Forum Overview :: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri :: The game has "RUSH JOB" written all over it.

[quote name="WITTGENSTEIN"]Which I already was worried about. Up until July they hadn't even reskinned the UI which is just a cookie cutter of the Civ 5 one. Here's a quote from Engadget. [quote]Why I wish Firaxis had never mentioned Beyond Earth as a spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri is that this game doesn't look like it was given the financial resources to kick off a new franchise. It feels like it had the budget of a Civ 5 expansion, where asset creation went into making a visually interesting game world, but not its overall presentation. The characters are painfully dull and inarticulate. The tech and wonder voiceovers are all done by one person, but in many cases are attributed to faction leaders within the game (who do have their own voices). The experience doesn't feel luxe. Firaxis has been the benchmark in accessible strategy games and it's owned by triple-A publisher Take-Two Interactive, but I've seen stronger production values from independent European competitors.[/quote][/quote]