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Old June 29th, 2010, 04:50 PM
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Default Armada 2526 and Distant Worlds

Anyone played these ? Are they good ?
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Old July 2nd, 2010, 02:32 PM
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Default Re: Armada 2526 and Distant Worlds

I own both (as i own most of 4x games nowadays) and have these observaionts?

Armada 2526 - Claims to be an upgrade of MOO2 and does play like it, but it does not have the "flavour" of MOO2.... it[s a good enough game, but i still prefer to spend my time playing Moo2 or SEIV...

Distant Worlds - Very interesting gameplay engine, but has a steep learning curve, also, it has some annoying bugs that still need to be squashed to play better (I particularly hate the pirates ship cloning bug).... In the current state it is a good game, if its bugs get squashed in future patches there is the potential of it becoming a great one.

Nowadays i am mostly quenching my craving for space strategy games with Sins of a Solar Empire... it is a very good game, and the modding community is very active, with some mods that really improve the basic game (i am particularly fond of the Distant Stars mod)
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Default Re: Armada 2526 and Distant Worlds

I was amazed that it took 3 days to get a reply. I was under the impression, most players still checking this board would be hardcore 4x-gamers and would likely have these 2 games.

Thank you VERY much for your input.

If i could buy one, should it be Armada or Distant Worlds ? Sounds like Distant Worlds, yes ?
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Default Re: Armada 2526 and Distant Worlds

If you have to choose between the 2 i would recommend Distant Worlds, with the only caveat of the bugs that still need to be squashed..., it´s a game with a huge potential, but only if the developers release more patches for it...
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