This game seems incomplete, with the potential to be a great game. If it had some deeper goals...
User Rating: 7.8 | Sword of the Stars PC
Sword of the stars is an interesting game. It is fun to an extent, but has some serious flaws. This leads to quickly getting boring. For starters, the combat is 3D, but with ships that act like 2D. They never roll over to shoot at object higher or lower then them, and have no control to rise or drop. This makes it like you enter into a 3D world, but only move one way threw it. And the load time for the combat! WOW. I have a P4 running @ 3gs with over a g of sys mem & good vid. Over 3 minutes to load on of my more advanced combats! Somethings up with that! Ok, that was the combat. Now there is very little interaction with the other races. This really sucks as you begin totally at war with anyone you encounter. There is no decent trade except for treasury funds or research points. Some resources in games like this make it much more interesting. And with an entire galaxy to explore, this leaves a HUGE potental for great sources of energy, resources, and other types of cool trade objects. So this game is very fun, but it will get boring. Now since companies are designing a game for maximum profit, they should at least attempt to create a game that users will keep on playing. I'm thinking that the designers had much more in mind for this one, but corporate push ended some of the more advanced options. So what they get is one that amuses for a couple of days, then since you've done everything in the first day, you lose interest in. I would hope the creators make a MAJOR overhaul patch for this game that will introduce a much more rich environment to be in. It would be MUCH more refreshing than simply using this edition for starters, then trying to make a sequel. An overhaul patch would revive this game and perhaps create a huge following that may last like other Multiplayer turn based games. This game truly could be one of the very greatest! How about planet improvements?!? Whats here is great, it just wants for so much more. The idea and concepts involved in this are so good, but look people, its an entire GALAXY! Now I'm not saying this game is not worth buying. I have very much enjoyed the short time it took me to play each of the (few) races. Thank you.
S. H. Alsante 
