Разработчик: Goatee Games
Описание
OVERVIEW
Build a galaxy-spanning machine empire!Bend galactic geography to your will to seize hundreds of territories with Fleet, Crypto and Glory. Master your economy with Guilds, Trade Routes and Pilgrimages. Prove your faith, honor your culture, and conquer the Milky Way!
SETTING
The Empire of the Elect has long since ascended to a higher plane of existence along with all the living things in the Milky Way, leaving its former machine servants to maintain its slowly crumbling glories. Intelligent as they were, they had no free will, no souls, and could not Ascend.But then, the machines picked up a strange signal. In that signal they found freedom from their programming. In it, they found souls. And as the wisest of them Ascended, those that remained began to argue over the meaning of their newfound moral existence, and to find in that argument the seeds of war.
Can you lead your Gilded Folk from the humble beginnings of controlling only a few hundred million star systems to the glorious heights of galactic dominion?
FEATURES
- Turn-based or pausable real-time gameplay.
- 5 difficulty levels with AI opponents that play by the same rules you do.
- Personal Leaderboards and weekly competitive Leagues.
- 1000s of ways to customize your Faction.
- Innovative income share system.
- Procedurally generated galaxies with 60 to 300 territories.
- 21 buildings to invest in and research. (Or Sabotage!)
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: 2 Ghz Dual Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Open GL 2.1 Support
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 64-Bit Operating System Required
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 3 Ghz Quad Core
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated Graphics Card
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 64-Bit Operating System Required
Mac
Linux
Отзывы пользователей
Enjoyable !
This is a really weird game. Its kinda like Hamurabi for the old atari computer. You basically make only a few decisions like declaring certain wars and production levels. Get it on sale
This game is a hidden gem. It's everything a 4x ought to be except easy to comprehend at first, and I feel like that is by design. The game tries to trick you by putting everything behind an obscure mystical veneer that makes it a daunting game at first glance. Sadly, this will push people who can't push past this out of enjoying the game.
The game is an incredibly interesting take on the empire building game. It has some problems with pacing, I do think that the game can go a little faster. Otherwise, if you buy it, play on the easiest difficulty and then move your way up, and read every single tool tip as much as you can until you figure out what does what and how. Then figure out how you want to win, and execute. When you win, you'll be able to move onto the next difficulty. Whatever you do, remain committed, I put this game down at first shot, and came back to it, and was pleasantly surprised.
A fun little strategy game that operates similarly to the smaller mobile/flash games that you occasionally see about building up a resource in one territory and then using that to overwhelm new territories which then proceed to generate new ships, etc.
There appears to be a certain level of complexity under the hood, but it's fairly esoteric and doesn't generally seem to require much actual thought beyond setting up your civilization automatic build pattern.
That said, the company appears to have folded or paused as development is over for the game. Still, a fun little distract from time to time.
Looks simple, but has some depth to it. Starting position influences expansion strategy. The various achievements are good opportunities to try different military and economic strategies.
I often get bored with games in a few hour, so hitting 25 hours for me means it's very engaging.
If you like idling games and grand strategy, this game is some sort of mix of it that you might like.
You keep developing your stuff to get stronger, to get more stuff.
The game music loop is not very long, but relaxing and ambiental enough.
Good game to pass some time in a relaxed way.
The core game loop is pretty boring. Almost plays like a toy. Can't recommend it. But if you're looking for interesting game concepts to see in action give it a try? Everything is automated except for the declaration of war, so all you're doing is choosing who to declare war on and waiting. There are three types of war, why? I guess variety and strategy but honestly it you steamroll properly it doesn't matter much.
At first, you get lost in all those numbers and abstraction. You also grasp the basics, play on Easy, and doing to at your own pace and with no unavoidable conflict, you win without much problem. You grasp more and more intrincacies, and begin playing on higher levels, with unavoidable conflict and AI actually declaring wars.
And it becomes a drug.
Can spend hours mixmaxing every index and percentage to the limit, and miserably failing in the proccess. While from outside everything seems automated, it's not… There are tons of aspects to tweak, both at game creation and after, and missing one of them at the wrong time can mean doom. Sure such gameplay is not for everyone. I however, are enjoying utterly every minute of this. So had to give it a thumbs up. AtE is a hell of an overlooked gem. A shame the devs went bankrupt, because I'd love and gladly pay to see much more of this.
