Endless Legend. Got it in the Steam Summer Sale, about to wind up my second game. First was on normal mode, all settings on default. A bit too easy. Second is on hard mode, all settings the same except map size was bumped up to Huge which I feel was a mistake because I'm nearly done and a good portion of the map is still unclaimed by any faction.
Pretty good game. Amazing art design and setting, quality sense of progression, but the enemy AI is lacking a bit. For example, my closest neighbor did not start building any extra bases until a few turns ago even though it's very, very far into the game (nearly 200 turns). I have about 12 bases, to put it in contrast, but 12 bases is kind of overkill. Combat isn't as interesting as Civ V because it's so much smaller in scale and more time consuming, but it's still pretty fun. If Civ V is a 10 / 10 to me (it is, particularly with all the expansions), this is probably an 8 or an 8.5. Needs a bit more sense of progression. In Civ V, you go from mud hut dwellers beating each other with sticks to a highly technologically advanced society dropping nukes and using armored mechs. In Endless Legend you go from an army using iron weapons and armor to an army using adamantium weapons and armor. Also needs better enemy AI, some of these factions have pretty interesting elements but the AI doesn't seem to understand how to approach them.
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