Civilization: Beyond Earth

The Civilization Series needs no introduction as everybody knows this turn-based strategy game in which you have to ensure your people thrive while crushing enemies all the same. Civilization: Beyond Earth takes this concept into space: The colonists you sent off at the end of Civilization V have finally reached a planet and are now establishing their presence on it. Settlers from competing factions are also settling in, and there are some alien lifeforms on the planet as well. While the game doesn't introduce any revolutionary new concepts, it's welcome new food for lovers of the genre. Firaxis hasn't designed a completely new engine for Civilization: Beyond Earth, but has refined the engine of Civilization V. The engine is now DirectX 11 only, with a special version for AMD Mantle available. Using the DirectX build, we tested a late-game scene at the highest details setting with almost all tiles occupied by units or buildings.