Just Got Space Empires V

[Sarxis]

I don't know why Malfador launched this game so early. All I've ever heard was they were shooting for a December '06 release. Wonder if the publishers got worried because of the several other space 4x type games being released these days!

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by Sarxis
I don't know why Malfador launched this game so early. All I've ever heard was they were shooting for a December '06 release. Wonder if the publisher got worried because of the several other space 4x type games being released these days!

[Unspeakable Horror]

QFT?

[Sarxis]

Heh, yeah Odd that I quoted myself. Don't even remember doing that.

[Patroklos]

I just bought it, and have been playing the series since SEII 12 years ago, and I say as of right now leave the thing alone. It is horrible.

It is like Aaron Hall decided to fix everything that wasn't broke.

And why is it once again a game developer decides to abandon 2d play for 3d no matter how piggish that 3d is? I feel like I am playing a game trapped in a 4 year olds coloring book.

[Sarxis]

Patch is released. Big list of fixes.

[duke o' york]

My interested was piqued by this thread, so I downloaded the demo, and all of the above is also true, despite the fact that I have never played any of the previous SE games.

There is a brilliant idea in there somewhere (perhaps in an earlier game), but this game is a bit sucky, and the combat in "3D" is an absolute joke. The "Ancient race" trait is a game-breaker, there are far too many ways of getting to a single screen beyond the obvious, the obvious is rarely the way of getting to an important screen that you will need a lot, and the combat has what I can only call the "spearman quality", especially after I decided that one fight was impossible for me and used the stupid 3D screen to leg it in the opposite direction, after which I found that my successful flight had damaged the more powerful enemy ship's shields a lot more than mine.

As I said before, this is potentially wonderful but actually rubbish.

[muxec]

Patrokus, I think that the 3D is not THAT bad. What's wrong that if I have many 2D elements on the screen FPS drops drastically.

[Asmodean]

Hmm - I have just gotten this one, as for some reason my GalCiv 2 DA has stopped working. Well it works, but crashes every third or fourth turn Some sound related issue that is difficult to pin down.

Anyway. I am now playing SE V until I get the other one sorted out.

OK game, I guess, but nothing to cheer about. Like the planet management. Like the research. Ship design/management is a pain in the butt. But I am hanging in...so far.

Asmodean

[DrSpike]

I never got into this series - it always seemed pretty dull.

[Asmodean]

Well from my POV: If it's a space 4X, it can't be completely dull. I still have mixed feelings about this one though.

On the upside, GalCiv 2 DA 1.7 beta is going live today, so maybe that will come to my rescue.

I have a crappy feeling that I am going to have to get a new sound card though. Not that a sound card is expensive, but I really shouldn't have to It works with everything else.

Asmodean

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by Asmodean
Well from my POV: If it's a space 4X, it can't be completely dull. I still have mixed feelings about this one though.

On the upside, GalCiv 2 DA 1.7 beta is going live today, so maybe that will come to my rescue.

I have a crappy feeling that I am going to have to get a new sound card though. Not that a sound card is expensive, but I really shouldn't have to It works with everything else.

Asmodean

Update your drivers(sound and video), it worked for me.

I had crashing problems with DA, thought it was the sound card, but it were the video.