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November 14, 2013

Pandora: First Contact

Pandora: First Contact
7.6
metacritic
Based on 12 Reviews
69
Release date
November 14, 2013
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Publisher
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Platform
Mode(s)
Single-player
Web-site

Summary

Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale, inspired by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

In the future, factions have risen up from opportunities and ideologies independent of governments. Private corporations and religious movements have started wars over greed, ideology and power. Many have died and many lands lay in ruin. Planet Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain.

Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world many light-years away. The most powerful factions have gathered their best men and women to send on a long journey to Pandora.

Far from desolate, the earth-like planet has been found to host a plethora of indigenous life forms. While the gigantic monstrosities inland and at the oceans seem relatively calm, human-sized bugs and fungus are threatening to stop mankind's expansion.

As the various factions strive to take control, each will research and develop numerous new technologies, discovering new weapons and industry, whilst opening trade agreements and forging alliances with other factions to gain a foothold. As they spread, they will discover ancient ruins from alien civilizations that will grant them advantages over their rivals.

Pandora: First Contact System Requirements

🤏 Minimum Requirements

OS:
Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
CPU:
Intel Core 2 or equivalent
RAM:
2 GB RAM
GPU:
OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 256 MB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series / ATI Radeon 9500 series)
HDD:
1 GB available space

👍 Recommended Specs

OS:
Windows 7
CPU:
Intel Core i3 or equivalent
RAM:
4 GB RAM
GPU:
OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB VRAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 series / ATI Radeon HD 4870 series)
HDD:
2 GB available space

Pandora: First Contact Trailer

Critic Reviews12

Pandora offers a stiff challenge, and will keep space-faring strategists happy until Civilization: Beyond Earth breaches the event horizon later this year.
July 22, 2014
68
Inspired by the classic Alpha Centauri, it looks like a modern version at first glance, but lacks the depth and long term motivation.
April 27, 2014
Pandora: First Contact delivers very decent spiritual successor to Alpha Centauri, but it unfortunately falls short on some aspects. It needs more focus on the story, diplomacy and the endgame in general.
February 13, 2014

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