14 DAY TRIAL // Civilization: Beyond Earth takes players to an entirely new world and that gives the development team at Firaxis the chance to introduce some new ideas to the classic franchise in order to challenge gamers in new ways and increase the replay value of the title.
The company tells Polygon that the recently revealed Affinities, which determine how players relate to their own human nature, will be some of the biggest choices that they will be able to make.
They explain, “We want players to have to adapt to their surroundings and the actions of other players. The affinity paths get you to focus on different gameplay solutions depending on the situation. It really lets the player push their own personality into the experience.”
Gamers can choose to remain as human as possible, to embrace the new possibilities opened up by the alien world or to further integrate with technology.
Each path will boost their own abilities and will lead to strong competitions with rival factions that have made other strategic choices, with effects that will be visible in the diplomacy panel.
Civilization: Beyond Earth will be launched before the end of the year on the PC and the fan community is seeing it as a successor to the classic Alpha Centauri.