The biggest problems with every 4x game I 've ever played is that they go on far, far too long. Like 100 times longer than they should. The first 20-30 turns of them are vastly more dynamic and interesting then the last 500. This article is interesting, but doesn 't ...
To add a bit more: r n r n Tell stories with more than one dramatic climax. r n r nSo there are two possibilities here: r n r n1. You do not understand how difficult it is to create even ONE good dramatic climax, OR r n r n2. ...
The thing you like about achievements is kind of neither here nor there in terms of my complaints of them. You could have variants replace achievements, and still have a metagame tracker to compare what you 've beaten against what your friends have. In short, you don 't need achievements ...
