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June 15th, 2003, 10:55 PM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
The second edition of Reach for the Stars fits into this Category. I was on my "sabbatical" from SEIV at the time and saw RFTS on sale (yes, I ignored the first warning sign, but mea culpa  ). I thought, why not, and bought it. Well, I didn't know it, but SEIV had ruined me as far as my expectations for being able to work with a game. Rearranging the given shipsets and scrolling percentage changes for environment and agressiveness was OK, but you didn't have much else to distinguish the various opponents (or your own race). And there was little else to flavor the game besides that. The combats looked neat, but just didn't have the same appeal as SEIV tactical - after awhile it just got boring watching two lines of ships blow each other up. The scrolling galaxy map looked nice, though. Good graphics. But gonzo graphics don't equate to keeping your attention ala replay value. And SEIV delivers that in spades, despite the "primitive" graphics.
Another nominee I'll spend less time on is Starships Unlimited - Divided Galaxies. STUN had some interesting aspects, but in all honesty, the combat system was a royal pain - especially when you tried to fight things other than neutral planets' automated defenses. I gave up on STUN even quicker than on RFTS.
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June 15th, 2003, 10:59 PM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
I'm looking forward to Lord Of The Realms III (Sierra), Trench and The Road From Sumter to Appomattox IV
(both these are from Adanac )
That's about it.
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June 16th, 2003, 12:29 AM
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June 16th, 2003, 12:31 AM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
dbt1949, you really *REALLY* like smillies don't you 
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June 16th, 2003, 12:40 AM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
I really like Rise of Nations. It is a real time game, but it is not quite a RTS game. It is hard to explain, and the demo is 170 MBs.  |
June 16th, 2003, 01:12 AM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
Quote:
Originally posted by minipol:
dbt1949, you really *REALLY* like smillies don't you
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June 16th, 2003, 01:27 AM
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Re: OT: Game You Bought
I agree with Atrocities on RFTS and GalCiv: I just couldn't get into them.. .
I really like Freelancer
Looking forward to Halo for the PC....
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