Sid Meier, one of the best designers in gaming industry in my opinion, has done it again. It's true that Alpha Centauri looks, feels and plays a lot like Civ games and that's the real beauty of it. Assuming you win the Civilization by achieving the space victory, Alpha Centauri tells the tail of your settlers in space. The fractions work much better than Civilization II's (which was the latest Civ game when this title was released) not-so-different nations. Like all other games in the genre, this one is also easy to learn, difficult to master. It may be "Civ in Space" but the idea behind the games are taken even further and the formula is polished (and it shines with perfection).
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