Reviewed by Yuri Storchak
Genre and what to do:
Strategy or Business management. You operate in a galactic civilization revenged by a recent space war. The network of space station must be rebuilt. You are free to do everything you want. You are to hire someone out of nine alien races to do some tasks for you (to build stores, services, etc.). All aliens are visitors on the space station until hired. The task is to provide comfort and shelter for alien visitors. Making the guests of the station happy contributes to the funds. Combats rule definite segments of the station; you are to fight with them to have the segments under your control.
Style and atmosphere inside the game:
Very good graphic, looks and sounds well. The events take place in a multi-level space station, a peaceful place in a galaxy. Alliances come to the station in search of peace. Flexibility and adaptation to different things help to succeed in the game. The development of an effective strategy needs much attention. You are to be ready to anything in it. Any moment the station can have a bomb-threat, etc. Every mission differs a bit from the other. Attention is paid to the smallest details in the game. Nice humor is throughout the missions.
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Offline gameplay: 1 player |
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Multiplayer: Yes |
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Publisher:
Eidos |
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ESRB Ratio: Everyone (6+) |
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| Extras and features: |
a) Good sandbox mode. Everything can be replayed.
b) 3 circular decks (Industrial, Pleasure and BioDeck) are subdivided into six equal sections.
c) Nine alien races, each has distinctive characteristics. |
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| Drawbacks: |
· Weak camera system Camera control can be lost at any minute
· Not many mission levels
· Lack of the information in the tutorial |
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Requirements:
Windows 98/Me
Processor: PII 450 MHz
DirectX 8
64 MB RAM
Free hard drive space: 300 MB |
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