Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

You can design all vehicles from a kit according to your own level. You can create also your own political agenda. The AI is unique here. Each opponent has its own way of acting, also with the others.The civ game with the greatest freedom of gameplay

Great atmosphere and great setting.

Wish modern 4X games had what Alpha Centauri had: governors, unit design, as many economy/government choices, the UN, riots that basically took out a whole city, and as good storied opponents. Apart from not having resources from Civ 3 on-wards, this game still stands up pretty well. Though I think the best resource system was in Beyond Earth, since it had a limited amount of resources that were necessary. I will still bring this up on a WINE virtual desktop window occasionally to play Datajack Roze or the Peacekeepers. Santiago and Morgan were fun to play as well.

This was the one game that almost kept me from ever upgrading my Mac, and I am now spending far too much time playing it again. So fun, and so much variety from one game to the next, and the next, etc. It is amazing that this game is still so playable after all these years. So many other vintage games feel so clunky after playing the new games, but this one is just as good as ever.

Since purchasing this game and putting the hours into it to fully figure it out I can honestly say it is one of the greatest games I have ever played. For fans of the Civilization series this game is a no brainer, but almost any sci-fi fan fan would enjoy it's combination of fascinating discovery, alien landscapes and military conquest. Do yourself a favor and try this awesome game.