Recent reviews by Fun with knives

Uninstalled after happily playing for 258 hours.
Buildings are dumb, just remove them to regain 1/3 of playerbase

Sick game esp considering that it's made and supported by the team of 3

Virgin Elden Ring:
*Fantasy
*No plot whatsoever
*Bleak and anonymous protagonist
*Boring music


Chad Lizards must die:
*Historically accurate
*Great plot where you must defend Earth from ZOG
*Wide selection of characters, real historical figures, namely Drochislav, son of Sergey
*Moving music

Imagine playing Terra invicta, but only space battles, with even worse controls.

Visually It looks like 1998 Eve online on low settings.

Only play this game if you can afford watching how your 3 ships firing heavy cannons for 15 mins straight and doing no damage whatsoever.

After beating The Academy, I just want to hug everybody on the dev team.

Good:
1. The game's nerdiness is unmatched in the amount of detail.
2. The unique concept of playing as elites with their own agendas, rather than nations, is cool and much more plausible in real life. Nobody is ever going to unite against an existential threat, as seen in WW2.
3. Space physics is cool, game taught me (kind of) what delta-v is.

Not yet good:
1. Factions need polishing and more uniqueness. So far, gameplay is somewhat similar for all eight of them.
2. Advisor management is too repetitive. Perhaps more automation options could help.
3. Corps are just stats and resources now; they can definitely bring more to the game.
4. Space combat is not balanced; coils are just so much better than everything else. Also, I want drones, the ability to fix ships with broken drives, and better optimization.
5. Land combat could be a tad more interesting, and fleets are weird.
6. Diplomacy is almost nonexistent; you play 1x7 all the time.
7. Spoiler for mid-game Alien landing is a horrible mechanic. I solved it by just nuking them to dust, and they never ever tried to settle on Earth again.

To sum up, the game has unique and strong fundamentals but needs a lot of polishing. By the end of 2023, it should be awesome, especially if the modding community catches up.

Good stuff, quite challenging

Игра требует допила ИИ и шлифовки юнитов, но новый Эадор - всегда круто

Best roguelike i ever played.