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If you're expecting a space RTS along the lines of Sins of a Solar Empire or ST: Armada or SW: Empires at War, prepare to be sadly disappointed. This is not the space game you're looking for. While the planets look gorgeous, the ships and space stations are hardly anything to look at. Which would be forgiving if at least your ten classes of ships varied and if after arming them with different weapons they looked different, but they don't. The game has some innovative physics (space station motion, assigning fleets to orbit either the planet or the station as it orbits the plant) that can lead to some interesting planetary motion effects. While you can customize your ships, it's a rather bland and uninspiring process. The single-player mission, while somewhat interesting, was like a tired space opera with even worse presentation (bigger, badder, more numerous aliens take over your space empire, you fight to stay alive and eventually rebuild your space empire all the while looking for a lost loved one caught behind enemy lines). The story is told through your 'interactive' - though completely linear and without choice - RPG-like responses to superiors, comrades and your own ship's AI but most are long, drawn out, and completely unnecessary (not to mention you can't skip through or speed them up). I didn't get very far through the campaign mission before I lost interest. The in-game physics engine had potential to make things interesting. The rest of the game completed killed the redeeming qualities of that potential. Not one of the worst game I've played, but I wouldn't recommend it either unless you just want to spend a few evenings playing with fleets orbiting planets and space stations. This game just doesn't have a fun-factor associated with it.Read full review
The gameplay is pretty inflexible, I use the granddaddy of all these genres Master of Orion 2. And considering how recently this game was produced, it lacks in every way. The game interface is clunky even if it is simplistic, and perhaps that is the problem, for such a controlled way of playing the gameplay and interface are really primitive. I would not recommended it especially if you have played, Master of Orion, Star Control or Sword of the Stars.
Do yourself a favor and buy Sins of a Solar Empire if you want a game like this. This game is one of the worst PC games I have played in a long time. The graphics are glitchy and the voice acting is as bad as it gets.
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