OT - Any suggestions for a space game akin to WitP?

[Tanaka]

Galactic Civilizations:

http://www.galciv.com/index.asp


Look for GalcivII as well...

http://www.galciv2.com/

I wish Matrix would buy MOOIII from Atari who royally screwed it up and turn it into a combo of MOOI and II which is what the fans wanted. Only Bigger and Better. This definitely would be a space WITP type game!!! [:D]

[33Vyper]

I wish Matrix would buy MOOIII from Atari who royally screwed it up and turn it into a combo of MOOI and II which is what the fans wanted. Only Bigger and Better. This definitely would be a space WITP type game!!!

I hear ya.....MOO was fantastic for its time.....MOO II was icing on the cake..... then came MOO III wtf !**#$&^#& those boys at Atari ruined a good series.

MOO was the WITP of the space games

[Oleg Mastruko]

I am STUNNED that noone recommended GalCiv or GalCiv 2.

Edit: ah yes Tanaka did [8D]

Galactic Civilizations must be the best galaxy empire building game available. Hard to tell how similar it is to WITP though, but IMHO it leaves MOO3 in the dust.

O.

[Salient]

SEIV is by far the best IMO.

There's a great community around that plays by web.
I'm currently hosting a game for ten players and we do 48 hour turns.
I'm only in 9th position [:(]

[2ndACR]

MOO3[:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(][:(]

One of the few games to hit the bargain bin in a month. I would stay away from that one, unless you do some serious searching of the Atari forums and see if the huge fan mod is out yet. Once Atari dropped all support after the only patch, a few fans decided to "cough" cra** "cough" the code and figure out on their own what was going on in there.

DISCLAIMER: I neither condone nor support the cracking of code in any way.[:-]

[Grotius]

Here's another vote for Galactic Civilizations. The AI in the first game seemed unusually strong for a strategy-game AI. The designer claimed the AI was thinking while I was pondering my moves. I dunno if that's true, but I can say that it was no pushover.

And yes, MOO and MOO2 are classics. MOO3 was awful.

[Zorfwaddle]

I must agree with Salient and Black Cat. SEIV is absolutely addictive. I usually play it on my laptop while at the laundromat; Im actually sorry when the driers finish spinning .

George

[Sonny]

GalCiv is a good one. MOO III is a baaaad one.

[Charles2222]

ORIGINAL: Tanaka

Galactic Civilizations:

http://www.galciv.com/index.asp


Look for GalcivII as well...

http://www.galciv2.com/

I wish Matrix would buy MOOIII from Atari who royally screwed it up and turn it into a combo of MOOI and II which is what the fans wanted. Only Bigger and Better. This definitely would be a space WITP type game!!! [:D]

If you guys keep talking about remaking games, and they start listening more, then we will never get CL! Death to remakes I say! Give me CL, CA, and the East Front game!

[Charles2222]

Oh great! I guess I waited too long to stop this communist plot to subvert new games forever. You notice my previous post mentioned CA? It's not on the website anymore!!! Wasn't it called Combat Assault (the real time CL)? [:@]

[marky]

ORIGINAL: Tallyman662

Looking for a strategic/operational space game (and don't suggest Star Shatter). Anything good with operational/strategic with some tactical stuff as well?

Thanks

im lookin for sum good ones too


starshatter sux[:'(]

[marky]

ORIGINAL: Tallyman662

Looking for a strategic/operational space game (and don't suggest Star Shatter). Anything good with operational/strategic with some tactical stuff as well?

Thanks

its not quite operational, but it is strategic =

Star Trek Birth Of The Federation
kinda old (1999) and made by former microprose, hard to find but good, ive got 3 copies

[m10bob]

I had a really fun beer and pretzels space strategic/tactical game called "Spaceward Ho!" some years ago..It allowed you to design/build your own ships..Lotta fun..

[DrewMatrix]

I highly recommend VGAP4 (VGA Planets 4).

http://www.vgaplanets.com/v4beta.htm

Like WITP it is a large game. Large in area and number of units, and large in length of game. It is an economic and diplomatic game (as well as having battles, trading, technology swapping).

It is only playable vs other players (unlike WITP). Games tend to have about 10 players, have about 2-3 email turns per week, entire game lasts 3-10 months.

Many different races with entirely different "personalities" (all out attack races, defensive mine laying races, rob-you-blind races etc etc etc)

You can download a sample version for free (which limits you to lower technology but lets you play online). There is a large community to give advice and to play against.

[PeteG662]

Thanks all. I will check them out.

[roberto5352]

Someone should convince Matrix to buy the old X-COM, make it run on windows XP, and update the graphics. Such a good game

[Burzmali]

Altar is still turning out XCOM's spiritual sucessors. They've switched to a simultaneous turn-based system that runs in real-time, but it's still fun and if they bring back the base building and stuff collecting aspects, it will be as good as the originals.

[Salient]

Also be on the lookout for Space Empires V by malfador machinations!
Should be out by the end of 2005.

Malfador