Posted on: July 1, 2025
nork_nork
Игр: 232 Отзывов: 6
Great Idea, meh execution
I have the game on Steam and have put in hundreds of hours. The game is, okay, but disappointing. I love sci-fi and grand strategy games, so this seemed like a no brainer. Unfortunately the execution of the game is lacking. The first few games are tremendously fun, as you haven't seen the universe before and you don't know whats coming. After a few games, you realize that you've seen everything the game has to offer. You get the same events, the same anomalies. Sure, you get different neighbors, but they all feel pretty much the same unless you get unlucky. The tech is the same, the gameplay loop is the same. It gets old fast. It doesn't help that the starts are randomized, meaning unlike in EU4 where you can choose to play a tough nation, every start feels pretty much the same. You can mess around with sliders, but the start of the game will usually feel pretty similar. The only way to really have fun is to role play, but unlike Crusader Kings the roleplay options are limited. It's designed to be a strategy game, not a roleplaying game. Of course, it doesn't help that the devs have changed course multiple times over development and made radical changes to the game. EU4 has had a similar number of DLCs but the core game feels the same, not so here. They have added things to try and address these issues. New events, starting legacies, space faring entities, Unfortunately, most of these are locked behind DLC or you only get very basic options without DLC. Besides, it's a band-aid. It just pushes back the time it takes to realize the game is a mile wide and an inch deep. By no measure is it a terrible game. I get the itch to come back to it every couple of years. Then a play a game and remember why I stopped playing in the first place. It's not bad, just disappointing.
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