If you are new to this genre there might be a fairly steep learning curve to begin with, but if you trudge through the overwhelming amount of information thrown at you to begin with you will be rewarded with a brilliant strategy game with a huge amount of depth and variation.Īll right let’s get some housekeeping out of the way first and foremost. Age of Wonders: Planetfall, the newest 4X strategy game from Triumph Studios, adds in turn-based combat to bring together the excitement of intergalactic battles with the diplomacy and strategy necessary to build a mighty empire.

These grandiose space operas often focus on flashy fights and interstellar wizards that make things move with their minds, but rarely do they shine a light on the internal workings of the civilisations in the stars. Film series such as Star Wars, Star Trek and more recently the MCU’s cosmic-oriented entries all centre around huge scale conflicts that span galaxies and involve exotic races and planets. Phasers, light speed travel, dog fights among the stars-all things that sci-fi have become synonymous with.

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