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Old March 16, 1999, 02:48   #1
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Wow! SMAC is good!
Well, I finally got around to buying Alpha Centuari the other day, but I bought it with suspoicions. Although it had gotten good reviews, I was suspicious of it's sci-fi nature and such. But after getting past its vast complexity and learning curve, I found it really good! This really surprised me as I thought I would get tired of the futuristic stuff quick, but it really doesn't seem to matter.

So I'm just saying that if anyone out there hasn't bought SMAC yet, do it, and get CTP on the 31st. With Command and Conquer 2 on the horizon, and Age of Empires 2 in the works, it looks like it is shaping up to be a great year for strategy gamers!
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Old March 16, 1999, 17:38   #2
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I purchased SMAC the day it came out. There was no way I was going to miss this title. The game is good, but it is not what I was hoping for. Why?

You mentioned Command and Conquer 2 and Age of Empires 2 in your post. I can only conclude by this that you tried both C&C and AoE and that you are impressed by both titles. I like both of these games also, but I like them for the multiplayer aspect of the games. There is nothing like playing against a human being when it comes to unpredictability and satisfaction in victory.

I was looking forward to SMAC multiplay but the experience has left me disapointed. Multiplayer in SMAC appears to be nothing more than an add-on. For the life of me I can't understand why when you play someone one vs. one in SMAC multiplayer the game forces you to use the remaining five computer controlled factions. What's with this? If I wanted to play the computer factions I would just fire up a solo game.

As a stand alone offline game I won't argue with you that the game is decent. But as a multiplayer game it is truly lacking. Once you go multi it's tough to go back to just playing with yourself.

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Old March 17, 1999, 15:54   #3
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SMAC is the best game I've ever played. It goes beyond Civ2 in everyway. I've been hearing bad things about multi-player, but luckily, I don't play those kinds of games. The single player game is beyond outstanding.
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Old March 17, 1999, 20:33   #4
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Sorry Guy´s, I don´t agree!

I have played SMAC tree times. Now I have no motivation to start again. The same story, the same ugly landscape, the same fractions,... thats boring! Long live Civ2 and CTP!!!

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Old March 17, 1999, 20:34   #5
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Old March 17, 1999, 22:53   #6
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Palpatine, your signature is not correct. It should be, "The power of the dark side is with him" not "The dark side of the power is with him".
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Old March 18, 1999, 18:30   #7
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Thanks Kalahari!

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Old March 20, 1999, 00:42   #8
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You can make your own factions (really easily with ACEdit), randomize personalities, all the stuff people blab about with CTP.
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Old March 21, 1999, 22:02   #9
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I have played SMAC, for sometime now, and been unsatisfied with it and blamed it on the bugs, but now as I have downloaded the patch 3.0, I realise the game is just plain boring.
In fact it sucks.
I have played and won perhaps 5 to 10 games in transcend difficulty, the AI is so dum it's not even a challenge in the first game, if you are an experienced civ2-player. Whats more is that you end up just like in civ2 micromanaging your empire, because the governors and the automatic format are not just dum, but outright loony with an attitude.
I really hope CTP will be nothing like SMAC.

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Old March 21, 1999, 23:21   #10
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Ah SMAC, the best game that I have EVER played (yes, even better than Civ2). It is deserving of all of its praise!

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Old March 22, 1999, 02:52   #11
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i'm half tempted to think that the people that are RAVING about smac are only doing so because they are living a dream. almost like a sour grapes thing, but opposite. they're rationalizing it. i didn't find it that good after the first time. . and am quite bored with it now. i wonder if i can trade it in for ctp. . .
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Old March 22, 1999, 18:42   #12
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Suffice to say, that I am not living in a dream, rather that SMAC is just that good. I always laugh, when the CTPers can't understand why so many people love SMAC! Why the reviews have given it such high praise! Because it is just that good!

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IT IS NOT!!!
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Old March 23, 1999, 01:28   #14
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Ah CTPers living in their dream worlds, where SMAC doesn't sell that good, etc. IN fact, the reviews have been great, it is selling exceptionally well, and well it is being discussed as Game of the Year (ALREADY!!). May a Singularity Planet Buster shatter your delusions that us SMACers are lying to you. Nothing compares to SMAC. It exceeds even Civ2.

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Old March 23, 1999, 21:01   #15
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I have to crush this SMAC-Rebellion... hehe.
This game certainly sucks.

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Old March 24, 1999, 03:06   #16
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Definetly not! It is the pinnacle of game making!

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