new moo3 trailer

[Spaced Cowboy]

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[vmxa1]

Moo2 and Pax2 had an interesting into.

[tniem]

Rantz,

Nothing has been said here in a while. Just a quick question about the game, story and what not, well what is it?

By that I mean, I am not a follower of MOO, but I have liked some of the discussed features. But what is the story? Maybe you don't want to deal with me because I should read your site, but I have and I am confused as to what the story is. Or is that the point there is no story, just space civilizations?

I really am not trying to troll here. I just would like to know because that would seem to be a good start as to what I feel the moo3 trailer probably should have contained.

[vmxa1]

I have not seen the trailer, but the game is standard 4x game set in space. The new twist is to be adding another X for experience. So to some degree you can say it is civ in space, at least that is what the first two were. I have avoided the trailer as I want to see the game without the previews.

[moomin]

There is nothing in the trailer that especially relates to the game, vmxa....

[tniem]

Originally posted by moominparatrooper
There is nothing in the trailer that especially relates to the game, vmxa....

Well why not?

A trailer is supposed to relate to the game and get people to want to purchase the game. I just think that the trailer should be more indicative of what is to come with MOO3.

[Apolex]

Hello... Does the exploding ship look like the Guardian to anyone else? I think so. It's not just a random ship blowing up; it's significant and relevant to the game. I thought it was a pretty good trailer.

-Apolex

[Apolex]

Hmm... my screen shot didn't post on my last message; I'll try again.

-Apolex

[moomin]

Perhaps it is the guardian. Didn't even consider that, frankly. But it's still staple SF spacewar fare, so vmxa has nothing to fear in the way of spoliers by downloading it.

[Rantz]

Originally posted by tniem
Rantz,

Nothing has been said here in a while. Just a quick question about the game, story and what not, well what is it?
:::snipped::: But what is the story?

Basically Master of Orion I and II were TBS space-themed games that built on the 4X principle. The Story for MOOIII covers the period of galactic history before MOOI, during MOOI, MOOII, the period before MOOIII, setting it up for the player to dynamically create the next chapter in the history of the Orion Sector.

It's pretty vast and complex. The backstory bible is about 70-some pages. and a lot of that information will be 'seeded' throughout the game for the player to discover as they play.

It's been argued by some that they don't want a ridgid story in their TBS game... well, the sotyr isn't ridgid, it's different each time the player plays the game and you might play the game 30 times without ever getting *all* the pieces to the backstory and the true nature of the Orion sector.

So, it's a little hard to do a brief summary. In MooII you fought other races, as well as the 'evil' race that was a NPC race called the antarans. In MOOIII, the majority of the Antarans have mysteriously disapeared, and the remainder have refashioned/packaged themselves as the 'New Orions' in an effort to maintain control over the Orion sector. Races have been wiped out since MOO2 and races have been discovered.

that's kinda the closest I can get to the 'cliffs notes' of the story.

[Rantz]

Originally posted by Apolex
Hello... Does the exploding ship look like the Guardian to anyone else? I think so. It's not just a random ship blowing up; it's significant and relevant to the game. I thought it was a pretty good trailer.

-Apolex

Yes it's the guardian from MOO2, the trailer is the 'end' of MOO2, with the guardian being defeated, per the backstory posted on the moo3 site.

[vmxa1]

Cool, I am ready. But then, I would buy anything called Master Of Orion, maybe even if it was RTS (well that could be pushing it).

[Spaced Cowboy]

Originally posted by vmxa1
Cool, I am ready. But then, I would buy anything called Master Of Orion, maybe even if it was RTS (well that could be pushing it).

Vmxa1, don't even say RTS. Every RTS space game that I've played sucked, and I remember some really bad ones.

R:PM

[vmxa1]

I can't agrue much on that score, but IG2 was passable. I have not looked at IG3 that is coming. (Imperium Galactica)

[tniem]

Ok, thanks Rantz. I had tried to read some of that but it is just so long and was not getting any where. I appreciate it.