The Space Empires series of exploration-based strategy games made it to a fourth title. The goal is the same of games like Master of Orion and the prequels, you must survive and maybe conquer the rest of the galaxy. You must build facilities, ships on planets with differing resoruce potential. Once settled, you can discover technologies, and must watch out for enemy empires and pay attention to diplomacy, economics and resources. Ministers take care of micro-management tasks. The game is highly customizable, with attributes for most characters editable through text files, and a wide range of victory conditions available.

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Alternate Titles

"太空帝国IV" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)

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User Reviews

The way 4x games were meant to be played	D Michael (221)
A great work of art.	Technocrat (176)
Ruinously Bad AI	Nathan Pannbacker (58)
XXXXtremely good!	Hugh McKenna (5)	unrated

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The Press Says

IGN	Jan 17, 2001	9 out of 10	90
Strategy Gaming Online	Jan 02, 2001	8.7 out of 10	87
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 19, 2000	85 out of 100	85
GameSpot	Nov 28, 2000	8.1 out of 10	81
Armchair Empire, The	May 08, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Strategy Informer	Aug 12, 2003	7.7 out of 10	77
ActionTrip	Dec 25, 2000	70 out of 100	70

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Trivia

Aaron Hall, the Space Empires series designer, points Starfire as one of his main sources of inspiration. Starfire is a board game that features ship combat at tactical level; it has also a set of rules in which you manage an empire, in a way similar to 4X games.

To date, you can learn more about Starfire at: http://www.starfiredesign.com/starfire

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by emanjonez (59) on Apr 16, 2001.