I would not get MoO3 if I were you

[CharlesBHoff]

I read review with than gain of salt unless they say when I went to uninstall the game it took half of my windows system files also and I have to do than full install of windows that make find out it they correct that problen with a patch.

[Daz]

Ack!

Why are you discussing something not to be discussed. Especially the way you do it (some of you)!

I dont like it so all you people dont buy it, get GalCiv. If you dont like something, say why and we can discuss. There must be some poll out there if you just want to cast a vote. Especially those folks you didnt ever play the game!

PS. I dont like it either but keep playing. I guess I belive I'll get to see the light.....

[moomin]

Because we can discuss whatever we feel like discussing within the site rules. And last I checked, dissing Moo3 for what it is - a shameless attempt to cash in on the reputation of what was once a classic game series - is entirely allowed.

Furthermore, for every poster here there's a dozen lurkers who mostly just want to know if the game is worth buying, and I think it might be doing them a service telling them that all buyers aren't - to understate the issue a wee bit - incredibly amazed by the quality of this... offering.

Anybody who enjoys Moo3 the way it is - more power to you. But it seems more than a bit disingenuous to try to cover up the fact that many of us are incredibly disappointed with the game. I'm disgusted with what they have the nerve to call Moo3, myself.

As for those who claim we should spend more time with it; geez, guys, I gave it a weekend already, and hated it more after I figured out the basic game mechanics - before that, I could find some solace in the thought that it'd be better once I got it. But for me, and for so many others, Moo3 just isn't fun, and I refuse to pour even more time and effort into what promises to be another never-finished bugfest. If that sort of thing is your cuppa, fine, but show the humility not to try to foist it on everyone.

Oh well. Moo2 is waiting for another session.

[ChaotikVisions]

*lurker sense tingling*... Anyway, you're beating a dead horse, and then doing some unmentionable things to the corpse. How many times is enough for you if you don't like? Do you have a calender up somewhere marking days off towards some pre-determined goal? Are you carefully timing the time spent reading/writing posts to see when you've spent as much time as it took you to work up the cash to buy the game, what? I'm all for you having your own opinon, but theres a big difference between tellling a few people and spraypainting it on every wall you walk past.

[The Templar]

If you are a student or poor, I would not buy MoO3 right now. The AI is crippled, diplomacy does not work, the interface fails to give sufficient feedback (my theory is that the lack of feedback creates the learning curve).

I would wait for the first patch (if QS is still in business tomorrow that is ...), and if they fix diplomacy and the AI then I would give the game a decent 7 out of 10 rating and recommend it. But if funds are a problem, I would wait.

If $50 doesn't affect you one way or the other, go ahead and get it. The game is moderately fun, and does have potential. At the very least, it will give you something to occupy your time until GalCiv. At the most, QS will fix some of the problems and MoO3 will live up to its potential (and there is alot of potential here). Problem is, given that QS has had overruns worse than my Commonwealth (no empires here ), I have no faith in them. I mean really, three years in development and they say they could have used two more? Oh wait, I see it now, two more years and the patch will get here and we'll have the perfect game.

[MitchDev]

Originally posted by SINISTER1974
But gal civs does look real good. But i hear its only single player and not mp

And that is a VERY GOOD THING.

No excuse to skimp on the AI that way...