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Civilization: Beyond Earth's First Expansion Will Take You To The Seas

As such a huge fan of Civilzation IV and V, Beyond Earth just never quite caught my fancy in the same way. The idea of taking Civilization to space should be a winner, yet the game never bit me in the same way it did the others in the franchise.

Having said that, I'm open to it taking over my life with subsequent expansions of which the first was announced today. Rising Tide will bring the game into the alien oceans as a new way to consolidate power.

The proposed improvements are:

• Building floating settlements and accessing natural resources hidden beneath the seas of the alien planet, while alien beasts with unique abilities inhabit the water and challenge players in distinctive ways

• Shaping the diplomatic landscape by upgrading traits, changing diplomatic relationships, and leveraging the benefits of your allies, all with political capital

• Unlocking a dynamic set of Diplomatic Traits while activating different combinations in response to the changing world

• Playing as one of four new factions, including the Al Falah, a group of nomad explorers descended from wealthy and resilient Middle Eastern states

• Investing in multiple Affinities to unlock hybrid Affinity units and upgrades for the first time;

• Collecting and combining alien relics via a new Artifact System that unlocks powerful benefits

• Exploring one of two new biomes, Primordial world, an untamed biome rife with volcanic activity and indicative of a chaotic landscape still forming in the new world

• The expansion will launch this fall for $19.99.

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