Sword of the stars

[Josquius]

Anyone ran across this?
Spacey 4x game.
Its very simplistic in gameplay it seems, no planet based buildings to be built and all very scenario based, only 5 races. Also from my messing with the demo the graphics annoy me greatly- there is a reason most space games don't do realistic 3d maps and its not lack of ability. I discovered a nice system to colonise and jhave a colony ship at earth but I cant send it there as I dont know how on earth to find it on the map.
Think i'll stick to moo2

[The Brain]

Played it some. Some annoying interface features, but my impression was that it wasn't a bad game if you got into it. I did not.

[chipwich]

The only thing it does better than Galciv 2 is the brilliant racial colonization vitality system.

[Josquius]

The only thing it does better than Galciv 2 is the brilliant racial colonization vitality system.

The what now? I can't recall seeing that.

What seems good to me is that the 5 races are totally different, use different hyperspace and all.
But the horrible map kills it for me.

[Ed Anger]

I'd recommend turning off random events. There are some early overpowered 'monsters' that will rape you early in the game.

I found the game to be a headache with the map and bland as hell.

[sbr]

I tried to play it a bunch of times but I just wasn't that into it.