
Space Empires V Review
Space Empires V is a space strategy game with plenty of depth and complexity, but it's so riddled with bugs and issues that it is ultimately tough to recommend.
Space is not for wimps, and neither is Space Empires V. The game has a lot to it, but the game is pretty complex and the learning curve is steep. You can see the newbs walking out of the airlocks right from the game’s tu... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpfulThis is quite a comprehensive 4x game, everything an empire builder needs is there from very different planets to colonise, to an extremely rich research tree, through the possibility of building an incredible variety of... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulBeing a true Moo2 fan, i would say, SEV is a great improvement to the 4X genre. SEV carried ship customization and space battles where Moo2 left off, quite successfully. SEV offers fantastic freedom of designing of s... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulAs the summary states, Space Empires V is loaded with just about any options a strategic-space gamer could ever want: ability to design your own ships (stocking them with a variety of components, hull sizes), units, a la... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulgreat update to SE4- i like the Real time aspect. Basically its identical to the SE4 release. All the techs are there. A bit expanded as eaxh tech has a longer list of advances and high lvl destroyers are larger than ... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpfulthis is an awsome game but only if you have a lot of time on your hands. maps are huge even on small they have about 8-12 or so solar systems each with 5+ planets to conqer. there is hundreds of tecks and upgrades so pla... Read Full Review
2 of 4 users found the following review helpfulBuggy at first. I didn't buy it until patch v 1.25 which was much more functional. On patch v 1.35 by now. Very few problems nowadays. This game is like Gal Civ II but much more complex. I notice that the Gal Civ II expa... Read Full Review
4 of 6 users found the following review helpfulWhen I first tried this game, I was a little hesitant. I looked at the reviews here and found that there were very mixed reactions. However, I do think that it's a fairly good game. In my opinion, what probably makes ... Read Full Review
8 of 9 users found the following review helpfulIf your looking for eye candy here you won't get it. This game is all about game play and depth. While the learning curve for the game is a bit stiff at first, you get the feel for the menu's along with the in's and ou... Read Full Review
4 of 6 users found the following review helpfulA few hours into my first game of Space Empires V, I uninstalled my copy of Galactic Civilizations II from my harddrive and threw it away. There really was no reason to keep it. I wouldn't play it again anyway and Stardo... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulRight from the get-go SE5 bogs you down with an overwhelming number of options and then continually gets worse until you feel like you're lost in menus. Like so many other 4X games that showed promise, SE5 went too far ... Read Full Review
3 of 17 users found the following review helpful
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