Once you hit 100% support, they will join your civilization, after which your influence can only be lost by direct combat with another civ. Hitting 50% support from a populace will net you 50% of that planet’s resource production, and 75% gets you 100% of resources generated by the planet. The amount of support you’ll get for completing a mission depends on the difficulty of the encounter, which also dictates the value of the rewards.
The lack of branching technology does admittedly make for less diversity in replaying the game, but figuring out where you want to focus your research and min/maxing to your heart’s content is a surprisingly fun substitute for making tough tech decisions.Īt the start, you’ll be sending your fleet on what amount to peacekeeping missions around the galaxy to garner favor with the various planetary systems. Instead, you’ll just be doing incremental upgrades to ship systems, like 25% damage bonus for Lasers. The tech in Starships is hyper-simplified compared to the tech web from BE, so don’t expect branching tech decisions. You’ll research tech, build cities to bolster general production, construct buildings for specific productivity boosts, as well as construct wonders and maintain your fleet. The strategic layer is, at its core, a Civ-lite experience.
For example, picking Sochua and Supremacy gives you both a wonder and two free starting technologies, which can combine to offer insane bonuses if the RNG is kind to you, or if you’re not opposed to restarting until it is.
The real fun in choosing how to start, though, comes from finding the synergies that help maximize the benefits. The affinities offer a free wonder, reduced repair costs for your ships, or doubled rewards from completing missions. The eight leaders offer a wide array of benefits, from free starting technologies to an extra ship in your fleet at the beginning of the game. Instead of just choosing a leader, you’ll be picking both a leader to start with and an affinity, which you’ll recognize from Beyond Earth.
The starting conditions in Starships will dictate to some extent how you play your game. The strategic layer of galactic conquest and the tactical layer for ship battles intertwine gracefully for a robust experience that doesn’t require the dozens of hours that a game of Civ takes. Sid Meier’s Starships, developed in tandem with Civilization: Beyond Earth and meant to be a narrative successor to the Civ-in-space title, is surprisingly deep for something you can play on the iPad.
Though specific details were not revealed, Beyond Earth and Starships may share some cross-connectivity that will benefit gamers who own both games.Developed by Firaxis Games Published by 2K Released March 12th Available on PC, Mac, iPad Reviewed on PC Review copy provided by publisher. The latest chapter in Sid Meier's game lineup allows users to control a fleet of starships as they journey through the universe completing a variety of missions that expand the influence of their federation. "What has become of our long-lost brothers and sisters from the planet Earth? My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration." "What happens after we colonize our new home and eventually build starships to take to the stars?" he said. Sid Meier's Starships builds upon the success of last year's Civilization: Earth Beyond, moving beyond the initial colonization of planets to the world of space exploration. The interstellar strategy game was developed by a small team at Firaxis who worked closely with Meier on the game's design. Civilization designer Sid Meier along with 2K and Firaxis Games have announced a new game, Sid Meier's Starships, reports Gamespot.