After the Empire

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.

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).

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.

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. --- 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 ha...

Game looks interesting, sadly it is not playable due to the combination of fonttype and size. Maybe i will give it an other try when dev fixed this.

Absolutely not. N.O. People like to write wishy-washy reviews where they say, "I wish there was a kinda-sorta rating..." That's not what this review is about. This is an unequivacal "no!" No way! No how! By no means should you get this game! The critical fail here is that the font size is so incredibly small as to make the game unplayable. I don't remember what the game costs, but it is not worth your eyesight. Silly me, I thought when the developer came out recognizing the issue that we'd see a fix for it. I waited too long though, and when I gave up and tried to return it Steam said I was past the return window and my return request was rejected. Ugh! That burns! Please let my disappointment be mitigated by serving as a warning to others.

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.

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.

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 t...

It has a brilliant storyline, great graphics and looks like there is a heap of stuff to learn, which means very rewarding to learn and play.