Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition

Очень неплохая игра, хоть и из всех щелей лезет её индюшачье происхождение. Игра простая, в плане механик, но при этом достаточно глубокая чтобы можно было интересно играть. В целом - чем-то напомнило мне старый добрый MoO2. Много внимания уделено удобству интерфейса и максимальному комфорту от игры, что довольно типично для инди игр. Жаль что именитые студии при разработке своих ААА проектов забывают, что игру они делают для того чтобы в неё играть, а не любоваться красивыми катсценами... Из того что понравилось - нет этой дурацкой привязки к производству еды как во ВСЕХ 4х стратегия про космос. Ну серьёзнл, мы уже покоряем галактику, и до сих пор не решили вопрос прокорма населения? Даже на Земле сейчас в 21 веке рост населения вообще никак не связан с производством еды... Так же тут фабрики могут работать в полуавтоматическом режиме, без населения (хоть и со сниженной эффективностью). Вообще экономическая система очень интересная, мне прям понравилась! Хоть она и упрощённая. Тактические бои тоже выгледят более простыми по сравнению с МоО2, но зато не такие затянутые. И обычно авторасчёт довольно хорошо отыгрывает бои, редко приходится переигрывать вручную. Только если реально тяжёлый бой. А так в целом в боёвке есть всё что надо: обходы с флангов, влияние местности, различные параметры которые надо учитывать и т.д. В общем боёвка норм, не напрягает, а наоборот хорошо дополняет геймплей. Очень, очень, классная идея с разработкой дизайнов кораблей! Сам конструктор до нельзя простой, просто накидываешь пушки/системы/броню насколько хватает тоннажа. А вот далее идёт то, что я видел только в старенькой Альфа-Центавре. Перед тем как начать массовое клепание кораблей данного типа, нужно этот дизайн РАЗРАБОТАТЬ. На это тратятся деньги. Причём цена зависит от сроков (можно дать время инженерам вплоть до 25 ходов, это существенно снизит стоимость) и от КАЧЕСТВА. Т.е. можно запросить вплоть до +150% улучшенного качества, и инженеры уж постараются выжать максимум улучшив параметры вплоть до 1.5 раз! Но стоить это будет... Цена тут растёт по экспоненте, так что сроектировать корабль за 5 ходов вместо стандартных 10 и со 150% качеством будет стоить примерно на 3 порядка (т.е. в 1000 раз) дороже чем стандартно :) Так что тут уж выбирайте... Вообще это очень крутая задумка с разработкой дизайна кораблей! Прям огонь! К сожалению игра выглядит практически заброшенной, обновления выходят редко, а дорабатывать здесь ещё оооочень много всего... Но проект интересный, поместил его в вотчлист. Буду наблюдать :)

An amazing game in all honesty. I can appreciate how simple and straightforward it is, with nothing like micro transactions or DLC‘s or even expansions to ruin the experience. This game is just boot right up, select a species, and play. I love that about it.

Bu, Master of Orion 1'in aslına sadık bir yeniden yapımıdır ve onu çeşitli şekillerde geliştirir. Gemi tasarımlarınızın zaman almasını ve planladığınızdan daha iyi ya da daha kötü olabilmesini seviyorum. Irklar benzer, ancak biraz değiştirilmiş. Kolonizasyon sistemi yenilendi ve koloni kurmak için büyük bir yatırım gerekmiyor. Savaş sistemi harika, geri çekilmek için 3 tur beklemenizi gerektiriyor, aksi takdirde gemilerinizi kaybetme riskiyle karşı karşıya kalıyorsunuz. Liderler gibi bazı MoO2 özelliklerinin sonraki sürümlerde ortaya çıkacağını umuyorum, ancak gerçekten bu oyunu bu haliyle sevdiğimi düşünüyorum. Sonuçta bu, hem eğlenceli hem de sadık kalmayı başaran, MoO1'in eğlenceli yanlarını koruyan ve ona katkıda bulunan başarılı bir yeniden yapım. Master of Orion 1, kesinlikle ilerlemeyi hak eden muhteşem bir oyundur ve bu muazzam bir çalışmadır.

For a free game, it's a really good one. It was funded partly on Kickstarter, so later developer put the game on Steam and Itch.io. You can see the rough design and UI, but if you do the tutorial (about 10 mins) you grab the game. Then, start a game with standard settings -> and gameplay shines. Ai is also challenging while not punitive on standard settings :)

A cool Master of Orion 1 clone with a couple of nice twists.

[quote][b]Note: Dying PvP game[/b] This is a PvP focused game, but only a handful of players remain. The player base is too small to provide the variety the game was designed around, and at this rate it will be completely dead within months. This game cannot be played as originally intended.[/quote] "Dominus Galaxia: KS Edition" is a poor man's GalCiv, a hex based turn based 4X grand strategy game where you get your own space empire and take over the galaxy. What's not to love? Well, the lack of polish, clunky badly done game balance, mediocre-barely okay visuals (with a lot of static images)... this is a little half baked and the AI sucks, but it's intended for PvP gameplay before anything else. This game relies on multiple players to work properly, but the developer couldn't work out how to do any netcode or proper online matchmaking. Steam's "Remote Play Together" tries to make up for this glaring shortfall, but PC gamers just don't crowd around a single PC in the living room anymore. This glaring shortfall may be caused by shortsightedness or just lack of competence from the developer, but whatever the reason, the lack of proper online features for a multiplayer only game disqualifies this. Despite not being in Early Access, it's obvious this is an incomplete product. Developers have an obligation to deliver complete, not partially done products to gamers, that shouldn't be controversial. Whatever the excuses may be, it does no service to gamers for incomplete products polluting Steam like this. It makes it harder for gamers to find complete games, and it makes it harder for ethical developers who do the right thing to find their audience. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. This game is ancient, it's over 2026 years old... it's heavily dated and isn't going to give you a remotely contemporary gaming experience... another reason for gamers to be hesitant about adding this to their libraries. Let's look at the price and what kind of value this actually offers gamers. Most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's usually some kind of monetisation, from nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, to any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn't necessarily mean it's valuable, or something you might want to spend your time on. You can always judge a game by how popular it is with the general public. Steam has over 130 million unique gamers, and over 40 million unique logons every day from dedicated PC gamers. But this only ever had a peak player count of a dozen or so people... that's very poor public reception. Gamers rejected this, most likely due to the reasons I supply in this review. I feel like this is a rare "maybe" game... if you're dead poor and can't afford Stellaris or GalCiv, then you could pick this up, but there's no other players, no online matchmaking... it's a tough ask to tell gamers to play this instead of Stellaris.

This is like someone with a head injury trying to remake MOO1 with crayons. Its still EA after YEARS and looks worse than the original.

Dominus Galaxia has good mechanics, UI is great, customization is flexible. The only thing missing is to fill out the placeholder artwork. Great little take on Master of Orion. I like it better pace-wise and aesthetically than Remnants of the Precursors. I am looking forward to full release so I can finally pay the devs for the hours of entertainment I've enjoyed.