The Chungsu faction is one of the few that can land on water immediately. So while naval combat and exploration are still key factors in any smart ruler’s strategy, this expansion brings cities–complete with all their commerce, resources, and hardworking people–into the waves. For the first time, Rising Tide lets you colonize the seas. There’s a sense of otherworldliness here that earlier Civilizations don’t contain.Īlthough there are still five paths to victory, both peaceful and otherwise, the methods of reaching them have changed. This is a world of exo suits, plasma weapons, and sterile, bulbous architecture. The chariots and compound bows of human history are absent. And despite a few cloying issues, Rising Tide’s changes make for a more balanced, and more memorable, empire-building experience.Īs in Beyond Earth, Rising Tide puts you in the throne–or council chamber, depending on the leader you choose to be–as you guide your civilization to victory on alien planets in the distant future. It doesn’t just add content to the sci-fi strategy game–it reimagines certain systems altogether, and brings real characters into the formula. Of all the things Civilization: Beyond Earth’s first expansion accomplishes, the greatest is this: it sorts through centuries of war, politics, and future technology, to reveal the personalities behind it all.ĭeveloper Firaxis Games has a reputation for making bold expansions, and Rising Tide is no exception.
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