Recent reviews by MaidenDragon

Argh, this is so complicated! A lot of the instructions don't work, as in, you cannot drag and drop as described. Meant I got stuck pretty early on. Not worth it unless playability is improved.

It's... Fun, in a way, yet still buggy. For one thing, the advisor messages repeat themselves far too often without an option for turning them off. For another, the alien lifeforms are too strong in the beginning, just as you're starting out (appear to have replaced the barbarian hoards from previous Civs), which, even when playing on the easiest level, makes it very hard to advance. It also used to be in previous Civs that when playing on the easiest level, it was easy enough to advance technologically above your neighbours. Well, here it's harder. That's partly because of the way the technology web is set up. I found it overly complex.

Played this during the free weekend. I'd be tempted to buy it, but only at a heavy discount. Waiting for 75% off and hopefully they'll have fixed a few things by then.

I guess I'd only recommend it for fans of Civ and for those with a ton of patience.

Basic gameplay and graphics, battles are sometimes too easy, but still a reasonable RPG.

It's a bit like Anno in a way, except much simpler, (have heard more like Port Royale but have only ever played an online version of that). But it's OK if you like this sort of thing. Mostly going around trading to earn money and doing various missions. Naval battles are fun once you get the hang of them (there's no decent tutorial).