Imperium Galactica II: Alliances

The Good
The pop up missions were very interesting the first time I played. The tactical screen for the planets had awesome graphics. I enjoyed the reflection of the clouds in my mirrored sky-scrapers.

The Bad
There are only 3 sides versus Master of Orions 30 or so. The intros shows fighters, men and tanks duking it out on the surface of a contested planet. Instead the combat consisted of only tanks and fortresses. The graphics were still great, but I never got over feeling I was being cheated out of my fighters and ground troops. Also, the path finding for the tanks was abysmal. For some reason the computer opponent tanks would sometimes huddle in the center of the city even if they out numbered you. This allowed me many times to blow up several buildings before they would finally come out and kill me.

There was no discernable tactics in the space combat. The guy with the biggest, baddest ships won.

The Bottom Line
Good concept, great graphics, poor execution.