It is out today. While Stellaris has grabbed much of the hype in the space 4x genre, Polaris Sector looks interesting.
The first review is in from eXplorimate. I find they are often over enthusiastic in their opinions but for what it is worth (http://explorminate.net/2016/03/22/polaris-sector-review/) they recommended the game. I am on the fence about buying it because I have been disappointed by most of the space 4x offerings in recent years. Plus I have yet to try Stardrive II after the latest patch.
Are there any first day takers beyond Brian Rubin?
I agree it looks interesting. It has the slow moving/stately WWII ship (with lasers) combat approach which has a nice feel to it. I’m curious to see the reviews rolling in.
Did you write anything up on it? I’m not much of a video watcher.
That eXplorminate review does have me straddling the fence. I rarely get that into ship design and tend to prefer turn based play. It does have some promising aspects to it though.
I’m actually have something written up on Friday to coincide with the last entry, it’s a new thing I’m gonna be trying as kind of a written review/summary.
'splain it to me like it’s Star Wars: If I already have GalCiv3 and have Stellaris on the horizon, what (if anything) in this game might make me reach for my wallet?
On a related note, with my limited gaming time, Stellaris so close to release, and the current Polaris Sector price point, I find it hard to justify buying it right now, regardless of how many things it may get right. I’d need some serious convincing to change my mind, I suppose.
Yeah, it’s a tough time to be Polaris Sector, I tell ya. It’s a solid game with, I think, one of the best user interfaces I’ve seen in a game of this type, really great writing and lore for all the races, and challenging gameplay.
If the combat is as good as it looks in Polaris Sector, I think that could help it gather some buzz especially with all the complaining about combat in MoO so far.
Well, Im downloading, and with Easter Vacation starting tomorrow, I hopefully will get some gametime in soon as well. Thanks for telling me about this! :-)
Please provide feedback if you get a chance, especially if you can compare it to contemporaries like Galciv 3. I’m happy to support 4X games but there’s so many coming all at once and I’ve been burned many times in the past. :)
Well, it helps that I’m not really interested in MoO at all. I’d rather have my 4X games trying to do their own thing.
If Polaris Sector was, say, $20, I’d buy it even with Stellaris this close. But $30+ is a bit too much for me at this point, considering I have Distant Worlds, Stardrive 2, Star Ruler 2 and other non-4X space games (like X Rebirth, Nexus, etc.) to play.
Nothing, based on my time with the Beta. It’s OK, but with Stellaris, Endless Space 2, MOO, and perhaps even Distanr Worlds 2 in the pipeline, I don’t see anything here to get excited about.
