Good: A solid game that definitely has an audience. Might lack replay value, could be too short or there are some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

The Sword of the Stars series takes players on an empire-building journey through the distant future, allowing them to research and design their own ships to conquer alien worlds and guard precious trade routes.

Using psychic powers to crush foes in a cloud of shrapnel

Going five levels in a row without finding a single bullet

Ruimtereizen, het koloniseren van andere planeten en alles wat daarbij hoort zijn dankbare onderwerpen voor vele verhalen, films, series en games. Ook Sword of the Stars speelt zich af in de ruimte en brengt ons terug naar de oude dagen van het genre: oldskool gameplay geüpdated dus.

Sword of the Stars (PC) Developed By: Kerberos Productions Published By: Formerly Lighthouse Interactive, now Paradox Interactive Release Date: August 29th, 2006 Available On: PC Genre: Turn-based Strategy with some Real Time Tactics Number of Players: 1-8, LAN or Internet Pros: Turn based strategy...

These included features add a lot of new and much tougher challenges; this is not a very friendly expansion to new players. If you haven't played Sword of the Stars before then really you'd be better getting to grips with the original before attempting to graduate through Born of Blood.

Canadian developer Kerberos Productions made a name for themselves nearly a decade ago with the release of their Sword of the Stars 4x strategy game, a title met with generally positive reception.

The developers at Kerberos Productions bring us Sword of the Stars: The Pit, and it's expansion ‘Mindgames' - an action roguelike with a neat sci-fi flair. Putting my experience into words, after play SotS is like trying to continue walking, after being pounded into the ground, tossed around a bit,...

In space, no one can hear you scream. In your living room, however, your neighbours probably can, so don't..

Roguelikes such as FTL and The Binding of Isaac manage to encapsulate a lot of the charm that was so prevalent in the genre to begin with. At the same time, these experiences feel fresh because they incorporate gameplay elements that aren't seen in these types of games too often.

Born of Blood is a very good, though brutally challenging, expansion to the turn-based space strategy game Sword of the Stars.

Zuul is a unique new alien race that sounds awesome; New technologies; weapons; and toys to play with; Challenging and rewarding space strategy

Almost brutally difficult at times; Huge scale of the game can be daunting