Eclipse
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Pros
- Absolutely love eclipse. It's the favorite game of our group, over 30 games played since we started tracking stats.
- I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
- However, Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) and John Company (for the politics, voting, alliances, and negotiation) each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time, that it's har...
- There are a lot of games that do everything else TI does well (better, IMO, in some cases; for pure 4x, I like Space Empires 4x best, and Eclipse has a lot going for it as well
- eclipse is really awesome.
Cons
- Kemet, Castles of Burgundy, Food Chain Magnate, Viticulture, Brass, Eclipse off the top of my head.
- Eclipse is a brilliantly designed game, but tabling it can be a challenge for a variety of reasons, and over time these grievances started to wear on me. Also, it's a long game where it's very easy to fall behind and never catch up, a pr...
Sentiment
8 positive (80%) · 2 mixed (20%) · 0 negative (0%)
Trust + time weighted score: +80% · raw score 80%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
Kemet, Castles of Burgundy, Food Chain Magnate, Viticulture, Brass, Eclipse off the top of my head.
Absolutely love eclipse. It's the favorite game of our group, over 30 games played since we started tracking stats.
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
However, Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) and John Company (for the politics, voting, alliances, and negotiation) each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time, that it's hard to ignore.
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... each do, for me, at least most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
I'll take a day of Eclipse, followed by John Company next time! ... Eclipse (for the space exploration and ship combat) ... [does] most of what I want out of TI, and better, and in half the time
There are a lot of games that do everything else TI does well (better, IMO, in some cases; for pure 4x, I like Space Empires 4x best, and Eclipse has a lot going for it as well
eclipse is really awesome.
Eclipse cause its everything I like about war in space.
Eclipse is a brilliantly designed game, but tabling it can be a challenge for a variety of reasons, and over time these grievances started to wear on me. Also, it's a long game where it's very easy to fall behind and never catch up, a problem which I've seen turn off many players.
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