Posted on: October 28, 2018

java85u

Games: 64 Reviews: 7

Antology of suck.

So, on the plus side: this does provides entertainment value, in the respect, that you can point and laugh at how bad it is. Now to the actual review: Banking on nostalgia, half baked, lazy cash grab. Not living up to a game released (!)two decades(!) ago in graphics, design or game-play. DRM locked garbage, selling you HALF of a crappy, lazy MOO2 remake and shipping the rest in separate DLCs (I kid you not - the only thing they could've done worse, would be cutting everything after the plasma cannons and leaving you battling with lasers only, before you buy an extra game pack) Oh, and don't forget: it's called MOO. Not MOO4 or Master of Andromeda or whatever. Just MOO. Lol. AND the DLCs are of course named MOO: Origins, MOO: Revelations, MOO: Revolutions, MOO: Armageddon, MOO: Shadow of Meklon, MOO: Rise of Sol, etc. ROFL. Subtitles are so rad. :facepalm: This game is a perfect illustration on EVERYTHING that is wrong with the industry, step by step. Oh. And it has "achievements", because of course it does, we all are in kindergarten and in need of a golden star for every click we make, right? LMAO.

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Posted on: December 16, 2016

kafkaesquire

Verified owner

Games: 45 Reviews: 1

True to original

In all honesty I'm not bothered about the issues people have with the multi-player. I loved the original 2 games and was so let down by MOO3. This feels more like a remake of the original format, quite simple Civ in Space. Great voice acting too. Love a bit of Micheal Dorn!

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Posted on: March 15, 2020

dthmnet

Verified owner

Games: 149 Reviews: 1

Fun Game / Multiplayer is broke

I have enjoyed may of hours playing single player games, but wasted hours trying to get multiplayer working with friends.

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Posted on: November 19, 2016

ribroast

Verified owner

Games: 277 Reviews: 18

Fantastic new game

I almost passed on this title due to the other reviews. I'm so glad I decided to get it though, I can't stop playing it now. I bought every MoO game 2x in the past, even the admittedly bad MoO 3, and I feel this one is the best. It is not a pretty version of MoO 2, if that's what you like. There are those dang star lanes between planets, and your ship can travel across the entire map without a single engine upgrade. The star lanes don't bother me too much, they do add to the strategy in the game, but I generally do not like them. This version of MoO has the definite feel of a Master of Orion game, with modern graphics and a wonderful new interface. The new UI is really one of this games strong points, and you can manage a huge empire very easily with just one button basically. There are not as many races, but they are very well done, with great voice acting and animated sequences. It does get repetitive though, to be expected. The diplomacy in this game is as good as the older titles, and you will be put in difficult positions trying to keep your trading partners happy enough to do business with you. They will constantly expect you to wage war on your other allies, so you will have to choose which "friends" to please at the moment. The one thing I do not like about this game are the victory conditions. After a couple of disappointing games where I either won or lost very unexpectedly, out of the blue, I had to disable several victory conditions in the game options. This always happens just when it is getting interesting. You can choose to play on if you wish, but the game is really over at that point, so it is not as much fun. This is a fine strategy game with many factors to consider. You will have to balance planet upgrades, ship building, research, espionage, (and counter espionage) and your relations with the other races. The games UI makes it easy to manage but it is still up to you to decide how to run your empire.

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Posted on: November 20, 2016

DaiShougun

Verified owner

Games: 148 Reviews: 5

Good dev and good game

This review includes the presumtion - in accordance with the development schedule - that they add leaders, new factions and new victory conditions in December partly as paid, partly as free DLCs. If not, I will update this two stars minus. Leaders are very important and new victory conditions too =) Till then, let the 5 stars be a motivation for the dev =) As of 2016, this is the best looking space 4x tbs not in early access that has espionage without DLC or anything extra purchase - maybe Endless Space 1 is on par as for the looks, but I know many misunderstand that game being not difficult or deep =) The visuals being this much better than in Stellaris or GalCiv III made me wonder =) I thought Stellaris would win, but no. Not at all. Updates come quite frequently, fixing bugs and soon adding new content. I hope the dev will not abandon the game as long as it is not on par with MOO2. Leaders will be a most important, free addition I am very much expecting to see. Without that, the complete orion feel will not transfer. Let me express my opition as for the DRM stuff. I think that since DRM applies only for multiplayer, it is not a serious issue, and also required if you think about it, because you get into one game territory with those having purchased this game in a full DRM environment. I think this is a requirement so that devs can protect the online environment and the users themselves. This is of course the naive and optimistic view =) Game is easy to get into but there are enormous depths to it so I hope the dev gets the support and the positive attitude it needs so that this can be one of the best 4x tbss. I think Endless Space 2 will eventually win the 4x battle this year but we will see =) Today it is a tendency that no matter if a game bears a name of full release or early access, it is almost always early access. Look at galciv III. Early access and expensive like hell and I do not feel it gives a greater experience without the really expensive DLCs than this. I personally think that this has a much greater personality than GCIII out of the box without additions.

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