The game has deep gameplay and a fun loop of exploration, research, and tactical wargame combat. However: 1. The UI is overly complicated requiring many, many mouse clicks to do the same thing over and over. Some game systems are very obtuse and needlessly complicated. There is some "engrish". Mouseover helper text is mostly just "click here" and not actually useful. 2. The game files are password protected(!!) You cannot tinker with gameplay values or mod the game, unless all you want to do is update the graphics. 3. The developer has stated that he will not make the game compatible for linux and is recently adding in Windows-specific graphics code (for a game where graphics are not important). 4, Like all Slitherine products, the game is over-priced for what it is. While this game is interesting, I don't think it's worth spending the effort to learn a new system when the developer/publisher is so hostile to their players. There are other games out there that value players and welcome modding. Alienating the modding and Linux community is a really bad idea because these are the players that are more likely to provide feedback and increase the value of the game with their free contributions.
