Argentis wrote:Dallane wrote:Argentis wrote:Those style of games are 4X Games. Check the websites Explorminate and Spacesector if you want suggestions on 4X games as well as reviews, giveaways, etc.
Yup by far my fav type of game to play. I always try and snag them up as they come out and see how they are. NOTHING has ever measured up to master of orion 2
Well I like Star Drive II. Best ship design system though quite buggy and the dev is a tad of a slacker.
There is Distant Worlds which is very weird to play (took me a long time to learn it), a lot of automation. Not really my style of play but it might interest you.
I liked GalCiv2 and GalCiv3 though GalCiv3 is very easy imo.
Fallen Enchantress and Sorcerer King are pretty good though FE has pretty outdated graphics.
Thea is amazing though there is no expand part really. You start with one village and that's it. It's a mix between 4X games and rogue-like RPG.
StarRuler 2 is pretty good though it never managed to really hold my interest (the combat is a tad boring imo).
Recently Polaris Sector was released, not half bad, but the spying is boring, it's quite easy and on the grind-fest colonization side.
Pandora: First Contact is imo better than Civ: Beyond Earth. Same retake on Alpha Centauri though.
Endless Space is good. People don't like the combat system (cinematic with a rock paper scissors system somewhat) but I like it.
Endless Legends is quite good though I don't like the combat system. Lacks of balance imo and nation units are completely eclipsed by some Neutral units (those friggin ogres).
At the limit of being called a 4X game is Sins of Solar Empire. Lot of mods though, somewhat close to a 4X game with a faster pace.
Hopefully you haven't played a few of those ;p.
If you see Horizon or Legends of Pegasus though, run away. They were terrible at release, never looked back.
I've played a few of those but watched streams of lets play for the others I wasn't dead set on buying.
I really love the endless games and sins. Sins multiplayer was fun as all hell.
I will have to check out pandora. AC was my fav game in the civ series. I enjoy BE but its not nearly the same.