Humanity must be preserved in its current form, and grow strong in spite of any indigenous critters who might try to tear their cities down. The Purity civilization can only see the new planet as a corrupting alien force that must be held back with high walls and turrets. Purityĭo you like huge levitating battle tanks? If so, the Purity affinity is for you. The Harmony player unravels the mystery of the planet and communes with its collective consciousness to achieve a state of transcendence. Each affinity also has its own victory condition. Harmony architecture is smooth and organic, replicating the aesthetics of alien fauna. In fact, the ground unit trajectory for Harmony, they look like Football players, huge genetically modified guys.'Īs you adopt an affinity over the course of many turns, you'll start to see your cities and units change. 'They're not space elves, they're still very tough. You get to play these big alien things at the end of the game, they even ride them. 'The Harmony player can take advantage of all the things that are threatening to you in the beginning of the game,' co-lead designer Will Miller explains, 'even to the extent that they start to design their own alien creatures. They can learn to utilise the lingering miasma that poisons other factions, and can build units that weaponise the planet's most dangerous creatures. Harmony citizens learn from the ruined Earth they've left behind, and try to build cities that incorporate the systems they see in alien nature. As the name suggests, the Harmony path focuses on learning to live with the indigenous creatures on the plant you've settled.

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