Interstellar Space Genesis (Master of Orion like 4x game)

[Blake00]

Anyone here tried this new but retroish 4X Master Of Orion 2 like game? If so was it good? Was it stable? Apparently the indie team behind it consists of only 2 people haha! It looks pretty awesome so am thinking about trying it out now that it's finally on sale (it's normally pretty pricey lol).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/9846 ... e_Genesis/

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[Blake00]

opps sorry Terre! I don't visit here as much as I used to so I forget special rules lol.

Oh well as for the game.. time was running out on the steam sale and the general response I'm getting in most places I asked was either silence or 'never heard of it so I don't know if it's good' haha.. However I watched a let's play video series of it and that sold it for me.. so I hit the button lol!

As expected it’s graphics aren’t exactly revolutionary lol but damn is it addictive and fun to play. There's room for improvement though so I've been posting lots of feedback on the steam forum as the devs actually read your comments and respond which is a rarity on there these days haha!

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[Blake00]

If people are interested in more info I finally wrote a belated steam review with a big list of ISG's pros and cons (IMO).
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/765 ... ded/984680

Released a video covering my thoughts too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpqP2s6ypys

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Also just heard about another MOO like project called Alliance of the Sacred Suns (that seems to have been doing public betas for years under the name Imperia5x) when I saw it's kickstarter campaign. Looks like an interesting attempt at being different from regular Master of Orion like 4x space strategy games by focusing more on you the emperor.. feels kinda of like a 'Dune - Padishah Emperor simulator' managing those pesky greedy disobedient houses haha! Planetary management looks interesting, those separated regional environments and developments remind me of MOO3. A simple thing but I also love how the planets moons just swing past the camera while you're managing the world. Haven't seen any space battle footage so I dunno how that's managed yet. It's kickstarter period is over half way through but it's not even at half funded which is a bit worrying. It's been worked on for many years and seems so far along so hopefully the project would survive a KS failure.

Dev video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7_Tt9YAZ7E

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