The Future of Space Empires IV

[Urendi Maleldil]

There's also no point in the map being 3d, since all the movement is 2d anyway. It just makes you have to rotate and zoom for no reason.

As for hexes, I would prefer linear movement to hexes or squares. Hexes and squares are both too artificial and mess with perspective, especially in 3d.

Hex maps were created to make movement in tabletop wargames more accurate, but SE4 is a computer game. There's plenty of computing power to calculate linear, or even arced paths based on gravitation. The hex grid just makes it seem as if Aaron was too lazy to program a proper movement system.