New Starfury Interview

HEMAN · #1 February 3rd, 2003, 02:15 AM

Attension everybody, site can be found at MM site under whats new and here;

http://rpgcodex.com/content.php?id=39
Whata guys think about the interview?.

Ragnarok · #2 February 3rd, 2003, 03:58 AM

Makes me want the game even more.

Phoenix-D · #3 February 3rd, 2003, 04:23 AM

"Fleets can't have hundreds of ships, they can only have a handful.."

And he wants to use this for Se5? Let's hope he refines the engine some first!

Phoenix-D

Ed Kolis · #4 February 3rd, 2003, 03:29 PM

Maybe SE5 combat will be like MOO3 combat... lots of ships, but only a handful of controllable units (Task Forces)?

Atrocities · #5 February 3rd, 2003, 04:55 PM

I want to be a beta tester.

Unknown_Enemy · #6 February 3rd, 2003, 05:52 PM

Quote:

From Malfador
you cannot have anywhere near as many as you did in SE4. Fleets can't have hundreds of ships, they can only have a handful.

That is no good.

Then on starfleet command2, it was a worthless pile of garbage. All ships were handled in 2D from a 3D point of view. Which means you can navigate north, south, east and west but you cannot move on the Y axe. It gave me a strange feeling of space battle in a bath tube.

I just hope starfury will be better (not hard) and that SE5 will be a bLast (??????)

orev_saara · #7 February 3rd, 2003, 06:19 PM

I guess the whole real-time nonsense has already been decided for SEV. That's very sad. I guess now I have to say that Space Empires WAS the Last dynasty of turn-based strategy games. I wonder if there will ever be another?

geoschmo · #8 February 3rd, 2003, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by orev_saara:
I guess the whole real-time nonsense has already been decided for SEV. That's very sad. I guess now I have to say that Space Empires WAS the Last dynasty of turn-based strategy games. I wonder if there will ever be another?

Yes there will. SE5.

It's going to be turn based according to everything Malfador has said up to this point.

Some of the graphics will be rendered in real time, which I guess is something totally different. It concerned me at first but I have been assured it's not the same as a real time game.

Also elements of the combat engine may be real time. It's not really clear what exactly that means, or even if it's a sure thing that it will happen for SEV. I suppose it's possible the game could be a turn based game that goes real time to resolve tactical combat. If you are a heavy solo player that that likes to play tactical combat in turn based that might be a disapointment. I play mainly simultaneous games with only strategic combat so I don't think I will see much diffence in that area.

Geoschmo

[ February 03, 2003, 16:26: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

Instar · #9 February 4th, 2003, 12:39 AM

Real time strategy on the scope of SEIV would be well nigh impossible with the number of ships and planets you have to manage (unless you get AI generals and governors...)

klausD · #10 February 4th, 2003, 02:06 AM

If you are a heavy solo player that that likes to play tactical combat in turn based that might be a disapointment. I beg at least 90% of the 10000 SEIV gamers are playing just solo. MP gaming as funny as it is sometimes is much overvalued.

It would be a big loss to the TB genre if the SEV tactical engine is real time. I am not quite sure if it is worth to buy it then (similar to MOO3).

Maybe somebody of MM or Shrapnel should make clear, if SEV has real time elements or not.

KlausD

[ February 04, 2003, 00:12: Message edited by: klausD ]