Beyond the standout features, Lost Empire is a fairly traditional 4X title. You'll use your fleets to conquer minor races and rivals, manage your economy and research, and try not to have everyone declare war on you at the same time. Unfortunately, a boneheaded interface that makes selecting fleets and sorting through uncolonized planets a giant pain constantly frustrates. Also, it's a bit disappointing that you can't command your ships in battle after designing and building them – all combat is automatically resolved. Still, 4X fans should be able to extract plenty of entertainment from this Danish import.
Paradox Interactive has issued a new patch for Lost Empire: Immortals, updating to v1.0.8.0 the 4X strategy game developed by Pollux Gamelabs.
Game Revolution writes: "What is the measure of a fine pint of beer? Is it the amber color that tips the scales? Can you know the beer's quality with the first sip? Some beers are best at certain temperatures, and some even need to be drunk from the right kind of glass to get the right persistence of foam. Determining the quality of a fine glass of beer is indeed an interesting question… but one of the nice things about beer is that even if you haven't developed a fine degree of snobbery, you can still pop open a can of Bud and have yourself a good ol' time.
Turn-based strategy games - and especially Lost Empires: Immortals - need to learn from the example set by beer. In a genre rife with much better games, Immortals carves out a unique niche for itself by being a game that ultimately tastes too skunky to be truly palatable.
The turn-based strategy game is notorious for its addictive qualities, its ability to make hours pass in the blink of an eye. Indeed, the time-compressing effects of playing such a game is commonly referred to as the 'just one more term' syndrome."
+ Hours of gameplay
- Poor graphics and sound
- Minimal interactivity in combat
- Wonky UI decisions
- Lots of broken or half-functional systems
- My ears will never be the same
From the article: "A new patch is in development for Paradox's Lost Empire Immortals, and it is being helmed by a modder! bman654 (on their forums) is said to be an experienced gamer and hobby developer. The patch will be released in phases (with beta releases, etc)..."
