When I first started to play the game I must admit I felt that it had a lot of potential. I enjoyed the difference between the races and thought the straightforward game-play mechanics to be refreshing. Sadly the more I played the more a deep sense of disappointment grew. What bothered me the most about the game is the interface. Maybe my expectations are too high with streamlined games like Civ4 but I felt the interface in SOTS to require too much clicking. The in-game art is also over-simplistic to the extreme; to me the art in the game seems like it was rushed. In fact it's a feeling I get from this game overall. It seems to have been rushed. I don't recommend the game to anyone but the most hardcore fans of the 4x games, and even those would be better served playing GalCiv2.
The problem with Sword of the Stars aren’t the funky graphics, or the poor planet management, or the cheesy tech tree. It's the horrible combat. The combat is real time, had it been turn based, (Like in Space Em... Read Full Review
If you are like me, when you first play this game, you might be a little put off. Some of the voice acting is laughable (like the human scientist), the graphics aren't exactly cutting edge, and planetary management is ve... Read Full Review
