Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
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Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is wondrous and bewildering at the same time (review)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is going to be another must-play for fans of the long-lived series. You’ll find it mesmerizing to discover something new with every hexagon you traverse on the alien planet where you’ve landed after humanity takes to the stars, but you’ll also be annoyed that some aspects of the strategy game are more quirky or complex than they have to be.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.