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Originally posted by Urendi Maleldil:
Way back the two games I used to play constantly were Stars! and Space Empires 2.
Stars! is a lot more strategic than Space Empires (2, 3, & 4) and less battle-oriented, but it's way more realistic. It also doesn't have the customizability of anything Space Empires.
Supernova Genesis looks spectacular and promises to be even more customizable than SE4 with the game scripting language. With the exception of starship pictures and the fact that modding S!SG will be more complicated, I think it will give SE4 some good competition.
S!SG I think will remain more strategic (Stars! never had any planets) while SE4 is more tactical. My advice is to buy both games.
Yes. S!SG looks very good and I will buy it and probably MOO3 as well. SE4 has the huge advantage that you can buy it now. Perhaps we will be comparing SE5 to S!SG?
Neither game can be really real "realistic" as it's all science fiction. My measure of these sorts of games is how coherent, consistant and credible the various game elements are within the game's universe, and how it hangs together as a fun game.
Re: SEIV and stars!
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