Official SE5 release date announced - September 12 - Page 12

Captain Kwok · #**111** September 7th, 2006, 04:56 PM

True is we don't know either.

Raapys · #**112** September 7th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Any spoilers on the music? Would be great if they took after MoO2 in terms of soundtrack quality.

Baron Munchausen · #**113** September 7th, 2006, 06:30 PM

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Raapys said:
Any spoilers on the music? Would be great if they took after MoO2 in terms of soundtrack quality.

They hired some commercial outfit that does game soundtracks. It's not as impressive as that rumbling intro to SE III

but it's reasonable. I don't find it particularly distinctive, though.

Baron Munchausen · #**114** September 7th, 2006, 06:33 PM

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So any idea when the game will be released? For those play testing is it really ready?

No, actually.

But we've still got a few weeks before the Gold disc hits the shelves so the 1.0x patch that will (hopefully) fix the worst problems still has time to get ready.

bearclaw · #**115** September 7th, 2006, 07:19 PM

MUST HAVE SOME INFORMATION PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Artaud · #**116** September 7th, 2006, 08:14 PM

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Baron Munchausen said:
They hired some commercial outfit that does game soundtracks.

Oh no! I'll be playing with the sound off then. I'm one of the few people who really likes the music with SE4. I think more of the same would have been great for SE5. Something dark and swirling. Robert Rich, Aphex Twin, one of the artists distributed by Manifold Records...that sort of thing.

I dark ambient music so maybe I'll just play some of my own stuff during SE5.

Most computer game music is pretty bad...unless you're between the ages of 14 and 20, which I have not been for a very, VERY long time...

Raapys · #**117** September 7th, 2006, 08:45 PM

I'd say game music 10'ish years ago was pure excellence, in many cases. Wacraft 2, Diablo 1, Daggerfall, Dune 1/2, Transport Tycoon, HoM&M2, etc. Some later games like Homeworld and Medieval TW have done a nice job as well.
Can't remember any new games with outstanding soundtracks, though.

leo1434 · #**118** September 7th, 2006, 09:02 PM

The Strategy First says in the features section:

"Huge Galaxy: 100 solar systems with 15 planets each"????

What about SEIV 255 star Systems??

Please tell me there can be at least 1000 solar systems!

Phoenix-D · #**119** September 7th, 2006, 09:14 PM

Around 100 systems was the default for SE:IV as well, so I wouldn't worry too much on that account.

1000 systems would..not work. That isn't micromanagement hell, that's kicked OUT of hell micromanagement.

Captain Kwok · #**120** September 7th, 2006, 09:34 PM

255 is the max.