It works as a system I can even imagine somebody taking Starships’ empire maps and making a decent boardgame out of it. However I also think this aggressive streamlining has drastically reduced the decision space available to the player. It’s terribly underwhelming, and it all came to a boiling point where I took the time to realize that at any given moment, you only have control of a lone fleet of starships, which seems at odds for a game about conquering space.Take the resource system I just described - since metals and food in particular are only used to increase resource yields it’s a no-brainer to spend all of your metals and food every turn to get more metals and food next turn. There are upgrades, tech trees, and even remnants of the diplomacy system from the core Civilization series, but it’s all been gutted and skinned to the point where there isn’t much choice or freedom in how you go about playing. Unfortunately, however, Starships is restricted to single-player sessions only, and while this might be suited to those looking to hone their strategic skills, it quickly becomes dull after so many hours.Īside from the AI, which is easily exploitable once you come to recognize how it operates, the game never gets in-depth enough to warrant coming back to it. While I’m sure many potential gamers will be just fine playing on their own, much of the enjoyment of strategy games comes from taking your skillset and testing it out against another human player. It’s here that I quickly realized one of Starships‘ biggest flaws: the absence of any sort of multiplayer. Planets can be controlled by paying for them or by completing various objectives, all of which raise your influence, allowing you to expand your civilization even further. While you start out with one planet, it’s your overarching goal to venture forward into space, and bring other planets under your control.
While the Civlization games tend to focus on victory through the advancement of your society (through science, building, and military control), Starships tilts towards victory through map control.
SID MEIERS STARSHIPS FAILING TO START PC
However, games that are developed with mobile devices in mind don’t always make the transition to PC with their dignity intact the Steam front page is a reminder of that fact, with plenty of titles being hastily ported just to make a quick buck.Ī few hours in, it became quite clear that while Starships does have some connection to the recently released Beyond Earth, it is by no means a transposed, or even distilled version of the in-depth strategy games that many have come to know and love, not to mention sink hundreds of hours into. On the contrary, some of my favorite games from the past few years found life on iPhones and iPads, and there are plenty of stellar indie titles which have made the jump (successfully) from PC to the mobile space (including Sid Meier’s own Ace Patrol, which is another PC/mobile release). A quick Wikipedia search confirmed my suspicions, though I should take the time to clear the air I don’t have a problem with tablet and mobile games.
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