[Atrocities]

In all the time that I have been playing SEIV I can honestly say that I have been burned out many times.

I go off to play another game, or bag game playing for while. But one thing is for certain, I always come back because this game simply has more depth, replayability, community, and sense of adventure than any other game, say for Tribes I and II, that I have ever played.

I seldom play Tribes any more, and can only say that I truly honestly and completely miss what I had with those games on a scale and depth that I could never put into words. You simply understand it or you do not.

I feel about SEIV simularly, but with some reservations. I absolutely loved Tribes (I) beyond comprehension. (Sad but true) It was the game that drove me for a very long time. But thats gone now, and even though Tribes 2 had a lot of common points, it too is fading from my scope.

SEIV has not faded from my scope, it is still there mainly because of this community, and the people here.

I find that I now spend more time off line in one day than I do on line over a month. Eventually, such is life, I will have moved onto the next great thing. But I will always consider SEIV to have been a high point in my gaming experience.

As time passes, ones dedication, not addiction, to a game will naturally fade. That is why we have sequals. And with each sequal, most fans hold something back for fear of loosing what they had before. I have seen it first hand over many differant games, and forums.

But by far this has been the most dedicated group of players of any single game I have ever witnessed, and I hope that this community continues on as strong as it is now for as long as Aaron is willing to continue the Space Empires saga.

[ December 12, 2002, 18:34: Message edited by: Atrocities ]