When a new game begins, the player can choose how many ‘steps’ along the tree are visible, with a default of two. The most obvious and potentially divisive change from the usual 4X formula is a randomised tech tree. Pandora handles the growing hostility of alien life in its own way, however, and deviates subtly but significantly from the cycle of improvements described in the previous paragraph. Yes, there are ideologically distinct factions attempting to colonise a new planet and, yes, that planet eventually turns against the newcomers. It’s also not quite the update of Alpha Centauri that many of its individual elements suggest. Thankfully, Pandora isn’t simply a sci-fi reskin of Civ or Age of Wonders.
An altar becomes a shrine becomes a temple becomes a cathedral. Everything in a 4X tends to be replaceable, recyclable and upgradeable, until the end-point arrives and there simply aren’t any larger numbers to discover.
Buildings are usually improvements, as the very first Civ recognised, tiered buffs studded like barnacles across a city rather than independent structures with an impact outside the central crunch of numbers. All 4X games are in a sense, with players travelling across maps and swinging through the branches of tech trees to gain an upper hand. Pandora: First Contact is a game about escalation. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.
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