oooo aaron! - looks like moo3 is flopping... ;) do se5 faster?

raynor · #1 March 12th, 2003, 01:02 AM

*scratches his head*

Errr.... I can't really remember playing any other space games besides SEIV for the past two years.

Cirvol · #2 August 7th, 2003, 08:37 PM

does aaron read this board?

if yes, why does he never bother to reply?

if no, why are we bothering to post this stuff?

it seems a 1.2.5 patch is out for moo3, anyone play with it yet? how is it now? update?

Roanon · #3 August 7th, 2003, 09:44 PM

I have read about a patch that came out about 1 month ago, I don't know which number. Was the Last patch I have read the feedback from, didn't even bother to install, and decided to leave and definitely never return.
Most but not all bugs were fixed, bit the rest of the bugs still make the game near unplayable - in my opinion. Plus, the basic concept, you look and press turn while the game simulates your empire with as many dumb decisions as possible has not been changed. You still cannot turn off your vicerois (=ministers) completely, you still cannot control the most basic functions, and even if you try to control some of the less important functions you will be kicked in the *** by an user interface that forces you to click about 5 to 10 times for every single action you want to make.

[ August 07, 2003, 20:46: Message edited by: Roanon ]

Cirvol · #4 August 7th, 2003, 11:06 PM

lol, thats just incredible

*sigh*

i really wanted to love it
with a good ui, i might have loved it

i *like* the idea of macro vs micro...
(esp since my pbw games at turn 150 usually take 4 or 5 hours of contanst detailed orders

i might pick up a used copy to play around with for a cheap price if they ever fix the ui problems

Katchoo · #5 August 8th, 2003, 12:51 AM

I don't know if this has been mentioned already here but...

There are apparently large blocks of code in MOO3 which were written by people no longer with the MOO3 Team, and the remaining people don't understand or know how to make heads or tails of these blocks of code to fix any problems which may be hiding in there

The general feeling comming out of Atari is that they aren't going to support MOO3 anymore then they already have. People are now clinging to the great white hope that could be MOO4. Atari isn't in any great hurry for another MOO game though...

Ack · #6 August 8th, 2003, 01:31 AM

So I guess it wasn't such a good idea to layoff most of the design staff. Which they did immediately after releasing the game.

The computer gaming industry is in pretty pathetic condition right now. Having both MOO3 and Civ3 flop within a single year...

Loser · #7 August 8th, 2003, 02:04 AM

I will thank the company that made this game simply for bringing to market a game where, purportedly, the AI that controls a Player's units will drop troops on a planet and destroy the planet in the same turn. The Savage in my stands up and cheers (yells incoherently, really) every time I think about this.

Other than that it is a disappointment, of course. A heart breaking disappointment. But the Savage doesn't care. He doesn�t even understand.