Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

[Neil]

I don't get this view. Surely, if you are interested in a game to buy it, then given that costs of the game is peanuts, paying early means the chance of there being an expansion making the game even better (see CiV) is higher. So why wait for the sake of saving the cost of a couple lattes.

Not to mention you get to play sooner.

I'm not chomping at the bit for the game so why spend extra money?

Pretty much.  Even if I bought it on release, it'd be months before I actually started playing it anyways.

Besides, the expansions are already budgeted and being worked on.  They'll get released no matter what, since they're essentially free money.

[Martinus]

Ok I can get Neil waiting months to play (I see what having wife and kids does to gaming time of my colleagues). But what keeps garbon and mongers so occupied?

[garbon]

I don't game all that often. And my point wasn't that I wouldn't have time to play it. More just a trade off enjoyment to cost. Why but it at full price when I'm happily playing games I have already bought? I can wait when it isn't something I am super enthused about.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I don't game all that often. And my point wasn't that I wouldn't have time to play it. More just a trade off enjoyment to cost. Why but it at full price when I'm happily playing games I have already bought? I can wait when it isn't something I am super enthused about.

Hmm. The games studios don't like that kind of thinking.

[Martinus]

Ok, I am a Firaxis fanboy and buy their games on the release date (in fact I preorder). So YMMV.

In fact I don't play these many games, to be honest. Over the last year I played WoW, CiV, CK2, EU4, Hearthstone and Diablo 3 - and that's pretty much it. Now trying to install Sims 4 once I get this Bootcamp thing working.

[Martinus]

The way they redid spies is actually pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9T-2UBctKE&feature=youtu.be

[garbon]

The way they redid spies is actually pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9T-2UBctKE&feature=youtu.be

From the bit I saw (ugh how I don't like all this video stuff - much quicker to read something than watch a 30 minute video!!), yeah it does seem like they've made it more involved - to a level that it will actually make sense to dabble in.

Side note, I was thinking how rare it is to have cute (though nerdy ) guys on game demo videos.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

when was release of this again? October?

[Martinus]

The way they redid spies is actually pretty cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9T-2UBctKE&feature=youtu.be

From the bit I saw (ugh how I don't like all this video stuff - much quicker to read something than watch a 30 minute video!!), yeah it does seem like they've made it more involved - to a level that it will actually make sense to dabble in.

Side note, I was thinking how rare it is to have cute (though nerdy ) guys on game demo videos.

Yeah they are passable. Although one of them has a lazy eye.

[Martinus]

when was release of this again? October?

Yeah. 24th I think.

[Martinus]

Cool new intro released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc89IaktFDI

I especially like the A.R.C. space programme symbol. 

[Kleves]

They don't even have faction-specific units anymore? 

[Crazy_Ivan80]

They don't even have faction-specific units anymore? 

DLC

[Darth Wagtaros]

Who's getting it?

[Syt]

They don't even have faction-specific units anymore? 

Units are customized during the game, based on the affinities you level up, allowing you to choose perks for them.