{"id":12465,"date":"2015-06-12T14:34:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T18:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=12465"},"modified":"2015-06-12T15:07:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T19:07:48","slug":"civilization-beyond-earth-rising-tide-expansion-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/civilization-beyond-earth-rising-tide-expansion-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide Expansion News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Firaxis and 2K Games have announced an expansion for Civilization: Beyond Earth, titled Rising Tide<\/a>. The expansion is said\u00a0to focus on bringing a new dimension to play by allowing the player to colonise on water by building aquatic cities. In an announcement video (below), the developers mention that the expansion will also contain several changes\u00a0to the core game, this includes supporting hybrid affinities\u00a0with unique units and upgrades (see features list at the end), as well as the diplomacy system being overhauled.<\/p>\n

“We’ve also overhauled the diplomacy system; we’ve taken the old diplomacy system out and put a brand new diplomacy system in. This has implications for many parts of the game: the AI, how your personality progresses over the course of the game, lots of changes related to diplomacy in Rising Tide.” –Will Miller, Co-Lead Designer for Beyond Earth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They also mention that aquatic cities will have\u00a0differences in their mechanics from their land-based cousins, though no detail has been given on what these differences are. Naturally,\u00a0new\u00a0aquatic units and\u00a0aquatic creatures are getting added to the game.<\/p>\n

“We are also adding some new features that we think really changes how the game plays. As the title suggests one of the big features we’re adding is the ability to play on the water. Water gameplay is a huge focus for Rising Tide. This includes settling on the water, a slew of new aquatic units, new aquatic aliens, and really differentiated gameplay on the water.”\u00a0–Will Miller<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The game will also contain a new artifact system as players can\u00a0combine these for more powerful bonuses.\u00a0While the original biomes (along with the two new ones introduced) will offer some mechanical differences, and not just be aesthetically different, again no detail on this has been shared.<\/p>\n

“What we wanted to do is change slightly how the game plays per biome so that the selection of the biome is actually a very important decision that you would make at the beginning of the game.”\u00a0–Will Miller<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The expansion should also offer 4 new factions that have a different outlook on the new world than the original factions, one of which\u00a0is actually from a generational ship. The common theme of these new factions\u00a0is strict survival. Unlike the original sponsors who still had a shed of optimism left, these factions were left to fend for themselves, making their\u00a0journey to the stars a far harsher\u00a0one. Firaxis has started revealing the new factions<\/a> one by one, as it did for the original release.<\/p>\n

The developers hope the expansion will help Beyond Earth differentiate itself from the historically-themed Civilization series.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re really trying to redefine what Beyond Earth<\/em> is and ground it in what it ought<\/em> to be, which isn\u2019t just \u2018Civ<\/em> in space\u2019 but \u2018Civilization<\/em> of the future.\u2019” –David McDonough, Co-Lead Designer for Beyond Earth for PCWorld<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s the announcement video where these topics were discussed:<\/p>\n