5/6/2023 0 Comments Stars beyond reach preorder![]() ![]() My citizenry is complex and I need to get them established and built up.This is a living world where your own territories are as interesting and complex as the civilizations you encounter. My core goals are all about my own city, however. I have a fair bit of freedom here, but only low-level technologies and buildings.Whether or not I choose to go conquer or subjugate someone I can't even speak to yet is up to me. If I want to capture more territories (think Risk), I can do so. ![]() But I don't speak their languages, nor they mine. ![]() I can do things to them or experience things that they do to me. When you choose your landing spot, your citizens let you know what special objectives they expect you to meet in order to exit this first act.During act 1, my interactions with the 13 other races on the planet are pretty limited. You quickly have to learn both basic and advanced technologies and establish yourself as a new civilization. Pretty cool stuff actually!Act I: ArrivalWhen you first land on the planet, your minds and your computers have been all but wiped. So here's the flow of the game as it progress through each act. The trailer and the bullet points might be enough for you, and if so then go ahead and stop reading! But a lot of this game's audience are the sort of grognards who - like me - would like to know as much as possible. Just winning the game doesn't mean you won well.Info Dump Incoming!There's a whole lot of text down there. You will have to devise unique strategies for befriending or neutralizing them depending on their situation and exactly who is in a campaign.There are distinct degrees of victory that you can achieve. Learn the languages of other trapped alien empires, explore, form alliances, and ultimately attempt the impossible: escape.FeaturesManage your own civilization like a turn-based citybuilder, but in a 4X setting.Deal with other civilizations using force or more nuanced building abilities ('poison Narr's water,' 'invite Keleci to the opera,' 'dump bodies on Strot's populace').The game takes place over four 'acts' during which you have unique objectives and challenges: Arrival, Discovery, Alliances, and Doomsday.You have considerable freedom in how you build your empire and make friends or foes, but each race is filled with unique character under your control or that of an AI.14 alien races each have 3 possible leaders with their own personalities and goals. Crash-land on a hostile sentient world in this deep, turn-based 4X/citybuildier. ![]()
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