Posted on: December 6, 2017
Mr_GeO
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SMAC it's NOT
I tried this game on Steam first, shortly after it was released in 2013. The game was hailed (and hyped) as Alpha Centauri succesor, taking all the best from said game and wrapping new graphic, cool sound, modern UI and improved gameplay around it. Sadly, it didn't live up to its promise. The main problem was general lack of content in-game, and quality (or rather lack of thereof) of existing one. Simply, the game was boring and uninspiring; the mechanics was nothing fresh or interesting, the gameplay was dull and repetitive and social, political and philosphical depth of AC that game tried to recreate simply do not click into a place. To make the things worse, the AI was outright cheating, spaming units, research and improvements without money or resources that were required for a human player. The diplomacy was also completely atrocious, with AI cotroled fractions jumping from praising you as a greatest example of humanity to despising you and declaring war in one turn (and then returning to worshiping you in the next turn). Long story short - it was a huge disappointment. The developer somehow tried to fix at least some of the worst issues by releasing couple of fixes and finally a DLC (Eclipse of Nashira) , but effects were, to be frank, marginal at best. The AI was still psychotic and cheating, gameplay was bland, and the charm of SMAC was not there at all... "Now, but what it had to do with the GOG release?" you may ask. Well, unfortunately, it's the same game, minus usual Steam shenanigans (GoG release include DLC which is sold separately by Steam). It's not improved by a single bit. Prettier that Alpha Centauri, but lacking everything that make Alpha Centauri special. Colorful, but otherwise empty husk of a 4X game. Stick to its great predecessor or if you are crawling for modern civ-in-space, try 'Civilization: Beyond Earth' which - while for sure not as good as SMAC - is still better gaming experience than Pandora.
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