I'm going to have a lot of fun with this :) Oxide games really went all out with Content creation here; there are so many resources, bonuses and places to slot in Items that I'll probably be playing multiple runs before I'll start getting tired.

I really like the Idea of using prestige to determine how successful a nation is, I really hope it makes everything a lot more peaceful and doesn't encourage constant warfare, every 4X game always has the Issue that bashing peoples Heads in is one of the most effective ways to win. I'll return after I have played more to update this review and see if that's the case.

Even though I really like the game, I have some constructive feedback to offer to Oxide Games:
- performance could use some work (occasional minor frame drops when zooming in and out, and I'm playing on a 3080 Ti)
- some quality of Life improvements for the UI are still needed:

• Must Have: The Core Gameplay is essentially swapping back and forth between many different production buildings, I think the production building overview definitely needs to show you a summary over what slots each building has, which extra resources you are putting into each recipe, AND (most importantly) it should allow you to adjust all that without having to switch into the detailed view of every single building.
  
• Must Have: The same should also be the case in the City overview. being forced into each buildings detailed view breaks the UI flow and makes it difficult to keep an overview
  
• Should have: A Warning should show up BEFORE Cities consume a new Amenity Resource (or at least allow me to set an amenity to "only consume one of these". This would prevent me from wasting expensive Amity resources in the early game
  
• Should have: Not being allowed to deploy reserves into a City (even if that City is your only City) when it is under attack seems like a strange choice, it seems like it may quickly cause a situation where you can get surprised and overwhelmed by the AI without being able to react (almost happened to me in my tutorial game)

I'm going to have a lot of fun with this :) Oxide games really went all out with Content creation here; there are so many resources, bonuses and places to slot in Items that I'll probably be playing multiple runs before I'll start getting tired. I really like the Idea of using prestige to determine how successful a nation is, I really hope it makes everything a lot more peaceful and doesn't encourage constant warfare, every 4X game always has the Issue that bashing peoples Heads in is one of the most effective ways to win. I'll return after I have played more to update this review and see if that's the case. Even though I really like the game, I have some constructive feedback to offer to Oxide Games: - performance could use some work (occasional minor frame drops when zooming in and out, and I'm playing on a 3080 Ti) - some quality of Life improvements for the UI are still needed: [list] [*] Must Have: The Core Gameplay is essentially swapping back and forth between many different production buildings, I think the production building overview definitely needs to show you a summary over what slots each building has, which extra resources you are putting into each recipe, AND (most importantly) it should allow you to adjust all that without having to switch into the detailed view of every single building. [*] Must Have: The same should also be the case in the City overview. being forced into each buildings detailed view breaks the UI flow and makes it difficult to keep an overview [*] Should have: A Warning should show up BEFORE Cities consume a new Amenity Resource (or at least allow me to set an amenity to "only consume one of these". This would prevent me from wasting expensive Amity resources in the early game [*] Should have: Not being allowed to deploy reserves into a City (even if that City is your only City) when it is under attack seems like a strange choice, it seems like it may quickly cause a situation where you can get surprised and overwhelmed by the AI without being able to react (almost happened to me in my tutorial game) [/list]