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The only bad thing about SR is its translation to english (quite poor). It was made by Russians and contain lot of humor that cannot be really translated, especially in text quests. If you speak russian your enjoyment will double.

@princej

There is no need in cheats, dont ruin a game.

I used them to make the game harder later when I have the best tech and artefacts. Now I use them even in the begining of the game to make it last longer.
Indeed, the translation is not great but when you enjoy the game even that can become a plus; not that you need to read anything once you've played the crap out of it [:D]

@Shuul
Aww, I only used them after I had successfully taken care of all the evil dominators ![:D]

Aaaarrggghh,

 I am really waiting on the Distant Worlds Expansion and came by to check while checking on patches for WiTE and now suddenly I own copies of SPAZ and Starfarer, curses to the OP! Lol
There is also Starpoint Gemini which is a little different also but good fun. Civ 5 was a massive letdown (Civ 4 w exp is better) wish they would do another improved upon Alpha Centauri.

Worn out on Gal Civ and Sins.  Seems all I am waiting for is an Improved Distant Worlds for current space strategy (I love fuel). I would love another new freelancer type sim also.


Cheers

Thanks J HG T and Princej for your responses. I went ahead and bought the game as i too await the expansion of Distant Worlds.

Thanks again.

ORIGINAL: Data

I'm feeling like Malcolm Reynolds when I play it [:)]

Don't you just wish they would rekindle 'Firefly'. A FANTASTIC Space Opera! [:)]

rekindle? that one should have the olympic flame under it, I'll never understand why they cancelled it

I downloaded the demo of S.P.A.Z

It only works on the VISTA Laptop and not my new Win7 desktop.

Although I have noticed in the forums the game has certain display issues on some rigs. They are aware of the problem.

Now for my question.

Is the game mostly about speeding around and zapping the enemy? I presume it is!

Cos the game makes me feel sea-sick. With the rapid ship speeds involved.

Of course you have to keep your speed up, so you don't get hit, perhaps my control is off as I'm a beginner.

It seems a good game, but I'm not really in the market for an arcady space shoot em up.

Is that what S.P.A.Z is? A shootem'up???

The space combat is the main point of the S.P.A.Z. No doupt about it, as Star Control 2 is one of the developers all-time favourites.
The combat gets more complex, challenging and interesting later when you (and your enemies) start using different ships and more varied equipment loadouts. Also, later when you get bigger, slower hulls, the nature of the combat changes from zapping around to fine-tuning loadouts and positioning right in combat.
My absolute worst enemy has been StarCruiser with overload beam emitters, gravity missiles and thrust engines. My carrier got absolutely r***d by that beast. *shivers*
Now I'm trying to find couple of Sunspot blackboxes. That thing should teach StarCruiser the meaning of pain with the help of its agility and drone squadrons.

In short: You need to have great interest in pure space combat to really enjoy S.P.A.Z.

Thanks.

A bit of thread necromancy here.

Just bought SPAZ for £11.

It's a great game and is good to chill out to for a couple of hours.

It's to me like a FPS but in Space.

I'm Level 41 teching up by blowing up Level 30 Warp Gate Blockades.

I would recommend the game.

Plus you can always download the demo and see if you like it.

Something to keep you busy till DW Legends arrives.

ORIGINAL: the1sean

Master of Orion Series
Space Rangers Series
Sword of the Stars Series
Armada 2526
Sins of a Solar Empire Series
Space Pirates and Zombies (SPAZ)
Galactic Civilizations Series

All of these games are available on IMPULSE and they have sales on games every weekend and on holidays. I have picked up most of these games at around 50% to 75% off. Hopefully we will see Distant Worlds for sale on there some day...

That's pretty much the pantheon. Throw in DW and Star Ruler, and you've pretty much covered every decent 4x(ish) space game out there.

Starfarer looks interesting, but I will get it once they introduce other features (economy, strategic map, etc).

This free game is also a good one: Battleship Forever