Excellent review. Very much in line with my feelings about the game, even down to the comparison with the brilliant movie, Annihilation. I'm in the middle of my first major game on a huge map with max player count, and it's truly epic. The way the alliances shift and move is pretty unique in my experience. I see a lot of comments on the simplistic nature of diplomacy in this game, but all I see is a complex interplay between peace, friendship and alliance, and a constant attempt by the AI to manipulate it for their own ends. I really like how the game gives you a reason as to why your ally just tore up all agreements and went to war with you. It makes everything so much more meaningful. Overall it's a gigantic improvement over Gladius. I can't wait to see where the game is in 2027.
This actually is the Gladius engine! Same developer using it for their own setting. Game plays similarly for sure, but I think the setting here is really cool.
Thanks for the review
Thanks for watching! I’ve only done a couple reviews, trying to get better at it.
Excellent review. Very much in line with my feelings about the game, even down to the comparison with the brilliant movie, Annihilation.
I'm in the middle of my first major game on a huge map with max player count, and it's truly epic. The way the alliances shift and move is pretty unique in my experience. I see a lot of comments on the simplistic nature of diplomacy in this game, but all I see is a complex interplay between peace, friendship and alliance, and a constant attempt by the AI to manipulate it for their own ends. I really like how the game gives you a reason as to why your ally just tore up all agreements and went to war with you. It makes everything so much more meaningful.
Overall it's a gigantic improvement over Gladius. I can't wait to see where the game is in 2027.
Well said! I think giving the other factions real character and motivations adds a lot to the experience vs the usual 4x sandbox. Thanks for watching!
Too many games look like this I swear this is like a cut and paste engine...from Gladius to this
This actually is the Gladius engine! Same developer using it for their own setting. Game plays similarly for sure, but I think the setting here is really cool.
@@ExampleOfPlay I do like the Cyberpunk aspect I wont lie