Legends of Pegasus takes players into the depths of space. This 4X space simulation will put players in control of the last surviving humans, as they explore space in a quest to expand their galactic empire. Players will conquer and explore an incredibly detailed 3D universe as they use economic, diplomatic and scientific means to expand their empires. Through a deep technology tree, players will unlock new technologies to customize their ships and prepare their fleets for the next alien encounter ... be it hostile or friendly.
Legends of Pegasus' storyline relies heavily on tried-and-true sci-fi tropes, particularly a Battlestar Galactica-esque
survival/flight theme. At the beginning of the game, you are informed
that Earth has been conquered in a surprise attack by an unknown alien
force, and a small flotilla of ships has managed to escape through a
wormhole. You command that flotilla, and, as luck would have it, you've
got a colony ship with you. You need to colonize habitable planets,
research new technologies, build bigger and better ships, and fight off
constant attacks from aliens seemingly bent on hostility. It's all very
hackneyed, including the few plot "twists" that you see coming from
light years away.
All that said, the storyline is admittedly secondary to the gameplay,
but Legends of Pegasus doesn't score many points for itself there,
either. Played on large maps of fictional solar systems, Legends of
Pegasus tries to replicate the feel of Sins of a Solar Empire's
GUI, but because Legends of Pegasus is primarily turn-based (only
battles take place in real time) and because its menus and controls are
terribly arcane and unintuitive, it fails to give you much more than a
general inkling of Sins' brilliant interface. Zooming, for example, a
virtually limitless function in Sins, is strictly limited in Legends of
Pegasus. This makes finding items of interest (such as waypoints or
resource fields) a laborious, scrolling process. For some things, like
your ships or asteroid fields, you can use predesignated icons to jump
directly to them, but then you're likely to lose sight of whatever it is
you want to be focused on at the same time, also resulting in needless
scrolling and clicking.
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