*nudges out Spiffor* I need a great Space STRATEGY game!

[Az]

My personal favorite:

Fragile Allegiance.

http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Fragile+Allegiance

[DrSpike]

Are you interested in Multiplayer Boris? Eve online is popular with some friends of mine........they've been playing it for months.

[JohnT]

Stars! is a great game... for those who like playing with spreadsheets, that is.

[Spiffor]

*nudges out Spiffor*

Hey you! I was here first, you punk!

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by JohnT
Stars! is a great game... for those who like playing with spreadsheets, that is.

I like playing with spreadsheets

[Hagbart]

....StarCraft?
I know it's old, but it's still agreat game. I bet you can find it very cheap. Probably isn't the type of game you are looking for.

[Hagbart]

Just thougt of another one:
Homeworld (1 or 2) The graphics look great, I haven't played it much tho.

[okblacke]

Originally posted by Hagbart
....StarCraft?
I know it's old, but it's still agreat game. I bet you can find it very cheap. Probably isn't the type of game you are looking for.

StarCraft is a great game, but it has no scale. It all takes place on land. Small bits of land, even.

Homeworld has more scale but it's not really Galactic Empire scale.

You don't get a sense of running the galaxy. You know what's interesting, though: This is true of GalCiv and even Civ itself. That is, in GalCiv, you get the feeling of running a bunch of planets. In Civ, a bunch of cities. You don't get the sense of grandeur.

It's better in Civ 3, especially with the borders. You can see your empire sprawl and grow.

But in GalCiv, it feels all so disconnected. There's no sense of what your Race/Species/Empire is doing, just each planet.

[ok]

[Imran Siddiqui]

I don't think I've ever really enjoyed a space strategy game. Moo2 was ok, but no Civ2. I don't enjoy fighting my own battles (I'd rather see a bunch of explosions on the main screen and have the computer sort it out). I'm not sure what it is, maybe the lack of good planets to colonize, not enough of a feeling of different species... it just doesn't capture the feel of Civ for me I guess.

[Jaguar]

Re: *nudges out Spiffor* I need a great Space STRATEGY game!

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Ok, here's what I own:

Imperium Galactica II
Master of Orion II
Ascendancy
Galactic Civilizations
Space Empires IV Gold
Star Wars: Rebellion

Geek sighting +1.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Spaced Cowboy


I loved the screen goes blank during a battle, and all you would hear is a boom, boom in the background (kinda letting you know that the program did not crash).

Yeah.. those were the days.

[Urban Ranger]

Master of Orion.

The graphics are dated, but it's an otherwise excellent 4x space game.

[Grumbold]

If you want that feeling of galactic scope then patched MoO3 delivers imho. *ducks Jamskis' scornful reply* Its still not a good enough game to justify full price but I play and enjoy it from time to time because I really feel like I'm ruling an empire, not micromanaging a spreadsheet. MoO1 still remains the best game of the series (and genre) for overall play though.

Eve online was kind of interesting for a month but I wouldn't call it a strategy game. Its just you in your spaceship, maybe with a bunch of mates in their spaceships, click-fighting, click-mining or click-manufacturing. 10 out of 10 for eyecandy, 1 out of 10 for excitement.

[Jamski]

*keeps scornful reply in check*

Like I said, I played a game last week, and it was "ok" It still completely lacks the "grab" factor though

But it passes the time, and it was quite satifying when my customised gasbags conquered the galaxy

-Jam

[Boris Godunov]

What about the Pax Imperia games? The first one was Mac-only, IIRC, but I've heard nothing but praise for it. The second one wasn't so well received, though.