Each soldier has action points that can be split between movement and attacks, and weapons can be switched out and upgraded (outside of battle, of course) to change your tactics in some ways. As long as the defending planet has available troops to fend off the attack, you’ll be placed into turn-based tactical combat. When a planet’s defenses have been dropped, you or your enemy can send in an invasion force. The battle is over when one team’s ships go boom. You can control where your ships move around the battle area, and can control their tendencies (all-out attack, defender, etc.) to a certain extent, but much of the fighting will be automated, with missiles, lasers, etc. Here you’ll be able to watch your ship designs in action. Here your fleet or planetary defenses will take on your enemy in a real-time battle. First, you’ll probably end up seeing ship battles. Once you’re ready to eXterminate (or usually before then, other civs tend to want to crush you well before you’re ready) there are a few ways to get off of the galaxy map.
From crazy planet resources, to the hero you can hire who is basically Zapp Brannigan from Futurama there are fun references throughout that keep the mood light. StarDrive 2 has a pretty decent sense of humor and that is shown throughout the game. Even on extra-terrestrial planets, you can’t get away from Sharknados Many are pretty straight forward, such as delicacies which when enough are controlled make other civs like you more, while others are…odd to say the least. Through that eXpansion you’ll be able to eXploit the various resources that the planets provide. Do you want a ship that won’t be able to leave your areas of control, but will blow up anything that gets close to it? Or maybe a recon ship that isn’t going to do much good in a fight? You’ll start with only a few ship weapons, defenses, and systems and even fewer hull types, but through research you’ll be able to outfit your fleet nearly any way you’d like.Įarly on, you’ll really rely on your scouts and colony ships to eXplore and eXpand. The ship builder is easy to use, and allows you to balance offensive and defensive capabilities however you’d like. You’ll also be prompted to visit the shipyard where you’ll be able to keep an eye on your fleet, or even design new ships to wreak havoc across the universe. HOW TO: Change system date in OS X from Terminal Excess food is always good too, as it will automatically be sold for extra credits. Colonists can be moved from one job to another at any time, but you’ll always want to be sure and have enough farmers – or food generating buildings – to keep your population fed. Those colonists will be spread between three basic jobs – farmers, workers, and scientists. Your planets can only support a certain number of colonists based on the size and quality of the planet. The game’s tutorial does a pretty good job of explaining many of the available eXploring and eXpanding options, while there are tool-tips on nearly everything in the game to help if you somehow get stuck. – you’ll be whisked away to the galactic map and your home planet.
Once you’ve picked your civilization and chosen a few other game-related settings – universe size, difficulty, etc. You’ll hear from GNN periodically with game updates, unless you choose to turn it off in the game settings Adding weaknesses can allow for more strengths, but you won’t be able to go too overboard with weaknesses either. You’ll have a set number of points to spread across strengths with varying point values. If you don’t like their defaults you can always change them though. Each race has default characteristics including strengths and weaknesses that should affect how each plays. There are nine different civilizations from which to choose, from humans, to seed people, all the way up to awesome space bears. Your first game in StarDrive 2 will start as most strategy games do: picking your civilization. Keep reading our StarDrive 2 review to see how well these systems work together. In the sequel from Zero Sum Games, StarDrive 2 returns largely to its turn-based roots with just enough real-time action to mix things up a bit. StarDrive, the successfully Kickstarted space exploration game actually had a bit more of a real-time vibe to it. The turn-based 4X genre of gaming may have waned slightly in recent years due to the proliferation of real-time games, but there are definitely still outlets to get your eXploring, eXpanding, eXploiting and eXterminating going.
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