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Pandora is an alright 4x game, it's not Alpah Centauri, though it tries to be, but still good in it's own right. The basic story is that you are a leader of a corporation/faction/band of hippies and becase Earth has been screwed over you are to colinize a new planet and murder the competition. Let's face it, even the research victory still involves eliminationg the competition at the beginning. Against friends it's different, but with the AI you're going to find yourself boged down in some war by either the second ammendment gun lovers or the "God Loves Me But Not You" lady. Now you might be lucky and they're focused on some other faction (or better yet each other) and are wiped out, but if that doesn't happen and you find yourself in their sights be prepared to be swarmed by a neverending flow of easily killed units. All while you're fighting the local fauna and fungus. And then the invaders. But don't worry, the locals and invaders don't scale at all so as soon as you get a few techs they're easily defeated. This all seems to be pointing to this being a bad game, but it's not terrible the indigienous life is a challenge at first, and the alien invasion can really help turn the tide if someone is way in the lead. The only real problem is the AI being only a threat at the beginning, because if you're not lucky and get stuck next to a warmonger, you're dead.