The Pegasus Expedition
Kalla Gameworks · 2023 · Dialogue Heavy, Grand Strategy, Strategy, 4X, Space
PC
Mixed69% · 242 📉 Recent reviews down 61%
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About The Pegasus Expedition
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends an expedition to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth, only to find themselves in the middle of an interstellar war they inadvertently started.
As you lead one of these fleets, your mission soon transitions from exploration to governance, conquest, and eventually a fight for survival. Players will experience a challenging story where nothing is self-evident and every decision will have its consequences.
Building on the legacy of the grand strategy genre, The Pegasus Expedition adds a strong narrative side to the classic 4X-gameplay which involves managing your diplomatic ties, armies, economy and scientific development.
As you lead one of these fleets, your mission soon transitions from exploration to governance, conquest, and eventually a fight for survival. Players will experience a challenging story where nothing is self-evident and every decision will have its consequences.
Building on the legacy of the grand strategy genre, The Pegasus Expedition adds a strong narrative side to the classic 4X-gameplay which involves managing your diplomatic ties, armies, economy and scientific development.
Key Features
- Immense handcrafted world – a replayable campaign set in a rich, vast world.
- Conflict and tragedy – experience a deep storyline, where no-one is perfect and ends will often have to justify the means.
- Choose to be the leader you wish to be – face difficult moral choices in difficult times, and suffer their consequences.
- Rewarding gameplay experience – Versatile 4X gameplay with many different approaches to various challenges the campaign presents.
- Meaningful diplomacy – a diverse and versatile system with over 30 independent factions in the galaxy.
- Planning-based combat – manage your warfronts' bigger picture, and weigh which losses you’re willing to take for success.
A story driven 4X-game
The Pegasus Expedition is a story driven grand strategy game which focuses on combining an epic sci-fi narrative with a solid 4X foundation to create a very unique narrative strategy game experience. Your decisions and actions shape the galaxy around you, with every alliance and crisis you suffer or cause leaving their mark.The Council
As the Director of Zeus Link fleet, you control all aspects of the Zeus Link, making all of your critical decisions with your council; the group of your closest subordinates and advisors. They will inform you of the new developments in the galaxy, and do their part in solving the numerous crises and incidents you will have to resolve, one way or another.Economy
You will start out with only your seasoned but thin expeditionary fleet, and you will need to develop a functioning economy fast to keep the Expedition going. After all, you will be supplied from home for only so long.Diplomacy in a Torn Galaxy
The Pegasus Galaxy is full of independent factions, with their own grudges, rivalries and fragile alliances, so you’ll need to navigate this diplomatic landscape with care in order to succeed. That will involve both making dynamic deals and treaties in the diplomacy system, as well as making tough choices in dialogue. After all, you are a suspicious and despised newcomer in this galaxy, with limited time and huge expectations to accomplish.Manage your Fleets and Officers
To survive in this new and often hostile galaxy, it’s extremely important to keep your forces improving and your leaders trained. You will have to work with limited human resources, and choosing the right person for the right job can often make the difference. Assign admirals, governors and special forces operatives to help you to victory.Stellar Warfare
War never really changes, and the Pegasus galaxy has a lot of it to offer. Choose your strategies and plan your battles well, as in the Pegasus Expedition’s unique combat, careful planning is everything. Espionage and the well thought out movement of your forces will be crucial in war, in order to have your fleets at the right place at the right time.Technology
In the future, there’s an even shinier future ahead. There are great discoveries to be made, and many things, great and less great, that you can do using those discoveries. To have a chance against your foes, you'll need to be one step ahead of them in technology too, and not just in strategy.Fight Against the Ever Worsening Odds
Your starting situation is not an easy one... And it’s only going to get worse. The longer the expedition continues, the higher the stakes, with new threats, enemies, backstabbers and heroic resistance movements. Everything to keep the campaign dynamic, interesting, and challenging to the very end. With a plenty of characters, sidequests and twists and turns to the campaign, the dynamic Pegasus Galaxy will present new challenges to face that will keep you on your toes.DLC & expansions
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What Steam players say
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[h1]Short Version [/h1] Pegasus Expedition ticks all the boxes which are supposed to make a good 4X game but somehow fails to capture the spirit of “just one more turn” which makes those games addictive to play [h1]Long Version [/h1] [b]Story [/b] – Poor There is some semblance of story in the game but as this is a strategy game it is more of extended tutorial campaign to learn how to play the game. It tries to put some moral dilemmas now and then but it is mostly secondary. [b]Gameplay [/b] – Average As I have mentioned the game ticks all the boxes for a 4x strategy game but somehow manages to miss the point. The interface is lacking and shows things you don’t care about while not showing things you need to know. Many things are left unexplained. The whole pace of the game is considerably slower than it should be. Moving fleets becomes a bit of a pain in the end. The tech tree does not give you straight bonuses but upgrades for ships which makes half the tech simply not worth researching. [b]Wokeness [/b] – None Thumbs up here. [b]Technical [/b] – Great. No voice over but otherwise OK. No crashes. [b]Price and DLC’s[/b] – Excellent None but for the price of 3 euros you…8 found this helpful
It was only 5 bucks so can't complain too much but the happiness system stinks. One minute your doing fantastic, you build a few fleets and outposts and bang 0 happiness due to negative energy and next turn entire empire in rebellion. How does it work, no idea and no easy way to know. One has to guess how to get to positive enegy as it's not clear, the idea of effectively instant rebellions is nonsense and I'm just fed up at this stage after many tries. I'm not enjoying myself and this game disrespects my time.2 found this helpful
The Pegasus Expedition is a science-fiction grand strategy game developed by Kalla Gameworks and published by Fulqrum Publishing. While many games in the 4X and grand strategy genres focus primarily on empire building and open-ended conquest, The Pegasus Expedition takes a different path by placing a strong emphasis on storytelling and political decision-making. The result is a strategy experience that attempts to merge large-scale galactic management with a narrative campaign centered on humanity's fight for survival. The game's story begins during one of humanity's darkest moments. Earth and the Milky Way face an existential threat that leaves little hope for long-term survival. In a desperate effort to secure a future for the human race, a massive expedition is sent to the distant Pegasus Galaxy. What initially appears to be a mission of exploration and colonization soon becomes far more complicated. Upon arriving in the new galaxy, humanity discovers a web of rival civilizations, shifting alliances, territorial conflicts, and political instability. The expedition must navigate these challenges while attempting to secure a future for billions of people back home. Unlike many s…1 found this helpful
Fun 4x game. Some oddities in grammar and explaining game functions - but nothing game breaking. If you want a simpler galactic civ - this is your game. I really enjoyed the story too - more than I expected! Best part, hands down, was how they expanded the galaxy. How you met new civilizations and the story developed step by step. I love the hand crafted-ness of it. I know "emergent "gaming is all the vogue, but going through a hand crafted story is always nice. Reduces replayability - sure. But I only play games once anyway - and totally worth it.1 found this helpful
This is a narrative game first, strategy game second. I want more of this.
Good Game 11/10
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