OT: any other games?

Psitticine · #1 October 26th, 2003, 11:06 PM

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Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire are among my all-time Favorites. I am so hoping they'll announce development plans for a sequel some day!

many players still praise the games for features which are nowhere be seen in other games. The complex diplomacy/agenda features for example are really shining. You could even ask an ally to attack a specific city, and this is very cool to direct the AI.

The game is a bit too much on micro managing though. And the supply modules (dont remember their exact name) which gave you the production of a tile were too cheesy. The AI never used them by the way, so its was just a question of time before you outproduced him.

Still, it is one of my all time favourite.

I agree 100% about the supply pods. They always seemed a bit kludgy to me, and some of the benefits they gave were rather . . . odd. Some made sense, of course, but others were just too "magic" for a game like that.

I didn't have much problem with the micro-management, but I also preferred smaller-map games. I can see how it would be much more of a challenge keeping up with things on those huge planet maps.

My favorite part was the whole living planet concept, with the monoliths and the sentient/sleeping ecosystem. I hope that, if they ever do a sequel, it will either expand on that concept or add something equally fascinating to explore.

Fyron · #2 October 27th, 2003, 03:30 AM

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Or you could just get a Mac.

That would be a waste of money just to play two old games.

Stavetor · #3 October 27th, 2003, 05:34 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Or you could just get a Mac.

That would be a waste of money just to play two old games.

If it's just for the purpose of playing those two games, then yeah, I suppose so. Especially since those games are now available on Windows. But then again, what price freedom from the Blue Screen of Death?

Daynarr · #4 October 27th, 2003, 06:44 AM

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Originally posted by Stavetor:

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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Originally posted by Stavetor:
Or you could just get a Mac.

That would be a waste of money just to play two old games.
If it's just for the purpose of playing those two games, then yeah, I suppose so. Especially since those games are now available on Windows. But then again, what price freedom from the Blue Screen of Death?

Price is 200$ for buying Windows XP.

Fyron · #5 October 27th, 2003, 07:06 AM

Or a bit less if buying 2000, which has BSOD as infrequently as XP does... Of course, XP cheats and just reboots on the rare occasion that a BSOD occurs (which is a rarity).

But then, it can keep on going even if Explorer crashes, so things have vastly improved since the days of win 95.

Going Mac is definitely not an improvement, as you are paying a lot of extra money for nothing... you can get 95% of Mac OS X by getting a distro of Linux or FreeBSD or something. You just don't get the Mac bloat.

I forget which OS it is based on, but only the interface and some programs are Apple/Macintosh in it.

[ October 27, 2003, 05:07: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Saber Cherry · #6 October 27th, 2003, 08:13 AM

I've had a bit of XP trouble, but never a BSOD. It is so much better than 98, that for a while it almost made me forgive MS for being evil, considering that I paid $14 for XP Pro and Office XP together at my college bookstore. But then I found out DOS games just don't work in XP... plus their retarded new defragger requires 15% space free...

M$ is still evil, and I'll never forgive them! Bwahahaha!!! Microsoft, I'll use your own browser and OS to slam you in public forums! How do you like that, Gates, you punk!

Daynarr · #7 October 27th, 2003, 08:34 AM

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Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
I've had a bit of XP trouble, but never a BSOD. It is so much better than 98, that for a while it almost made me forgive MS for being evil, considering that I paid $14 for XP Pro and Office XP together at my college bookstore. But then I found out DOS games just don't work in XP... plus their retarded new defragger requires 15% space free...

M$ is still evil, and I'll never forgive them! Bwahahaha!!! Microsoft, I'll use your own browser and OS to slam you in public forums! How do you like that, Gates, you punk!

LOL!