Pax Nova

It's a good game for people who like micromanagement. I have to say it's similar to Beyond Earth in some aspects, but I prefer Beyond Earth much more due to less micromanagement. Unfortunately, I have to change my review to negative. The game freezes while waiting for the end of a turn while the opponent is playing. This has happened twice. So, it's a demo where you can play about 200 turns before the game freezes. Until this is fixed, I can't recommend this game, which is a shame, because the idea itself is very good, but the execution isn't.

Nothing is explained well. I've spent as much time on Google as I have playing the game. You cannot set your keybindings and <esc> doesn't back you out of things, like in almost every single other game of this type. There is a bunch of potential here, but good grief it's like it was developed by a sadist. If things get updated I'll update my review, but at this juncture I wouldn't waste even the $8 this game is currently on sale for.

To the folks complaining about lack of ESC to back out of menus...USE THE RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON! THIS IS MORE IMMEDIATELY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS THAN HAVING TO REACH FOR A KEY. Just because it's done elsewhere doesn't mean it has to be done everywhere for all time! LEARN TO ADAPT LIKE A REAL GAMER, and not whine like a child. Pax Nova is an atmospheric, slow-burn space colonisation adventure with the usual Diplomacy and Research options expanding as you evolve and grow. It has that absorbing One-More-Turn sauce beloved of the 4X genre, backed up by pretty far-future visuals and a haunting space-ambient soundtrack with all the tension and grand swells you'd expect from a Hans Zimmer score. I'm having a great time with this, and just don't get the negativity.

One of THE worst turn-based strategy games I've ever encountered. You start a game at normal settings and your main city gets attacked by alien life forms immediately. Defense districts for defence or military academies for building attack units you quickly build don't work, because you need to staff them first with citizens to be operational. Good luck with a barely grown city of two citizens. And all of this is happening while your AI opponents freely roam the map and evolve. Absolut trash of a game, not even worth to buy at a deep discount. There are more polished and better games of the specific genre out there at a better price and with mechanics that actually make sense.

Tutorial is bad to not say inexistant. There is no story as such. It's procedural map and you kill everyone. So Kind of CIV type of game. You cannot leave the menu by pressing escape. You have to click the cross at top right corner? I couldn't get into it. Looking at reviews, seems like i was not the only one. I would go play Endless legend if you want a 4X.

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