The only thing I personally remembered about it was its hideous graphics. Not that I did expect that game to be focused on graphics or anything, but come on... Barely readable text? I'm not sure what the developers were smoking, but that game seemed to have an insanely steep learning curve and you'd have to be either an Excel-a-holic or just a HUGE fan of the series to enjoy that game.
I was really disappointed with the game since I had hoped for it to be a great and FUN space simulator, but it was waay to much of a "space domination simulation software" (lacking a better genre...) to me.
Unfortunately, Sim City 4, that appeared about the same time, was also an anticlimax to me when I tried it out. I could just see that you could build your own city without any objectives? No missions/scenarios?
As for Master of Magic II -- ooh yes, I'd love to see that game come to life!! But please don't keep its "fun" and don't bury it behind a wall of statistics like MOO3. MoM2 had "it" that is so hard to define, and it was a really great game. Of course, I could stand it having more content and features than MoM1, but it need to be streamlined and not a bloated piece of junk like MOO3 was. :( Hmm, I don't even know if it's in development? Anyone know anything about that? There was some rumors a time ago, and some unfortunately said "if MOO3 is successful, we might consider MOM2" or something along these lines. :angry:
Btw, that's a funny review Haider posted. :D It looked to be straight from Something Awful. ;) (especially their game review section) But I'm not saying they didn't deserve such a review. I wonder if the 90%+ reviewers were simply giving the score based on the hype it got, or if they were sponsored by Infogrames or something? I can't figure out how one can enjoy that game to the extent that it's worth a close to "game of the year" score...
Finally, the review Haider posted mention Galactic Civilizations as another (single player) space-sim that was looking interesting at the time the review was posted. And now it seems to be out, along with some positive reviews? Anyone tried it?
I was really disappointed with the game since I had hoped for it to be a great and FUN space simulator, but it was waay to much of a "space domination simulation software" (lacking a better genre...) to me.
Unfortunately, Sim City 4, that appeared about the same time, was also an anticlimax to me when I tried it out. I could just see that you could build your own city without any objectives? No missions/scenarios?
As for Master of Magic II -- ooh yes, I'd love to see that game come to life!! But please don't keep its "fun" and don't bury it behind a wall of statistics like MOO3. MoM2 had "it" that is so hard to define, and it was a really great game. Of course, I could stand it having more content and features than MoM1, but it need to be streamlined and not a bloated piece of junk like MOO3 was. :( Hmm, I don't even know if it's in development? Anyone know anything about that? There was some rumors a time ago, and some unfortunately said "if MOO3 is successful, we might consider MOM2" or something along these lines. :angry:
Btw, that's a funny review Haider posted. :D It looked to be straight from Something Awful. ;) (especially their game review section) But I'm not saying they didn't deserve such a review. I wonder if the 90%+ reviewers were simply giving the score based on the hype it got, or if they were sponsored by Infogrames or something? I can't figure out how one can enjoy that game to the extent that it's worth a close to "game of the year" score...
Finally, the review Haider posted mention Galactic Civilizations as another (single player) space-sim that was looking interesting at the time the review was posted. And now it seems to be out, along with some positive reviews? Anyone tried it?
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Loyal Diablo fan since 1997 :-)
Loyal Diablo fan since 1997 :-)