sci-fi

This is very good game it has devolped graphic qualty and the in-game atmospheare is very good a few bad things are very bad mpgame and a very little number of options in instant game or skirmish.There are a few maps but they are not enough for a player who wants to play skirmish.Spgame is interesting but game i little bit slow and i would like to make it go fast so i push buton for speed increasing and it says:``+1 +2 +3 +4 +5`` but it still goes very slowely and thats is the most important thing to keep player by the computer...Garfield:)

I picked up Hegemonia (...), after looking at the box and admiring the graphics.

Being an animator, graphics are the first thing I look at when I look at a game, followed by how much thought it requires.

Based on those two catagories, I give the game four stars. The graphics are nothing short of amazing, and far superior to Homeworld's.

There is a huge amount of strategy involved, at least when going against the computers in the skirmish maps, specifically "friends." Apparantly the map was intended for 8 players, not 2... In the larger maps the limit on battleships- because thats what it comes down to typically, a war between battleships- is somewhat bothersome. You are limited to either 6,7, or 10 squadrons of ships. As near as I can tell, the game randomly selects one of those numbers as your squadron max.
You can only have 1 battleship per squadron, and when you and your enemy's empires span four star systems, 7 battleships simply aren't enough. However, the limit on ships forces you to rely on tactics more so than in strategy games like Generals or Heroes IV, where you can recruit unlimited numbers of troops.

All in all, 4 stars. Strategy is good, graphics are excellent. And there's a way to change the ship limit by editing some of the game files.

You'll read a lot of reviews noting how nice this game's graphics look. That's true, up to a point, though anyone with a bit of astronomical sense begins to reel once you see immobile planets all trailed by orbital lines and incorrect scale.

Unfortunately, the graphics are the only thing going for this game. The gameplay is very lame, the victory conditions in each mission can be vague and inconsistent, some of the conventions (such as each colonization ship carrying 30 million people) are counter-intuitive or just plain silly, and the storyline script is written by adolescents.

When it comes down to it, "Hegemonia" is not worth spelling, let alone playing or purchasing. Do yourself a favor -- avoid this game like the plague and buy "Homeworld 2" instead.