As these slowly start to come in, the headquarters can be upgraded, giving a few more plots of land to claim. They must carefully weigh which of the thirteen resources to go for - yes thirteen different resources need attention. At its base, players found a small HQ and are given a small number of plots of land they can build on. ![]() This has a lot going on to it, which on some extent is part of its undoing. This was of course reflected in the classic Alpha Centauri, and in a multitude leading to this point, where Offworld Trading Company is about destroying the fellow men and women who are supplying distant human colonies with resources. Instead of cooperating against a completely hostile planet, unknown dangers, and unforeseen consequences, most titles instead focus on people who try to smash out the competition, so that they might be the only survivors. ![]() ![]() One has to wonder if it is an innate cynicism in man that is reflected in games about space colonization.
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