Still so buggy you can’t finish a game after investing dozens of hours into it.

I’ve played all the civ games and this one still has a bug on the contact victory that prevents you from activating the beacon. This is after I’ve invested dozens of hours into playing, learning, and finally getting close to a victory. Multiple searches of the internet and 2ks forums show that this bug has been around for a long time. Some indicate that the beacon activation button is hard to see. On my computer, it is non-existent. I’ve spent another hour trying to click where it should be (after looking at other’s screen shots), adjusting my graphics settings, searching 2ks forums and such. I would have submitted a bug report, but their submission process is just too painful with a crummy forum interface and the requirement to sign up. So 2k, you are getting a 2 star rating. You could have been great, but you didn’t execute a sufficient QA plan to the end of the game and you wasted my time.

Don’t even get me started on how this causes my computers fans to sound like jet engines. Starships, no problems, but this game just makes it unpleasant to play with the cosntant whine of the fans.

I’m deleting it forever.

Pacificera about Civilization: Beyond Earth