Beta Impressions Article

[Vuk]

I am waiting till I hear from other players. If an AI turn can take 15 minutes, I am not buying this game.

[USS Providence 1972]

I am waiting till I hear from other players. If an AI turn can take 15 minutes, I am not buying this game.

The 15 minute wait time is just a reflection of the depth of the game. There is a lot more to do in this game. It doesn't bother me if I'm getting a challenging game.

[Monk]

The 15 minute wait time is just a reflection of the depth of the game. There is a lot more to do in this game. It doesn't bother me if I'm getting a challenging game.

Personally I think there's 2 alternative options to explain the 15 min mark, other than that it really does take that long.

1. The reviewer had either not enough RAM(or any other spec) or the bare minimum in order to run it, which seriously lagged the entire game. Not just turn times.

2.It's a gross exageration of a real problem.

[Sir Beane]

The 15 minute wait time is just a reflection of the depth of the game. There is a lot more to do in this game. It doesn't bother me if I'm getting a challenging game.

I hope you realise that if you play 200 turns at 15 minutes you are wasting 3000 minutes waiting for the computer to take its turn. Thats 50 hours. Two days. Two days of wait time for a full campaign. That doesn't even factor in the time it will take to play your own turns. That is a rediculously long wait, and I really hope it isn't the case in the final version.

The game can be challenging without wasting huge periods of time thinking.