Re: My impressions... Reactions?
Well, the demo lacks a couple facilities (I should say a good deal of them, but thats more of a personal viewpoint)
Populations DO matter a whole lot in production. You have to have population to make stuff in the first place. The bonuses are pretty powerful (that Atmo Modification Facility can take up to .8 years without bonuses, on a really good planet, about .5, or if you're lucky and own a sphereworld, it could go as low as .4)
The AI is being worked on, and I think its probably tougher in the full Version than in the demo.
"The star systems have way too many habitable planets, imo, and the choice about where to colonize is easy: everything you can within range."
Well, actually, no. You're pretty limited in which planets you can colonize. (Sure, you can colonize everything you're capable of technologically, but who would colonize a planet that could only hold 1 facility? You can only build one facility on a Tiny planet which you dont breathe.) The three types of planets (Ice, Rock, Gas) divides it up pretty well.
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