Review of Sword of the Stars

Avoiding economy and planet micromanagement doesn't stop the need for ship micromanagement. And there's a lot of that considering how many destroyers a single planet can build. Then there's no automatic resupply.

The biggest problem is the strategic map and especially the camera controls. Playing in 2d doesn't help enough. The camera controls constantly make me nauseous.

Research screen help doesn't give enough info about what each thing does. In tactical the most important thing to do often is select the center section of an enemy ship for all your ships to target. That gets annoying. Maybe this happens only with with lasers?

On the plus side tech and the tactical combat really adds depth to this game. Also the races are very different.