Endless Space - 4x4 Strategy Space Game ( INDIE )

so far so good, only played up to turn 40 before i went to bed though...pirates kicked my *** but boy were they surprised when 2 cruisers and a destroyer turned up lol.
 
Amplitude Studios announced that they will go Beta for Endless Space next Monday (4th June 2012) at the end of the day on Steam. So, I believe they mean end of day in France’s (Amplitude’s HQ) time.
So, apparently, you have until this next Sunday to benefit from the 25% off on full price promotion during alpha pre-ordering.
The beta will include the following new features (on top of many bugs and other changes since the first alpha):

  • 8 playable factions: previous 5 plus the Amoeba, Sowers and the Pilgrims (art work above)
  • Multiplayer enabled! You’ll be able to play against 7 other players online
  • German and French languages
Amplitude also stated that in these past weeks their main effort has been spent on:

  • Achieving the first version of the multiplayer
  • Completing the last 3 playable factions (art, gameplay)
  • Improving the diplomatic system (better feedback, better attitude behavior)
  • Tweaking the game parameters and content to improve the gameplay flow and depth
  • Fixing many bugs
  • Including some of the community requested improvements (they didn’t say which at this point but they promised a long list of changes a few hours before the release – squeezing all you can, right guys?)

Amplitude is now aiming final game release “around July”. They didn’t want to advance a firm date (clever of them). They said that “the final date will depend on when we’ll be fully satisfied by the game”. Good. I remember that the publisher, Iceberg Interactive, announced a retail release date for 24 August 2012 by the way. So, you have some time :)
Then, they end the beta announcement with an intriguing teaser statement: “For us, the release is the just the beginning for Endless Space… definitely not the end!” ~Amplitude Studios
So, if you didn’t pre-order yet, and are planning to buy this game, I think this weekend would be a good timing for that. 25% off is still much more than a couple of beers :) Here is our hands-on preview for you to have a close look at it.
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A beta version of the Windows edition of Endless Space is now available on Steam as a bonus to those who pre-purchase the 4X space strategy game. Pre-purchases come at a 10% discount, and the game's full release is expected in July. Here are a few features of the beta:
  • 8 playable factions: The previous 5 plus the new Amoeba, Sowers and Pilgrims factions
  • Multiplayer enabled! You’ll be able to play against 7 other players online
  • English and French language versions (German should be available later this week)
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Nice strategy game generally, but highly imbalanced in favour of the AI and the combat mechanic is Shockingly Bad... Pretty much choose a card at random in each phase and see what happens. A shame as it seems to have great potential overall, it really let's it down. The diplomacy seems a bit pointless also.
 
Endless Space - Is it worth it?

So i've been pondering over this game for a while now, I just don't know if it's worth the £20 atm...

Anyone got it, what's it like? Is the combat really THAT bad?

Or should I just save my cash for the summer sales?
 
Nice strategy game generally, but highly imbalanced in favour of the AI and the combat mechanic is Shockingly Bad... Pretty much choose a card at random in each phase and see what happens. A shame as it seems to have great potential overall, it really let's it down. The diplomacy seems a bit pointless also.
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Bit of a mental game, really. I bought it back in beta and have dipped into it every now and again but, shamefully, haven't played since the full release. It's unique in that you can build pretty much anything you like to whatever scale you like, i.e. you can have ridiculously huge ships if you have the resources and inclination. Fascinating little game really. It even has a built-in IRC client that the devs hang around in. :)
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and ofcause

http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2012/06/endless-space-beta-playing-the-amoeba-part-1-intro/
 
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