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Article #716571Re: GOG's Alpha Centauri now includes Alien Crossfire
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:46
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:46
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On Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:29:43 -0700, PW <emailaddyinsig@ifIremember.com> wrote: >On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:11:32 -0500, "MetalGuru" <fake@mail.com> wrote: > >>And its priced at $3. >> >>You heard that right, three US dollars for the original game plus expansion. >> >>Is it Christmas yet? >> >>http://www.gog.com/gamecard/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri >> >> >> > >Might have to get it, but it came out in 1999. Icky graphics I guess. It's a turn-based strategy game utilizing tiled maps. It's lacking the bells'n'whistles of Civilization 5 but really there's only so much you can do with the genre. Various hacks let you bypass the 1024x768 resolution as well. Anyway, who plays 4X games for the graphics? It's the gameplay that matters, and that AC has in spades.
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