Ever wonder what it would feel like to have the all-encompassing power that enables you to rule an entire galaxy like Darth Vader? If you said yes, then Lords of The Black Sun is the game for you. Just remember to pack a lunch before you hit warp speed.

LOTBS, a PC game that can be purchased through Steam, is an open-world adventure set in space. The narrative can differ, depending on who you choose to play as (there’s human and various alien species), but the main gist is the same: As the leader of your home planet, it is up to you to oversee every facet of it while expanding your empire in a race across the stars with competing species. One of the ways to do this is through research; you are allowed to choose between military, economic and scientific endeavors that will slowly build up the strength and intelligence of your civilization in each respective category and give you a fighting chance. But that’s just the start.

Every detail that comes with ruling a planet is painstakingly included, and you have to take care of your home planet, as well as any other planets you colonize. It’s crucial to keep tabs on everything, make decisions regarding industry and government (including taxes and domestic policies) and even make sure that your population is happy. You get the picture. Who ever thought Darth Vader’s job was so particular? Of course, you can also control your own military and declare war on other planets, which is awesome and makes up for some of the dry details.

The inclusion of all these responsibilities, however, makes the pacing of LOTBS extremely slow and turns it into the ultimate test of patience. At first play, you’ll get saddled with all this info and the tantalizing promise of kicking space butt, but then you’re lost in space as you wait for your ship to find another planet and then actually travel there. And what do you do in the meantime? You become the proverbial mean kid on the ant hill with a magnifying glass, as the poor people on your home planet unwillingly become your entertainment. (There are a lot of unfavorable public policy decisions you can make if you get bored and really want to mess with your citizens.)

LOTBS roots itself in a quasi-realistic decision-making fashion, but that realism also contains some realistic yawns. It’s more complex and thought-provoking than many other games out there, but it’s also on the wrong side of an I-want-it-now culture.

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By Jason Savio