 | Sword of the Stars: Collectors Edition (PC DVD/CD?)
Platform: PC | Category: Science Fiction
Maker: Unknown | Released: 16/05/2008
List Price: £24.99
An fun 4X space game with excellent replayability, a well-integrated multiplayer mode, and challenging AI opponents. There are five races to play, and each provides a genuinely different gameplay experience. Each has a different method of travelling around the galaxy, different ship characteristics and a different set of available technologies. For example, the peaceful Liir have lightly-armed, fragile ships, but are excellent researchers and have a larger range of high-tech weapons available. The unpleasant Zuul slavers ships are armed to the teeth, but poorly defended - slave masters arent used encountering strong resistance. They have a very limited selection of techs, but are more adept at reverse-engineering technology from the destroyed ships of their enemies. The randomised tech tree is a highlight. There is a core set of techs that are always available, but most techs arent guaranteed to be available to research in any given game. This drives you to use unfamiliar techs in... Read More |
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