Cosmic SupremacyI wrote a detailed message about the game and then proceeded to stupidly nuke it somehow (I blame Firefox, because... I can), so this one will be somewhat shorter: i.e. if multiplayer 4X interest you, stop reading and check the link
A list of what I consider key features:
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Free-to-play with fair premium account available (the best concept I have seen as far as these goes).Galaxies/Games are either free-for-all and premium accounts provide no bonus at all or Premium-Exclusive with all bonus. Premium galaxies can have open spot for 'VIP guest': non-premium players that can join and benefit of premium advantages.
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Complete control over population/production for each planets.
If you ever played Master of Orion 2, you will feel right at home. Citizen can be easily switched between different roles: farmers, workers, miners, scientists or bankers. Create specialised planets focused on research, ships production or wealth creation. You can micromanage each planet to maximize efficiency. You hate micromanagement? Then:
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Customizable Governor/Admiral.No longer are you forced to do everything yourself or, worse, rely on an unreliable/stupid governor. Make you own governor with custom rules. The complex system allow you to create truly useful planet manager... assuming you can figure out how it works
(I just started playing, so didn't really look into that myself yet).
Similarly, admiral can organize your ships/fleets even while you are offline.
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3D Galaxy map.Okay, not such a major feature, but since that's about the only thing Spore did right it's nice to see the same in a good game.
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Simple Radar system to ease searches.You can quickly find the nearest unexplored system for Scoutship 012 or the closest enemy ship from your underdefended system.
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Custom ship design.Create massive fleets of cheap heavily armed light ships, quick ships to take your enemy by surprise or massive Juggernaut to swat away annoying flies.
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Complex resources system that encourages competition and/or cooperation.5 differents resources used in ship construction, including the rare exotics and semi-rare crystals, will force you to consider different options to satisfy your empire's needs. Will you opt to conquer a planet for it's valuable resources or work along the owner to help defend against potential threats?
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Make your own Galaxy (premium only)Do you think hourly turn is too slow? Make your own galaxy with 2 minutes ticks. Or maybe you
are enslaved and have little brats work and have children? Create a galaxy with 3 hours turns. Choose your own settings for research speed, homeworld attributes, average planets per system, galaxy size, turns duration and much more.
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And much more... but I grow tired of typing I joined yesterday in Galaxy 105 which just started (edit: Btw, name is Seikyu). Galaxy 106, free-for-all, starts in 3 days (you can already join). You can play in as many different galaxies as you wish, so I will most likely join 106 as well. If people are interested, we could form a non-official alliance between B12 members and take over the
world galaxy Muahahahah*.
* Evil laugh