When comparing Star Traders 4X Empires Elite vs Civilization Revolution 2, the Slant community recommends Civilization Revolution 2 for most people. In the question“What are the best 4X Android games?” Civilization Revolution 2 is ranked 1st while Star Traders 4X Empires Elite is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose Civilization Revolution 2 is:
Simple game, shiny graphics. (Extremely expensive, would lower the cost to max 2 euro/dollar).
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Pros
Pro Actively supported with frequent updates
The Trese Brothers studio is known for constant improvements and content additions to all their titles.
Pro Complex, multifaceted gameplay rivals desktop 4X titles
The depth of simulation in Star Traders 4X rivals that of the Galactic Civilizations and Master of Orion franchises from which it draws clear inspiration, and yet it's no simple genre clone: there are plenty of original ideas here.
Pro Might be a funny kids game for children under 10
Simple game, shiny graphics. (Extremely expensive, would lower the cost to max 2 euro/dollar).
Pro Randomly generated levels
Each map is the same size but is randomly generated to allow for each new session to play differently from the last.
Pro Enhanced graphics
The graphics of Civilization Revolution 2 have been enhanced from the first iteration of the game.
Pro Offers lots of replay value
Civilization Revolution 2 offers so many maps, leaders and scenarios that the replayability of the game is pretty much endless.
Cons
Con Intriguing internal-faction system is poorly executed
Quoting pockettactics.com:
"In a strictly solo-play title whose main distinguishing feature is this faction system–the idea that you’re not playing as an ideologically pure civilization so much as guiding a fractious, corrupt plutocracy–you’d hope that those factions would be colorful and easily distinguished from one another. [...] Instead, what you have are two sets of three factions, each positioned, lore-wise, as starkly different from the others, though mechanically the separations are minor."
Con Unintuitive and poorly explained
Many important game systems are opaque to the player, and the tutorial and in-game documentation don't make up for this.
Con Extremely shallow and low replay value
Offering replay value based on many different options and possibilities wont work if the strategy that involves those options are basicly limited by the extreme shallow choices you have to be beating the opponents. Once you know the 4 actions, every games becomes a drag.
Con Civilization Revolution 2 is exspensive
At $14.99 Civilization Revolution 2 is one of the more expensive games on the Android platform.