Space 4x

[crazy canuck]

IV is much better than iii or II IMHO. But there is something about the galciv format that kind of exhaust me, I am not sure.

I think its the repetition.  Once you figure out what you are supposed to do, you do that over and over again.

[Tamas]

IV is much better than iii or II IMHO. But there is something about the galciv format that kind of exhaust me, I am not sure.

I think its the repetition.  Once you figure out what you are supposed to do, you do that over and over again.

Yeah, you are probably right.

[dist]

Was Starsector already suggested? There are no aliens in that one.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Was Starsector already suggested? There are no aliens in that one.

It's not been suggested, it's good and it has some damn good mods too

[dist]

Which mods would you recommend? I haven't played it modded, but the last playthrough by Rhadamant with the Ashes of the Domain mod looked rather good.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I'm currently using Nexerelin with Industrial Evolution, Grand Colonies, Better Colonies and Terraforming and Station construction.
That gives me sufficient fun when I'm playing it which is less often than I'd like (but all the rest of my games sidetrack me constantly) :p

[Jacob]

Was Starsector already suggested? There are no aliens in that one.

It's not been suggested, it's good and it has some damn good mods too

I couldn't find it on steam... because it's not on steam.

On the website it says it's "early access". How complete a game experience is it?

[dist]

I played a rather long game a year or two ago. So for me, the game experience is rather complete. At least to make an enjoyable experience. But it's perhaps missing some later game content and better factions dynamics and diplomacy, which Nexerelin is supposed to add.

You can give a look at the playthrough I was mentioning, it will give you an idea of the overall gameplay. I think Rhadamant also have an older vanilla playthrough on his channel.

The interesting take of the game on the genre is that you start as a nobody ship captain and have to earn enough income (and defence fleet) to be able to establish your first colonies and protect your faction.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Was Starsector already suggested? There are no aliens in that one.

It's not been suggested, it's good and it has some damn good mods too

I couldn't find it on steam... because it's not on steam.

On the website it says it's "early access". How complete a game experience is it?

it's been in a very playable state for over 10 years iirc (bought my copy in 2011). How complete it really is I can't say, but I'm guessing very complete.

[Syt]

Emperor of the Fading Suns will receive another major update and additionally come to Steam on April 4th.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2799350/Emperor_of_the_Fading_Suns_Enhanced/