Even after so many years - Alpha Centauri. Now - that does not necessarily mean that a mod is generally less than the parent game, but it does mean that one often has the feeling as if a mod is mostly cosmetic, rarely shaking the foundations of the game it was built on.
When i played this game, i "felt" like i was playing a mod of a greater game - and i could not shake the feeling that it was "only" a mod. Now - that does not necessarily mean that a mod is generally less than the parent game, but it does mean that one often has the feeling as if a mod is mostly cosmetic, rarely shaking the foundations of the game it was i feel i will be very unfair. Entertaining for maybe one or two games, but too empty and disappointing to have real replay value.
No end game cinematic, no replay, not even a high score table to make my playthrough memorable. Finally, victory was unrewarding and lacking. For such a similar game, this change from 3/7 to 5/6 white characters is very obvious, and I can't think of any excuse for this other than blatant racism on the part of the devs.
While this game directly copies the personalities of Alpha Centauri's faction leaders, it changes two non-white leaders to Caucasians (Morgan→Preston and Santiago→Heid), and drops another non-white (Lal). The story is very lame, the leader backgrounds are exaggerated and annoying stereotypes. Artwork like the unit models and leader portraits get old really fast. I also liked the initial struggle against native life, but it becomes irrelevant pretty soon, even with the expansion and even on the hardest setting. I did like the gameplay innovations like a worker only harvesting a single yield type from a tile, and global resource stockpiles these were surprisingly fun and sensible deviations from the Civ standards and made the game as a whole more interesting. I also liked the initial struggle against native Overall, a soulless and bland rehash of Alpha Centauri that won't last nearly as long. Overall, a soulless and bland rehash of Alpha Centauri that won't last nearly as long.
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