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I still remember the day when my father came home with this game in his hand. He gave it to me and said: "This is an interesting game, you should try it out and you will learn a lot from it". I never imagined he will be so spot on. We both spend countless hours playing this game. Now, 15 years later I still remember the game with fondness and go for a run at least once a year. Actually last year I completed the game with 4 factions each with different victories. (Miriam - Population; Provost - Transcendence; Sparta - Conquest; Morgan - Economic). This is such a good game I might call it perfect. I had high hopes with Sid and his Beyond Earth, which was not a bad game, but it just has so little replay value in my opinion. While Alpha Centauri just seems to have infinite replay value.

Hearthstone, Heroes of Visa. If you did not start playing this game back in the beta you are going to have a very difficult time earning your cards in this game. I admit the game has it's fun, but as a new player it's very difficult to win unless you throw the buck. And the funny thing is that even throwing the buck wouldn't ensure you win, because the packs are totally random and you can easily get up to 60 packs with no legendary (that is about 60-70$). And even if you do get the legendary, it can be a horrible one. So unless you actually overflow them with $$$ you will likely not be on par with most of the active players. All in all this game has a spectacular, but also evil design.

This is a challenging puzzler with a very interesting and original idea of story. It's not easy to get all the stars, I spent hours to find certain stars and the experience and the sense of accomplishment that you get are unique. But what kept me the most hooked in this game was the story, very well done. A truly unique game.