Ascendancy - An awesome game

[WarVoid]

Is there anyone out there other than me that has played this game?

I mean I rank it with up there with civ and MoO2.

But what ever happened to a sequel?

[Krusty]

I remember it

[Hendrik the Great]

Of course I know that game! I used to play it for hours without interruption.
My father grew mad at me for using the computer so long.

But it was too easy. Once I got the hang of it I never lost again no matter what the AI threw at me unless, of course, I wanted to help the AI a bit.

And there is s sequel being worked upon. I've read about it on the website of the company one or two month ago.
[This message has been edited by Hendrik the Great (edited April 29, 2000).]

[Rex Little]

I played it a couple of times when it first came out. I totally lost interest because: 1) the AI was moronic even by AI standards, and 2) once a few planets got well along in development, the micromanagement was endless and mind-numbing. Most reviewers rated Ascendancy as nearly the disappointment that Outpost was.

[Garth Vader]

I agree, I played the demo and thought this is a fantastic game. Then when I had the full game I realized it was just too easy and of course the also mentioned micromanegement problems. There are so many screens you have to click through I actually wore out the buttons on two mice.

[Andz83]

I played Ascendancy, and i still do.

Yes, the AI is awful and the micromanagement really sucks. But the game is funny.

[JERandall]

Ascendancy and Outpost get conflated in my mind. Both share the same two deadly Bad Game (tm) characteristics:

(1) mind-bogglingly stupid AIs

(2) mind-numbingly boring levels of micromanagement

However, I know that some people enjoyed one or both games. Hmm... what was I saying in my SC2 thread about "one man's trash is another man's treasure"? :-)


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[Andz83]

bump...

[shmily_dana]

I was really into it...Then MOO2 came out and I never played Ascendancy again. A lot of the thaings that I did not like in Ascendancy are handled better in MOO2.

[Spider]

I remember this one. Played it through a couple of times then put it on the shelf. It wasn't bad the first time through, (I like micromanagement), but became less fun because it wasn't much of a challenge after that.

[Andz83]

which races did/do you all prefer?

[shmily_dana]

The Lizards (Comanchis?), for the tech advantage. Also like the Nimbloids. I think they could build stuff fast.

[Andz83]

well, I know which race you are talking about. the Chamachies... Comanchies are an American Indian tribe..

yes, I also prefer the Chamachies, and of course for their tech advantage. I don't remember the Nimbuloids special ability

[Garth Vader]

I also liked the Gaian type race that could make a planet cornucopia every 100 turns or so. That was nice.

[Andz83]

the Gaian race is G A Y !!!!

they're all women, I don't like to play as a female being... it's so GAY

but the Chamachies are in fact a nice race, and that ability of the Gaian or whatever race is also good