Xenia's Ark
- August 12, 2021
- Malicious Games
Get on Steam"Xenia's Ark" is a 4X strategy game that combines planetary, star system, and galaxy maps for a sprawling experience. As one of six unique empires, players must reestablish their civilization in a new galaxy, exploring and colonizing while defending their territory with mechs and ships. Each playthrough offers a unique, procedurally generated map for endless replayability.
Reviews
- The game offers a vast and challenging experience, blending land and space-based development and combat effectively.
- Active and helpful developers are continuously improving the game, showing potential for it to become a classic in the 4X genre.
- The game has a unique gameplay style that can keep players engaged for long sessions, encouraging the 'one more turn' mentality.
- The game suffers from slow unit movement and resource depletion issues, making gameplay feel tedious and frustrating.
- Many players report bugs and stability issues, with some games ending prematurely due to crashes.
- The user interface is poorly designed, with readability issues and a lack of essential features like 4K support and UI scaling.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received criticism for being uninviting and lacking engaging mechanics, leading some players to refund the game shortly after purchase without fully exploring its features. Overall, there is a sense of disappointment regarding the gameplay experience.
“The things I do not like or perhaps worry about how they will affect gameplay are:”
“I haven't explored the gameplay mechanics to say something useful about it, but the game surely doesn't invite me to do so, to be honest.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game offers enjoyable and unique gameplay, but it is currently plagued by numerous bugs, affecting its overall stability.
“Somewhat enjoyable, with unique gameplay, but still very buggy at the moment.”
