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Originally Posted by JimMorrison
Re: Sector24 - GalCiv did peter out at some point, which made me sad. Recently I've just gotten back into Sins though, and I'm trying to wrap my head around what makes a good MP game for it. I know many people were really enjoying the MP aspect originally, and the game is only getting better - and while it doesn't pace itself for you, and get AS deep as Dominions, I'm discovering that the level of strategy is actually quite deep for an RTS.
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Here's my problem with Sins:
If you play SP, all you have to do to win is throw pirates at the opponent. If you turn pirates off, it's still fairly formulaic. Killing the enemy capital ship causes the regular ships to route, so you can always win any fight without taking serious losses. Again, it's one of those issues where you have to impose severe restrictions on yourself to create a challenging situation.
MP is a whole different issue, the game is interesting from a meta-strategy standpoint, but the first player to slip up and lose their fleet is out of the game. There's no way to rebuild once you tech up your fleet size at the cost of your income. So 90% of the game is feinting and retreating for that critical battle in which you irrevocably cripple your enemy. Then you just have to mop them up.
Admittedly an oversimplification of the game, but I think you get the idea I'm trying to get across. It was definitely fun for 20-30 hours.
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Originally Posted by JimMorrison
I think that if a good 2 hour movie is worth $10, Elemental should end up well worth the $50 they are charging.  |
I must be radically more stingy with entertainment/dollar ratio because I don't think movies are worth it unless the huge screen and surround sound
make the movie. I like a game where I can sink a good 40-300+ hours for my $50.