Off topic: How are games failing you?

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by NKIcan

I love the Sword of the Stars series. I think it does a great job in many different areas. The designing your own ships is fun, and every technology is useful...as well, I enjoy the whole random tech tree as it eliminates the blandness of builds to an extent.

That being said, the game goes on WAY too long after you pretty much know You Won.

The random encounters are also cool Puppet Master...whew

Haha. Well I agree, there were a lot of cool aspects, and I love how even though the tech tree is somewhat small, it isn't burdened by fluff, and it just feels like there's enough content - just slimmed down for a faster paced game. And yes, I liked all the wasp things, and the crazy asteroid battle stations and whatnot. What I didn't like was how hard it was to give meaningful orders in combat half the time, and how unintelligent my ships were about facing and ranging, yet the computer, using the same AI, could cause me terrible attrition with inferior ships. And the expansion race (can't remember their name) just pushed it over the top, with their whole "yay, 1 shot and half your fleet is gone" weaponry.