Article about SEV on Gamespot! - Page 4

Will · #31 July 31st, 2005, 08:32 AM

Well, I don't think it's exactly clear that it's a shield-removing storm. I mean, the two ships *are* only frigates. How many frigates do you make with shields? You can tell both are frigates because it shows the design report for the red-flag one in the third screen shot, and the fourth screen shot shows the brown-and-green flag ship details on the bottom. Both clearly say "frigate"

Something to note, neither of those flags are from the "standard" races shown in the Quick Start screenie. The red-flag one looks like a Starfury Xiati destroyer, and the other one kinda looks like a variant of a Terran destroyer... maybe a neutral?

Randallw · #32 July 31st, 2005, 08:49 AM

You're right, though the frigate doesn't have a lot of anything by the look of it.

Captain Kwok · #33 July 31st, 2005, 12:31 PM

Frigates are small, but not useless small.

Caduceus · #34 July 31st, 2005, 12:44 PM

Say it ain't so... I like the frigates...

Dadgum it.

Kamog · #35 July 31st, 2005, 02:25 PM

The author of the article seemed to mix up some things but the screenshots are great! I was almost about to click on the buttons on the screens, forgetting that they are screenshots.

Very nice system map with the angled hex map. It will be nice if you could change the view angle because the hexes on the far side might be hard to mee clearly. Tactical combat screen looks exciting, though I couldn't figure out what's happening with all those lines and round symbols on the screen. I like the ship design screen and the ability to place components in different locations on the ship.

The Eee look different and more evil now, but I like their new look. In the quick start screen, I guess some races show a ship and some races show the race portrait?

Big mouse cursor? Oh, that thing that looks like a spaceship! Agreed, it's too big.

Anyway, the screenshots look wonderful!

Release date is February next year? OK, I'll wait...

Ed Kolis · #36 July 31st, 2005, 05:45 PM

Presumably the cursor will be in a .bmp file like in SE4 and Starfury, so you can mod it to your heart's content

The "Terran" ships though... don't they remind you of the missile-boat style Human ships from MOO3?

Renegade 13 · #37 July 31st, 2005, 10:52 PM

Don't count too heavily on the projected release date, no one really knows at this stage what the release date actually will be. It may be sooner, it may be later, but it wouldn't do to get people's hopes up just to have them end up disappointed.

Kana · #38 August 1st, 2005, 03:07 AM

Well my hopes are that I get a Christmas present...

Kana

Mephisto · #39 August 1st, 2005, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Kamog said:
Very nice system map with the angled hex map. It will be nice if you could change the view angle because the hexes on the far side might be hard to mee clearly.

You can change the view angle.

Wolfman77 · #40 August 1st, 2005, 10:13 AM

I thought the cursor looked like an x-mas light. First thing that I need to change, if it's still the same when it's released that is.