RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:47 pm
Emperor of the Fading Suns had an awesome game setting and lore but micro mananaging 30 civ size planets at once was not fun.
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RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:05 pm
What are good 4x space games (besides DW) that are light on micro management?
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:14 pm
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
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
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 4:11 pm
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
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:14 pm
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.
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.
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 5:57 pm
Let us hope so!
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:59 pm
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.
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:32 pm
Who sells that EFS game?
RE: What the Genre Needs
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:19 pm
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.