<s>
Sid	O
Meier	O
's	O
Civilization	O
:	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
,	O
4X	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Civilization	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
Firaxis	O
Games	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
2K	O
Games	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
November	O
27	O
,	O
2014	O
and	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Alpha	B-Application
Centauri	I-Application
,	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
shares	O
much	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
concepts	O
which	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
1999	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
titled	O
Rising	B-Application
Tide	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beyond	O
Earth	O
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
game	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
hexagonal-based	O
grid	O
,	O
iterating	O
the	O
ideas	O
and	O
building	O
upon	O
the	O
engine	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Civilization	B-Application
V	I-Application
.	O
Co-lead	O
designer	O
David	O
McDonough	O
described	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
by	O
saying	O
"	O
The	O
bones	O
of	O
the	O
experience	O
are	O
very	O
much	O
recognisably	O
Civ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
game	O
technologies	O
that	O
were	O
present	O
in	O
previous	O
Civilization	O
titles	O
are	O
now	O
available	O
very	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
,	O
as	O
some	O
developers	O
put	O
it	O
during	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
game/interview	O
,	O
players	O
are	O
not	O
"	O
reinventing	O
the	O
wheel	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
designing	O
the	O
tech	O
web	O
,	O
the	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
team	O
began	O
by	O
going	O
to	O
the	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
on	O
Alpha	B-Application
Centauri	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
reading	O
books	O
the	O
article	O
listed	O
as	O
sources	O
of	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Alpha	B-Application
Centauri	I-Application
designer	O
Brian	O
Reynolds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
to	O
support	O
AMD	O
's	O
Mantle	B-Application
API	I-Application
in	O
a	O
post-announcement	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2015	O
,	O
Firaxis	O
announced	O
Sid	B-Application
Meier	I-Application
's	I-Application
Starships	I-Application
,	O
a	O
standalone	O
title	O
that	O
builds	O
upon	O
the	O
narrative	O
of	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
,	O
featuring	O
space	O
fleet-based	O
exploration	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
galaxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LORE	O
(	O
Low	O
Overhead	O
Rendering	O
Engine	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
engine	O
used	O
by	O
Civilization	B-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
the	O
predecessor	O
of	O
Civilization	O
:	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
OpenGL	O
or	O
Direct3D	O
until	O
version	O
11	O
,	O
LORE	O
employs	O
a	O
stateless	O
concept	O
as	O
implemented	O
by	O
Mantle	B-Application
,	O
Direct3D	O
12	O
and	O
Vulkan	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Civilization	O
:	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
officially	O
supports	O
Mantle	B-Application
,	O
no	O
announcements	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
by	O
Firaxis	O
to	O
also	O
implement	O
support	O
for	O
Vulkan	B-Application
or	O
Direct3D	O
12	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sid	O
Meier	O
's	O
Civilization	O
:	O
Beyond	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rising	I-Application
Tide	I-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
official	O
expansion	O
pack	O
for	O
the	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
Civilization	O
:	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
that	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
biggest	O
change	O
in	O
Rising	B-Application
Tide	I-Application
is	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
aquatic	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
major	O
changes	O
,	O
Rising	B-Application
Tide	I-Application
adds	O
two	O
new	O
biomes	O
:	O
frigid	O
,	O
an	O
ice	O
world	O
;	O
and	O
primordial	O
,	O
a	O
geologically	O
active	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Russ	O
Pitts	O
from	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
87/100	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
reactive	O
AI	O
,	O
huge	O
variety	O
of	O
alien	O
lifeforms	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
orbital	O
layer	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
fun	O
,	O
new	O
twist	O
and	O
an	O
engaging	O
tactical	O
element	O
to	O
Civ	B-Application
5	I-Application
’s	O
already	O
finely	O
tuned	O
tactical	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
being	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
Civilization	B-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
occasionally	O
confusing	O
and	O
anticlimactically	O
concluded	O
quests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Tan	O
from	O
Game	O
Revolution	O
praised	O
the	O
strong	O
contextual	O
setting	O
,	O
but	O
added	O
that	O
several	O
issues	O
from	O
Civilization	B-Application
V	I-Application
have	O
been	O
left	O
unaddressed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
limited	O
diplomacy	O
and	O
trade	O
between	O
civilizations	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
indicators	O
which	O
he	O
stated	O
"	O
plagues	O
the	O
game	O
throughout	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
strains	O
the	O
experience	O
unnecessarily	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
passive	O
AI	O
,	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
that	O
rarely	O
work	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
personality	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
improvement	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
predecessor	O
,	O
and	O
too	O
great	O
a	O
similarity	O
to	O
Civilization	B-Application
V	I-Application
in	O
both	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
pacing	O
,	O
and	O
visual	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
summarized	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
Beyond	O
Earth	O
"	O
itself	O
feels	O
incomplete	O
and	O
regressive	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
many	O
changes	O
made	O
to	O
Civ	B-Application
V	I-Application
's	O
formula	O
throughout	O
its	O
lifespan.	O
"	O
</s>
