Reach for the Stars
by Mindscape
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Product Summary
Brand: MindscapeFormat: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2000-10-05
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Model: 378231
Publisher: Mindscape
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Video Game Reviews of Reach for the Stars
Customer Review: Go Buy Space Empires IV or V Instead.
Summary: 2 Stars
If your looking for a good 4x space conquest game then this game is NOT it. I strongly recommend that you go buy Space Empires IV or V (released just last month) and enjoy them.
RFTS came out in 2000 and I was one of the first people to buy this horrid game. It look great on paper but after about 20 minutes of playing it I found that I simply just wanted to uninstall it and go back to playing Moo2 or Stars. But I stayed with the game, played it through to the end of what can only be consided a comapain, and then unistalled. I found MOO3 to be a better game than this, and that is saying a lot. (Moo3 was one of the worst game ever made IMHO.)
In a nut shell, you will be better off if you buy SE IV or V (Or both as both are very good games) than if you spent your hard earned gaming money on this less than stellar attempt at 4x gaming.
Description of Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars is a turn-based strategy game of epic galactic exploration, colonization, and conquest. The original RFTS released in the mid-1980s was wildly popular in its day, and maintains a loyal following. Reach for the Stars is considered to be one of the original 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate) games.Sci-Fi Games
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