Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack

I really love to buy this from gog since I lost my disc long time ago, however, I'm not going to buy it without crossfire.

I almost didn't buy this one, and i probably shouldn't have. It IS facinating. But it is also more complex that I really like. If you are like me and you enjoyed Civ II but not Civ III... skip this one. The subtilties of inter-societal interactions are just too unpredictable for me. I'll go back and try it again... some day... maybe. I can prbabaly figure it out. (I did Civ III, even though i didn't really enjoy it.) If you want a real challenge, buy it. If you want a game that you can win every time... don't.

Just bought this game and it is unplayable. The menu screen is unreadable and in black and white.

I have fond memories of sinking hours into this great game. It is absorbing, huge and addictive!

From the moment you start the game, the computer is going to try and take you out. While this may seem obvious to some, this is poor game design. It means you have to rush like hell to beat the computer instead of randomly defending yourself AND possibly sitting back to watch the skirmishes between other opponents. No matter how many times I played this game, I found the PC was on me in short time. I played for hours and hours and each time was the same exact game. You race to find power ups and hope the damn machine doesn't find you...and yet does, WAM yer done! While I didn't pay a ton of money for this game. It isn't the point, it is just a review with my opinion and you can disagree if you like. But if you are hoping for a good design to programming, this is NOT it.