

Space Empires II 1995
- Strategy, Science fiction, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Explore the galaxy, discover and colonize new planets to acquire enough resources. Design your ships, choosing from different hulls, weapons, shields, and several devices. Once you advance with technologies, new systems will be available, and you will have to update your designs.
StrategyScience fiction4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)grand strategyPC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, plot-driven and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Released
- December 31, 1995
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
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