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Title: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: DrazharLn on January 16, 2015, 12:34:34 PM

Civilization Beyond Earth is free to play this weekend on steam. I, for one, will be giving it a wee go.

Luv,
Draz

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Geo on January 16, 2015, 12:38:29 PM

 ;excite; for you guys.

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Flux on January 16, 2015, 03:32:08 PM

Great! Now i can actually give this a run for myself.

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Geo on January 16, 2015, 06:05:53 PM

You mean you hadn't checked your PM's yet? :P

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Flux on January 16, 2015, 06:32:08 PM

Quote from: Geo on January 16, 2015, 06:05:53 PM

You mean you hadn't checked your PM's yet? :P

I did. I'm still going to be very reluctant about purchasing anything right now. I almost have enough money to get a new console. Retro stuff is cool and all, but sometimes even I want to experience the current-gen.
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Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Flux on January 16, 2015, 07:26:22 PM

Well, tried BE for about an hour.
There was nothing to learn except what different techs did after my 84 hours of Civ V I've accumulated over the years, even with the long hiatus I've taken from playing an civ games besides SMAC. Even that I don't play much, though.
It was pretty boring to be honest. I don't plan to play it again anytime soon.

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: DrazharLn on January 16, 2015, 07:28:33 PM

I played it for a couple of hours with two friends (all new). We quite enjoyed it. I thought the quest system and independent station mechanics were good.

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: DrazharLn on January 19, 2015, 04:01:44 AM

Ended up only playing those hours because Evolve had a closed beta weekend at the same time.

Evolve was more fun than CivBE, but I think I'd enjoy playing more BE and it did have some character through the quests (though very little from anything else). Maybe not to the tune of £18, though.

Title: Re: Civ: BE Free weekend on steam
Post by: Flux on January 19, 2015, 04:51:04 AM

I'm gonna be honest, I don't think I'm ever going to buy BE. I hate to recite any common opinion, but it really does just feel like a really high quality Civ V mod.
I think I would love it if it was a $19.99 expansion pack to Civ V, though. Not because it is better, but because they wouldn't try to pass it off as a new game.