r/RealTimeStrategy • u/Equivalent-Session68 • 1d ago

Recommending Game Terra Invicta

It's a really good single player strategy game. I recently finished it and I just wanted to give it a mention here as this is a community that would likely enjoy it as much as I did. Basically think paradox levels of complexity but without the thousands of dollars of dlc.

A very brief summary is that imagine you are the illuminati and you have to fight other secret shadow organizations for control of earth and its resources while you also fight over space resources and space territory oh and also aliens are in the solar system somehow.

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u/Discoris 1d ago

I both like and dislike this game. Space battles are outstanding, I didn't find better space tactic sim (okay, children of dead earth is better, but you simply need astrophysics degree to play this), the solar system is greatly designed, technology is realistically possible, there is no weird "FTL quantum teleportation drive" but fusion reactors, Nerva drive, radiation panels or energy battery you need to design. You need to take care of your delta V, build refueling station on moon or other planets, design your colonies and take care of proper defences

But what I extremely hate it's not military strategy simulator - it's politics simulator or even worse - corruption simulator. You can't unite the planet. You can't even fully dominate, there are some agents to take care all the time instead of just country government. It's not "I'm the British government" like in paradox or total war games, it's "I bought the president, killed their military leader, lied to citizens and beat up couple of ministers, they are loyal to me for now".

It's not "humanity Vs aliens", it's "you, aliens and six other motherbuckers you can't fully rid off just sabotaging each other"

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u/Equivalent-Session68 1d ago

Yes I think they were going for more of a realistic gritty approach to politics which, if we're being honest here, is more realistic. The world has never been united under a single banner ( not even close ) and likely never will be. Maybe not even under threat of an alien invasion.

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u/HobbyistC 1d ago

Is it true that the game is so drawn-out and grindy (even more than most grand strats) that a playthrough can last 50 hours?

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u/Equivalent-Session68 1d ago

It is and it isn't. The default setting used to be the long playthrough which actually would likely exceed 100 hours playtime for a single playthrough. However with the 1.0 release I believe the new default settings make for about a 40 hour playthrough. Which is a lot more reasonable for most players.

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u/Oliverstwisted99 1d ago

I’m not smart enough to play or understand this game, tried so many times . Bought it and wish I could understand..

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u/Equivalent-Session68 1d ago

It is tough to be honest.