[ExI] Transhumanist exploration game (Adrian Tymes)

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Wed Nov 18 08:48:08 UTC 2015


On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Jay Dugger <jay.dugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I feel tempted to mention Sid Meier's Beyond Earth, but haven't yet
> played that either.


Generic sci-fi; I find it quite playable if a bit bland.  Yes it has
transhumanist victory conditions, but those are not the only ones available.

> There are other games, such as Deus Ex, that claim to touch on it but
> > mainly as a source of nifty powers rather than exploring the themes.
>
> I think you do the original game of Deus Ex a bit of a disservice
> here, but I generally agree.
>

Granted, I haven't played Deus Ex myself; I'm just going on what I've heard.
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