It doesn't take very long to discover this isn't quite the case. Many aspects Stardrive 2 starts out with the enticing possibility that it really is a modern answer to MOO/MOO 2. Forget about winning - its impossible to even keep pace with the computer. The AI isn't just ultra-aggressive but also cheats more than just about any game in recent memory. Stardrive 2 starts out with the enticing possibility that it really is a modern answer to MOO/MOO 2. The ground combat is turn-based, with an X-Com Enemy Unknown feel to it, which I've come to really enjoy as an entirely separate mini-game within Stardrive 2.

The space combat is visually impressive and always fun to play. The ship designing and customization are definitely high points of Stardrive 2. Being able to see a newly researched weapon help your ships blaze a path of destruction across an enemy fleet in real-time combat helps to tie the entire game together and makes it feel like every decision you've made matters. The combination of turn-based empire management with real-time space combat helps to break up the pace of the game into enjoyable yet distinct pieces. You'll meet minor species to either befriend, enslave, or exterminate. You'll engage in diplomacy and espionage with/against a variety of interesting and unique alien species all with their own agendas. You'll design and build your own starships to conquer your enemies and protect all you've gained. You'll find valuable resources to claim through colonization and exploration. You'll research interesting technologies, some of them unique to your species and others totally random in nature. Right from the start, you'll be faced with interesting events, encounters, and anomalies that will drive you to spread your chosen species farther out amongst the stars. This is definitely a game that can keep you up late at night, constantly clicking end turn just to see what lies ahead in the development and struggles of the star nation you've spent hours carefully building. I highly recommend this game for anyone looking for a galactic empire building game featuring that 'just one more turn' itch that some of the great 4x games of the past have offered. This is definitely a game that can keep you up late at night, If you like Civilization style TBS games, but always wanted similar style empire building, but in space with amazing ship to ship combat. If you like Civilization style TBS games, but always wanted similar style empire building, but in space with amazing ship to ship combat.

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