I like both good sci-fi and 4X games, but mixing the two only works to a point. 4X is about replayability, while a fixed story gets old fast since you’re always playing through the same plot. The genre works better with emergent storytelling than with a scripted narrative. As a 4X, it has some ambitious ideas, but it’s missing a lot of QoL features (like proper overviews of outposts and colonies), which makes it messy and frustrating to play. With enough development, it could still turn into a solid 4X. For now, it feels more like an interesting experiment – worth checking out if you’re curious.
The Pegasus Expedition
- Release Date:
- Jun 20, 2023
- Developer:
- Kalla Gameworks
- Publisher:
- Fulqrum Publishing
- Platforms:
- Windows
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About This Game
NEW GRAND STRATEGY - WISHLIST NOW
About the Game
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends an expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth, only to find themselves in the middle of an interstellar war they inadvertently started.As you lead one of these fleets, your mission soon transitions from exploration to governance, conquest, and eventually a fight for survival. Players will experience a challenging story where nothing is self-evident and every decision will have its consequences.
Building on the legacy of the grand strategy genre, The Pegasus Expedition adds a strong narrative side to the classic 4X-gameplay which involves managing your diplomatic ties, armies, economy and scientific development.
Key Features
- Immense handcrafted world – a replayable campaign set in a rich, vast world.
- Conflict and tragedy – experience a deep storyline, where no-one is perfect and ends will often have to justify the means.
- Choose to be the leader you wish to be – face difficult moral choices in difficult times, and suffer their consequences.
- Rewarding gameplay experience – Versatile 4X gameplay with many different approaches to various challenges the campaign presents.
- Meaningful diplomacy – a diverse and versatile system with over 30 independent factions in the galaxy.
- Planning-based combat – manage your warfronts' bigger picture, and weigh which losses you’re willing to take for success.
A story driven 4X-game
The Pegasus Expedition is a story driven grand strategy game which focuses on combining an epic sci-fi narrative with a solid 4X foundation to create a very unique narrative strategy game experience. Your decisions and actions shape the galaxy around you, with every alliance and crisis you suffer or cause leaving their mark.The Council
As the Director of Zeus Link fleet, you control all aspects of the Zeus Link, making all of your critical decisions with your council; the group of your closest subordinates and advisors. They will inform you of the new developments in the galaxy, and do their part in solving the numerous crises and incidents you will have to resolve, one way or another.Economy
You will start out with only your seasoned but thin expeditionary fleet, and you will need to develop a functioning economy fast to keep the Expedition going. After all, you will be supplied from home for only so long.Diplomacy in a Torn Galaxy
The Pegasus Galaxy is full of independent factions, with their own grudges, rivalries and fragile alliances, so you’ll need to navigate this diplomatic landscape with care in order to succeed. That will involve both making dynamic deals and treaties in the diplomacy system, as well as making tough choices in dialogue. After all, you are a suspicious and despised newcomer in this galaxy, with limited time and huge expectations to accomplish.Manage your Fleets and Officers
To survive in this new and often hostile galaxy, it’s extremely important to keep your forces improving and your leaders trained. You will have to work with limited human resources, and choosing the right person for the right job can often make the difference. Assign admirals, governors and special forces operatives to help you to victory.Stellar Warfare
War never really changes, and the Pegasus galaxy has a lot of it to offer. Choose your strategies and plan your battles well, as in the Pegasus Expedition’s unique combat, careful planning is everything. Espionage and the well thought out movement of your forces will be crucial in war, in order to have your fleets at the right place at the right time.Technology
In the future, there’s an even shinier future ahead. There are great discoveries to be made, and many things, great and less great, that you can do using those discoveries. To have a chance against your foes, you'll need to be one step ahead of them in technology too, and not just in strategy.Fight Against the Ever Worsening Odds
Your starting situation is not an easy one... And it’s only going to get worse. The longer the expedition continues, the higher the stakes, with new threats, enemies, backstabbers and heroic resistance movements. Everything to keep the campaign dynamic, interesting, and challenging to the very end. With a plenty of characters, sidequests and twists and turns to the campaign, the dynamic Pegasus Galaxy will present new challenges to face that will keep you on your toes.Screenshots
User Reviews
8/10 overall game. This was a fun play. I'm happy to play more. The story was a 9/10. It was functional, and the voice acted parts added weight to the story. The text options were really well put together, and thank goodness, it wasn't walls and walls and walls of text. It was short enough to break up game play, add some substance to the galaxy, and give you a short breather before going back to whatever it was you were doing before. Gameplay is probably a 6/10. There's a few quality of life features that I would have loved to see, like the ability to look up a system by name, and I created a building on a planet, and quite frankly, lost it. I never did find that building again. Being able to locate services and buildings would have bumped this up considerably. My last 'negative nancy' moment on this was friend vs foe map colors. There aren't any. This isn't bad, you can just scroll down to the 'enemy' section Visuals? I mean, it's a strategy game. They're good enough? 7/10...
I platinum'ed this game. I think it's pretty good, though it isn't very replayable. When you finish the scenarios you're pretty much done with the game. The story goes like this: Early Game: There's a big bad faction that wants to wipe you out a few turns after the game starts. There are lots of VN segments and 4 strategy in this part of the game. It's quite a ride to go through, but it ends when the big bad faction decides to call it quits. Mid Game: A slog. In this phase, you and the other two human factions pursue your own interests. There isn't much to say here. Most of it involves side quests with the big bad faction and internal squabbles with the other human factions. This phase ends when you get the Flood infestation under control. End Game: When you reach the late game techs, you get pretty OP. You can easily get 2.7k combat power per stack of 3 fleets when you make Tier 3 ships and install the AI equipment. At that point, the other human factions don't have much presence,...
System Requirements
Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or newer
- Processor: 4th gen i5 2.5 Ghz or AMD FX8350 4.0 Ghz or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD 7970 or nVidia 770 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any DirectX Compatible Sound Device
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or newer
- Processor: Intel i5-6500 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or better
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD r9 380 or nVidia GTX 960 or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any DirectX Compatible Sound Device
FAQ
How much does The Pegasus Expedition cost?
The Pegasus Expedition costs $19.99.
What are the system requirements for The Pegasus Expedition?
Minimum: Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or newer Processor: 4th gen i5 2.5 Ghz or AMD FX8350 4.0 Ghz or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD 7970 or nVidia 770 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Any DirectX Compatible Sound Device Recommended: Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or newer Processor: Intel i5-6500 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or better Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: AMD r9 380 or nVidia GTX 960 or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: Any DirectX Compatible Sound Device
What platforms is The Pegasus Expedition available on?
The Pegasus Expedition is available on Windows PC.
Is The Pegasus Expedition worth buying?
The Pegasus Expedition has 67% positive reviews from 3 players.
When was The Pegasus Expedition released?
The Pegasus Expedition was released on Jun 20, 2023.
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