- Sid meiers starships repair fleet manual#
- Sid meiers starships repair fleet upgrade#
- Sid meiers starships repair fleet Pc#
(Sid, this is what a scary gunned up Starship looks like. Or you would, except all the ships come in Lego colours and look kind of cute, rather than scary.
Sid meiers starships repair fleet upgrade#
And as you progress your crew will improve through the ranks from rookie to elite, gaining 10% efficiency every time ie more able to withstand fatigue, repair damage, operate weapons etc.Īs you add to your fleet, upgrade the weapons etc and move your ship from a small corvette to kickbutt Battleship, you will see it grow in size and scariness. You can upgrade your fleet from corvette to destroyer to assault cruiser, fast cruiser, battleship and finally fast battleship. You also have limited resources to spend on upgrading them, which you can spend on engines, shields, armour, plasma cannons (close in weapons), laser cannons, torpedos, detector equipment, cloaking equipment or lightly armed fighter craft.įrom little things, big things grow. You will usually start with a small, insignificant fleet of just one or two starships, lightly armed, and lightly armoured. (Sid baby, space is 3D! I don’t expect a hologram to appear over my tablet screen, but I do expect space to be a 3D space. First disappointment is that the map is a simple 2D slice of space. This will take you to the strategic map, where you see your Homeworld, its connections to other nearby planets and can get information about your world and your fleet. You choose your map size, number of opponents, difficulty level and the type of victory you want to play for, and then hit start!
Sid meiers starships repair fleet manual#
Also, points for the fact that although there is no manual or tutorial missions, there is a ‘SpaceoPedia’ info system with the basics about the game ready at hand as you need it.
I liked having 24 combinations of leader and style to choose from, so first bonus points to Sid for that. Supremacy races are high tech and start with one ‘Wonder’ already built, Harmony races get along well with everyone, so they get cheap Starship repairs, while Purity races make the most of their pure human nature to rip off their partners so they get double payment for every mission completed. The affinity you choose also provides benefits. Your first job is to pick your race and here you have eight leaders with 3 ‘affinities’ or civilisation types to choose from.Įach leader brings special talents to the table – ‘Barre the Benevolent’ builds cities cheaply, so is a good choice if you are going for a population victory, while ‘Sochus the Progressive’ starts with two random tech upgrades, a good choice if you are going for a science victory. You do this by travelling the universe with your mighty starship fleet, conquering planets with trade or by force, completing missions to help the planetary leadership which will earn you resources and influence, and generally fending off enemy fleets trying to steal your confederates from under your watchful gaze.Īs the game progresses, you will earn the resources needed to able to upgrade and expand your fleet, upgrade and expand your planets, and your technologies. The aim of the game is to achieve galactic domination against up to 6 AI players (no multiplayer – really? This is 2015 Sid), which you can achieve in several ways: domination (last one standing), population (>51% population), wonders (seven or more hi tech wonders), or science (3 level 6 technologies). In addition to this review, I’ve written a ‘play through’ of a campaign, which you can read here, to get a good flavour of the gameplay.
In terms of look and feel, if you are familiar with the Sid Meier Civilisation games, you will be right at home here – this is a straightforward port of Civilisation into a galactic realm. The game was nicely bug free, but suffered from some really basic weapon balance issues, as you will see.
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It is definitely most suited to tablet, as a lack of depth and cool graphics has led some PC reviewers to rate the game poorly whereas mobile gaming sites are more enthusiastic. Both the iOS and PC versions of the game cost the same and judging by reviews, look and play the same. I opted for the $15 USD iOS version of Starship for my tablet (no in-app purchases). If you don’t know the Civilisation series, they are turn-based ‘4X’ (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) strategy games which focus on different periods in human history.Ĭivilisation in Space?! Well, the standard Civilisation game takes place on the surface of planet earth, on a 2D map – but space is 3D, which will bring all sorts of new strategic and tactical considerations to the game, right? I used to love the Civilization series of games from Sid Meier, on both PC and iOS, so I was really looking forward to this title. Sid Meier’s Starship for iOS: space is flat!
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