How does this compare with EV:Nova?

Din Ahmed · #1 December 1st, 2003, 05:24 AM

I second that. The writting in EV:Nova is one of the best (probabily the best in this type of games...)

But I can't stand the combat. I keep dying and intertia controlls take a lot of practice... to get competent. Saving & loading is a nuisance.

I wish there was a way of combining the writting from EV:Nova with the Combat/Customisation from Starfury... Also, I preffer the tradding in EV:Nova but the story is why I play it...

I'm not a modder so I don't really understand the benefits of either system though quick search reveals a gazilion on plugins (mods?) for EV:Nova. This could probably due to it deing out longer especially on the Mac.

And I'm having problems getting mods to work on Starfury too. I downloaded the mod for adding a Startrek ship (forgot name) but It doesn't seem to show...

I'm downloading the Battlestar Gallactica mod since my first Campaign is stuck. (I just created another post about it).

dominictus · #2 December 1st, 2003, 04:33 PM

If you are looking for the same type of game with superior graphics, better RP interface and 3D combat system- then play Freelancer. It has what you are looking for.

Dominictus

Din Ahmed · #3 December 3rd, 2003, 01:33 AM

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Originally posted by dominictus:
If you are looking for the same type of game with superior graphics, better RP interface and 3D combat system- then play Freelancer. It has what you are looking for.

Dominictus

I already played freelancer to death. Kinda waiting for X2 right now. But X2 won't be anywhere as easy to mod as either Freelancer or SF. Freelancer also has very easily modifiable ships and such stored in a text/conf file.

I find the story in Freelancer kinda lacking. A lot of fluff and not enough story. Sure it looks cool (Hey! Look at the fingers animate... wooohooo). I still like Freelancer but the programmer in me is attracted to SF. The sheer amount that can be modded is fantastic. Also I'm partial to supporting these small outfits like Malfador since they're the Last bastion of innovative/decent gameplay on the PC-game market.

Gruffel · #4 January 7th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Ack! Give me the link to that game, I wanna test it

Alneyan · #5 January 8th, 2004, 11:06 PM

If you were talking about EV Nova, the official site can be found right here. I have been quite impressed by the level of writing in Nova, but the game design was far from being impressive in my opinion. A very enjoyable game if you do like stories. If you don't however...

Gruffel · #6 January 9th, 2004, 07:10 AM

Well, Starfury isn't graphically impressive either, but I have to agree, the stories in Nova are very enjoyable

Phoenix-D · #7 January 9th, 2004, 07:30 AM

Notice he said game design, not graphics. Nova IMO is more polished, but SF is the better game.

Of course, I cannot -stand- Ambrosia's registration system, so I'm a bit biased there. Realizing that they can turn off your game pretty much any time they pleased was not a happy thing. Even if they don't (and I don't think they will) too many of my games are from companies that have gone belly up to make me comfortable with the idea.