How Would You Respond? UPDATE

Cipher7071 · #1 October 25th, 2005, 04:12 PM

One thing I do know is that it takes some patience to learn this game. Those with little patience will never stick with it long enough to enjoy it.

rdouglass · #2 October 25th, 2005, 05:17 PM

Well you have to remember that this game requires thought and not just a fast clicker finger.

Atrocities · #3 October 25th, 2005, 06:41 PM

I think he was thinking that SEIV was a RTS game where you build things to gather resources then build ships and fight ala Armada.

DeKaye · #4 October 31st, 2005, 05:19 PM

Yes, this is indeed a thinkers game. Chess comes to my mind when thinking of SEIV, but SEIV is a lot more fun and has a lot more freedoms. It does sound like this fellow was looking for the fast paced, shoot em up type game with quick results. Not everyone is cut out for SEIV and games that are like it (if there are any like SEIV - I'm not a gamer so don't know what is out there in gamedom).

In reply to Atrocities question, I think I would have just explained that I feel he was looking for a different game than what SEIV can offer. Then maybe explain the concept of SEIV to him and why lots of people have enjoyed the game for many years. And add that just because he did not enjoy SEIV this does not make a game lousey or however he put it. Lots of games I do not enjoy, but I can see they are great games considering what they offer, playability, reliability, and quality.

This is my two cents worth.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 October 31st, 2005, 05:51 PM

Stars! is a good, if old one.

JAFisher44 · #6 October 31st, 2005, 07:04 PM

Some people can't see quality in a game unless it has ground breaking graphics.

Wolfman77 · #7 November 1st, 2005, 10:55 AM

It's unfortunate that there are people like this that work at web sites and magazines that review games. I hope he doesn't get a say in any SEV review. Calling a game weak becaus it doesn't suit your taste is quite unprofessional, espcialy for an online gaming magazine(or whatever they are).

Starhawk · #8 November 1st, 2005, 11:09 AM

"Expert flyer and fighter"

LOL that's the problem he is an exper "lone wolf' not a good command mentality there.

If you prefer simply flying and fighting you wouldn't make a good Ruler because you'd get bored with all that damned time of peace and travel and exploration bleeek.

LOL Although I LOVE "expert" yet we are geeks because we are "expert rulers" instead of simply "bash em beat um club em bite em." types

Besides most people who use the term "expert flyer and fighter" generally mean THEY just *** camp and snipe at people respawning OR THEY wait for noobies to come onto a server and just stalk them around and shoot them repeatedly.

I mean if you have EVER played a multi-player FPS or Star Wars Jedi Knight game you'll know that most of the experts are laming little turdsacks that don't use skill to win.

Delta force comes to mind with the freakin Grenade spammers, OF COURSE you'll kill twenty people in a row when you just spam high explosive grenade launchers at the enemy spawn point lol. What takes skill is when you go with a short range G-11 and OWN those bastards with the grenade launchers! (sorry flashbacks to when I had nothing but my G-11 and a K-bar lol)

Anyway yeah this guy is either to dumb to realize he has the wrong genre or too much of a "bash em, beat em, club em, bite em" mentality to realize finesse and strategy can be fun too.