I can not even list how many problems are with this game. Normally I like this type of games, but this one tested my patient to the end. 1. After buying the game I had to watch videos multiple times for hours long, because the control interface is so bad. 2. There is no obvious difference between info icons and buttons. (An accidental click on a gray icon, and you have immediately lost or bought a fort or port without any confirmation worth 100-200 gold.) 3. The whole gold/price ratio is a mess. (gov.income /vs. 1 slave sell price /vs. bribe /vs. export /vs. farm ... ) 4. No search bar to find a region! And most of the popup windows do not have a "Go to location" button. (Once I've spended 40 minutes to find a place which was hidden under many icons. Finally had to search it on wiki page.) ... 99. My laptop's fan is screaming all the time while I'm basically watching a map. :-( (As a programmer myself, I say: a shame!) Next time if I see a -70% price off for a game, I will be much more careful. I've spent 100+ hours to try to find the fun part of this software, but hated every minute. :-(
It looked so much fun when I watched the video and bought it, but after playing 9 hours I realised: It is too "easy" for me. Not really a strategy, rather a repeating room building simulator.
I think it is worth the money if you like "slow-life" space-strategy games. Easy to pause, speed up, no need to rush. After ca. 10+10 hours of play I encountered a tiny problem with slowdown and memory consumption rate = 10+ GB, RAM from 16GB Win11) The solution was simple: 1. SAVE the game every few hours! Especially after arriving to a new sector. 2. Exit to desktop, (if it does not quit within 2 minutes, simply kill the app! (Waited 20 minutes before gave up.) 3. Start again and LOAD the last save. ;-)
