So much potential, but wasted. "Unfinished" would be the understatement of the century for this game.
In the game you choose to be the leader of any of the nations in the globe down to tiny island nations with 20,000 inhabitants. It is the year 2020 and there is a global rececssion and resource shortage. It is on a 3d map made using nasa satellite imagery, giving you a civilization style view.
The economic model is incredibly detailed (essentially the main focus of the game). There are 9 different resources that you need for your country, some that the populace need (oil and consumer goods) some for industry (industrial goods, ore,) and some for the military (military goods). All of these items have a manufacturing price and a world markete price. Obviously the idea is to manufacture what is most profitable to you and sell it on the world market. Anything that is too expensive to manufacture you can import and so on. You get to choose the amount of a markup you charge when you put the goods on the market both domestically and abroad. Domestic prices have a direct effect on factors such as your gdp (if things are cheaper people have more money).
The military model is very detailed as well. It is very helpful because your defense minister can be given control of the military and you simply have to set "hotspots" and the purpose of the spot (attack, defense) as well as the force size to commit to that spot and how much air support it gets (planes in range will automatically fly there and fly air patrols). There is a detailed supply model as well which affects your units in your own as well as enemy territory. You need an infrastructure in place to supply your troops and need to use supply trucks tagging alonge behind the army in enemy territory.
Sounds like a military/political buff's wet dream so far right?
This game could have been awesome. If you are into really complex strategy games this could have been your holy grail. HOWEVER, much of the game so far is broken, and the AI is horrible.
Some features have not yet even been implemented, as I found out after pouring $100 billion into recon satellite technology only to find it doesn't work.
The diplomacy feature is almost totally broken. The AI will only ever ask for alliances and offer trade deals of individual commodities. It does not even attempt to make use of any of the other options (of which there are many). It will accept deals that you propose, but it will not honor them. (I had mutual defense pacts with other nations but when I was attacked they simply sat there and watched me die).
The ai in general is awful. It does not understand how to prosecute a war unless the countries at war are right next to each other with a good amount of infrastructure in place. They seem to have no idea how to use supply trucks and will simply advance as far as they can and then grind to a halt a little ways into enemy territory. Also forget it if nations at war would have to use their navies to get to each other. The USA was at war with Russia and China for 3 game years and there wasnt a single casualty on either side. they just declared war and sat there spending billions on combat readiness.
Also it seems like the AI doesn't even build structures or anything. After a while you start asking if there even is any AI at all.
In short, as of right now there is almost no point in playing the game at all. Even with a whopper of a patch I don't really see everything wrong with this game being fixed any time soon. Total letdown.