I basically always went all forests and only used raise elevation for ocean bases so I can't say terraforming is a core feature for me.Īccording to a recent interview, their main reason for not trying to implement terraforming on the scale we saw in SMAC was because the graphical quality has become so much more detailed and seamless that being able to change it too drastically would've made for some really awkward and buggy-looking terrain. There is a technology named Terraforming, but we've seen nothing that suggests you can warp the landscape willy nilly like in SMAC.

Or the ability to terraform at all, in the SMAC sense. I mean just for starters, a big difference between SMAC and Beyond Earth: There is no evidence that Beyond Earth has anywhere near as much of an emphasis on terraforming. The 'feel', the broad structure of things might be the same but Civ 5 plays drastically different from Civ 4 let alone Civ 2/SMAC. I don't see how this is possible given that Civs gameplay has never fundamentally changed, and SMAC is just Civ 2.5 mechanics wise.Ĭan't say I'd agree there. If you go into it expecting a prettier version of Alpha Centauri, you're going to just wind-up disappointed / angry. Just so you are aware, every reviewer that has been part of the preview campaign for BE has said that the gameplay in no way resembles SMAC there are nods to SMAC, but the mechanics are very much Civ V in space. Since it doesn't, I'm willing to settle for SMAC with better graphics and a modern UI. I'm not saying I want Firaxis to make it, I'm just saying that if that game existed, I would be playing it.

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