Is this game worth buying?

[Thunderballs]

I loved Civ5, but felt like Civ:BE was a mediocre title, and Sid Meiers has left a chip on my shoulder, due to taking my hard earned cash an not delivering the quality experience they have become known for. I really love Sci-Fi, but it seems like most developers can't get it right.

FLAT OUT: Is this game worth buying? Give me a Yes or No and your reasons why. Just be honest.

I have a great fear that the AI for this game will be mediocre at best (as Sid Meier Games seem to trend), so two sub questions that you might also consider answering:
Is there an active multiplayer community?
Are there AI enhancement mods?

[Freedomshot]

Yes on a tablet for a shallow experience, fun but no depth. No as a PC game. No if you think it likely to be anything close to Civilization. In general No.

[donald23]

Yes, it's worth buying.

But you might want to do some research, because this game is nowhere near like Civilization or Beyond Earth. It's a tactical space game. You have one fleet, control that and fly around doing missions. It's quite a bit smaller then Civilization or XCOM games, but a small little gem in which you can sink some time. Even short periods, like only 10 minutes.
Also, the game has no MP functionality, so no community for that.
Also, the game has no modding functionality, so no mods.

Besides that, on a general note, you have strange perception of the AI in Civilization. For state of current computing and demands for short turn times, the AI in civilization is actually very good.

[Thomas]

Ha. Patch recived. Going for domination victory ;-)

Thank you.

[Freedomshot]

It is worth a fiver on a tablet and it should have stayed on a tablet. There is just not enough here to warrant a PC title.

[SamBC]

Originally posted by FreedomShot:

It is worth a fiver on a tablet and it should have stayed on a tablet. There is just not enough here to warrant a PC title.

I like being able to play smaller games on my PC, thanks very much. Firstly, I don't have an iPad (I have Android devices), and secondly, I prefer playing on my PC in most cases.

[shygamer]

Yeah, I don't get the common complaint that you can't have smaller iPad games on the PC. Makes no sense.

[ashem2]

Well.. now it looks better then BE. Small funny game, worth buying

[schattenlos]

Originally posted by Thunderballs:

FLAT OUT: Is this game worth buying? Give me a Yes or No and your reasons why.

On a Sale for 5 $ - but not for 15 $, because it's a typical Tablet-Game.

[Freedomshot]

Agreed.

[arthur]

Yes, it's worth buying. Small, repetitive, but still good fun. 15 dollars isn't a lot of money like some people seem to think.

[obliviondoll]

Gameplay feels a lot more simplistic than it actually is. Probably in part because there's no multiplayer and the AI is Artificial Idiocy. Also there's a fair amount of streamlining with how certain things work - lasers vs. cannons is auto-decided by the game when you shoot, rather than players having to choose which weapon to attack with.

[arthur]

To be fair, having to decide which weapon to shoot with would be annoying and tedious. You'd just look for the bigger number and choose that one every single time, just like the computer does for you.

[obliviondoll]

Originally posted by TabeticClown:

To be fair, having to decide which weapon to shoot with would be annoying and tedious. You'd just look for the bigger number and chose that one every single time, just like the computer does for you.

Yeah, but some players think that somehow magically having to do it yourself makes the game "deeper" or something.

Also, it might be a plausible option to consider if the weapons had different effects, which they often do in the more over-complicated strategy games.

It's actually relatively deep gameplay, it's just the surface UI is so easy to use that it makes it feel less complex than it actually is.

[arthur]

I agree, it's obviously not as deep as an actual fully-fledged Civilization game, but it doesn't need to be. It has very well designed fundamental mechanics. If it had better AI and was more properly balanced than it would easily be worth up to 30 dollars, honestly. I don't understand the criticism it's received, it's really fun.

[S-P]

I made the mistake of getting this game thinking it would have the same level of stratagy as Betond earth, sadly I was mistaken. This game was made for the Tablet and should have stayed there imho. Can't recoomend it.