4X space strategy games seem to be the specialty of the Iceberg lately. After the fantastic Endless Space, the Iceberg Stardrive now launching a game Zero Sum Games that could be a great success thanks to some good mechanical and spatial bears, but it ends up being too prejudice by some bad design choices and some haste in release.
Those who have never played a game like that are the ones who will suffer in the rush. The few game tutorials may not be incomplete, but they are quite static and boring. If I had to compare them would have to be with the Crusader Kings 2, which despite being a great game, suffering from the same problem. Featuring tutorials relatively elaborate but not spent long texts without any interactivity, which reduces its effectiveness to less than half.
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SegmentNext writes: "Space game StarDrive has issued an update for Patch 1.15 that will take care of some rather persistent issues. This strategic title on PC from publisher Iceberg Interactive is set in the 4X genre of galactic conquest."
A quest to touch the stars and expand your galactic empire is what awaits you in this space opera. You will take the role as leader of one of eight galactic super powers. The galaxy awaits your soft touch or iron fist.
You start off in your home solar system, given some resources and a flag ship. You must venture forth to expand your race at the dominant life, whether it be, trade or extermination. Each of the races have specific traits but can be modified on the new game screen. Each will define how you interact with the other races. You could have a small home world with a pack mentality or be alluring and ponderous or even repulsive and wasteful the decisions you choose are up to you and balance very nicely.
Was this review translated or something? It reads kind of odd.