I played quite a bit of it, winning the game with each and every one of the races before I just stopped playing. Even though I liked playing it, and played it constantly, it still had several shortcomings. The eight major races of the galaxy all want Gallius IV, but to stop another brutal, interstellar war, a treaty was signed. Each race would drop off only a single colonizer with limited resources and technology, and the colonies would have to fend for themselves. From there, each colony builds cities, extracts resources, and researches new technologies to create better, faster production and military.
Deadlock runs in hi-res, and the detail on the graphics is very fine.
Also, the rendered images of the races themselves were very well done, and the facial motions during speech were particularly nice. Deadlocks got them, as well as distinct voices and mannerisms for each of the available races. While combat itself can be rather frustrating, it is fun to watch. The armies move in on hapless citizens, zapping them, leaving only a charred scorch-mark on the ground. Cruise missiles crest the horizon, screaming down upon an unsuspecting colony.