Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: Nope!

[quote name="Mischief Maker"]I picked it up and was pleasantly suprised. Basically it's Spaceward Ho! with a more involved ship designer and combat screen, which is exactly what I wanted. I'm still at the "dicking around before setting aside an hour to plow through the manual" stage. I agree that the 3D map is unnavigable using spherical galaxies, but it's not that bad using a spiral or something with a definite shape you can use to orient yourself. I just wish the stars looked better and had some nebula floating around or something. I agree the random encounters are out of control at normal levels, but the only thing that's really getting on my nerves are civilian populations. I have no idea using a real-world comparison what an "Imperial" vs "Civlian" population is, unless there's a right wing nutjob on the design staff who wanted to code in "Real Americans" vs "Terrorist lovers." If there's one thing we've learned from this expansion, it is that dealing with your population's happiness levels adds nothing to a 4X game.[/quote]