Love CII/PtW--Want a new game--SMAC the answer?

[Aramis]

So SMAC great, SMAX better if available. Sounds good.
I'd write more but I'm late for my anger management class.

[gwillybj]

An aside to Uchuu-kun[SM42], who wrote:

Layeth the SMACeth down, eh?
I'd write more, but my arm has been penetrated by little plasma globe shards which make typing with my left hand difficult. [It happened yesterday, but the tendons don't heal too quick...]

Sounds like the three weeks I spent with my left hand wrapped up after getting it caught in an old "windmill"-type letterpress. What a mess! The pain-killers were nice

[Mr. President]

Alpha Centauri is worth playing just for the depth of the storyline alone. Each technology has an amazing voiceover and a "future-historical" blurb. Each faction has different ideology, abilities, and flavor. And the interludes are amazing - for me, if historical CivGames had had these, they would have been improved no end.

[Static Universe]

Originally posted by Mr. President
Alpha Centauri is worth playing just for the depth of the storyline alone. Each technology has an amazing voiceover and a "future-historical" blurb. Each faction has different ideology, abilities, and flavor. And the interludes are amazing - for me, if historical CivGames had had these, they would have been improved no end.

I normally can't stand the "story" elements in computer gaming, but I have to agree that SMAC/X is very well done. Great attention has been paid to the personality and atmosphere of the game, which enriches it greatly.

[Sikander]

It's simply the best computer game ever made IMO.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Sikander
It's simply the best computer game ever made IMO.

Agree wholeheratedly with respect to storyline, depth of play, replayability and features

Can't agree with respect to programming quality ie all the bugs and their commitment to remedy them

[Kaptain Ken]

I agree SMAX rules. If you need a break, Master of Orion II is the best 4X game IMHO and can be a fun diversion for a break.

[Guynemer]

MrPresident is absolutely right. It's not only the depth of the strategy that makes SMAC superior to Civ3, it's the SOUL. Civ3 has no soul.

Imagine if they took some of the good things from Civ3--resources, trade negotiation, golden age--and put them into SMAC. Ahhhh, dare to dream...

[Kaptain Ken]

Civ 2 is better than Civ 3, Moo2 is better than Moo3, and SMAC(X) will be better than any sequel if one were ever released. SMAC was the best game ever done, since then they have all been easier and less complicated to boost sales.

[Alinestra Covelia]

I just don't get this thread at all. I'm confused. How did a few meaningless spam posts set off a "Pro SMAC" thread again?

[Alex]

SMAC is superior to any kind of spam...

[Uchuu-kun[SM42]]

Behold the Power of Hormel Processed Meat Products and Firaxis Games.

[Kaptain Ken]

Spam vs SMAC - tough choice NOT.

I am addicted to SMAC(X) and to Moo2, but since I switch back and forth I am not really hooked, right?

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Alexnm
SMAC is superior to any kind of spam...

Far far superior


It is superior in so many respects . . . if only they would have fixed the bugs

[Major Guz]

Well, speaking of spam:

The European Space Association (ESA) has planned a manned mission to mars, probably in 2009. I was among the very first to volunteer. They turned me down however, you want to know why?
They did not need any more trained monkeys.

However, SMAX is indeed superior to all TBS games I've played, superior indeed. Even a few RTS games are beaten by SmacX IMHO (thinking of Dune2000, which was too much alike Red Alert [so non innovative, I like Red Alert ]).