SEIV on GalCiv forum
 

Somebody asked about SEIV on the GalCiv forum [topic subject: "So, was Space Empires IV any good?"]. Of course, I had to post my opinion, but most of the replies are lukewarm to negative. If anyone wants to contribute [politely, I hope] to the discussion, go to:

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and post your opinion. You'll gave to register with the forum to post, but that's easy.

Re: SEIV on GalCiv forum
 

I have GalCiv and have put 10-12 hours into it but for some reason just can't get into it.
Of course I have hundreds of hours into SE4 and still consider myself a novice. http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie.php?smile_ID=294

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I am a member of the GalCiv forum and have posted about SEIV as well. The funny thing is there are people at the GalCiv forum how have never played or even heard of SEIV and think that GalCiv is the most moddable gam ever. LOL

GalCiv is a great game, but it hold no candle to SEIV for true 4 X gaming and moddability. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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I think most of the GalCiv players are fond of the good AI, and forget multiplayer (or just aren't multiplayer types) when judging SEIV because GalCiv doesn't offer a multiplayer modus. That may explain some of the only lukewarm responses.

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Think most of the GalCiv players doesn't know SE4, because most of the gamers doesn't know SE4...

Anyway, both games are different and think not everybody will like both at the same time...

Look the opinions about GalCiv here: mostly are positive, but usually these opinions finish saying that still like more SE4 than GalCic (because it's more simple, doesn't have tactical combat, can't design ships, etc, etc).

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Well, that turned out to be a bit longer than I expected...

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I'm sure most of the veteran forum-goers here have heard it a million times, so one more retelling can't hurt http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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BTW, what happened to "End of Line" chapters 5+ ?
Link is dead http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

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I haven't got to rewriting those parts yet...

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Sweet story, Oleg. I can only hope that something like that happens in my universe. That's the sort of thing that makes this game great. I don't think I could get the same feel with another game.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wish it was my story... It is Suicide Junkie' opus http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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That tale occurred in P&N v1.something, and is an excerpt from near the end of my "End of the Line" story.

I have detailed stats and a portrait here: http://www.geocities.com/hohoho611ca...html#blackhole

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Good Story about Avenger, S.J. !! Just in case if someone did not go to that forum and missed it, he is story of SJ flagship (I hope I wan't be sued by S.J. for reprinting without permission http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
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Did I ever tell you about the story of the Avenger?

The fanciest and most unfathomably expensive dreadnought ever built, she was built to Last - piles of shields and armor and bristling with point defense cannons. She also took the full output of a small mining world just to cover day to day maintenance. The same funds could have supported a twenty or thirty smaller craft, but the Avenger was the flagship of the empire, and she had priority.

Aliens had finally breached the empire's defense minefields after decades of relative invulnerability, and one of their dreadnaughts had just exited the warppoint into the empire's Home System.

The Avenger was the only ship assigned to that particular warppoint sector at the time, since her sisterships and Battlecruiser sized escorts were undergoing repairs from a previous incident.
Without a second thought, she was sent to finish off the mine-damaged DN before it could cause any trouble.

Unfortunately, there was a problem... directly beside that one enemy dreadnought were ten others, all still cloaked and lying in wait. If not for the light-to moderate damage delivered by the Last of the mines, the battle would have been lost immediately.

The Avenger, now locked in battle, made some impressive manouevers. She attempted to stay at extreme range where her powerful ECM and stealth abilities would be most effective. She struck out at the fastest ships in hopes of slowing them down to reduce the volume of return fire...

After almost being trapped, the Avenger broke through; shields depleted, and some armor damage degrading her stealth, but only a few enemy ships still keeping pace.

Just as the tide of battle looked to be turning, the unthinkable happened: The Avenger ran completely dry on supplies...
Shields collapsed completely, weapons fell silent, and the engines powered down, leaving her to drift slowly while the enemy fleet poured onwards.
The avenger absorbed an incredible beating, with beam after beam cutting through her heavy armor plating.

At the Last moment, reinforcements from a neighbouring sector were able to arrive. The pair of Battlecruisers swept past the Avenger, taking the pressure off. Combining some tag-team dogfighting with fully charged weapons, they swept through the field to finish off the rest of the crippled ships to save the day.

The avenger had to spend over 10 turns in the spaceyard undergoing repairs, but she returned to serve the empire for next decade before finally being retired.

She currently resides in orbit of the homeworld, and historical tours are held weekly. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif