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ORIGINAL: joeyeti

VorteeX, don't hold your breath for at least a year, if not more I suppose... First the Universe expansion has to come out and only then serious work on DW2 can begin (not that some preparational work would not be done I guess, but you cannot expect such a small studio to be working full time on two projects).

ORIGINAL: VorteeX

And i'm sure game can see daylight alot faster if Erik Team don't need to focus on making whole universe AI, leave this to dedicated moders. Also so good possibility of game moding bring alot more moders here later, so we get alot more fun.

ORIGINAL: Cauldyth

I didn't enjoy the original, here's hoping the second iteration is more to my liking. It'll definitely be "wait and see" though.

And man, I don't know what's been worse, the long drought where no one was making space 4X games, or this recent period where everyone's making them, but they're almost all disappointing. DW is the only one of them that has a coherent, enjoyable (and novel) approach. The rest seem to do some things right, but other things drastically wrong. It makes me want to lock all those other developers in a room, and force them to make a game with the best of each of their ideas. [;)]

ORIGINAL: feygan

ORIGINAL: Cauldyth

I didn't enjoy the original, here's hoping the second iteration is more to my liking. It'll definitely be "wait and see" though.

And man, I don't know what's been worse, the long drought where no one was making space 4X games, or this recent period where everyone's making them, but they're almost all disappointing. DW is the only one of them that has a coherent, enjoyable (and novel) approach. The rest seem to do some things right, but other things drastically wrong. It makes me want to lock all those other developers in a room, and force them to make a game with the best of each of their ideas. [;)]

If you don't like DW then why would you ever consider that you may like DW2? Pretty much every single sequel be it game or film has been a simple expansion and development on ideas presented in the first offering. I cannot fathom why any developer of a product would radically alter the core of the product line and yet keep the name?

If the DW dev comes up with a game that is to your liking it won't be DW2 it will be something else.

ORIGINAL: Osito
Could be wrong, but I thought he was talking about StarDrive.

ORIGINAL: Deathball

ORIGINAL: VorteeX

And i'm sure game can see daylight alot faster if Erik Team don't need to focus on making whole universe AI, leave this to dedicated moders. Also so good possibility of game moding bring alot more moders here later, so we get alot more fun.

Am I the only one who finds this proposal to have the devs just release an unfinished product and rely on free labor to complete it absolutely disgusting?

ORIGINAL: Bebop Cola

Does anyone know why there hasn't been any sort of announcement around here for Distant Worlds: Universe?

I mean, if it were due out in another 6 months to a year I could understand the silence, but if it's truly due out next month as the interviews elsewhere state, then it seems like something worthy of announcing here. I wouldn't even be aware of it without Darkspire's post back in January. Am I just out of touch with where I should be getting my Distant Worlds news?

ORIGINAL: DrApostle
You should be careful with your post as it could be perceived as an attack on Matrix's unquestionably superior marketing strategy. This could result in the locking of this tread and the termination of your privilege to post on these forums. [;)]

ORIGINAL: DrApostle
You should be careful with your post as it could be perceived as an attack on Matrix's unquestionably superior marketing strategy. This could result in the locking of this tread and the termination of your privilege to post on these forums. [;)]