Being a game developer myself, I am a
lot more thoughtful about ratings because I know how much they can
impact sales. I once had someone give Solar Echoes a 6/10 only a few
weeks after game release, and since I didn't have any reviews yet,
that one review negatively impacted sales for over a month until
other people started putting up reviews and ratings (which were
thankfully much higher, usually 8 or 9 out of 10!) At least people
could read the first reviewer's review and see that his main
complaint was that Solar Echoes was a grid-based game, and he
personally didn't like grid-based tactical games in general. I felt
that his review was very unfair, because if he didn't like grid-based
games, he should have either left that out of is review, or mentioned
it in passing while basing his scoring of the game on other areas.
So, when I review games now, I try to think about rating them based
on what the game is in its particular genre or style, how it compares
with others of its kind, and what works...or not.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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