Thread Tools
Old February 19, 2004, 15:32   #61
Boris Godunov
Civilization II MultiplayerApolytoners Hall of FameCivilization IV: Multiplayer
Emperor
 
Boris Godunov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 10:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,412
I'm a pretty big SW fan, which I think is why I was so disappointed in Rebellion. If anything, that made me like it even less. The designers made a lame game and then slapped on SW graphics and names, but the game has little to do with the SW universe.
__________________
Tutto nel mondo č burla
Boris Godunov is offline  
Old February 19, 2004, 18:42   #62
Hagbart
InterSite Democracy Game: Apolyton TeamC3C IDG: Apolyton Team
Prince
 
Hagbart's Avatar
 
Local Time: 18:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Posts: 835
The best Star Wars game I've played is definitely Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast. Great fun. But not a strategy game I know.
__________________
Try my Lord of the Rings MAP out: Lands of Middle Earth v2 NEWS: Now It's a flat map, optimized for Conquests

The new iPod nano: nano
Hagbart is offline  
Old February 20, 2004, 11:47   #63
Spaced Cowboy
Emperor
 
Spaced Cowboy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Dallas TX
Posts: 6,939
What not KotOR?
__________________
We're sorry, the voices in my head are not available at this time. Please try back again soon.
Spaced Cowboy is offline  
Old February 20, 2004, 13:36   #64
Boris Godunov
Civilization II MultiplayerApolytoners Hall of FameCivilization IV: Multiplayer
Emperor
 
Boris Godunov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 10:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,412
Now where can I get the original MOO, and will it run on Windows 2000 or XP?
__________________
Tutto nel mondo č burla
Boris Godunov is offline  
Old February 20, 2004, 15:13   #65
Spaced Cowboy
Emperor
 
Spaced Cowboy's Avatar
 
Local Time: 12:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Dallas TX
Posts: 6,939
Did you try the usual suspects?

It should run on xp, abeit without any sound.
__________________
We're sorry, the voices in my head are not available at this time. Please try back again soon.
Spaced Cowboy is offline  
Old February 20, 2004, 17:01   #66
child of Thor
Call to Power II Democracy GameCTP2 Source Code Project
Emperor
 
child of Thor's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 3,272
Re: *nudges out Spiffor* I need a great Space STRATEGY game!
Quote:
Originally posted by Boris Godunov
It's like a quest for a holy grail.

Yesterday I went to the Hayden Planetarium here in NYC and saw the space show which gives the scope of the universe. It was rather awe-inspiring, and filled me once again with the desire to experience an atmospheric space strategy game.

Ok, here's what I own:

Imperium Galactica II
Master of Orion II
Ascendancy
Galactic Civilizations
Space Empires IV Gold
Star Wars: Rebellion

.........snip.........
Well you got most the good-uns already.

No one has mentioned 'Reunion', it came out about the same time as Ascendancy i think.
Its a involving game which i got into heavily at one point, it demands alot of the player to really find all its good points. Worth a look if you have a machine capable of running DOS games.
I'm playing a game on and off at the momment - and realising all the helpful things i'd forgoten to have a chance to beat the game......you can get it at the place with no name

If you have an amiga, or run emulators, the game 'Deuterous' and 'Milenium 1.1' were considered the best of their time, and it was many years before the PC came out with deep games like Masters of Orion etc.
__________________
'The very basis of the liberal idea – the belief of individual freedom is what causes the chaos' - William Kristol, son of the founder of neo-conservitivism, talking about neo-con ideology and its agenda for you.info here. prove me wrong.

Bush's Republican=Neo-con for all intent and purpose. be afraid.
child of Thor is offline  
Old February 20, 2004, 23:41   #67
Urban Ranger
NationStatesApolyton Storywriters' GuildNever Ending Stories
Deity
 
Urban Ranger's Avatar
 
Local Time: 01:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Location: The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
Posts: 14,606
Quote:
Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Now where can I get the original MOO, and will it run on Windows 2000 or XP?
Should run on either OS.

I never had sound anyway when I played it in DOS.
__________________
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Urban Ranger is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 08:27   #68
General Ludd
NationStates
Emperor
 
General Ludd's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Minion of the Dominion
Posts: 4,607
Quote:
Originally posted by VetLegion
Azazel, did you get FA to run under WinXP? I tried, it starts but crashes very soon in the game.
I haven't had any luck geting it to work on XP. ( I had a craving for it last week and dug out the CD only to be disapointed. )




What I would do for a space strategy with actual politics and more depth than just building **** and conquering the galaxy....


