Posted on: September 1, 2023
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游戏: 585 评论: 5
Next step in 4X
I really enjoyed it due to: * story driven approach, * music/ost, * and adequate yet solid mechanics. My campaign was unfinished due to a plenitude of bugs, but it satisfied my X4 needs regardless. The OST carries this game through the very nicely designed visual novel like elements of the story behind the campaign. The EU heavy approach is a nice change, something new. Adam Al-Sawad's music, especially The High Courts track, puts together with the story elements a sense of time pressure throughout most of the campaign. It would be great to see more of this story driven approach in 4X games altogether and keep having reminders what the big picture is about. Here the developers put something really nice together without animations, cut-scenes and voice over. The OST is very well fitting, despite not being very varied, it carries the game nicely throughout even in longer sessions. Really, hats off to the composer. The High Courts track has so many elements of getting it right and creating the right atmosphere for the game, same as Solace in Desolation and Our Last Cradle. Game itself is a solid 4X, but not a MOO2. The art style is quite nice, graphics are good enough. Loading times and transition between game views could be an issue. UI needs more polishing. There is a lot of useless clicking around, not all access to systems makes sense (I can switch between star systems while previewing planet's infrastructure, then have to switch between last system's planets to get an updated view, stuff like that) Bugs and being unpolished are real issue with this game: * gameplay mechanics don't synchronize, hence my unfinished campaign (one ally got stuck in allied status despite reputation being 0, I couldn't finish building the portal elements, despite building 12+ of them), * there are some information texts missing, such as unique buildings, * bad balance. I would still recommend this, it's a solid attempt and combining visual novel with 4X that is quite well done.
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