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Topic: Sword of the Stars II (Read 7766 times)
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kildorn
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The core gameplay I can see as being fun (though I still dislike the Mission system compared to SotS1's movement system. Also the inability to deploy ships without an admiral/command ship.), it mostly just needs about 6 months of solid dev work to be 'done'.
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Sir T
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What do you mean a mission system?
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Hic sunt dracones.
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kildorn
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Instead of the old saying "you, fly here", you now select a destination system and a job (survey, patrol, colonize), and assign a nearby fleet to do the job. They fly out, do it, and fly back. It's.. strange.
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Ironwood
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I'd actually prefer some kind of super-slick tactical display showing marker glyphs for classes of ships or groups thereof, with annotations running alongside, etc. That hasn't been done for a long time. God, I loved that game. It was totally opaque though. |
"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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Lum
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This is pretty much the worst launch of a non-MMO ever. I kind of am debating on putting in for a refund, despite the lead developer making a passive aggressive post saying "yeah, you can put in for a refund IF YOU WANT, it'll TAKE MONEY OUT OF OUR HANDS though." Well, yes. You sold a game to me that does not work. You should not get my money.
Because, as I noted, the game literally does not work. When it doesn't crash (which is rare) much of the game is simply non-functional. Such as the entire diplomacy system. You would think this would be somewhat important for a 4X game. Also, battles are functionally broken - you start so far away that by the time your ships meet the enemy, the battle timer is up. You might figure out that your ships aren't actually firing anything during that time, or not.
Elemental at launch worked but wasn't fun. SotS 2 theoretically might be fun but since it doesn't work who knows.
Don't buy this.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Fuck the EU. And Mandalorians.
This vinyl is on my FJ:  |
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Stormwaltz
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SotS 2 is broken so badly, Paradox is sending out free Gamersgate keys to SotS 1.
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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Reg
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Is it the full game with all the expansions?
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Stormwaltz
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No, just the base game.
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it."
- Henry Cobb
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Reg
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Ah ok. I was going to pass my code on to a friend who never played but I don't think just the base game is worth bothering with.
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Sir T
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Heh, I just checked my Gamesgate account and they have the hiver tarka DLC on it now for free as well as the bolus Liir Morigi DLC that I got for pre-ordering.
Boy do I feel like a schmuck btw.
At least I didn't bother downloading the thing. By the way, the steam "YOU MUST DOWNLOAD FROM US!!!" shit is total bollox. I blow my nose in Steams general direction.
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