First, I played through a few games, usually on the losing side too.
This game feels a lot like Alpha Centauri. That’s a good thing as I really liked that game. The graphics are nice and I like the music as well. I have no performance issues. However, I had one crash that I cannot reproduce. I was attacking a hive at the time. I attached the logs.
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Fraction
Terra Salvum
World Size
Huge
World Shape
Continents
Difficulty
Easy
Alien Aggression
Low
Reveled Research Tiers
Three
I wanted to use a difficulty were no one received any bonuses. Before I was using Medium difficulty. I set the alien aggression to low. The aliens on low seem about right, before they were just too aggressive. They still become aggressive once the aliens are angry event pops up. However, I can handle it by then since my army will be built up. New players will probably have a hard time until they figure out how to deal with the aliens. It can be quite tough.
The interface is slick. I have no problems with information or understanding how to use the screens. That said, diplomacy seems off. My last game I could not declare war on my neighbor until I did an orbital bombardment on their forces. We had treaties, but I canceled them all. Now the current game my neighbor declared war on me. However, he is polite to me and I could give him a gift. After giving him a gift, I now cannot do anything with him except say. “We’re done here.” I assume that is intended, but it just seems odd. Then after a while they offer me gifts even though we are at war and actively fighting. It really makes no sense. The war is going as expected. The ai is sending forces to attack me, so far I am repelling them.
The ai seems to have the ability to build cities like crazy. I have six cities build. They have already out built and surrounded me. So far every game has been this way. I don’t mind city spamming, but I would like to spam as well. These are really my only two complaints; fix diplomacy were it makes sense and tweak down the ai expansion. It would be nice if there was more to do with the oceans or even have floating cities.
Overall, the game is fun. I look forward to future updates.
