Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Complete with Alien Crossfire Expansion Review

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(More customer reviews)An excellent empire building and management game.
There is also much dark sci-fi going on.
The variety of customizable factions and units along with the inclusion of terraforming makes replay value high.
Over the years I have played this for an embarrassing number of hours until I just can't play it anymore. Perhaps my highest praise is this: I wish I had never seen it so that I could start all over again.
The only down side I can report is that late in the game, especially on large maps, there is considerable lag between turns. This is reduced with modern CPUs but not eliminated.
The voice acting is superb and there was obviously a great deal of thought put into the tech tree. The graphics by today's standards are crude. Doesn't matter. Get it, enjoy the time to explore it, maybe find Vel's Strategy guide when you want to up your game.

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City Life World Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)As a long-time player of SimCity, I was attracted to City Life World Edition because of both its similarities to SimCity and its differences.
At first, City Life World Edition appears to be a bit simplistic, but it is far from that. Building a city of millions of people in a wide variety of terrains and climates, while not spending all of your funds on the necessary infrastructure, is very challenging and very rewarding. The game offers a sandbox mode, but the scenarios provide a "gold key" upon winning, and the gold key opens up new maps.
The beautiful graphical interface allows the player to walk around the city at a zoom level that provides amazing detail. Watch your inhabitants as they go about their day, and view first-hand the effect your city design has on them.
There is now a Vista patch for this game, and it runs smoothly under Vista Home Premium on my computer. Running it on Windows XP SP2 is also trouble-free, in my experience. No game will ever run perfectly for everyone, though, but I have had no problems with it.
The Building Customization Editor (which enables the user to create his/her own buildings and import them into the game) is convoluted and basically without documentation. The Map Editor is also difficult to use. But given the fact that the building and map editors are not part of the core game, I have given this game a 5-star rating for its beautiful graphics, unique features, and endless possibilities for either easy or challenging play.


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