EDIT: But, since you have Space Empire IV, I recomend you go here and play a PBEM roleplay game.
__________________
Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

Do It Ourselves
General Ludd is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 10:08   #69
Az
Emperor
 
Local Time: 20:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: A pub.
Posts: 3,161
Quote:
What I would do for a space strategy with actual politics and more depth than just building **** and conquering the galaxy....
FA sorta had it. sorta.
__________________
urgh.NSFW
Az is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 10:36   #70
Boris Godunov
Civilization II MultiplayerApolytoners Hall of FameCivilization IV: Multiplayer
Emperor
 
Boris Godunov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 10:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,412
Well, I picked up MOO3 for $10. I'm going to mod it using suggestions from the forum here at 'poly and see if I can't make it playable. This is the best I can do for now, I think...
__________________
Tutto nel mondo č burla
Boris Godunov is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 11:26   #71
General Ludd
NationStates
Emperor
 
General Ludd's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Minion of the Dominion
Posts: 4,607
I would recomend Birth of the Federation over MOO3 if you're going to be trying the bad ones too.
__________________
Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

Do It Ourselves
General Ludd is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 12:33   #72
asleepathewheel
C3C IDG: Apolyton TeamInterSite Democracy Game: Apolyton TeamPtWDG Gathering StormC4DG Gathering Storm
Emperor
 
Local Time: 12:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: listening too long to one song
Posts: 7,395


good luck
asleepathewheel is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 13:13   #73
Urban Ranger
NationStatesApolyton Storywriters' GuildNever Ending Stories
Deity
 
Urban Ranger's Avatar
 
Local Time: 01:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Location: The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
Posts: 14,606
Birth of the Federation?
__________________
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Urban Ranger is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 16:28   #74
Nostromo
Emperor
 
Nostromo's Avatar
 
Local Time: 13:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 3,606
Anybody tried Emperor of The Fading Suns? Is it any good?
Nostromo is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 17:36   #75
Skanky Burns
Alpha Centauri Democracy GameACDG The Cybernetic ConsciousnessC4DG Team Alpha CentauriansApolytoners Hall of FameACDG3 Spartans
 
Skanky Burns's Avatar
 
Local Time: 04:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Skanky Father
Posts: 16,530
EoTF is quite fun. I must admit losing interest in playing it before having managed to even invade another computer's planet completely though.
__________________
I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).
Skanky Burns is offline  
Old February 21, 2004, 18:11   #76
General Ludd
NationStates
Emperor
 
General Ludd's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Minion of the Dominion
Posts: 4,607
Emperor of the Fadin sun would make a good PBEM game.
__________________
Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

Do It Ourselves
General Ludd is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 09:23   #77
Jamski
Alpha Centauri Democracy GameAlpha Centauri PBEMACDG Planet University of TechnologyACDG The Cybernetic Consciousness
Deity
 
Jamski's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
Posts: 13,229
EotFS is a GREAT game... but it gets a bit heavy - like playing wars on 12 different planets at once is a bit mind destroying...

-Jam
__________________
1) The crappy metaspam is an affront to the true manner of the artform. - Dauphin
That's like trying to overninja a ninja when you aren't a mammal. CAN'T BE DONE. - Kassi on doublecrossing Ljube-ljcvetko
Check out the ALL NEW Galactic Overlord Website for v2.0 and the Napoleonic Overlord Website or even the Galactic Captians Website Thanks Geocities!
Taht 'ventisular link be woo to clyck.
Jamski is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 11:04   #78
Boris Godunov
Civilization II MultiplayerApolytoners Hall of FameCivilization IV: Multiplayer
Emperor
 
Boris Godunov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 10:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,412
EotFS supposedly has crap AI, from all the reviews I've read.

Well, I finished a Solaran game of IG2. It was pretty frustrating at the end because I wanted to see what the 4 crystals did, but to get the last crystal I had to invade the last of the Kra'hen worlds, which meant it triggered the Kra'hen victory condition rather than letting me see what the crystals do. Grrr.

Looking around, I see there's nothing in the pike in terms of 4X games. Maybe Freeorion is our best hope?

