The object of the game is obscured, which was one of the main notable traits of it. Players choose one of the alien races, each with unique abilities, and build factories, spaceships, develop new technologies, explore This game introduces many original concepts, such as the Research Tree – a special scientific display in which discoveries are depicted as icons connected by lines to the “parent” technological breakthroughs and “child” ones, similar to the technology advances in Civilization, but presented in a much more visual way.Īscendancy is a 4x, turn-based strategy game by The Logic Factory and released in 1995.

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Weapons on the ships use power, which has to be supplied somehow. You play one of many races, each with a special ability and special character traits, who set off to explore space, erect colonies (which can each have individual purposes, depending on their raw materials) and engage in battles when you clash with others who have the same goals. Ascendancy is similar to, but nevertheless very different from, Master of Orion.

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