personalities with character? Gone. A good variety of units for each race? Gone (yes you get more variety as you progress through the game but a lot are just a very slight variation on the previous unit). Building an empire through various Ages in technology and innovation? Gone (instead a dependent-based tech tree is utilized and it's not pretty).

    Beyond Earth uses the same graphics engine as Civ V...this isn't necessarily a negative b/c I love the art style in both games. However, it makes it feel like a professional mod instead of a full priced game. In fact, almost every aspect of the game could have been created with a mod. If the game sold as a $25 expansion, it would have been a good addition to the series.

    In my over 20 years of gaming, I've never been so upset and disappointed in a release. This past fall saw some great games drop (see Dragon Age, Destiny, Endless Legend, Divinity, Talos Principle) and I was looking forward to Beyond Earth above them all. All in all, the game has a great concept that is lazy in its execution and innovation.    … Expand
  30. Zeriel
    Jan 6, 2015
    0
    Wow is this game a huge disappointment! basically the same exact thing as Civ V but remove ALL OF THE CIVILIZATIONS and replace them by some customizations that will always play the same! The game is repetitive and boring! It may not deserve a Zero, maybe a 4 but I'm giving it a 0 to combat all of the dishonest critics giving it 10s just because is a Civ game

    I want another Warlock game!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 78 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 78
  3. Negative: 1 out of 78
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 9, 2015
    90
    Cancel all your plans and fill up the fridge, because once you launch Beyond Earth you will not want to leave your home. [13/2014, p.46]
  2. Worth Playing
    Dec 23, 2014
    85
    Passive AI and lackluster online support from the community isn't enough to make Civilization: Beyond Earth a total wash. If you've enjoyed the series over the years, you'll likely spend many hours with this entry as well.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Dec 21, 2014
    80
    Prepare for tech tree troubles, but the amount to discover and overall quality wins out. [Christmas 2014, p.64]
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