Awesome game and art and story however I completed the character development in less than 8 hours and all I have left is finishing a couple of missions. It could have used A LOT more content. It definitely felt like a bit of a gypp because of how little content we get for our dollar. Now to be clear they did a good job on the story and graphics and even gameplay and everything, I really like what is there, there just needs to be MORE there. I would say its a five star game if it had more content. More equipment development, more levels or base upgrades, anything to create more to do, it's just too little.
I think it's an awesome game, and highly underrated. This is not a story or campaign driven game, instead it's a true sandbox managerial city builder If you are okay with micromanaging your villagers you can pause the game and give them each commands then unpause it You are supposed to only have one task per villager if you create more fields and workplaces than your population is capable of supporting it will cause starvation and other problems because the people won't automatically choose the tasks that are most needed. Without proper clothing they can get sick and die, especially in winter, but they need light clothes for the summer too. Once you get domesticated animals they need to be cared for as well fed, milked and when they get old mark them for slaughter, you can even slaughter the village dogs for extra food when they get too old. But I like to wait as long as possible to get as many babies out of the animals as possible If you're having trouble getting the resources you need yourself remember to trade with the trader when they come to town I recommend saving your game as soon as they arrive, if you don't like their inventory simply reload the save and a new inventory will be generated once you see the items you need buy them and as soon as the purchase is made press the space bar to pause the game again so you can use as little time as possible to open the trade menu again this will allow you to make a lot more trades with the trader before their set time in the village runs out and they leave again This can be a life saver if you need clothes food or hay for the animals When trading try not to use raw resources finished products are a better value. Villagers won't eat raw food it has to be cooked even if it's bread they won't eat without a fire to warm it up even if they're starving. Have them gather food in the summer and fall and gather wood and flint and other resources in the winter and spring, ALWAYS harvest crops in fall when they're ready.
It has great storyline and depth of customization with dozens of character abilities and equipment combinations to allow a lot of fun creating your own unique teams of resistance soldiers and no two play throughs will be exactly the same as the maps are procedurally generated using specific guidelines to fit for the given mission and storyline. I love strategy games and this one is definitely a tripple A title!
I loved this game the first time I played it and even now it still hasn't lost its appeal, Its a well done horror survival game, its scary and difficult but not completely hopeless, I don't like horror games that seem impossible to survive no matter how hard you try and this isn't one of those, its more like a bit of an Survival RPG mixed with a horror game and its got lots of action packed fun and cursing as you try again and again to survive the evil uncovered in space and learn what happened out there,
Its an awesome civilization building experience, I could play it again and again. I just finished playing Civ VI and it isn't even close to as good when it comes to the actual game play. Alpha Centauri even lets you custom design units as you see fit! OMG I love that! Custom units! so at any point you can mix and match various degrees of equipment to make units stronger or able to be built faster its all up to you. The diplomacy system seems to function a lot better than many civ games as well, you're more able to make alliances and trade agreements with other countries on the alien world you share! Civ 3 is pretty good too, probably the second best one.
