This is an engrossing Sci-Fi take on Heroes of Might Magic type games. It uses a very similar template to recent offerings such as Songs of Silence and Spellforce: Conquest of Eo.

I would highly recommend Silence of the Siren, it is immediately addictive and makes you feel like playing 'one more turn' every time you want to save and quit!

Silence of the Siren is a game that was inspired by HoMM3 but was able to create its own style. The attention to detail is admirable.

Moving on to my criticisms of the game (mostly about UI and visibility),

- Commanders' statistical information can be made visible on the bars on main game screen (or a visibility on/off button can be added to options)

- Mini pop-ups can be added to both battle screens and town screens for quick access to all unit statistics.

- Battle screens feel narrow and cramped and large units block each other's line of sight when stacked on top of each other (This situation becomes inextricable, especially when enemy troops are included in the equation). When I researched how other games have solved this, I noticed that hexagons are kept large in HoMM: Olden Era. A similar solution could be brought to SoTS.

- As in many games of the RTS or TBS genre, choosing a color from the color palette in a multiplayer or singleplayer game can be a solution to the situation I mentioned above as well.

- Friendly fire can be enabled for area-of-effect damage, which can add a tactical layer (the player can be asked in the options whether this will be or not, or it could be depend on the game difficulty).

As a gamer and moviegoer who loves science fiction, it is a really creative idea to bring this theme to this game. If the game feeds itself with the feedback it receives from players during the early access period and follows the roadmap flawlessly, we may be faced with a masterpiece when it goes to full release.