4X strategy game 'Pandora: First Contact - Gold Edition' now available for Linux on GOG, also on sale

Pandora: First Contact - Gold Edition, the science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game from Proxy Studios can now be found for Linux gamers on GOG.

Disclosure: GOG provided me with a key.

It's been a long time since I played Pandora: First Contact, but I do remember it fondly for being a rather good 4X game in the spirit of Alpha Centauri, while also still very much being its own game.

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The Gold Edition that GOG has is essentially the main game, along with the Eclipse of Nashira DLC. The DLC makes the game a fair bit more interesting, with all the newer covert warfare mechanics.

It's not the newest of games, but if you're a fan of strategy games and you've not looked at it before it's a worthy choice to put a lot of time into. As you can imagine, a game of this kind has a pretty big feature list and it will take you time to learn it all, it's interesting though and looks pretty good graphically too.

I still love the intro to this game, with spaceships arriving at the planet Nashira, with ships flying down and it fades out as you see a ship enter the atmosphere, then it directly drops you into the game with you landing in the background—slick!

The initial font size is a little on the small side, if you also find that's the case go into the Settings, then into Video and select "Plain - Large" from the Font Style drop-down box, it makes it much clearer and makes for an easier time on the eyes.

The copy from GOG worked perfectly without issues for me. Find Pandora: First Contact on GOG and Steam. It's actually on sale on GOG with 69% off which is a fantastic deal.