Why I won't be buying the game - detailed report

[Fingers]

Tanelorn said:
Don't you have a deep desire to see your ideas for your MOO clone come to life, after all that work and planning?

In a way, yes and no. I like these games and it'd be cool to have one with all of our ideas in it. But what makes SAIS and by extension Weird Worlds special is that they're not clones of anything that someone else made.

The only way I can play Weird Worlds is by creating Weird Worlds... But if I want to play a 4X space strategy game there are already many to pick from, some of them very good. So I don't *have to* make a new one. It's not just a competitive market thing even though I often use that as an excuse, but also a feeling that there should be a good reason for the new game to exist. You need that just to stay motivated.

[Tanelorn]

How about a small side project that is mostly about space combat using the WW combat system but with more detail? Maybe a bit like Sid Mier's Pirates! game but in space...

[Zogu]

ps: MoO3 was deadly boring.

ps(2): I agree with some of the criticism. Everybody would love WW to include (rip off?) some of the best features in SC2's combat system. This game had more variety in the ship designs and features. And more features in combat such as: higher speed, more inertia, gravity (planet), asteroids... this added some depth to the combats.

ps(3): Exploring planetary surfaces was very cool in StarFlight II and in StarControl II.

[splintercell56]

Gal Civ and Gal Civ 2 are comparable to MOO. Both are great games, however the latter one is still in beta.

Galactic Civilizations Webpage: www.galciv.com

Galactic Civilizations 2 Webpage: www.galciv2.com

[Fingers]

I also recommend Starships Unlimited: http://www.apezone.com/

Unfortunately I find the latest version less fun than the original (which is reviewed here: http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=2370 ). The graphics are nicer but you no longer find interesting stuff on every planet. This was probably done to reduce randomness and make the game last longer, so if you agree with those goals you might like it anyway. I personally still play the old game because it's different each time you play and you can finish a game in one sitting.

[Phoenix-D]

Tanelorn said:
Well, as we all know, both those games flopped big time, and I don't think there's another MOO killer in the works anywhere. I would consider going back and re-assessing your original project. There's quite a large crowd of people who like that kind of game and wish there was a game that took everything they loved about them and put it into one bag.

Space Empires V. There's also a couple other 4x games in the works, like Sword of the Stars.