[NutButter]

{Just talking about graphics, are you saying you think Star Fury graphics are a step backwards from Space Empires graphics?}

Not at all. For the attempt, however, I'm not impressed. The graphics are more of a distraction from today's expectations than they are a benefit to improved gameplay. It seems as if gameplay was sacrificed for improved graphics. SE4, far from state-of-the-art graphics, held its weight in tactics and complexity - Starfury, on its own and stripped of graphics is nothing but a less action-packed downgraded tactical Version of SE4. This is the wrong direction!

There seems to be a lot of truth to DeadZone's comment about devs being pushed to production. Out of the box games today arrive loaded with bugs and desperately need patches to even be playable. I don't dislike Starfury because it is buggy, I just don't like it because it lacks the discipline of mastering either the gameplay and/or graphics, like I have come to expect from their previous effort. It would have been incredibley awesome if it had evolved into a serious SE5 instead of a mutated half-attempt at graphic appeal. All that energy wasted!

I can't depend on MOO anymore. Gal Civ was cool, but somewhat shallow. Pax Imperia came close, but still was a bit short. SE4 absolutely ruled! I guess I'll have to wait another couple of years (hope)!