What do you think of the game?

Spectarofdeath · #1 October 14th, 2006, 01:10 AM

So just want to know what everyones thinking of the game so far. I like it. Just wish the patches would start flying out. Not to mention the mods.

Captain Kwok · #2 October 14th, 2006, 01:20 AM

I'm enjoying the game a lot more recently as finally such dedicated patching is addressing many items that were sort of put on the backburner for a bit.

The first patch is due on the 16th!

You can try the Balance Mod, info and download here:
http://www.captainkwok.net/balancemod.php

TexasHawk · #3 October 14th, 2006, 02:25 AM

I quite like it, actually. It grows on me the more I play. I really, really like the way ships act in tactical combat under computer control. I really feel like I can trust them to stay out of danger and make good use of their movement and weapon ranges. Also, with the Kwok patch the AI is far more aggressive.

The interface is growing on me, too. Overall I think with the fixes that are promised the game will be excellent. I think the majority of people who are pissing and moaning aren't giving the game concept and execution a chance, warts and all. Just my $0.02.

Atrocities · #4 October 14th, 2006, 03:14 AM

i enjoy the game more and more with each time i play it.

AAshbery76 · #5 October 14th, 2006, 08:21 AM

When all the features work and the A.I is better.SEV will be the best 4X game on the market.

President_Elect_Shang · #6 October 14th, 2006, 08:33 AM

I�m still not happy with it and I didn�t plan to pick it up until the patches addressed some of the issues. Then I read an argument that went something like this:

When the earlier versions of SE came out didn�t you by them buggy and all?

Why yes I did, when SE3 and SE4 came out I was one of the first in line. Even with all the flaws I accepted it and played till the patches brought it up to speed. So I bought the darn thing and every time I start getting frustrated with the bugs I look at the art on the box and sip some coffee or tea.

By the way Captain Kwok your mod is excellent, my two older children and I have a game running in our spare time.

Artaud · #7 October 14th, 2006, 01:29 PM

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TexasHawk said:I think the majority of people who are pissing and moaning aren't giving the game concept and execution a chance, warts and all. Just my $0.02.

I am so very sorry that you have chosen to flippantly dismiss my observations (and those of others) as "pissing and moaning."

I kind of thought this forum was one where we respected each others' opinions, agreed to disagree and left it at that.

TexasHawk · #8 October 14th, 2006, 02:40 PM

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I am so very sorry that you have chosen to flippantly dismiss my observations (and those of others) as "pissing and moaning."

I kind of thought this forum was one where we respected each others' opinions, agreed to disagree and left it at that.

And such is your right. I was not referring to one particular person or issue; merely trying to quell some of the negativity around here. Personally, I think we should be glad that somebody still thinks there's a market for ultra-complex games that could never possibly be bug-free on the first go-round.

It just bugs me that *some* people (not you) come off on this and other forums as whiny, self-indulgent brats. Yes, the game has problems. Yes, it probably shouldn't have been released in this condition. All I'm saying is look at the design underneath - scrape the barnacles and rough edges away and I believe there's quite a game just waiting to come out beneath the surface. But I feel too many people want to do a point-by-point comparison to SE4 and judge the game as an 'evolution' rather than a 'new game experience.' On those merits, yes, the game will probably disappoint. But taken as a game by itself, with no history, and what it tries to accomplish, and the lack of boundaries it refuses to set on a player's strategies and ideas, it is a work of art, in my opinion.

And that's the whole point: IN MY OPINION.

Possum · #9 October 14th, 2006, 03:20 PM

woohoo!

Three cheers for whiny, self-indulgent brats! (to borrow a phrase from Tex's post above)

My attitude is, it's my money. I earned it the hard way, "by the sweat of my brow". And whether or not to spend it on a given product is my choice.

I'm not really a cheapskate. In the last 6 weeks, I've purchased Weird Worlds and pre-ordered Rising Star. But thus far, SE5 does not impress me as being worth my money.

If feeling that way, and saying so, makes me a "whiny self-indulgent brat", then so be it.

Three cheers for whiny, self-indulgent brats!