Horizon

Horizon is an extreme example of that category, where a quarter of it is some of the cleverest design turn-based space strategy has seen in years, half of it is fine, and the last quarter is virtually unplayable. With enough patience and forgiveness, there may be a special game in Horizon, but that patience will be tested often.

Sins of a Solar Empire remains the gold standard for providing seamless transitions between the big-picture kind of strategy and the tightly controlled movement of individual ships. And while Horizon could have stood to learn some lessons from its forebear, it is still easy to lose yourself in it.

Overall, Horizon has its heart in the right place, but doesn’t bring enough to the table to be a stand out. While you can get lost in the game for hours without realizing it, sloppy interface controls, a just plain awful combat system and dated graphics are all making sure that you don’t get as much fun as you could be getting from game time.

Horizon is a new Space 4X strategy game. It was made by newcomers L30, and is published by current Space-4x champions Iceberg interactive. It favours management and tactics over action and visuals, and has everything from detailed colony management,...

l'interfaccia è ancora inqualificabile, la microgestione eccessiva e nemmeno la tendenza a tornare al desktop senza preavviso è stata eliminata. Tutta roba perdonabile, se ci fossero contenuti a iosa sotto. Ma adesso è chiaro che non ci sono. C'è solo un titolo mediocre, brutto da vedere e poco interessante da giocare.

Gewinnen kann man so übrigens durchaus, wenn auch eher ungewollt. Völlig unerwartet wurde ich nach rund 250 Runden aufgefordert meine Stimme in der Wahl des neuen galaktischen Oberhauptes abzugeben. Nachdem einer meiner Verbündeten gewählt worden war, war das Spiel vorbei. Einfach so.

Some of the most disappointing games to play are those that have brilliant ideas, and even pull a few of them off, but can't maintain quality across the board. Horizon is an extreme example of that category, where a quarter of it is some of the cleverest...