Sword of the Stars? (New 4x game apparently)

[cshank2]

I just caught the trailer on G4TV



Looks slick.

[TurinTurambar]

Mecron said:
In case anyone is still interested The first hands on preview of SotS is up at...

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=29599

--MEC

Wow. Talk about a "glowing review..." You handed this guy a coupla $100 Starbucks Cards right when he walked in the door didn't you...

...and I'll bet there were chicks in his hotel room, weren't there...

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P.S. I'm looking forward to the game.

[Mecron]

We like to think of the game itself as the "hot chick" and he certainly had his hands all over "her". We are thinking of filing a restraining order as he won't stop calling.

[AgentZero]

Mecron said:
they will have different race pictures. And feel free to mod to your hearts content.

AZ: Are you talking about that jupiter incident game?

Yes, yes I am. Sooooo preeeeety. And that's about it. But still, sooooo preeeeety. You mean you haven't played it? Shame! Should be doing your research! BTW, if you have any job vacancies for 'researchers' lemme know k?

[Mecron]

Ummm not knowing what term you were referring to is not the same as not playing it. Indeed I did play it I was a reviewer for most of the 90's...I still have the habit of playin a loooooot of stuff. I found it extremely pretty close up but at most ranges I was shooting at the ships were just lil shiny chunks.

[AgentZero]

Forgive my unarticularity. I will attempt to be a bit more clear in the future, though I have no doubt that I will fail miserably.

Ahhhh, the joys of interstellar combat. Tiny little pinpricks hurling even smaller pinpricks back and forth at each other, puctuated occasionally by an impressive pinprick. Still, it's a bit better than Hegemonia (Hegemonia: Legions of Iron, 2002, Dreamcatcher Interactive). That was an extremely pretty game, and still is, but I played nearly the entire game from the strategic map, coz otherwise I got whupped.

[Mecron]

Space games have a rough relationship with "reality". The truth of it all is that "real" space combat is a battle of dots of light and long periods of time. Your basic terrifying yawn fest. Old timers who remember first edition Traveler starship combat rules can attest to the fact that realism is not often your best friend in space games. And I have seen plenty of computer game designs over the years that get infected by this same dubious yen and end up wasting all their pretty art becuase they really want players to shoot at things 10,000 klicks away.

On the other hand I guess the nightmare of the opposite pole would be the Wing Commander movie....<shudder>.

[David E. Gervais]

Hi there people, I didn't feel like starting a new thread and since this thread was about an 'other' game I thought I'd post this link I found at TheGameCreators..

Another 'Other' game.. Can you say 'Elite/Privateer' Plus a whole lot more?


This caused my eyes to glaze over and send my mind on a journey to the past where I have fond memories of Universe II, Elite, Privateer, Starflight, and Sundog... aaah, the good old days.

Cheers!

[dogscoff]

David E. Gervais said:
Hi there people, I didn't feel like starting a new thread and since this thread was about an 'other' game I thought I'd post this link I found at TheGameCreators..

Another 'Other' game.. Can you say 'Elite/Privateer' Plus a whole lot more?


This caused my eyes to glaze over and send my mind on a journey to the past where I have fond memories of Universe II, Elite, Privateer, Starflight, and Sundog... aaah, the good old days.

Cheers!

I've just recently discovered Vegastrike, which takes a little bit of learning but is basically everything Elite II: Frontier should have been. Free, too.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Yeah, the Starwraith line of games is great.