What the Genre Needs

[ASHBERY76]

Emperor of the Fading Suns had an awesome game setting and lore but micro mananaging 30 civ size planets at once was not fun.

[Gertjan]

What are good 4x space games (besides DW) that are light on micro management?

[Vlad77]

Might I suggest this: Since it appears that DW is insanely moddable, why couldn't this community create such a mod? MANY of you are quite informed gamers and considerable historians. It seems to me at least that Distant Worlds IS what the genre HAS needed.

I think it would be a BLAST to see the Matrix Games gamers and grognards work on this I would love to contribute.

So, what do you say?

Ahimsa,
Vlad

[BigWolfChris]

ORIGINAL: Vlad77

Might I suggest this: Since it appears that DW is insanely moddable, why couldn't this community create such a mod?

Actually, the opposite is the truth at this point in time

[Anthropoid]

In theory, I'd love to contribute to a mod. I've had that sentiment for years now, and there is this little thing called a career that keeps me from commiting any time to it. By the time I use up my free time playing, I just don't have any left to work on modding. And there are so many good games coming out just about every other month . . . I can't keep up with learning all of them before it is time to buy another one! [:D] It is a good era to be a gamer.

Maybe in five or ten years after I have tenure I'll consider being a modder.

By then, we'll probably have 3D holo decks in our living rooms.

[Gertjan]

Let us hope so!

[Sheytan]

I still play EFS with the mods. And frankly it is the scope of the game that appeals to me.

ORIGINAL: ASHBERY76

Emperor of the Fading Suns had an awesome game setting and lore but micro mananaging 30 civ size planets at once was not fun.

[Anthropoid]

Who sells that EFS game?

[Matman]

ORIGINAL: Gerth

DW is a great game and I'm sure the expansions will improve it. However, its comparisons to EU got me thinking. That's really a game I suspect many of us would love to see -- a 4x space opera with actual named characters, noble houses, dynasties, diplomats, and heroes; spheres of influence, laws, etc -- ......

How about having a DUNE theme for that idea.