Fragile Allegiance
Fragile Allegiance is a Strategy, Diplomacy, Single and Multiplayer video game for Windows offered by Gremlin Interactive. The main mission of the player is to explore the asteroids and must discover ores to trade with the Federation. The player can purchase new and latest technologies, build buildings, and must pay taxes for trading.
The trade of ores can be risky for the player as the construction requires a specific amount of ores. The game has a stock market and a black market system, where both have different advantages and disadvantages. The stock market allows the player to bring the commodities and sell them according to the market rate while in the black market, the player can sell the goods as per demanding price.
The game has seven races with different specialties and diplomatic strategies. As the player advances, the player can get the upgrades to improve the diplomatic and trading skills of the faction. The core features of the game are Seven Factions, Stock Market, Black Market, Diplomatic Strategies, Constructions, Asteroids, Ores, and Multiplayer Mode.
#1 Civilization IV
Civilization IV is a Strategy, Turn-based, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Firaxis Games for Windows. It serves as the fourth main instalment in the series of Civilization and offers the same gameplay with previous releases. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes control of one of the civilizations and gathers resources to expand and develop the selected civilization.
The player can hire soldiers to develop a strong army and defend the empire. As the player gains the victory, the game awards experience points to the player, and these points prove to be beneficial to unlock the upgrades and equipment. The game offers several resources to expand the city and allocates a spare space to build various buildings. It limits the player to develop one military unit and build one building at a time; additional resources are kept in the queue.
As the player makes progress, the performance increase and virtual currency add which a player can use to purchase the advanced equipment. The game has 18 different civilizations and several maps, such as plains, deserts, or tundra, to groom them into an attractive city.
Like other releases, this game has fog of war that allows the player to view the territories with having units or without units. Civilization IV has core features, such as 18 Civilizations, Different Maps, Resources, Equipment, Virtual Currency, Military Units, and Experience Points.
#2 Hegemonia: Legions of Iron
Hegemonia: Legions of Iron is an Action, Sci-fi, Strategy, and Single-player video game developed by Digital Reality for Windows. The player has to explore the galaxy by terraforming planets, research technologies, and manage resources to lead humanity in the right direction.
The game has two campaigns, such as Earth or Mars, where the player can choose any campaign and take the lead. The player has to manage the resources and build armies to defend the planet. A player can attack the enemy’s base to steal their technologies and resources to expand the planet. The game offers more than 200 inventions and 40 vessels to improve the stats.
It also comes up with 50 different planets, such as gas, forest, scientist, acidic, volcanic, rocky, and much more. As the player makes progress through the game, the military gains experience and new upgrades will unlock for the player to develop a strong army. Three modes of difficulty are there for the player, such as easy, normal, and difficult where each mode has unique challenges to complete.
The game comes up with five types of heroes, such as soldier, spy, governor, scientist, and tyrant, where each class has unique abilities and combat skills. Hegemonia: Legions of Iron has core features, such as Two Campaigns, Five Hero Classes, 200 Inventions, Forty Vessels, 50 Planets, Three Difficulty Modes, Missions, and Real-time Strategy.
#3 Hegemonia: The Solon Heritage
Hegemonia: The Solon Heritage is a Strategy, Action, Space, and Multiplayer video game developed by Digital Reality for Windows. The game takes the player to the future, where humanity colonizes the galaxy and resulting in a war between the colonists and the Earth. Throughout the gameplay, the player can take the role of Captain Jack Garner or Captain Nilea Cortilliari to gain freedom.
The game has 70 new inventions and skills to develop the spaceships and fight against the AI bots. In solo mode, the player fights against the bots as a single-player while the multiplayer mode allows the player with co-operative players to complete the mission. The game has a series of missions where the player makes progress by completing all the missions.
The game has advanced weapons where all the weapons split into three groups, such as cannons, turrets, and blasters. Cannons include fighter weaponry, turrets contain anti-fighter and heavy ships, and blasters consist of energy weapons. Weaponry also has four forms that include Proton, Ion, Quantum, and Missile.
Hegemonia: The Solon Heritage comes up with 15 maps and ten new spaceships that include diplomatic ships and probes. The core features of the game are 15 Maps, Ten Spaceships, Series of Mission, Multiplayer Mode, 70 Inventions, and Real-time Strategy.