The best game ever is going to have a part 3.
Master of Orion 3 !!!!!!
Check it out at
http://moo3.quicksilver.com
This game will be awesome.
Just check out the section 'offical comments', and you'll understand why this game will totally rock.
Don't get me wrong, I think SE4 is really cool, but it's not even near the MOO series.
That's my opinion of course, and you're welcome to share it or not.
To my view, the stronger point of SE4 is the open architecture. The fact that it's so easy to customize the game file (just edit the file) makes it easier for all fans out there to adapt the game to his preferences.
But the AI is no challenge (yeah I know, it's getting fixed), the tech tree is too small and the default races all act the same (yeah I know they will fix that too).
To me it all comes to this.
When I was playing MOO2, sometime I would be in front of my computer telling myself "just another turn, just another turn and I'm going to bed" for 4, 5 or even 6 hours.
Needless to say, I suffered from sleep depravation the first month the game came out. I haven't feel the urge to play SE4 more than 6 hours non-stop. After that, I'm just bored that the AI players are not attacking, not surprising me and generally speaking, not entertaining me.
Multiplayer in SE4 looks cool though. Only problem, by playing one turn a day by PBEM, the game only starts to be interesting after 2 months...
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