Compared to its successor, 4x4 Archipelago, this game is much shorter (at most maybe 10%) and simpler in pretty much every way: the combat lacks many subtleties of the sequel, and also when it comes to getting the best prices, there is no min-maxing in 4x4 Galaxy.

So why am I giving it the same 5 star rating? Well, my only gripes with the 4x4 Archipelago, were with the pacing and replayability; 4x4 Galaxy does away with those, by being much faster paced and having much shorter contained playthroughs. All-in-all, this balances out being far less feature-complete than its successor.