![]() This is also when you gain access to the Production screen, where you can develop technologies, specifically spacecraft, weapons, and starship equipment. A promotion to the rank of Captain means command of a better ship, the cruiser. You'll also have command of a destroyer and will be called upon to defend your little pocket of space from pirates and the like. You start the game as a lowly Lieutenant assigned to get the war-ravaged colony of Achilles back on line. As you increase in rank, you'll be given different sectors of the galaxy to command, more game options, and increasingly difficult tasks to accomplish. Yes, you'll feel compelled to see what happens next, but this linearity also kills any replayability the game might have had.Ĭentral to the gameplay of Imperium Galactica is a unique ranking system. This storyline is both Imperium Galactica's greatest strength and its worst weakness. There is a definite, narrative story, and dozens of cutscenes that help to progress the action as you grow in rank and gain more control of the fragile human empire. It is as much an adventure game as it is spaceploitation. "Imperium Galactica is actually not the type of space strategy game that fans of that genre have come to expect. Some excerpts from this critical review at Adrenaline Vault should help make up your mind about this game that is very different from its sequel (also on this site): Still, a very well-written plot that is tightly integrated into the game makes it worthy of our "top game" tag, even if the colony management gets a little bit tedious in the long run. The result is a hodgepodge of features - some obviously better than others - that don't mesh as well as it should. Imperium Galactica is a unique and commendable effort from Digital Reality that tries to blend 4X strategy genre with a real sci-fi story and adventure-genre-style plot development. The land battles resemble Command & Conquer, though with only vehicle units. ![]() The player has to refit every single ship manually. Voices used in these are computer generated. There is a plot-driven interactive movie element to the game, with an opening movie, and cutscenes appearing whenever you advance in rank and also at certain other points in the game. In combat you have ships to protect and mercenary pirates to deal with. Diplomacy options ensure that all-out war is not the only way to victory. ![]() However, some are more inspired than others. They each have their own style of architecture, ships, and land-based units. 75 new scientific discoveries can be made over the course of the game. Ensure that taxes are collected and that the people are well-fed and reproducing. ![]() When you are in command of a region, you must worry about its economy. This continues until you reach the rank of Grand Admiral, where you are able to view the whole map. You then advance to the next rank and are given more ships to control and more available commands, but you have more area of the universe to police and more colonies. You start out as a young lieutenant and are given a series of missions to complete. Imperium Galactica is set sometime during the fourth millennium and you, as a human, must rebuild the Human Empire. This game features seven alien races, two renegade human empires, countless worlds and endless wars. Sustain the Old Human Empire through diplomacy or brute force, the choice is yours. Only you can decide how to balance warfare, colony management, research and production. You will encounter new technologies, weapons, races and responsibilities. In this real-time strategy game from GT Interactive you will scale the Imperial ranks as your missions become increasingly more challenging. You begin Imperium Galactica as a Lieutenant on a deep space Destroyer, charged with restoring peace to a newly discovered sector. ![]()
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