![]() ![]() Life on the new planet wasn’t about to get any better, however, since the colonists split into seven philosophically distinct factions prior to their arrival, and founded seven different colonies around the planet. In Alpha Centauri’s story, this was less a triumph of technology and more of a necessary escape from an Earth that had been torn apart by environmental catastrophe. What kind of game casts a 20-year shadow?Īlpha Centauri was the spiritual and narrative sequel to Civilization, picking up after a Civ match has been ‘won by launching a spaceship to another star. It topped countless lists of the greats, and for many it is still unsurpassed, especially in the 4X genre. ![]() And Sid Meier gave us 4X games with his magnum opus: Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri.įor some time, Alpha Centauri was the undisputed greatest game of all time. Planescape: Torment wove an interactive story that remains unequalled. The Longest Journey was the Last Good Adventure Game. EverQuest launched a thousand MMO addictions. In 1999, Counter-Strike and Team Fortress Classic founded the team-based shooter. Perhaps it was the fear of imminent annihilation from the Y2K bug, but never before or since have so many groundbreaking, genre-defining and defying games been released at once. It’s been over two decades since the greatest year for PC gaming: 1999. ![]()
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