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I'm still a little sad that they're making a new Alpha Centauri style game when they could be making a new Master of Orion style game. But I am curious how this will play out. I never did like all the gameplay changes Alpha Centauri made to the Civilization formula (a lot of them just seemed unnecessary and confusing), so I'll be curious how this version plays out.
look how wrong you are how does it feel to be this wrong
Say what you like. Master of Orion II is the best 4X game ever created, and easily the best sci-fi game in the genre as well.

As for SMAC... While the game did a lot right, especially with the handling of factions, overall, I prefer the mechanics of the Civilization games. If I had a choice of which to play, I'd go back to Civilization II Fantastic Worlds over SMAC. I just prefer the gameplay. Maybe it was because I'd played so many Civilization games before, but the changes to building and colony control just really felt off to me.