Dawn of Andromeda

unfinished, bugged, and generally bad design

I was initially going to give this game a positive, if mediocre review. However, I just discovered something absolutely unacceptable for which I must give this a negative one. This game is a more basic and more boring but more visually-appealing version of Galactic Civilizations II. There are other games like it so it isn't groundbreaking or anything, but it was enjoyable. What I realized though is that, either by incompetence or by design, the devs updated the game to cheat against you. What I mean is, the Subterfuge DLC update. I personally didn't buy it, as I found the content wasn't worth the price. But the systems are still implemented into my game, just not for me. The AI can freely steal my tech and send spies to my systems, but the functionality is disabled only for myself. Basically, the devs gave the AI the DLC for free so they can cheat against me until I buy it too. Somehow they managed to make a single-player game against AI - Pay 2 Win. Perhaps one of the only examples that exist in the industry today, if not the only one. Until this decision is reversed, which I doubt it would after so many years, I cannot in good conscious give this a positive review. There are…

On Paper it has all it needs to shine, but it lacks the feel of like a soul. There are more and better games out, and even on sale its not worth it. The game feels empty, on all places, the building, the fighting, the exploring. There is plenty todo but nothing feels like its worth your time. I would rate it a 3 of 10.

This game is honestly a little bit generic for the genre. It isn't necessarily terrible, but there are considerably better options. When games within a certain genre tend to bleed together to this degree, I generally tend to only recommend the best - and this one, while not bad, isn't the best in the genre, either, and it isn't unique enough to stand out.

Its not bad

Looks interesting, but the font is so tiny it makes it difficult to play, sorry.