This Game has a lot of potential, but the ship type based population caps unacceptably limit a player's ability to choose their own stragegy
I would highly recommend this game, especially for anyone that has read many of the Star Wars extended universe novels such as the Thrawn series, Mara Jade, Heir to the Empire, etc. For those who may not know, in the time period between when the original Star Wars trilogy was released and the prequels came out, a great number of books were written expanding on the Star Wars universe. Han and Leia have twins, Luke falls in love with a former sith, there are adventures in search of a lost fleet, new aliens and characters are introduced that sometimes have their own novels, and so on. The characters in this game are drawn from that material, long before anyone even thought that the prequels or later Star Wars movies were ever going to arrive. Being set in a pre-prequels Star Wars universe with extended universe characters sets the game a bit apart from other 4x titles. Those characters play a central role as your researchers, generals, admirals, spies, and commandos, and everything in the game is drawn from the original trilogy or the books. The game itself is a fun strategy game. It has a little bit of exploitable quirkiness in regards to liberating planets from orbit, and the system for advancing time in the game both fits and doesn't, but overall, it is a good and worthy experience. The gameplay centers around a number of facets. Recruiting new planets, building up your industrial base, sabotage and espionage against your foe, exploration, defense, and fleets are your primary concerns in game.
