Awhile ago when Civilization 5 was announce, I was fairly disappointed because although I like the play mechanics, I'm sick of repeating world history, I didn't even bother to play Civ 4 and probably won't play Civ 5 because I'm that disinterested. I figured I dig up my copy of Alpha Centauri. I've been playing it for the last couple of days. I've played through to victory several times since it came out in 1999 and I still don't have a lot of the games depth explored.

I really wish Sid Meier, or whoever makes games in his name, would revisit this game again instead of doing Civilization 6 or whatnot. Researching high temperature superconductors and space elevators is a lot more fun than learning about fire for the fifth time. Not to mention that dividing factions along ideology is a lot more interesting and effective than nation states. The futuristic technology also closes that big plot hole that your leader lives for hundreds or thousands of years. It's also much cooler to sneak a couple transports loaded with Planet Busters next to an unsuspecting rival and wipe half his cities off the map.