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- Platform: Windows 98 / XP / Vista / 7
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
- Item Quantity: 1
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Legendary designer Sid Meier presents the next evolution in strategy games, with the most addictive, compelling gameplay yet. Explore the alien planet that is your new home and uncover its myriad mysteries. Discover over 75 extraordinary technologies. Build over 60 base upgrades and large scale secret projects for your empire. Conquer your enemies with a war machine that you design from over 32,000 possible unit types.
Design Your Own War Machine
Custom build fighting units that meet your mission's specific needs, or accept your governor's recommendations.
Diplomatic Relations
Dynamic personalities react individually to your actions. Your diplomatic decisions dictate your path to one of five ultimate resolutions.
Infinitely Replayable
A random 3D world generator, unlimited strategies, five paths to victory, six levels of difficulty, seven unique factions, fully featured map/game editor, and a whole host of customisable options ensure unlimited gameplay.
Includes the Alien Crossfire Expansion Pack
Adds 7 new playable factions, new technologies, new secret projects, new base facilities, new weapons, armour, special abilities and an expanded storyline.
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65 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
In 1999, in the wake of the the huge success of Civilization II Sid Meier & Brian Reynolds released a logical sequel: a colonization ship, Unity, is launched from Earth on the path to self-destruction. An inboard malfunction and assassination of the captain divides the colonists into several competing factions. Planetfall is carried out under emergency pods - and clearly not according to planed. And the fun begins...
The environment on planet Chiron is not very friendly. Not only do ground tiles need to be terraformed before put to use, but the native lifeforms are not terribly friendly either. Of course the real threats will always come not from beasts but from fellow humans. From technophiles and warmongers to religious zealots and Ludditic environmentalists, you will have enough choices to find your favorite faction.
This is one of the best 4x-TBS games ever produced (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit & eXterminate) and no amount of somewhat dated graphics can reduce its gameplay qualities. The tech-tree is rich, the units well designed and the improvements perfectly balanced. This one of those timeless games that prove how bad an idea Limited Installations truly is!
I must have being looking for years to find the expansion to the original game (Alien Crossfire) at a reasonable price. This bargain-priced package includes both - and it is DRM free!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
The environment on planet Chiron is not very friendly. Not only do ground tiles need to be terraformed before put to use, but the native lifeforms are not terribly friendly either. Of course the real threats will always come not from beasts but from fellow humans. From technophiles and warmongers to religious zealots and Ludditic environmentalists, you will have enough choices to find your favorite faction.
This is one of the best 4x-TBS games ever produced (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit & eXterminate) and no amount of somewhat dated graphics can reduce its gameplay qualities. The tech-tree is rich, the units well designed and the improvements perfectly balanced. This one of those timeless games that prove how bad an idea Limited Installations truly is!
I must have being looking for years to find the expansion to the original game (Alien Crossfire) at a reasonable price. This bargain-priced package includes both - and it is DRM free!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Shame this looks so dated and has so many hurdles to jump through to get it to install on Vista or Windows 7.
It does install by the way, and plays very well. It has a totally different feel to Civ games while being obviously closely related. THis might just be the subject matter, but it feels very fresh after trawling through the restrictive tactical options available in Civ 5 for instance.
It just look terrible stretched on a 23" monitor (windowed mode has real issues for me) so bad that it's hard to make out from the lego block sized definition what is supposed to be what at first.
I played it for a good few hours, then stopped, wishing Sid would remake it for modern machines so my old eyes could get to grips with it.
It does install by the way, and plays very well. It has a totally different feel to Civ games while being obviously closely related. THis might just be the subject matter, but it feels very fresh after trawling through the restrictive tactical options available in Civ 5 for instance.
It just look terrible stretched on a 23" monitor (windowed mode has real issues for me) so bad that it's hard to make out from the lego block sized definition what is supposed to be what at first.
I played it for a good few hours, then stopped, wishing Sid would remake it for modern machines so my old eyes could get to grips with it.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
A have wasted hundreds of hours on this little gem. Pretty much everything has been said about it, in reviews for other editions of it. This is basically the Planetary Pack.
The one thing it does it that it immerses you in the change the technology brings to your faction. There are a lot of secret projects and technology advances that completely change the way the game is played. Sure, this is true for other games, like the Civ series, but the quotes and the films are still absolutely top notch.
Other things that I really like are the society values and policies model. You can, as you develop learn to embrace new ideals chance pretty much everything, giving a profound effect on everything. Civ 4 implemented some of this, but not enough, in my opinion. There are differences between a cybernetic, libertarian Data Angels faction and a Hive, run with an iron fist, geared to expand to fill every niche of the planet.
A game you have to own. Graphics and sounds are dated, sure, but the atmosphere and gameplay will shine through.
The one thing it does it that it immerses you in the change the technology brings to your faction. There are a lot of secret projects and technology advances that completely change the way the game is played. Sure, this is true for other games, like the Civ series, but the quotes and the films are still absolutely top notch.
Other things that I really like are the society values and policies model. You can, as you develop learn to embrace new ideals chance pretty much everything, giving a profound effect on everything. Civ 4 implemented some of this, but not enough, in my opinion. There are differences between a cybernetic, libertarian Data Angels faction and a Hive, run with an iron fist, geared to expand to fill every niche of the planet.
A game you have to own. Graphics and sounds are dated, sure, but the atmosphere and gameplay will shine through.
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Won't run on modern machines
Such a brilliant game so such a shame it won't run. Tried it on a Windows 7 machine and a Windows XP - with and without the patches provided. Game will not run. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sarah C
Old good times!
Since sid meier hasn't done remake of his space-civilization game(Though Civ4 mod final frontier was good one), we just stick to the old one. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J-P
Great Game
I am a big fan of the Civ series and in my humble opinion this one is the best. I see some people give poor feedback because they are not able to understand it, although to me it... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dahdread
Stereotypes in spaaaaaaaace!
This game is, effectivly, Civilization 2.5.
That being said, that's not a bad thing, as CIV2 essentially trumped many other games in the last days of the last millenium and... Read more
That being said, that's not a bad thing, as CIV2 essentially trumped many other games in the last days of the last millenium and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by GreyWalker Zero
alpha all the way
This game contains both the original Alpha Centauri and the expansion Alien Crossfire. While this is an older game it can easily be made to run on modern systems, especially Alien... Read more
Published 5 months ago by dragonlady
STRATEGY FOR PC
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Complete (PC)I AM A BIG FAN OF SID MEIER'S STRATEGY GAMES BUT,TO ME,THIS ONE IS THE PITS-IT TAKES ME BACK TO THE DAYS OF THE EARLY PC'S LIKE THE ATARI XL... Read more
Published 7 months ago by James Toner
Nice Oldschool Game
Definatly outdated graphics wise but it is otherwise a very good turn based strategy with a large customisation element. Very good if you dont mine older games
Published 7 months ago by jordan
Alpha Centauri
This game is similar to Civ3 in concept and graphics but with technologies and weapons you have never heard of. Read more
Published 11 months ago by John
Alpha Centauri
A classic from the Civilization line of games. Some compatibility problems with the expansion on Windows XP, which require workarounds but not difficult ones. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Spike
Difficult to use
To start with, this game is soooo difficult to understand. It may have different unit types, but it's all so complex. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Joe
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