My obvious response would be RTFM But yes there is no big flashing sign telling the player that he needs C&C ships for more control. I figured it out by playing the demo and checking out the tutorial that mentions the fleet management screen. On that screen you cant do any formations without a C&C ship and there is a even something like command cost/quota 0 on the right column.

My best guess is that the reviewer never give strategy games high scores as he gets overwhelmed easy. Information on weapon stats could be better indeed but you can still check them out in the research screen.

As it is right now Im inclined to say the opposite of what the reviewer concludes: that the depth of the combat system more than make up for the lack of information one might find in the game. I see a need for some tweaks and certainly not a complete overhaul as he claims.


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