How do you get history into the future? This is a crucial practical question for epic science fiction strategy games, which, ever since Master Of Orion, have portrayed galactic history as a blank slate of a several species achieving space flight at the same time, then all running into one another. Horizon manages to figure out a clever way around that problem, along with smart fixes for several of the space strategy genre's long-standing annoyances. Unfortunately,while it was solving complex problems Horizon stumbled at a few too many basic tasks, wasting much of its potential.
Horizon gives its galaxy a history in a few ways. First, it has an unbalanced starting situation. Taking inspiration from classic space opera books, TV shows, and games, Horizon adds a classic sci-fi framework to its campaign. An ancient, powerful, and cruel race of aliens called the Varaians is searching for a companion species, and is watching the galaxy for possibilities, while the survivors of the first, failed attempt are attempting to destroy their former masters. The younger races, like humans and assorted archetypes of warmongers, environmentalists, etc., are tossed into this ages-old battle.
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