Although ancient monoliths are scattered on the planet, there is no serious threat that acts as a wild card that could quickly swing allegiances or change the balance of power. The terrain on Alpha Centauri includes mountains, oceans and areas of fungus, which need to be removed, but no sentient aliens seem to be present. Instead of roaming barbarian tribes, players face "mind worms" that randomly attack bases and units. The only criticism is that while the world does look different, it isn't overly alien in nature. The graphics and look of Alpha Centauri are quite alien, but the game doesn't seem unlike other Sid Meier titles. It's here that players can more closely monitor resource collection and output to determine if a base is actually using more than it is producing. Bases, which are present instead of cities, are used to gather resources and also to build improvements and units. The units, interface and graphics are reminiscent of Sid Meier's previous games, but this is an example of "if it isn't broken, don't fix it." The system worked fine before and the tweaks have made it better. Like Civilization, Alpha Centauri is played in turn-based sequences, mainly because there is so much to do. Instead of these settlers from Earth arriving without incident and setting up a utopia, they break into seven factions, each with a dogma and ideology that is completely incompatible with the others.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is an excellent sequel to Civilization and Civilization II with the colonization ship arriving on a strange world far from Earth and without any contact from home.
With his latest title, it isn't so much that Sid Meier has done it again, but rather he's done more.
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