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Addictive.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is for those who loved the original Civilization but who prefer science fiction over historic recreation. I know - I'm one of them. Alpha Centauri's diverse selection of factions is better than Civ's nations - each has its own goal, agenda and beliefs that you will discover as they fight, trade and politick with you. The Alien Crossfire expansion includes new factions - including two alien ones - and new advancements for the game. If there's one problem, it's that the different advances avaialble to you are hard to differerntiate once you've built them into your military units.

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is the BEST! If you like stratagy games then youhave to get it. If you played and liked Civilizaton I or II then youwill love this. It comes with a fold out tech chart, a statagy guied and of course the cd. the diplomacy options are the best, much better then anything else that i have played. however it has not so good graphics. all in all it is a very good game, and i suggest that you buy it...

If you don't buy this game, you are not a real gamer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is probably the best game ever in Sid Meier's series. The game design is excellent and graphics are brilliant! If you liked "Civilization" and "Colonization", then you don't want to miss this one! From the beginning of the game it looks pretty complicated, but when you get the hand of it, everything goes "downhill". I spent a lot of time playing this game (about one year or so), and yet, I didn't get tired of it at all. This is must-have game for real gamers! I'm sure that you'll like it.

Alpha Centari Carries the Torch

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great!!! It is amazing!!! The AI is great and it is different every time you play! There is so much you can do. It is easy to start and easy to learn thanks to the tutorials and guides. It is a good follow up to the other games. the stratagy guide give tons of new ways to play like green conquest. BUY THIS GAME!!!

Complex, intelligent and don't take your eyes off the domes

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There are so many features and so much entertainment to be had I don't know where to begin. It's great that there actually is a story behind the strategy, building, managing, feeding people, keeping populations happy...It's a lot like Galactic Trader, which ranks right up there with this as a time-vaporizer. Warning: this game may cause you to lose sleep and sense of perspective. I actually had to uninstall it...that's how much fun it is. The graphics are terrific.

Don't neglect the supplies to your domes and put in plenty of airponics bays, creches, theaters, tree farms and other amenities.

Alpha Centauri, Greatest Game since Civilization?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This has to be the greatest game ever (besides Civilization 3, of course)! It's for all you Civilization 1 and 2 lovers and maybe SC3K Unlimited, Caesar I, II, and III, Pharaoh, Cleopatra, and so on... A bit complicated game but easy to learn if you read the tutorials.

The game features a large group of colonists that escape the ravages of Earth in 2060 A.D. to explore a distant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri's biggest star. This planet is called Chiron and has somewhat the same orbit as Earth. The ship suffers a malfunction along the way and the 6 strongest colonists escape the ship with their chosen crew to begin a new life in this unknown planet. You have to fight off aliens and try to mantain peace in the planet (unless of course you want the planet to your self!).

Very much like a continuation to Civilization 2 or 3.

This also includes both versions. Alpha Centauri and Alien Crossfire (the Expansion). Alien Crossphire takes place various decades after landing on planet, two alien factions appear out of nowhere claiming they had habited this planet a long time ago and land on the opposite sides of the planet in war against each other. You can team up with one of them and end with the other or declare war to both. Also 5 new factions are born out of the existing 6.

The other game I highly recommend, Civilization 3. Much better than Alpha Centauri in game play. Check it out if you like Alpha Centauri or any of the Civs.

Time For a Makeover

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Over the last 5 years I've spent tons of hours playing this game, usually as the Morgan "Businessmen" Faction. When it came out, this game simply had it all, as far as features were concerned... excellent AI, tech tree, and sound, and decent 2D graphics for the late 90's.

Yet the coolest feature of all are the distinct abilities of the various political factions, and the way they interact (in an expanded version of the simple old paper, rock, scissors game) and being able to choose which faction you want to play as.

Even more factions were added for the Alien Crossfire expansion pack, but I never felt that this expansion was a "must have"; however, when it was basically included for free in the Planetary Pack edition, I decided to get a copy and check it out... I think my original impression was right, Alien Crossfire is not really a must have - if you are new to Alpha Centauri, you'll should definately start with the basic edition that comes in the Planetary Pack edition.

When this game originally came out, there was no doubt that it was a 5 star game - it made the best use possible of the 2D graphics technology available at the time. However, here we are in the year 2005 - there have been astronomical improvements in 3D graphics card technologies, and the old Alpha Centauri graphics just don't seem so good anymore... we are overdue for a makeover to Alpha Centauri! I see where a slew of cool-looking 3D makeovers are coming out: Age of Empires III, Civ IV, Galactic Civ II; it is high time for a 3D-based Alpha Centauri II makeover.

Ender

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 12
Date: March 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is the BEST! If you like stratagy games then youhave to get it. If you played and liked Civilizaton I or II then youwill love this. It comes with a fold out tech chart, a statagy guied and of course the cd. the diplomacy options are the best, much better then anything else that i have played. however it has not so good graphics. all in all it is a very good game, and i suggest that you buy it...

Buy it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the true sequel to Civilization II. Sure, there's Call to Power and Civilization Three, but this is the only one of the sequels that was made by Sid Meier. This game is extremely complex, and will probably take a few hours to learn. It is easier if you've played Civ II, but it still takes a while. However, once you've learned you'll never stop playing this game. There are so many ways to win, and there are so many options. Ways of taking out enemy cities include conquest, bribes, lowing them into the sea, releasing native lifeforms on them, and planet busters (nukes). The technology tree is also complex, but it's realistic, well thought out, and long. While the graphics aren't great, they are more than sufficent for the game. The only flaw: the AI is a little too easy on the top level. If you like strategy games, or just games, buy it!

Great game, Real good price

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 21, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game; it's impossible to say enough good things about it. This is far better than the old Civilization games (although sometimes I go back to Civ 2 for the more real-life setting). With this game, Sid Meier proved that he's the reason Civilization was a hit (if you haven't played the non-Meier Civilization games, don't). It's kept all the good things, and added far more. One of the unique things about this game, and that caught my eye right away, is the ability to custom-design your units. There's probably millions of different units once you figure all the possible combinations. There's also a really cool social engineering setup that basically equates to a design-a-government system. The benefits of this can be super-fast growth, production, lots of money, or a lot of other effects. All things considered, this game is spectacular if you're into turn-based strategies, and great even if you're not. It does take a little bit to get a feel for what you can do if you're not familiar with the Civilization line, but once you do, you'll love it. One warning though: If you only want a real-time strategy, or want to see lots of blood and guts flying, don't get this game. Otherwise, try it out.

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