Shadow Empire - Released

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The strategy game Shadow Empire was released earlier this month:

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Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features.

Shadow Empire places you into the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation. Destiny and greatness awaits if you succeed in reconquering a devastated planet. Plunge into an alien universe and explore another world in a dark and unforgiving future.

Take command and engage in great military conquests and delicate diplomacy. Control your nation's budgets, recruit and manage governors and commanders, build your economy and infrastructure and much more.

Shadow Empire is one of the most ambitious games VR Designs has ever made. It is a rich experience and a truly unique game. One that is unlike any you have ever experienced before.

Manage Your Leaders & Population

Make agonizing decisions in response to events occurring in your Nation, demands from your Leaders or from third parties such as cults and crime syndicates. You can also use your available Stratagems to create new opportunities and enhance your Nation. You will be able to optimize every aspect of your rule.

Recruit Leaders and appoint them to become zone governors, council directors, army commanders or advisors. Leaders can have over 40 different skills and can receive Leader feats to augment their statistics.

Install a parliament, senate or politburo in your nation and change the machinery of your government over the course of a game.

Engage with your neighbours on the diplomatic front: Minor regimes can be coerced to become vassals. Major regimes can be tied down with pacts and deals, ensuring a peaceful coexistence or you can use your spies to manipulate their politics and reveal their military forces.

Attempt to manage the expectations of your people and your leaders. There is a strong role-playing and human dynamics element to Shadow Empire. If you are not careful in their management, you may have to deal with discontent, strikes, corruption or even all out rebellion.
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Anybody play this yet? Heard it is pretty hardcore and not all the underlying mechanics are explained or obvious.
I am pretty interested in it, though.
 
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Seems interesting but it also seems to have too many bugs and inconsistencies. i'll wait a few patches and a sale.
 
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I've played Shadow Empire and I wrote a couple of articles on my site about it. I found the game quite approachable and strategically rewarding. My personal #2 game of the year. Check out some of the tutorial videos from DasTactic and TortugaPower.

I'm not aware of any bugs or inconsistencies. It's been out for six months now and has had some updates along the way.
 
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Bought it and enjoy it but it's not a game for everyone. Basically no mass-appeal.
 
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