One major flaw ruins this game.
I was salivating when this game was announced. Unfortunately it did not live up to my expectations. The game has one huge flaw. It essentially has no AI in the map portion of the game. Unlike a traditional 4X game where the AI will build forces and attack your planets, this game's AI just sits there. I once experimented with this and left the campaign running (it is in real time) while I was at work for 8 hours. I came back and it had not even attacked me. This means the only fun to be had is basically scripted. There is no replay value. Sadly this was not fixed in the expansion.
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