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The era of colonization is over and a new age of exploration has begun – now you can expand your colony into caves and lava tubes under the surface. Surviving Mars: Below and Beyond is now available on GOG.COM!

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It's nice to see a DLC for a game so long after its release, and I mean a proper DLC with content, not just building skins as before.

Sadly it's not included for Surviving Mars - First Colony Edition owners. But again, Season Pass only mentioned 'two full expansions and two content packs', so they aren't obliged to provide it for FCE owners. But still. Paradox.
Post edited September 07, 2021 by zeffyr
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zeffyr: It's nice to see a DLC for a game so long after its release, and I mean a proper DLC with content, not just building skins as before.

Sadly it's not included for Surviving Mars - First Colony Edition owners. But again, Season Pass only mentioned 'two full expansions and two content packs', so they aren't obliged to provide it for FCE owners. But still. Paradox.
And the game was also updated, but with no changelog.
So, uh, Season Pass doesn't include this? Looking at it says "first two expansions" and not "everything ever" like it should have been. Is this somehow the 3rd? I only see one other at this price point/full expansion listing (Green Planet). The rest are just mini-things.
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Maxvorstadt: And the game was also updated, but with no changelog.
Below and Beyond Changelog
Game version

PC: 7299998
PlayStation: 01.25
Xbox: 1.0.0.28

Below and Beyond

Underground

A new area to explore right beneath your colony. Uncovering what the Martian Underground has been hiding from us, perhaps we can even find something rivaling our wonders.
Expand your colony into the Underground, providing shelter against the hazards from the surface and bringing you closer to richer deposits.
Be careful, as there may be underground marsquakes that can lead to dangerous cave-ins.



Asteroids

Venture to asteroids as they fly past Mars, giving you a limited window to visit them.
Set up temporary mining outposts to extract as many rewards as you can from each asteroid.
Bring back Exotic Minerals, a new resource exclusive to asteroids, to improve your colony on the Martian surface and its underground.
Some asteroids may not be as they appear and have a mystery to solve while you are on them.



Recon & Expansion tech

Unlock multiple specialized buildings, rockets, and upgrades in the underground and on asteroids.
Gain benefits and upgrades for your entire colony.



Free Update

New Building:

Amphitheater - a new building to comfort your colonists and increase tourists' satisfaction.



UI Improvements:

Construction Ranges - You can now hold CTRL (Y on Xbox and Triangle on Playstation) to see dust ranges of other buildings and other relevant ranges.
Reorder tech queue - You can now easily adjust the order of techs within your research queue.
Leak Icons - Cable and Pipe leaks now show icons above them so you can easily locate them.
Cycle Grids - You can now cycle through different power grids and life support grids by clicking on power or oxygen and water in the top bar.
Extended Resource info - We expanded the Top UI tooltips with more information per resource.



More Colony Control:

Custom Colony Name - Change your colony's name to best fit your colony.
Dome birth limit - Besides allowing and forbidding births, you can now also allow births as long as the dome still has available living space.
Must include Filter - Colonist filters now have an option to include all colonists with a certain trait or specialization, even if they have undesired traits.



Balance Changes:

Rebalanced the Door to Summer event.
School Spire; reduced the odds of the genius trait being given.
Smart Apartments; reduced resident slots and increased maintenance cost.
Medical Post; reduced number of colonists that can use it per shift and increased service comfort.



Known issues

Asteroids:

Drones that are “busy” with transporting resources do not get added to the cargo of a Lander rocket when the asteroid moves out of range. This can occasionally cause a crash
After salvaging an asteroid lander, its contents are dumped on the landing pad. Any drones and RCs part of the cargo can not be used
Pin menu does not show incoming Asteroid Landers from Asteroids
There is no warning about an unloaded cargo when launching a rocket back to Earth
Drones occasionally try to get to the unreachable area on Asteroids in order to gather resources
The camera is out of the map if the player clicks on the Astronomer's pin while s/he is in orbit (Dying Wish mystery)



Underground:

Even after clearing debris, the area is uneven and unbuildable
Some cave-ins are unreachable and therefore cannot be cleared which prevents further exploration.
Shuttles can fly ‘too high’ vertically in the Underground.



Platform specific:

MAC: Many UI images don't show up in the Mac build
Black squares are shown instead of B&B content icons on Epic build (Mac)
This looks super cool and will be a nice addition to GoG. Hope it will do well.
Teaches me not to buy any more Paradox games. I thought the First Colony Edition would have everything future. But no, Paradox is being greedy again.
high rated
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mqstout: So, uh, Season Pass doesn't include this? Looking at it says "first two expansions" and not "everything ever" like it should have been. Is this somehow the 3rd? I only see one other at this price point/full expansion listing (Green Planet). The rest are just mini-things.
The other expansion was Space Race.

If anyone's interested, First Colony Edition doesn't include:

Stellaris Dome Set
In-Dome Buildings Pack
Mars Lifestyle Radio
Below and Beyond

First three are just cosmetics/music, so today's Below and Beyond is the first major content DLC that isn't included in Season Pass (and thus in First Colony Edititon).

But you know what's a funny thing? That they promised otherwise:

"Save with the Season Pass and never miss a single addition -- each one is yours to download as soon as it arrives."

Much fun!
Post edited September 07, 2021 by zeffyr
Make sure to pick up the OST on amazon..?
I'll never understand this, once again, I want a hide game function on gog.
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zeffyr: If anyone's interested, First Colony Edition doesn't include:

Stellaris Dome Set
In-Dome Buildings Pack
Mars Lifestyle Radio
Below and Beyond
You just forgot this one:

Mysteries Resupply Pack

I know, it's free but it isn't included in the First Colony Edition. :)
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blotunga: Teaches me not to buy any more Paradox games. I thought the First Colony Edition would have everything future. But no, Paradox is being greedy again.
Khmm .

Kalypso : Railway Empire - Japan was released after Railway Empire Complete Collection .
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zeffyr: If anyone's interested, First Colony Edition doesn't include:

In-Dome Buildings Pack
Mars Lifestyle Radio
I remember having a discussion with support about this. I think both of these are actually unlocked if you install the game, when you buy First Colony Edition. Which is why I ended up removing those DLCs from my wishlist. Can somebody more knowledgeable about the game verify this?
I see that currently base game is free on Steam (until tomorrow). I guess it's "steam only" and we shouldn't expect something similar on GOG? :P
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zeffyr: If anyone's interested, First Colony Edition doesn't include:

Stellaris Dome Set
In-Dome Buildings Pack
Mars Lifestyle Radio
Below and Beyond

First three are just cosmetics/music, so today's Below and Beyond is the first major content DLC that isn't included in Season Pass (and thus in First Colony Edititon).

But you know what's a funny thing? That they promised otherwise:

"Save with the Season Pass and never miss a single addition -- each one is yours to download as soon as it arrives."
It's hard to trust when they do that, but I guess someone has to pay for ongoing work.

Maybe there will be a Second Season Pass .... Second Colony Edition anyone?

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DD & Ji Ji: Kalypso : Railway Empire - Japan was released after Railway Empire Complete Collection .
Yes, truly annoying that.

Wouldn't be so bad, if they gave us Collection owners a seriously good discount.

I doubt that the additional DLC was a spur of the moment thing. No morals or ethics some of these companies. They should be rewarding their fans, not abusing them.
Post edited September 08, 2021 by Timboli
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DD & Ji Ji: Khmm .

Kalypso : Railway Empire - Japan was released after Railway Empire Complete Collection .
Another example of publisher to avoid