Interesting usenet thread...

[Stuie]

A few people with the game (including Jonah Falcon...) are posting their thoughts on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic. You may or may not be interested. Google link:

http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=n0rj4vslbnl0f63n8batarsete2dk9dv91%404ax.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26group%3Dcomp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic

And here's a snippet:

>I like the game, but sometimes I feel as if there isn't much to do, the
>AI seems to take care of my planets better than me, and can probably
>fight battles more efficiently too.

The AI has no strategic sense though. While the AI seems to run the
economies fairly well, the strategic planning of the AI races appears
to be worse than MOO2.

Overall, I find SP to be fairly dull - it's too easy and the eye-candy
soon palls. The game has been optimised for MP though and that should
be more interesting. One will probably have to micro-manage furiously
to get an edge though and that will be frustrating against the clock.

[MitchDev]

God, I hope that's not true. I have ZERO interest in Multi-player...

I geuss this game really goes to "wait for a good sale/bargain bin" after all...

[Ozymandous]

Originally posted by MitchDev
God, I hope that's not true. I have ZERO interest in Multi-player...

I geuss this game really goes to "wait for a good sale/bargain bin" after all...

Jump to conclusions often or is this your first time?

Why don't you wait until more than a handful get the game to actually play it and then look at ALL sides, not just the "flamers" or "fan-boy" side and make a logical decision.

Sheesh, making a decision on what one or two people say doesn't make much lgical sense but then again some people are sheep and believe everything they hear as gospel truth also. YMMV.

[Jack Frost]

how cheap are all these 'wait for bargain bin' people?

Just get the game, and find out what you think. $50 isn't going to send you and your family into the ****ing poor house.

[Stuie]

Personally, I'm buying the game. I was just pointing out what people are saying... just having the game doesn't mean they are experts on whether this is a good game or not, especially without any history as to how they reviewed other games.

Now Jonah has a body of work, so to speak, review-wise, so I know how to interpret what he's saying about a game.

So like Oz and JF said, don't jump to conclusions.

[booje]

"$50 isn't going to send you and your family into the ****ing poor house."

Uh hate to nitpick Jack but there are no poor houes anymore. Poor people live on the streets.

[MitchDev]

Originally posted by Ozymandous


Jump to conclusions often or is this your first time?

Why don't you wait until more than a handful get the game to actually play it and then look at ALL sides, not just the "flamers" or "fan-boy" side and make a logical decision.

Sheesh, making a decision on what one or two people say doesn't make much lgical sense but then again some people are sheep and believe everything they hear as gospel truth also. YMMV.

Actually, moron, it's more than just this, but this is a major factor, I'm not shelling out $50 for a game:

A) That the design team skimped on the AI and designed mainly for MP.

B) Has no DEMO for it

C) Has cut as many basic features as MoO3 has (Naming planets, selecting your flag's color just to name two)

D) Has an "official" message board that you have to register just to read and has such rude and "favorite's playing" moderators as IG does...

And since they idiots at QS/IG have release so little about the game these reports from the "priviledged few" are all we really have to go on right now.

So screw you!

I have limited funds, and arrogant companies don't deserve a cent of it...

My decision isn't final yet, but with people like you around it makes me want the game to fail just out of spite...

And yes, $50 can make a big difference , especially in this lay-off happy economy when you're living month to month, so maybe the fanboy's need to grow up and face a little reality too...

[Alexfrog]

I think the stuff in that thread is mostly a bunch of crap by people who dont knowmuch about the game....

This game DOES have a steep learning curve, and some things may not make sense to people until they have played awhile....

Some of the things they dont understand the reason behind, they are just bashing....

ignore them

[Alexfrog]

Originally posted by MitchDev
Actually, moron, it's more than just this, but this is a major factor, I'm not shelling out $50 for a game:
.....etc....
And yes, $50 can make a big difference , especially in this lay-off happy economy when you're living month to month, so maybe the fanboy's need to grow up and face a little reality too...

MitchDev, obviously this game is not for you, and you dont want it. In that case, go ahead and go buy something else and dont buy it....

[MitchDev]

Actually, just about all new games run that price, what have you bneen smoking that you haven't noticed this?

[Ming]

MitchDev... If you have any desire to continue posting on this site...

STOP WITH THE PERSONAL INSULTS! Or you will be restricted. YOU GOT THAT!

[kalbear]

To get the thread back on pseudo-track -

I know the guy who posted that review. I don't know where he got his hands on it - and am very curious to find out. I'll say it this way - he has very different ideas of what a good game is than I do. In terms of trustworthiness, I'd say that I'd recommend Tycho's review over that one, though clearly Davidson has had more experience with the game.

[MitchDev]

Originally posted by Ming
MitchDev... If you have any desire to continue posting on this site...

STOP WITH THE PERSONAL INSULTS! Or you will be restricted. YOU GOT THAT!

Yawn, whatever, I see the forum mods play favorites over here too...

pathetic

[Ming]

Originally posted by MitchDev
Yawn, whatever, I see the forum mods play favorites over here too...

Yawn... I see some new posters can act like little children... pathetic...

You are one post away... Have a nice day.

[MitchDev]

If calling a spade a spade and calling it the way I see it is "acting like little children", that's your judgement error.

It seems some of your favorites can post insults, but if anyone else does, screw 'em eh?

I love the way the web makes you guys think you're so special...