I love this game. No faction plays exactly the same, and really enforces different play styles, and emphasis on different aspects of it. The asymmetric balance is feels really fun, especially since you can learn what each faction might be focused on if you want to stop/prevent/annoy them.

If you enjoy 4x games, this is one that I can high recommend playing.

After some recent balance patches, all of the dlc are also pretty good, but definitely not needed.

I love this game. No faction plays exactly the same, and really enforces different play styles, and emphasis on different aspects of it. The asymmetric balance is feels really fun, especially since you can learn what each faction might be focused on if you want to stop/prevent/annoy them. If you enjoy 4x games, this is one that I can high recommend playing. After some recent balance patches, all of the dlc are also pretty good, but definitely not needed.