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The first time I sent out a gunboat to explore the waters of my world in Rising Tide, a giant squid lashed its tentacles onto it and destroyed the vessel.
That’s just one of the dangers from the deep that players face in this expansion for Civilization: Beyond Earth, which debuts on Windows PCs this fall for $30. Published by Take-Two Interactive’s 2K Games label and developed by Firaxis Games, Rising Tide focuses on civilizations with floating cities on watery worlds. The expansion is the first major expansion pack for Beyond Earth, the latest version of Civilization set in a future when humanity colonizes the stars. Rising Tide is an important downloadable content (DLC) addition that is aimed at keeping gamers loyal to Civilization: Beyond Earth well after its initial 2014 launch.
Joseph at Skewed and Reviewed has posted a negative review of the latest expansion of Beyond Earth. He did not like the way that he found the strategy and diplomacy side of things throttled and as such could not fully enjoy the game.
The new Humble Bundle is here featuring plenty of Firaxis Games classics, ranging the gambit from XCOM to Sid Meier’s Civilization. The charity of choice is Action Against Hunger.
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