Predestination

With the last version of this game I was satisfied for an Early Access Game. I had 18 hours fun and it was stable enough. (I don't remember any crashes or game-breaking bugs) What I liked most is that the mechanics feel fresh for turn-based 4x games. Love it to start in the Pre Warp Era (a setting, you can also start later), first caring for the main planet, finding the right city layout for the 4 cities you got on each planet and racing to the next era in order to colonize more planets. It's really well done. The only thing I was a bit disappointed about, was that there were absolutly no news on steam and there were no updates. But whoooo! Today my steam account loaded a new version of this game, and it's not just a small bugfix. There's a new major feature (trade routes) and as i started I realized that the game mechanics were refined and i have to learn new tactics and it adds some extra spice. I think this dev-team does it right, not a small update every 2 weeks, with potentia...

DO NOT BUY OR SUPPORT THIS UNPROFESSIONAL SOLO DEV ******************************************************************************* I bought this maybe 9 months ago, and after playing it for a small time to begin with I realised just how unfinished it was with art assets missing, several crashes and generally a poor experience to play. You literally find yourself watching time pass by waiting for something interesting to happen which invariably it doesn't. 9 months later I have tried the game again and it appears to me apart from a few art assets now appearing that the game development has stopped or stalled. Half the map sizes are unplayable still listed as unavailable for testing, and I expect they never will be because it is unlikely a year or more after "early access" that the game will enjoy a sudden boom of people willing to buy it. My advice to anyone: Don't buy this junk unless it is on offer for under £1 or $1. It is not worth more than that. UPDATE: So here we are nea...

A neat twist on 4x that focuses mainly on pre-warp city building technology. Very strong emphasis on planning ahead, exploring planets before colonizing them and identifying key sites for resource location and efficiency for cities. It seems like you will be mostly battling your own population (either against the economy or morale) for the first part of the game before you even ecounter anyone else. Definitely not a "grab every planet and available spot in sight" type of game but big rewards for placing cities intelligently and conservatively. It's a 4x game with a refreshing twist. Still in Alpha and it shows at times but definitely enjoyable in its current state and should only get better with more updates.

EDIT: After several more hours in the game, I can now add micromanagement hell to the list of woes. Min/maxing planets takes hours of playtime. The whole planets idea is nice enough, but did you have to make it so laborious? Devs, did you ever actually play your game? I have been a fan of 4X space games for over 20 years, and this is possibly the worst I have ever played. I'm very disappointed with this game. Clunky game mechanics and some of the worst art styling I have ever seen. In trying to do a different take on 4X games, the devs have failed to make a game you want to play. What's in the game works well enough, but it doesn't grab you. I purchased during early access, and waited for the game to mature on it's way to release. It's still in an immature state, post - release. The visual styling sums up the whole game nicely - Crude with delusions of quality.

So far, this game is actually really good. The colony side is fun, simple enough to be easy to learn, complex enough to have plenty of room for strategy and, hopefully they'll expand it even more. The space aspect is also pretty good in it's early state, but is a bit bare boned (which is to be expected) The only complaints I have is the technology screen, to me, it feel like it's restricted, and some of the technologies that you have to choose the one over the other seem to not be comparable trade off's. And of some of those technologies (the difference between solar/geothermal/wind and wave) are not explained well in terms of their bonuses and their negatives And my other complaint is the UI. There have been several points where I right click to cancel/back out of something and it brings up a radial menu. And the spatial map could need some improvment when it comes to ship movement and the general going into and out of the planet/orbit/space view. One thing that I'm hoping that they...

I'm terrible at leaving reviews but this game has captured me like no 4x since sid meiers civ. I've been playing this as it develops through alpha and it's been a great experience. Devs are active in updates and discussion boards, gameplay is unique, and most importantly it's just fun to play. Hell i could play a map without opponents and spend hours just exploring and developing my different stars/worlds/trade routes/cities. Don't get me wrong there's still work to be done and rough edges that need rounding but all the ideas are there and the implementation feels natural, like I'm actually running a growing galactic empire instead of playing a game on a screen.

this game has so much potential, its fun even in its current state, but is buggy as hell. might want to wait a little bit if you cant stand the bugs.

too unbalanced for a 4x game. you have a limit to how many ships you can build based on your star bases which you can build at the expanse of limiting your planetary economy and it means that big guys would always be able to swarm the little guys (unlike sins where unit cap is universal for a certain level for all players). some races have the ability to research everything while some dont, and if left unattended for long these races can have all the perks the game has to offer and can even colonize every planet while others cant and for instance would have to choose if they want to be able to colonize tundra volcanic or otherwise but once they choose they cant colonize the others. tech tree is by far the smallest of any 4x game i ever played, even dawn of andromeda with its stupidly small and uncreative tech tree had alot more to offer, and it takes decades to research or build anything and by the time you get enough money to build colony ships the ai on medium already has a full fl...

I spent about 4 hours on this game at version 0.91. I am pretty excited now about the release version. My history is with MOOII, Space Empries, Civ Series, Gal Civ series, and so forth. This game has one really unique aspect that I have thought about "if I ever were to make my own game" in that it is two games in one. There is first a significant phase just on one planet, getting yourself to the starship phase. Only at that point does the second part of the game open up. I would be playing more of the game now, but it's difficult because a few parts of the release version are not in place yet, mainly fleet and planet organizers. Without those, it's hard to continue deep into the game. But my taste of this game has been very good. I probably say that in about 1 out of 10 games I taste. So I am anxiously awaiting game completion.

After waiting an entire year as of 29th of June 2017 I can definitely say this game is absolutely not worth your money. -OLD UPDATE- Currently waiting for an update to the game to give a second look at the game. Hoping for another update by years end after which I'll look through again. -OLD REVIEW- As of 18th June 2016 I cannot recommend buying the game yet. The current gameplay systems are very barebones. However if you love 4x games and don't mind EA titles please go ahead and buy it, you will probably enjoy it. But if you are just an average 4x player wait until the game is more complete. This review will be updated as time passes and the game progresses.