Quote Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae View Post
They shouldn't unless they want to contribute to the downfall of honest journalism and publishing.
The unfortunate reality is that many gamers still cling to metacritic as if it means something.. and so do publishers.

Endless Space was fantastic for what I played in the Alpha and Beta. The only hang up i had about it back then was how easy it was to stalemate with another faction. It was quite easy to expand and become powerful, only for a faction to do so at the other end of the map leading you both into a huge intergalactic war in the end game. A war that had no end as you were both perfectly matched. Balance was a little off too, but then again that was pre-release. It also had the misfortune of being not quite what I was looking for, but that's a subjective hang up.

Honestly, the game ran better in alpha than most games do when they are launched. I was surprised it wasn't released months ago.