Impressions of the demo..
 

First impression: oh fun, another game that doesn't play nicely with my GeForce4. :/ I have to run the game in a window OR in a resolution larger than my desktop, or part of it is off the screen..which isn't feasable because it makes everything smaller. Too small.

Looks a lot prettier than SAIS, and more importantly the ships in combat aren't semi-transparent any more (that drove me nuts in SAIS..). I still can't see any way to zoom combat in/out besides automaticlly, and the controls are quite different.

The zooming in/out of the main map is interesting, but it'll get old reaal quickly.

Otherwise the main map interface is better..you can actually switch between windows now, I don't think that worked in the SAIS demo. (it does open up an interesting exploit involving activating the Klakkar beacon, selling it, then buying 1-credit items to trade to the Klakkar..)

The hyperdrive "Takes nearly two months to recharge" but you can still use it to pop instantly back if you have to retreat.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif Same with the Helmsman

There seems to be a few more possible options at each star, which is good..more variety that way.

My best score so far is 13,000..care of finding the Hyperdrive early. I also found a cloaking device early on, letting me take out loads of enemy ships without much return fire..finding the Particle Vortex Cannon just turned it even more one sided. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/evil.gif (four ta-ru ships killed without them firing a shot..)

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I don't think you can trade the Klakkar beacon

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FINALLY!

Got the download, playing with the demo now.

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Oooo yes you can. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I doubt the Klakkar will take it, but Hope certainly will.

New best is 16000. Would have been 17, but time ran out right as I was charging the drive to jump to Hope.

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Who did you trade it with? I just tested this in the final release candidate, and could *not* trade the Klackar Beacon away. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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Don't know about the demo, but you can trade it at Hope in the main game, mon frere. And when it's worth two stars, you better believe I'm gonna. (you can trade it with the klak trade window open, too. Silly birds!)

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You can definitely trade it at Hope. Nowhere else seems to work.

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Ah-ha.... I didn't think of trying to trade it at Hope. [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Cold.gif[/img]

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Good comments here. I'm sure Iikka (Fingers) will be interested too, and thanks for the rundown, Phoenix-D.

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I got immediately hooked. I was pretty sure that was going to happen. Great job! Excellent job of not wasting the player's time - lots of plot for the time invested. Lots of neat stuff going on, but I expect the full game has a lot more.

My best score so far in the demo is 15,012.

I'm buying this one!

PvK