Moo3 is a shareware now

[dogscoff]

Now come on people, the demise of MOO3 just isn't funny, and we shouldn't laugh at the misfortune of the developppers.

*pause*

BWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAA AAAA!!!!

[Desdinova]

you know a game is bad when game copy world does not have any patches, fixes, cracks, or anything for it. moo3 bombed. but if its free it might be worth getting. however having to buy the game then send in for rebate i am not sure its worth it.

[Loser]

Don't buy it. What you see will break your heart.

Please excuse me while I quote myself. Ahem...

Originally posted by Loser:
It is very disappointing right now. It is like seeing your kid sister, the one who was so promising, the one who excelled in athletics and academics and debate in Junior High, like seeing that kid sister drop out of high school, knocked up by her drug dealer, hooked on smack, dirty, hopeless, and coming to you for money.

[General Woundwort]

MOO3 came out? I hadn't noticed, I was too busy working on my "Highliner" mod...

Seriously, there is some good coming from this fiasco... SEIV is getting some good free publicity. Here's another testimonial from Amazon...

Space Empires IV Gold is so much more..., April 3, 2003
Reviewer: DAVID MELLUSI from Norwich, CT United States
Like many others, I waited YEARS for this game to finally come out. And... I was disappointed.
(SNIP)
If you want a space game, I recommend Space Empires IV Gold, available through Shrapnel Games or through the Z-vendor Chips and Bits. It came out a few years ago, and the graphics aren't as pretty as MOO3, but the game is a lot better.

[Voidhawk]

Yeah, the game is virtually unplayable in it's current state. I honestly tried to like it for what it was instead of for what I wanted it to be, but it just didn't work out. The game simply isn't fun to play (for me at least, some folks seem to enjoy it). Personally, I haven't been this disappointed in a game since the first Battlecruiser.

I'm planning on giving it another shot once the code patch comes out, but my hopes aren't high. I'm trying to keep an open mind.

[Erax]

I never rush out and buy a game as soon as it's released. I never, ever pre-order. There was only one exception : X-Com Apocalypse, I bought that one as soon as I saw it, but I was younger then.

I will take your advice and avoid MoO3 like the plague.

But we should be asking ourselves, why is MoO3 such a poor game ? Not how, plenty has been said about that, but why ? Did the original developer sell the rights to another company ? Were any of the people who worked on MoO2 on this project ? Was there interference from the publisher ? In other words, what went wrong ? Owning the MoO line was supposed to be like owning a license to print money, how did they manage to make such a mess of it ?

[dogscoff]

Also, has there been any talk of Moo4? Maybe they'll be rushing to get something onto the market that is more like what everyone hoped moo3 would be so they can put this fiasco into the past and bury it.

Kind of like Aliens resurrecttion being the film the Alien3 should have been, or highlander3 trying to salvage some credibility for the line by completely disowning the abysmal highlander2.

[jimbob]

But the artwork is cool right? Could someone who has it strip out the races and make shipsets/racial sets for them in SEIV? That way we will "save" the valuable bits, allowing them to live on in the SEIV realm!

I'd just like to think of it as salvaging the hard work of the artists

[Fyron]

Planets can easily be rendered into se4 sized planets. Not sure about facilities, or ships.

[jimbob]

True Fyron . It would be good if you could find the ship pic files, but I'm guessing its been coded to protect against that sort of "piracy" (not open source I'm guessing).

I was thinking of maybe screen shots of ships and facilities. Maybe get lower resolution, but atleast get something. I haven't played the game, so I don't know how big the ship pics are "in-game". I'm hoping they're bigger than in SEIV.