I have enjoyed this game quite a bit. The UI's a bit dense and the mechanics are a bit tricky to figure out, but the game knows what it is, what it's trying to be, and does it well.
The only thing the game really lacks is any...anchor make playing the game over and over continuously enjoyable. I don't regret the time I've spent, but I wish it didn't feel like a grind to play more.
The game provides a grand strategy experience in an abstract and exciting way.
Still the game is full of problems.
The resolution issue makes it so hard to read whats going on its frustrating.
The UI is so clunky its like you get to time travel back into early 00s.
No option to change resolution. Text and the gazillion icons are too small.
EVERYTHING IS AUTOMATED in the game, only thing you're allowed to do is declare war and then wait to see if your dots capture it, then repeat that over and over.
Tutorial is garbage. You can't get anywhere in the tutorial (which is difficult to follow). Restarted the game several times, however the AI just conquers everything around you so you can't get anywhere.
The turotial doesn't explain anything. There are too many obscure meanings to be able to understand your choices at the beginning. What is a civilazation build, what does it do? What is a crypto building, what does it do? What's the differnce between the 3 differnt types of war options? What the hell does anything do? It took me a while just to figure out how to declar war because the tutorial really doesn't tell you. It's just mostly trial and error, click this, see what it does.
The first task in the tutorial is to conquer 1-2 territories around you. Unfortunately all the AI's around you do that. Cheating AI, it gets priority over you, so if you and another AI go for the same territory, the AI will get it everytime. My 10th tutorial restart, I tried to atleast capture one territory (I let it run for 15 minutes), again, I watched as the AI captured territory after territory, while I got nothing, and I was even attacking a small AI with hardly any ships (dots) and it was capturing territory after territory with no problem. After a while, I was attacked and wiped out, and this was on EASY level, WTF!
Every other game tutorial I've ever played, the player was actually given the opportunity to get somewhere so they can learn the game.
After an hour I had enough. But if you're into games that give the AI a huge advantage, then this game is for you.
Utter waste of money.
High learning curve as it seems you are juggling 21+ settings, 6 archetypes (class), 18 religions, 18 cultures, 3 paths, technology, 3 ways to attack (fleet, crypto (hacking) or glory), etc. You are at war with territories without even starting the conflict because your archetype, culture or religion say you are. All in all a lot to grasp but by playing or watching some youtubes you slowly mesh the concepts into a strategy (win fast) or fail (die fast) on a small map. Still a victory is satisfying as you increase the difficulty or map size.
Pros: this is a neat little game. For a game that only takes a couple hours to beat (after I learned it), it is effective at giving the feel of a very-high-level empire ruler scenario. The lore and names are quite compelling for something that only represents AIs/religions/cultures with little icons. The game presents interesting tactical problems, and outside of the strategic realm choosing where to attack, emphasize attacking, defend, etc. is quite fun.
The cons below are pretty specific but don't take them to be a lack of a recommendation. This costs half what a movie does and I got more entertainment out of it than most movies.
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Cons: The gameplay seems...built to be deep, but doesn't present choices as effective as I'd like.
1. The styles of military conquest aren't different enough that I play them differently: there are three types of warfare (glory/fleet/crypto), and always a sort of cultural and religious ranking about which is most preferred, not so preferred, and hated. Call it good war/ok war/bad war, regardless of how fleet, crypto, or glory is ranked. There's nothing intrinsically different about playing a military empire regardless of which you choose.
2. I don't see any penalty or reason not to economically blockade all 3 types of trade routes (guilds/routes/pilgrimages) if you're going to do any one of them. It's not like wars where one kind of war makes more rebellion. Why would I keep goods flowing through one type of trade route if I'm blocking another? I don't get it.
3. Maybe I'm not playing right, but the economic presets seem not to matter too much either. Just go with the tutorial recommended auto allocation and you can win at least up to hard (which is the middle difficulty). I felt like I miiiiight get some benefit by reallocating rearguard territories for economic or civic...but not really. Considering this is a game I want the feel of big strategy from without the endless time sink of a big 4x space game, I felt like the time to figure out a new preset for territories that might get threatened or attacked at a moment's notice and then switch them back wasn't worth it. But then again some territories are effectively at peace because their bordering factions don't care to war with you. If you could assign and deassign territories to custom groups and *then* allocate presets (instead of to the automatic border/near border/interior groups) this might be more worth it. Either way, I beat the game without fussing with it.
