Guess they shouldn't have tried to cash in with it (pay to win) then somewhat re-design the game after the backlash, wiping everyone's progress. Also didn't help it was barely advertised beyond its beta days.
I thought about going back a few times, but each time I remembered my stuff is gone and I'd have to deal with people who put money into the game.
Real-time combat, wooo. Just throwaway. The meat is in the strategy layer, and it's simplistic at best.
Disappointed with the game, even after it's come out of early access. Hope the release boots their sales and we get some content patches/expansions.. maybe then it will be a beefy 4x, but for now it's just a one-off.
@marctheheretic: Oh I've seen it go on sale for as low as $12.50 (recent steam summer sale), but they're still charging the full release price for it all this time later.. even with a 2nd game on the cusp of release.
Never bought it because it just.. didn't really seem like it was worth it. Seemed like some slapdash port of a game that could be improved in many areas, but they just didn't do it. Wonder if X2 will be more refined or just X1 with new assets..
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