What would YOU pick - (un)official Kickstarter thread

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 5:16 pm

Master Of Orion 2. Widely considered to be the best 4X (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) game ever despite being released in 1996.

Post by **Arioch** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:22 am

Certainly the best 4X space game, in my opinion.

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:45 am

Which probably contributes to how often Outsider gets referred to as a M.O.O. 2 fancomic

discord · Post by **discord** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:54 pm

well, by the definition that it is a comic made by a moo2 fan, seems pretty accurate.

Karst45 · Post by **Karst45** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:55 pm

That and some loroi look close to some of the Moo2 Elerian

Tempo= elerian spy

Fireblade= Elerian warrior

Beryl= younger version of Elerian Scientist

In my search for the Elerian image i found that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBqAmL00v04
Look at who the empire... was it originally in the game or a modification from a fan?

Absalom · Post by **Absalom** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:04 am

fredgiblet wrote:Master Of Orion 2. Widely considered to be the best 4X (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) game ever despite being released in 1996.

Followed afterwards by MoO3, comonly considered the best spreadsheet simulation game ever (glorious sortable columns!).

Disclaimer: I've never actually been in the same room as a running instance of MoO3 (and intend to keep it that way).

Post by **Arioch** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:53 pm

I did purchase MOO3, and messed around with it for about 20 minutes. Then never played it again.

A real spreadsheet is much more fun.

Suederwind · Post by **Suederwind** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:12 pm

MoO3... I erased this game from my memories. But I still have a copy lying around here somewhere. Lurking in the darkness...
I should finally get rid of that thing.

A real spreadsheet is much more fun.

Even peeling away your own skin with a grater should be more fun than this "game".

Karst45 · Post by **Karst45** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:15 pm

Arioch wrote:I did purchase MOO3, and messed around with it for about 20 minutes. Then never played it again.

A real spreadsheet is much more fun.

sadly that why i turn toward alternative to try the game before i buys it.

elorran · Post by **elorran** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:39 pm

I played MOO3 with a friend for a while. It was entertaining when the social side was added but still didn't hold a candle to MOO2. After a couple of games we didn't touch it again.

discord · Post by **discord** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:44 am

absalom: the 'best' spreadsheet game is eve online, well it is the MOST spreadsheet game anyway...

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:36 pm

MOO3?

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:53 pm

Master of Orion 3

Karst45 · Post by **Karst45** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:03 pm

discord wrote:absalom: the 'best' spreadsheet game is eve online, well it is the MOST spreadsheet game anyway...

Eve felt like a job :S but "pew pew lazor!"

elorran · Post by **elorran** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:56 pm

The playing environment in eve is very aggressive and its not a forgiving game to new players. Things have gotten little better with the passage of time, but its still harder to settle into than many other MMO's. Knowing someone who actively plays and is willing to help you goes a long way to making it enjoyable.

But yes, when you start getting into the gritty part of alliances and organised pvp certain expectations and demands are generally laid at your feet. While the put up or shut up attitude does work, its not forgiving to the casual players and so keeps many people from actually sticking to the game passed the first couple of months.

Dust 514 might bring in a few new players but if CCP truely wanted to increase member base they'll have to radically alter the game format or finally introduce the walking in stations aspect of the game and aim it at social gamers.

As it stands and as mentioned, eve becomes a job if you let it

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 6:15 pm

Kickstarter for classic-style (i.e. Baldur's Gate) RPG from Obsidian

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs ... t-eternity

EDIT: They're at 740k already

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 6:11 am

Project Eternity made it's 1.1mil goal in 27 hours. They made goal so quickly that Obsidian had to hold an emergency meeting to get their stretch goals defined on a Saturday

Count Casimir · Post by **Count Casimir** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:29 am

...I am gonna get me that game, come hell or high water.

Sounds super badass, probably gonna go with the 35$ pledge.

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:38 am

That's what I'm at, I'm hoping they'll write the book in the style of the manual from Arcanum

fredgiblet · Post by **fredgiblet** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 11:37 pm

Project Eternity is offering a $5000 level geared towards online comunities where you get to create your own adventuring group to be included as enemies in the game.

The Order of the Tempest
5 or 6 dark elf females with a single hapless human male dragged along with them?

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