Buuuuugs! Bugs buggity bugging bugs! The game is frigging AWESOME, immersive to the point I spent the last two days engrossed, but oh Lord Odin Allfather, the BUGS! The newest one, introduced by a hotfix of all things, makes the game unplayable. The screen just goes black upon entering certain locations, and thats it. Game over until they release another hotfix, because all the autosaves die at that point, too. Next time, I'll be waiting with buying games from those devs a couple months. I'll still get support them, but not serve as unpaid QA. This game, awesome as it is, should still be in beta. The one star rating will change to a five star rating when they finally fix this game up to a playable state. This sort of shenanigans SHOULD NOT be tolerated by paying customers.
A very important thing to know about this game is that it is basically impossible to finish on the highest difficulty level because of a screwed up difficulty curve that was never fixed. Play on the level below highest, and its the greatest fleet combat game EVER made.