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Old October 26th, 2003, 11:06 PM

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Default Re: OT: any other games?

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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.
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