Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
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the re-branding of shipbreakers jas lead to it being done as a prequel to HW 1 (the fight over limited resources, leading upto the discovery of the guide stone & hyperdrive)
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Cataclysm was the only one worth replaying. HW1 was a Battlestar Galactica ripoff - not a bad one, but a very obvious one, and basically the entire second half of the story is totally disjointed - it completely loses the flow of the story that was present going from Kharak through to Kadesh. They needed about 3 times as many scenarios covering the rest of the voyage to maintain the level of quality set in the early fights, and clearly just didn't have the resources for it. Cataclysm's set-piece battles are far more memorable (most notably the very first and very last ones - in HW1 the last battle is just a generic beat-em-up, and the frigate sphere one is grind grind grind), and it also fixes the extremely silly salvaging mechanic.Arioch wrote:Cataclysm was junk anyway.
HW2 was mind-bendingly stupid.
Cataclysm is the only one I'd pay for again.
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Don't get me wrong, I like the Bioshock series, but it's not the same. I need me some SHODAN man.CptWinters wrote:Bioshock: Infinite wasn't enough for you?
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Ill grant you the HW1 salvage issue, but it could have been remedied by the module/location damage introduced in 2. Take out engines and fire control, send out salvage corvette/frigate. By that I mean, you can take the gameplay in 1 and add to it rather than building something different. Speaking of building, much prefer the HW1 system. I'd love if they built in better/easier modding to the remake so the community could streamline the UI and what have you.
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before my time, I started with bioshock 1 and 2 ( love both of them despite 2 being less successful).fredgiblet wrote:Don't get me wrong, I like the Bioshock series, but it's not the same. I need me some SHODAN man.CptWinters wrote:Bioshock: Infinite wasn't enough for you?
as for homeworld: I'm a techy, so I loved the back story, the technical/historical details of the ships and races ( and the reason I found Outsider, HW shipyards thxs Arioch:) )
@ nemo: I agree it could have work out. and I yes I likes the multiple ships building option.
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I haven't played the first one yet, but System Shock 2 is awesome, it's also available on Steam and GOG.
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actually am waiting for X:rebirth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRwj_Vu80m0fredgiblet wrote:I'm kind of excited by this because combined with the HD versions of Baldur's Gate I'm hoping this will signify a re-birth of some older franchises. I want my Freespace 3 and System Shock 3 damn it.
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Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
nomad: try the Complex mod for HW2, it's silly complex....and awesome.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/homeworld-2-complex
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holy shit? shields? 9.1? damn, they reawesomified it.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/homeworld-2-complex
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holy shit? shields? 9.1? damn, they reawesomified it.
Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
*facepalm* never trust those auto-alert
but that actually a good thing since it seem that the game is a bugged as an EA/Dice game on it launch date
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Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
Yeah, not a single "mixed" even from the pros.
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not understanding the 33% referenceArioch wrote:33%. Ouch.
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Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
The Metacritic rating, it's a 33 out of 100. One of the worst I've seen. Not THE worst, but up (down?) there.Karst45 wrote:not understanding the 33% referenceArioch wrote:33%. Ouch.
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The X series' flight system has always felt... off. Wonky. Wasn't really looking forward to the new one since it seemed they were intent on "fixing" a lot of what set them apart instead of what held them back. I'd like to be a fly on the wall at corporate as they handle the fallout from this one.
Edit: I just compared and... how did SotS 2 manage to beat Rebirth (44%)? It wasn't even playable at release.
Edit: I just compared and... how did SotS 2 manage to beat Rebirth (44%)? It wasn't even playable at release.
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Im curious but what is the mod about, I read the webpage but it didn't give me too much info ?discord wrote:nomad: try the Complex mod for HW2, it's silly complex....and awesome.
http://www.moddb.com/mods/homeworld-2-complex
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holy shit? shields? 9.1? damn, they reawesomified it.
and ouch 33% oh why so bad other than being unplayable
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Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
nomad: total rework of homeworld 2, making it more....well complex, new ships, new resources, rebalanced, new....everything.
only for skirmish games though, try it, it's awesome.
only for skirmish games though, try it, it's awesome.
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well does it work on windows seven ?
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Re: Master of Orion 2 (and Space Strategy Games Discussion)
nomad: well, it worked for me, the question is more does HW2 work, which it does to my knowledge(since i am running a win7, not gonna move to 8 any time soon.), and this is a mod for HW2.
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ok Discord, I'll try it and see. I hope it work though
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