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Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy.
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About Space Empires V
Space Empires V is the latest edition in the Space Empires series. This new chapter completely updates the UI and takes the player into a real-time rendered 3D universe. Watch space battles played out in glorious detail and realistic effects. Expand, Explore, Exploit, and Exterminate in a huge living breathing galaxy. New features abound with political alliances between multiple empires, a top-down ship design system, a hexagonal movement grid, and many more. Due to player demand, the game is completely 'moddable' and even adds a scriptable AI system to the mix. Space Empires V boldly takes the next step in the genre of space strategy
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24 bit 3D real-time rendered graphics.
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Detailed Tactical Combat (and a combat simulator to test your designs!).
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New vehicle types and sizes: Ships, Bases, Freighters, Fighters, Mines, Satellites, Troops, Drones, and Weapons Platforms.
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Ability to completely design and customize all of your vehicles.
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Large Galaxy: 100 solar systems with 15 planets each.
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Huge Technology Tree: Thousands of tech levels with hundreds of components and facilities.
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Completely customizable game graphics: Create your own planets, stars, vehicles, etc.
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Completely customizable AI players: Create your own AI players with unique traits, styles, and speech.
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14 unique races to play or customize (or just create your own!)
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Randomly generated map for every game (or load an existing map).
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Complete game customization allowed by players ("mods").
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