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23 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 6.3 hrs on record (6.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: Sep 18, 2014 @ 12:49am

This game came so close to being the best 4x game ever created, but they lacked possibly the most important feature that most games lack... an intelligent AI. You have the power to micromanage every detail in a vast galactic empire which very quickly becomes tedious so you turn over certain parts of your reign to your artificial intelligence that proceeds to fly around in circles or protect the worst possible things to protect. This problem is only compounded with your opponents because they too are working under a faulty artificial intelligence that doesn't know how to defend itself. I am rating the game so highly because it really did come close, but I find the game unplayable so I cannot recommend it.

7/10
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Roboman Sep 27, 2014 @ 12:04am 
Yeah, game was sold before it was completed. Unacceptable. It just takes about 100 hrs or so of game play until you realize that the game wasn't finished.
Shadow Fox Sep 26, 2014 @ 2:34pm 
I am very torn about this game which is why I gave it a 7/10 but still a thumbs down. I think it needs several AI patches before a full thumbs up.
Seschwa Sep 22, 2014 @ 2:17am 
I've noticed some very clever AI - in one instance an enemy fleet jumped in and opened up a hole in my monitoring stations. Before my construction ships were able to replace the lost stations, fleets had already jumped through my defenses and attacked one of my (at the time undefended) keyhole planets.

... At the same time, there are definitely instances where the AI is lacking - but for my $.02 I think it's competent to provide a challenge.