Rei Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) It's a pretty damn good RTS. It's about conquesting a star system (Or multiple). The games can take awhile, but it's really fun. It's like Master of Orion 2 turned into a real time strategy instead of a turned based. Here's a battle Edited December 8, 2008 by Rei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Awesome, I was actually just going to make a thread about this asking for feedback. I haven't picked it up. Looking for a few second opinions before I go ahead with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_phoneix Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 at first I thought this game was officially the awesomest thing ever. Then it dawned on my it tried to mash-up to genres and fails at doing both at the same time as well as one title does one at a time. -_- Also, lack of single player campaign is baaaad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I love this game. Epic scale, massive amounts of units under your control, incredible technologies, total system workedness, and an awesomely streamlined interface makes me love it. Music's cool to. I just find it pretty damn solid all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 How fast does the game play? If it's fast paced, balanced, and as neat as ZXValaRevan seems to be passing it off to be, I might look into this game much further. I personally don't mind if there's no single player campaign because I probably wouldn't have played it anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 How fast does the game play? If it's fast paced, balanced, and as neat as ZXValaRevan seems to be passing it off to be, I might look into this game much further. I personally don't mind if there's no single player campaign because I probably wouldn't have played it anyways. From what I've heard so far, it plays incredibly slowly. It's in real-time, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 (edited) It depends on your play style. It can play fast, and it can play slow. Things build relatively quickly, and it's not too hard to travel. I find it fast enough. It's really all in how you play, just like any RTS, and, like most RTSes, it puts a bit of favor on those who can play it faster. :P EDIT: But yeah, battles can take a while, longer than your typical RTS. It's also one of those games that requires a fair number of units in order to rush effectively. Don't expect a C&C Zero Hour thing where you rush the enemy in the first 4 minutes with a pair of Dragon Tanks and actually manage to do something. :P Edited December 9, 2008 by ZXValaRevan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 It depends on your play style. It can play fast, and it can play slow. Things build relatively quickly, and it's not too hard to travel. I find it fast enough. It's really all in how you play, just like any RTS, and, like most RTSes, it puts a bit of favor on those who can play it faster. :P EDIT: But yeah, battles can take a while, longer than your typical RTS. It's also one of those games that requires a fair number of units in order to rush effectively. Don't expect a C&C Zero Hour thing where you rush the enemy in the first 4 minutes with a pair of Dragon Tanks and actually manage to do something. :P No 9 Pool or FD Terran either I assume, haha. It appears to have favorable reviews (but at the moment I've admittedly only looked at numbers). I'm worried about the speed, but that's most probably a result of my obsessive bias towards StarCraft. I assume you and Rei play the game on-line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 (edited) No 9 Pool or FD Terran either I assume, haha. It appears to have favorable reviews (but at the moment I've admittedly only looked at numbers). I'm worried about the speed, but that's most probably a result of my obsessive bias towards StarCraft. I assume you and Rei play the game on-line? I don't have a legal copy. :P But I've played it LAN, and with friends, and it can be fast, yeah. I admit that it's not StarCraft speed, but it's still pretty nice. And actually, 9 pool (or the equivalent) is actually pretty viable. Well, maybe ish. Essentially, you would establish a fair, although not amazing economy (in this game that would consist of building extractors on all your resource asteroids), and then quickly constructing a Fleet Factory and pumping out ~6-12 Light Frigates. Obviously, this doesn't have the same degree of speed that Zerglings would have, due to a lack of simultaneous buildtime, and it can be expensive, but it can work. Ish. :D EDIT: Yeah, maybe that's not really 9 pool at all. :P Edited December 9, 2008 by ZXValaRevan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Not quite a month bump or anything, but I do have stardock online for this. I have a legal copy. Wist, it's not nearly as fast as Starcraft, but it's in such a huge scale and it's not too slow unless you drag the game out. Though defenses are pretty broken though. A defense of just turret structures will need a nice size fleet just to take down, and it doesn't take too much to make those. But this game is EXTREMELY balanced between the three races, and there are more ways to win than just military conquest. (for example, your culture can pretty much cause revolts and remove planets from the enemy's grasp) Edited January 1, 2009 by Rei Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 It's an alright game, but the balance is very poor and there's little strategic depth to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Not quite a month bump or anything, but I do have stardock online for this. I have a legal copy. Wist, it's not nearly as fast as Starcraft, but it's in such a huge scale and it's not too slow unless you drag the game out. Though defenses are pretty broken though. A defense of just turret structures will need a nice size fleet just to take down, and it doesn't take too much to make those. But this game is EXTREMELY balanced between the three races, and there are more ways to win than just military conquest. (for example, your culture can pretty much cause revolts and remove planets from the enemy's grasp) Yeah. Basically, it's much less of a rushing game than StarCraft, a lot more focused on Teching and Defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 It's an alright game, but the balance is very poor and there's little strategic depth to the game. That's not important though. What really matters: are the ships cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_phoneix Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 That's not important though. What really matters: are the ships cool? You can't really see them most of the time if you're playing the game right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 You can't really see them most of the time if you're playing the game right. True, true, but hey, although if the ships being cool is the most important thing, then I doubt you really care about winning anyway. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Communard Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 It's like Master of Orion 2 ...you play Masters of Orion 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowAreYaBud Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Hmmm...Looks good. I might buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted January 13, 2009 Author Share Posted January 13, 2009 ...you play Masters of Orion 2? YES :D. Psilons rape, though if I'm doing custom, it's way too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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