I would like to see a other time periode or a Star wars total conversion

I can not beleive this video isn’t more popular, just an amazing work.

Remake of Alpha centauri please FIRAXIS!

Bought this game when it came out in '99 and have been pretty much in love with this game ever since!!!!?!!! 💪♥️🙌🙌🙌🙌🎂🎂🎂🎂🎯🥚🍌🥦🥯🍣🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕✈️🥞🎱

Ngl I had an idea for a game that if New Blood made it with there talent... they would hit it out of the park. However I know no one would care and I'm not a developer so... yeah lol Also love this video it was HIGHLY Informative to my curiosity. Thank you for taking the time to make it !

It was 1999 this was one of my first games I ever purchased. Mind worms were my best solders lol.

this needs more views dude great video!

I love this game. Best 4x hands down. The order system is game changing and solves to the grind factor in the late game that other 4x just don't.

Firaxis should remake this remarkable game again with modern graphics with the same factions, whose personalities and different values made this game so very special.

I remember finding my uncle's physical copy years ago and giving it a try sadly I lost the disc years ago but was able to get dirt and keep it on GOG I should give the game another go but the older I get the more I think I have ADHD or something.

This game looks better when played on intended resolution. The demo video has weird zoom-in and three times wider monitor than people used to have.

i seriously wish this game had more up to date graphics, looks sweet

I’ve not yet played Alpha Centauri, but I want to - especially after watching this video. As much as a fan of sandbox strategy like Civ as I am, I love the idea of that but with a story to tell too. I will say however that I do really like Beyond Earth. Not saying it’s better than Alpha Centauri (especially since I haven’t played it yet and can’t compare) - but I still like it a lot and enjoy playing it. They are different games, and I hope we can stop with the comparisons and have peace between fans of both games.

There are community patches that make the game more modernity-friendly (UI scaling) and slightly improve AI. Worth checking out.

Beyond Earth was my first Civ and I still hold it near and dear to my heart. Going into it without the expectation that it would be Alpha Centauri 2.0 - with no expectations at all really - I had a much better time with it than many. The sci-fi setting and branching techtree was way more interesting to me than the linear retelling of history other Civ games provided. But even back then, 12 years ago, the cries of dissappointment intrigued me. If I alreadly loved BE so much, how much more would I love that game everyone else seemed dissappointed that BE wasn't? What was that mysterious Alpha Centauri everybody loves like? And now that BE of all games is having a surprising resurgence, I wonder again, is it finally time for me to get its much beloved predecessor? Now that I earn my own money, now that I can buy my own games. Your video might just be the push to finally give it a try.

Considering getting this on sale. Thinking of getting this and 3 of the expansions. The ones that add events. I am a sandbox person. I think it would be $35 usd total. Love Crusader Kings 3 and enjoy Civ. Any advice? Should I pull the trigger or just play CK3? Btw I have a degree in history to add to info. Thanks for any advice/tips and for the video

If anyone decides to pick it up. Get the community fixes. Save a lot in case of game crashes.

good video, thumbs up

OK you sold it. Will try it.

This was a very good, very informative review. I will now buy this game, thanks to your review. I'll go explore the rest of your videos now.

I remember in 1999 when the demo of SMAC had come out in a local gaming magazine 's CD. I had installed it and was blown away. Previously there had been Civ 2 and some sci-fi mods for it. SMAC immediately had fealt as something serious in mankind 's future. A fictional future that's not cheesy or not about aliens. It was an instant classic. Still to this day the best 4x. Rainfall, terraforming, sea farmers, unit design system and so many other concepts that made it great. Unbelievable still today.

The Thinker mod improves the AI even more. I thought I was safe on my island, being able to pick off invading transports with planes, and then Miriam or Yang uses terraforming to build a land bridge and march a doomhorde of units over it! I also had Yang save one of his sea bases from my ship attacks by raising terrain and making it a land base.

I've been watching several reviews of this game in the past days and I was on the fence about buying but you convinced me by a wide margin. great video!!!

LİKED İT

Been playing since 99, well not every day or anything. Have built a few factions of my own and done a lot of tinkering with the files. It's an amazing game that only gets better as you peel away the layers.. within layers.

Loved this game!

Okay, you did make a good argument. Maybe I should give it another go. It's a great game ... on paper. But playing it is a draaaaag. Part of it might be all the events but the real BIG issue is you play the same tech for basically the whole game. So that means there is nothing "entertaining" or "fun" to aim toward except number crunching and gaining territory. Sure, there is research but it's all happening in the back of the engine.

Use Thinker mod for better AI.

Beware of he who would deny you access to information,...

I bought it a couple of years ago on steam, after stealing a CD years ago and playing it, not realizing it wasn't ours lol. Absolutely amazing, on par with Dune for how it looks at the possibility of humanity in bringing about its own destruction or salvation (barring the aliens in AC, but humanity still had to put in the work to make it right).

obligatory *We must dissent.* comment

Ya know what, I've still got the install CDs for SMAC. It's Friday night, and my chores are done. I ... I think my weekend has just been firmly booked. Either Miriam and her stern Believers, or Morgan & his wacky an-caps need my help!

Really underselling the philosophical and ideological content here. SMAC stands out in the field with few others for its depth in these areas.

Been wanting to play this for so long, I even have the original CD for it somewhere. But I've always felt like turn-based is a slog having grown up on RTS like AoE and original StarCraft, so I generally shy away from turn based. But always wanted to do a playthrough. This definitely nudges me more in that direction.

Arguably the only game that had a soul.

Alpha Centauri has probably had a bigger impact on me than any other game I've ever played. & I say this as someone who played it on launch - I'll always endorse more folks tryin' it out

This video is really high quality. Hope there are coming more. Conquer the algorithm.

This and Deus Ex.

A Duke Nukem movie...

Best game ever. So foundational to me being me

It was already bad back then.

i tried watching, but constant cutting into the schlubby guy was such a turnoff

the best chuby baldish guy eveR. We love you rubber man

I just get crushed :)

My opinion? This is THE BEST GAME ever made!!!!!!!

WE WANT ALPHA CENTAURI REMAKE

How are you getting 'Chrion' from Chiron?

I have been playing this non stop, just uesterday I unlocked the leave cutter ants, I find it amazing that these ants are farmers, while other ants hunt and kill, the leaf cutter ant collects leaves to grow fungi on them and eat the fungi, this game is insane.

I loved this game

I first played this game in 1999 and I still download it every couple of years and play it some more. It just doesn't get old.