14 DAY TRIAL // Strategy First is a games publisher who knows that, in order to keep customers happy, it has to keep the quality of its games as high as possible. I had to say that in case you were wondering how come a game released one and a half years ago (and not considered a great financial success) is getting patches: it is easy. Strategy First wants to have the most out of its products and it does a good job with that!
The newly released patched takes the game three quarters closer to a brand new version (we're talking about a v1.74) and brings a bunch of new tweaks which should ideally fix the last problems left in the game. This new version is available on Softpedia (download it by following the link at the bottom of the page) or, for Steam users, it will be available for download via the service.
Space Empires V is the latest edition in space strategy series. This new chapter takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe where space battles are played out in detailed and realistic worlds. The game keeps the 4x genre alive and fun, allowing you to Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate your enemies in a huge, living galaxy. And now, thanks to this latest patch, everything will seem even more natural.
Here are some of the improvements you should expect to see after installation: The AI script for purchasing initial technology will no longer repurchase existing levels; the processing of a game turn sometimes has as result an unloadable game file - that's not going to happen anymore. Also, you might have noticed that in a non intelligence game, the AI would still build Intelligence facilities - that is also fixed.
One new thing is added by the patch, and that is the "All Shipsets Get 360 Degree Center Firing Point" command line to the settings, which means that additional firing points are brought to all shipsets that are directly in the center of the ship and fire in a 360 degree arc. But you'll see exactly what it means after you install the Space Empires V v1.74 patch.