While this wasn't bad, it wasn't the best either. There is a great deal of cheese here; corny dialogue and events that strain credulity. Play for nostalgia only, as the gameplay just doesn't hold up.
Looks good, but controls are incomprehensible, tutorial is useless, and context pop ups are confusing.
This here is an easily accessible JRPG that has a deep, deep backstory and lore and a beavy of wonderful friends to help out in your quest to become the strongest 16 year old soldier. Ignoring, of course, that child soldiers are a war crime.
Of all of the Civilization games made, this one is my favorite. It's not dumbed down like the later Civs (I own all of them), and Leonard Nimoy is the narrator! The music is the best of any franchise besides Skyrim!
Not a bad game. Worthy of wasting some of your time. Things to know: The development house is a small Polish company that is punching over it weight. The voice overs can range from garbage to moderately tolerable, but thats about it. The engine is glitchy, so if one alt-tabs away, it tends to hard lock requiring a restart of the PC. Expect CTDs as well, especially when loading a save following a death.
This is one of the first games to ever destroy a beloved franchise. Completely missing the fun and "one more turn" feeling of Masters of Orion II, it plays more like an Excel spreadsheet than a 4x game, and it looks a whole lot worse. Want a better time? Get out your dusty Commodore 64 and play Reach For The Stars instead.
