Decades have passed since the war erupted between the United Space Federation and The Alliance of Free Worlds. A bloody conflict that seemed to have reached a stalemate is now about to change, when a thrid faction suddenly appears. Take control of a fleet commander returned from exile, rise through the ranks of the United Space Federation forces and join an epic war across the stars. Start with a small group of frigates, and climb your way to controlling battleships, carriers and planetary bases, in huge space battles and boarding actions. Build space stations and orbital facilities to fortify your position, build your fleet, extract minerals and research upgrades. Execute boarding actions using marine special forces, and bombard your enemies with orbital long range cannons.
ok game but uninspired and buggy as ****.
cons :
massive slowdowns in late game
no real repair function
replaces units with icons way to close in and really kills the look of the big fights
frequent CTDs and game breaking bugs like faulty objectives so save often
poor enemy AI, difficulty is only increased by enemy units receiving artificial buffs over you own units (even the same unit as your own, just controlled by the AI has like 20% better stats) and restricting high-end research
you own units frequently forget what they have been told to do, usually resulting in a strung out line of ships that just decided to stop at random points. ships told to hold position frequently decide other wise and charge straight in
Terrible animation and voice acting during the cut scenes and transitions. seriously YouTube the boarding scene from this game, just wow
no multiplayer as of yet
pros :
Pretty good storyline although the aforementioned acting lets it down
graphics are nice and the battle are fun to watch
not really sure what else goes here, the skirmish mode is pretty good I suppose. MP may go here if they actually add one in the end
so really just buy it if it goes on sale like 3-5 quid kind of range