“A worthy tribute to the classic Master of Orion games of times past.”
Posted on: February 3, 2021
Joshua_Jacobsen
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Solid Update for MOO2, Not Complete
The best game in the genre is often cited as Masters of Orion 2 -- A game that's now 25 years old and has noticeably aged. Stars in Shadows makes a strong effort to dethrone MOO2 by being everything MOO2 was, but better. I would argue that it succeeds in many ways, but has serious deficits and feels incomplete. The good: * The game is gorgeous. All of the graphics are modern, well crafted, and immersive. * A ton of the game is pretty much a straight-up ripoff of MOO2 (a game well worth ripping off!) * The UI is generally pretty good. Doesn't present dense information well, though. The bad: * The tech tree skews toward conflict. Almost no production improvements. Feels incomplete. * Diplomacy is broken. Aliens constantly beg you for money and resources, and if you don't give it to them (which is sometimes risky) they hold a grudge literally forever. If you give them free stuff nearly half the time they ask, you'll still have net-negative reputation. If you try to steer clear of their disagreements, it's as bad as declaring war on them. Permanent. It's impossible to be in anyone's good graces long term. * Diplomacy so incomplete, it's broken. You can clearly see aliens using diplomacy tools early in the game that you never get. Spying? Ask for Help? Almost nothing to spend influence on. * Buggy. Game crashes a lot. Refitting older ships and stations is nearly guaranteed to crash you. And corrupt your saved games. * Overly difficult. Even on the easy settings, mobs eat your lunch until almost the end game. Unless you set raiders to low, they'll wipe you out every game. * Incomplete. There seem to be parts of the game that are undeveloped. Like the subspace nodes. * Metal sucks as a resource. Forces you to maintain a standing fleet, basically. And refit a lot. Which crashes the game. The rest: * A lot of the micromanagement of MOO2 is remediated. Simplified improvements and automatic upgrades are nice in some ways, shallow in others.
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