Great, unique space strategy game

Pros: I've d/l'd quite a few games from this site & this is probably the best. Basically, you compete against an opponent (which can be your computer) for control of a planetary system. There's a lot of strategy involved, so I recommend this game for mature players-- teens & up. You must choose how to best allocate your resources (ships & bombs)-- when/which worlds to take over, when to attack your opponent, etc. It's quite unique, but it might be described as a combo of Monopoly & chess. You can play against the computer 'AI' at 5 different skill levels, & supposedly online against other players, tho I suspect there are few out there to connect to. The graphics are pretty nice. After playing the game about 25x, I am still learning it's subtleties. A good game can take hours. You can set several options, tho I like the default options. A nice feature is that the resources of each world change (apparently randomly) from game to game. Great game & it's free.

Cons: 1) I get a bug alert (suspicious script alert) everytime I load the game, but just instruct my anti-virus program to accept the script each time & I've never had any problems.

2) The pause function doesn't seem to work.

3) Apparently this software is not being upgraded-- the last change was in 2004. A shame. I'd pay for a really glitzy version.

Posted: 14-Oct-2007 04:18:33 PM