Another lazy sunday, another article for you to enjoy. This time it's our review of Sword of the Stars, a turn-based space strategy game. Whilst an admirable attempt to make the genre more accessable to newcomers, we felt that it was a little too simple to be truly great.

And combat does look good. Seeing your ships line-up and batter into the enemy lines looks both impressive and almost cinematic. You can issue movement and attack commands and your fleet will instantly respond, barking an acknowledgement over comms before launching a missile barrage. Yet for all it's visual excitement, the actual mechanics of fighting are quite frustrating.