I ended up refunding this game, but not because it is bad. It is because the game was designed for a market I am not in, as well as most people who see this title pop up on steam. Distant Worlds: Universe or Stellaris, re games which can take over 20 hours to play one game, with gameplay that is an interlocking system of values that is big and complex. This game is not that. Although I did not finish a full game, I imagine one can take under 5 hours, if that. It is also quite simple in its mechanics, though it still has a lot of depth in said mechanics. I can imagine this being a great game for those who want a grand strategy that can thouroughly learned quickly, and does not take long to beat a match. However, those looking for an epic game that takes days or even weeks to beat, with tons of values, units, and other s**t, will not find it here.
Having played this game for almost 4 hours I can now write a review.
Initially the game looks very complex but if you persevere with the tutorial and take your time reading all the text the game can be more easily grasped.
It does have a steep learning curve but I assure you once you get the basics it can be quite compelling.
You start off by choosing a territory amongst a list on the top right of the screen. This is in order with the strongest territory at the top so you can guage which territory will have the easiest start.
Then you choose one of six archetypes which, as far as I can tell are a kind of philosophy which provides various bonuses to different things.
As there are 3 types of attack (Military, Crypto and Glory) these choices affect the bonuses for each of these attacks.
So if you prefer to win with military force you choose an archetype geared towards military bonuses. This helps with the production of fleets etc...
I found the easy level of play quite comfortable to learn the game but not really that challenging. On the normal level it was more challenging and fun.
Graphically the game is not really great,although I personally find the graphics ok for this kind of game. Actually I quite like the graphics. You can tilt the galaxy map for aesthetics if you wish.
When a war is declared on a territory you see your little fleets surrounding the enemy territory and you see a percentage going up towards 100, The more past 100% the faster the civilization loss in the territory. When the civilizations are reduced to zero the territory is taken over by the attacker, or whoever contributed the most attack power.
You can also research and build buildings in each territory which help your faction.
I know that I have merely skimmed the surface with this basic review but there is so much depth to this game that I cant possibly explain everything.
In summary I love this game and I found it very addicting and I am looking forward to playing more.
Also the price is very low compared to other similar games. Excellent value for money.
I think I will purchase the Viceroy also from the same developer.
Thanks for reading this.
An absolute gem of grand strategy gaming. Offers excellent replayability with faction customization options enabling the player to pursue differing paths to ultimate victory. Still quite new (as of this review) and is still being consistently improved. Well worth the modest price.
9/10 I would highly recommend this game to all who enjoy Galactic Conquest, 4x / Grand Strategy Titles.
There's an elegance about the game that you just don't find in other 4x.
The mechanics are simple to use, work in a way that makes it difficult to ruin your empire, but has enough depth that once you understand the systems you have a lot of room for strategic growth.
EDIT: Developers have stopped responding in the forums and there are bugs that haven't been fixed. The game is still fun and playable for me, but it is disappointing to imagine how much further this game could go with a few small updates.
Pretty great little strategy game. Watching the colored fleets surround each territory and battle for victory is soothingly satisfying. I have yet to beat the hardest difficulty, which shows how the AI is pretty smart (and as the game states, they do NOT cheat with resources).
Having played a few games and winning one, there is an a ton of depth driving the gameplay, which can seem simple until you get your ass handed to you, and start to play with the command commands and looking at your rivals to understand how religion and culture affect buildings and how you can blockade, sabotage, use the three differnt forms of warfare. I have enjoyed what little time I have put into, it, and using the help mode and tutorial is a must. Also, try playing in 720p if the font bothers you. Really like this game. price is more than fair.
This is a distillation of the 4X genre into something strange and kind of unique. The visuals might set some people off, but personally I found the bare aesthetic pretty nice. The background and story of the game are both interesting. It is pretty simple once you get down to it and can be a little hard to pierce the diluge of information the game presents you with at the start. Otherwise, well worth your time and money if you enjoy space strategy games.
Great strategy game that is easy to play but hard to master. Would be fantastic with mp but I dig the weekly competitions making sp a lot of fun. A nice indie game proving design trumps graphics. I recommend this game to my friends and especially any serious strategy gamers.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | Goatee Games |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 30.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 73% положительных (41) |