*weeps bitterly*
__________________
Tutto nel mondo č burla
Boris Godunov is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 11:09   #79
Urban Ranger
NationStatesApolyton Storywriters' GuildNever Ending Stories
Deity
 
Urban Ranger's Avatar
 
Local Time: 01:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Location: The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
Posts: 14,606
It's your mission to design one

Too bad Alpha Centauri isn't getting a sequel, yet. Perhaps because the original was so well done, there's nothing much you can add to it.
__________________
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Urban Ranger is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 11:20   #80
Boris Godunov
Civilization II MultiplayerApolytoners Hall of FameCivilization IV: Multiplayer
Emperor
 
Boris Godunov's Avatar
 
Local Time: 10:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 4,412
SMAC doesn't really count though, as it's Civ on another planet, not a 4X game. Sure, it kicks ass, but there's no conquering a galaxy!
__________________
Tutto nel mondo č burla
Boris Godunov is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 14:17   #81
Jamski
Alpha Centauri Democracy GameAlpha Centauri PBEMACDG Planet University of TechnologyACDG The Cybernetic Consciousness
Deity
 
Jamski's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: May 2002
Location: lol ED&D is officially full PvP LOL
Posts: 13,229
Quote:
EotFS supposedly has crap AI, from all the reviews I've read.
99% of all games have crap AI, so that's not really saying much though

-Jam
__________________
1) The crappy metaspam is an affront to the true manner of the artform. - Dauphin
That's like trying to overninja a ninja when you aren't a mammal. CAN'T BE DONE. - Kassi on doublecrossing Ljube-ljcvetko
Check out the ALL NEW Galactic Overlord Website for v2.0 and the Napoleonic Overlord Website or even the Galactic Captians Website Thanks Geocities!
Taht 'ventisular link be woo to clyck.
Jamski is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 14:24   #82
Illuminatus
staff
Apolyton Storywriters' GuildCivilization IV CreatorsACDG3 CMNsACDG3 Data AngelsACDG3 SpartansC4DG Team Alpha CentauriansC4WDG Team ApolytonAge of Nations TeamACDG3 Gaians
Provost
 
Local Time: 19:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,942
Quote:
Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Birth of the Federation?
Why is it so funny? Sure it doesnt have much of classic 4X elements, but must you laught at it? It is a franchize oriented game so there are some faults. I find it more entertaining than GalCiv and Moo3.
__________________
SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw
Illuminatus is offline  
Old February 22, 2004, 18:01   #83
Sandman
King
 
Sandman's Avatar
 
Local Time: 18:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Just one more thing
Posts: 1,733
Most space strategy games don't really seem to capture the vastness and beauty of space. I wouldn't mind seeing one with a three dimensional map, with a realistic approach to scale. You could zoom out to view situations in the local star cluster, but you could also zoom in to inspect production at an orbital factory orbiting your homeworld.

And a nearly endless universe, like in Frontier, would be nice. You'd have to find other limits on player expansion than planets though.
Sandman is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 01:19   #84
Urban Ranger
NationStatesApolyton Storywriters' GuildNever Ending Stories
Deity
 
Urban Ranger's Avatar
 
Local Time: 01:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Location: The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
Posts: 14,606
Quote:
Originally posted by obstructor
It is a franchize oriented game so there are some faults. I find it more entertaining than GalCiv and Moo3.
Some faults? That surely is an understatment

I haven't played GalCiv, so I can't tell. Though it's hard to get as bad as MoO 3. I knew it would be a stinker once I looked at their initial design.
__________________
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Urban Ranger is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 01:20   #85
Urban Ranger
NationStatesApolyton Storywriters' GuildNever Ending Stories
Deity
 
Urban Ranger's Avatar
 
Local Time: 01:59
Local Date: November 3, 2010
Join Date: May 1999
Location: The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
Posts: 14,606
Quote:
Originally posted by Sandman
Most space strategy games don't really seem to capture the vastness and beauty of space. I wouldn't mind seeing one with a three dimensional map, with a realistic approach to scale. You could zoom out to view situations in the local star cluster, but you could also zoom in to inspect production at an orbital factory orbiting your homeworld.
That's only eye candy though.
__________________
(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
Urban Ranger is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 08:07   #86
Grumbold
Emperor
 
Grumbold's Avatar
 
Local Time: 18:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: London, UK
Posts: 3,732
There have been a couple of games with 3d star maps but I have to confess finding the 2d maps more playable even if they are inherently silly.
__________________
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection. H.Poincare
Grumbold is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 08:07   #87
okblacke
Apolyton University
Warlord
 
okblacke's Avatar
 
Local Time: 09:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 236
Quote:
Originally posted by Urban Ranger


That's only eye candy though.
"Only eye candy". As someone who's been playing since the days of "ADVENT" and who stuck with Infocom-type games while Sierra was pumping out graphical adventures, I have to say that I've grown to respect "only eye candy" in recent years.

