A few questions about the game

[Amplitudo]

As a huge 4x fan, I'm very interested in this game. I wish there was a demo I could try.

For those of you who have played it or are familiar with it, could you answer a few questions?

1. How's the AI? Does it pose a competitive challenge?
2. How's the replayability? Is each game different enough that you keep coming back for more?
3. How long does a typical game last? Are we talking 2-3 hours or 8-10 hours?

Thanks!

[A Table]

Will be playing for a while, and will(probably) return with some answers.

[FullMetalSlag]

If the AI is anything like Gladius (their previous game which is pretty similiar) it is pretty competent even on moderate difficulties and downright nasty on the higher ones.

[VonFIDDE]

Really like the look of the game, how quick is the AI turns?

[Infolder]

1. The AI is quite good. I'd even say it's one of the best I've ever seen in 4x games, but this is just my experience.

2. There are 3 tech trees you can combine (if you want), so there's little variety. On the other hand, combat system is excellent and there are 8 different leaders with different bonuses and personal quests. Therefore, the replayability depends on whether it's enough for you to keep coming back.

3. It depends on map size, resesearch speed and amount of AI leaders set before start of the game. But usually it's 10+ hours.

[A Table]

Having played it for a while, I'd say it is a pretty good turn-based RTS.

The AI is fairly competent in most things, and you can tweak it to your liking if neccesary.

Replayability leaves me a bit... mixed? There's a good variety in units, and the large tech tree will take a long while to reach. I can see someone playing it a few times and going for one of the 3 different directions in regards to the units/buildings you can make. Beyond that... the factions seem have little beyond different starting bonuses(that you can also improve with a few tech options). I'd say replayability is... there.

The game can last for quite a while, and depends on the difficulty of the AI. On standard difficuly I'd say you can spend over 10-12 hours in one match before you reach the end-game scenario(that is also tweakable!)

[archmag]

Originally posted by Amplitudo:

3. How long does a typical game last? Are we talking 2-3 hours or 8-10 hours?

Just finished my first game on medium size medium difficulty (all default settings) in 10 hours. It felt like 2 hours though.

AI seems friendly on medium. Even when aliens had advantage they just allied me instead of attacking. And then brought two other factions into the alliance making them sign alliance with me too. AI harrassed enemy factions with a lot of units (I wouldn't want to deal with that many myself).

At the end you get a choice of 3 mutators which can be used to slightly change rules of the game when you start a new one. I got the one which lets you research only neutral or aligned options and locks the other two. I guess collecting all mutators and using them to customize your runs will add some replayability.