Sid Meyer's Beyond Earth...is no-one playing?

[Gusington]

This will be a no brainer for me if a mod or dlc is released that offers the conquest of multiple worlds.

[steve58]

...started playing the demo and can't see/find a save feature...and, of course, the manual does not seem to be accessible/available from the Steam CivBE store page.  Ctrl-S and F11 from CivV don't seem to work.  Maybe saves are disabled in the demo, but can someone tell me if the save cmds are different in CivBE?  Thanks....

[vyshka]

...started playing the demo and can't see/find a save feature...and, of course, the manual does not seem to be accessible/available from the Steam CivBE store page.  Ctrl-S and F11 from CivV don't seem to work.  Maybe saves are disabled in the demo, but can someone tell me if the save cmds are different in CivBE?  Thanks....

Manual

[steve58]

^Thanks vyshka.  Odd that I can access it when I'm not logged into my Steam acct, but not when I am   Anyway, looks like the save cmds are the same, which means no save game feature in the demo  :(

[bbmike]

This game is like what Civ4 Colonization was to Civ4. And so far I'm really liking it. I just hope they reworked the diplomatic AI so that it's not as war mongering and unpredictable as in Civ5.

[steve58]

Dimnit :-\ ...just saw that CivBE can be had for $37.49 from GMG.

http://www.greenmangaming.com/vip/

[W8taminute]

Well I was really excited about this game when I first heard of it.  Moments earlier however I watched a one hour let's play video and I'm thinking that when this game goes on sale for 1 dollah then I'll get it. 

Too many games to play at the moment and unless I'm wowed to the point where I get my rocks off I'm not wasting time or money on boredom. 

Anyone who has the game care to change my mind?  (I'm not trying to sound belligerent, I'm just saying that I want to like this game enough to buy it but so far I'm just not feeling awesome about Civ in space.)

[undercovergeek]

100 turn demo on steam sir

[jomni]

This will be a no brainer for me if a mod or dlc is released that offers the conquest of multiple worlds.

Yup because it's the same set of aliens and same set of ecosystem each and every game.  The novelty will be lost after a few rounds.

[Gusington]

^I hope a mod or DLC like that can be done.

[Bison]

I'm enjoying the game through my first few hours playing it.  I almost watched some let's play videos, read some reviews and forum threads today, but then I realized that I'll I wanted to was to let the game stand on it's own merits with the only critic that matters to me - me.  I think it's an approach I'll take for future purchases too.  Selfish I know, but I'm really enjoying just playing the game.

[Steelgrave]

I don't get the concern about a lack of replayability for a game that's been out of the box less than 24 hours. I know not everyone is a Civ fan, but in terms of history, sales and reputation, Civ is a consistent best seller....replayability being one of the primary reasons. This game is different enough from Civ to not be Civ in Space, but retains enough of the strong points of the franchise to make for a very replayable game, imho....especially when you know we can count on future DLC's introducing new and shiny toys, in typical Sid Meier fashion.

After all, in Civ, the ecosystem remains the same each game, but there are enough different approaches you can take to make Civ immensely replayable. Why would it be an issue here? I understand the viewpoint of keeping things "mysterious", and yeah, that will wear off with familiarity. But based on Civ history, I would assume that player-created mods and maps will start showing up sooner rather than later. That's one of my favorite parts of Civ V, and yet another reason why each new game is fresh.

I'm not taking potshots at anyone for their opinion, there are plenty of games others love that I don't care for. I just don't see lack of replayability as a valid criticism this early in the game.

[Bison]

After all, in Civ, the ecosystem remains the same each game, but there are enough different approaches you can take to make Civ immensely replayable.

A very true statement that covers the last 20+ years of Civ games.

[Steelgrave]

After all, in Civ, the ecosystem remains the same each game, but there are enough different approaches you can take to make Civ immensely replayable.

A very true statement that covers the last 20+ years of Civ games.

I've been playing since Civ I. If I had put allllll the hours I've spent on Civ into getting rich, well.....I'd probably still be poor and less entertained   

[jomni]

I don't get the concern about a lack of replayability for a game that's been out of the box less than 24 hours. I know not everyone is a Civ fan, but in terms of history, sales and reputation, Civ is a consistent best seller....replayability being one of the primary reasons. This game is different enough from Civ to not be Civ in Space, but retains enough of the strong points of the franchise to make for a very replayable game, imho....especially when you know we can count on future DLC's introducing new and shiny toys, in typical Sid Meier fashion.

After all, in Civ, the ecosystem remains the same each game, but there are enough different approaches you can take to make Civ immensely replayable. Why would it be an issue here? I understand the viewpoint of keeping things "mysterious", and yeah, that will wear off with familiarity. But based on Civ history, I would assume that player-created mods and maps will start showing up sooner rather than later. That's one of my favorite parts of Civ V, and yet another reason why each new game is fresh.

I'm not taking potshots at anyone for their opinion, there are plenty of games others love that I don't care for. I just don't see lack of replayability as a valid criticism this early in the game.

Of course it's repayable.  My point is that the feeling of exploring a new world like the first run through will get stale because it's the same world over and over with just a different setup.  Soon it will just be like the familiar Earth.
What if the game were to actually go beyond the normal procedurally generated factors of geography and resource distribution?  I'm talking about seeing different creatures for different planets with different behaviours, different atmosphere and climate requiring different technologies and poses different challenges. 

A counter-argument would be Humans would always choose a planet like this to colonize.