Atmosphere is a big part of a game. "Eye candy" is part of that. "Homeworld" has a lot of "eye candy", but it simpley would not be as immersive if it were played out on a flat map like Civ games always have been.

Civ 3 is marvellously streamlined for gameplay, no question. Yet a lot of the little touches--riot screens, wonder movies, full screen diplomatic interactions--added something to the immersion. (Not that they should add these things back in, necessarily, but they didn't really compensate in a "You Are There" kind of way.)

As a result, Civ-like games seem to end up being boiled down into a kind of chess or even checkers game, where we're thinking of moving pieces around rather than building a vibrant empire.

A real stroke of genius would be to add immersive elements in without interrupting the game flow. GalCiv, which is particularly dinky in its graphic presentation, forces you to make ethical choices throughout the game--which aid immersion a bit. The planetary council also has a more "real" feel to it than, say, Civ 3's UN.

Starflight did an excellent job at this. A lot of the pilot-sims do a pretty good job as well.

But empire building games? There aren't any. (At least that I know of.)

[ok]
okblacke is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 08:49   #88
General Ludd
NationStates
Emperor
 
General Ludd's Avatar
 
Local Time: 17:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Minion of the Dominion
Posts: 4,607
Quote:
Originally posted by okblacke


"Only eye candy". As someone who's been playing since the days of "ADVENT" and who stuck with Infocom-type games while Sierra was pumping out graphical adventures, I have to say that I've grown to respect "only eye candy" in recent years.

Atmosphere is a big part of a game. "Eye candy" is part of that. "Homeworld" has a lot of "eye candy", but it simpley would not be as immersive if it were played out on a flat map like Civ games always have been.

Civ 3 is marvellously streamlined for gameplay, no question. Yet a lot of the little touches--riot screens, wonder movies, full screen diplomatic interactions--added something to the immersion. (Not that they should add these things back in, necessarily, but they didn't really compensate in a "You Are There" kind of way.)
Civ3 and Homeworld. A couple of the more boring games of recent years.

Quote:
As a result, Civ-like games seem to end up being boiled down into a kind of chess or even checkers game, where we're thinking of moving pieces around rather than building a vibrant empire.
I agree with you here, but the answer isn't eye candy - it's gameplay. It needs to take away the focus of 'powergaming' and the unquestionable goal of conquest and the rigid / nonsensical diplomacy. Take a look at Europa Universalis, for example - the graphics are nothing special, but it's one of the most immersive strategy games.


EDIT: Although, I suppose you could make the argument that Europa Universalis is heavy on the "ear candy"
__________________
Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse

Do It Ourselves
General Ludd is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 15:11   #89
Illuminatus
staff
Apolyton Storywriters' GuildCivilization IV CreatorsACDG3 CMNsACDG3 Data AngelsACDG3 SpartansC4DG Team Alpha CentauriansC4WDG Team ApolytonAge of Nations TeamACDG3 Gaians
Provost
 
Local Time: 19:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,942
Quote:
Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Some faults? That surely is an understatment

I haven't played GalCiv, so I can't tell. Though it's hard to get as bad as MoO 3. I knew it would be a stinker once I looked at their initial design.
Well AC has a ton of faults and look how many people are playing it.

And I even mention Civ3 which is more than 95 percent "faults".
__________________
SMAC/X FAQ | Chiron Archives
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. --G.B.Shaw
Illuminatus is offline  
Old February 23, 2004, 16:54   #90
Sandman
King
 
Sandman's Avatar
 
Local Time: 18:59
Local Date: November 2, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Just one more thing
Posts: 1,733
Quote:
Originally posted by Urban Ranger
That's only eye candy though.
It's not just eye-candy. There'd be no grids, or battlescreens. Viewing the 'map' and viewing the battles would essentially viewing the same environment, but at vastly different levels of magnification.
Sandman is offline  
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 13:59.


Design by Vjacheslav Trushkin, color scheme by ColorizeIt!.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Apolyton Civilization Site | Copyright Š The Apolyton Team