Will There Be One More Patch?

DarkAngel · #1 March 3rd, 2004, 05:43 PM

I've noticed a lot of pessimism with some people concerning the future outcome of SE5.I figured I'd put my 2 cents in....CHILL OUT!,you've liked everything so far right?You enjoy playing the game?You're going to continue to enjoy playing the game?THEN ENJOY THE RIDE!.Nothing wrong with speculating how SE5 will turn out,but till then,enjoy what you have and have fun,that's what SE is all about

Saber Cherry · #2 March 3rd, 2004, 06:38 PM

Are there any official details on SE:V anywhere?

Fyron · #3 March 3rd, 2004, 06:51 PM

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Originally posted by Roanon:
Let's face it, we, prefering games like that, are an absolute minority. And we must be very thankful if Aaron doesn't try to turn to the bigger money of colorful real-time clickfeasts.

Good thing Aaron has assured us on many occasions that SEV will be in no way a real-time clickfest.

David E. Gervais · #4 March 3rd, 2004, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by Roanon:
A lot of people have said that for MOO III too...

IMHO, it's very hard to compare the desaster that was/is MOO3 to SE:V. Why? Well, MOO3 was developed by a TOTALLY new dev team that as far as I know did not work on the original MOO2 (Or the MOO Original) What's worse is that I'm convinced that many of the MOO3 Dev team never played MOO2. (this is really evident in the total lack of continuity between the two games)

Aaron is the primary designer/programmer for all the SE games, and he is working on SE:V with the full knowledge of it's history, and no doubt has his own ideas as to where he wants to take this series. But unlike MOST game dev companies Aaron also listens to the end-user and goes above and beyond reasonable lengths to please his fans. (aka customers)

Stop worrying about IF SE:V will be good and start feeling the excitement of what will the next game in the Space Empires Universe. The future will come fast enough, trust that Aaron will make SE:V the best that he possibly can, and know that he has heard many of your heart felt wishes for SE. And finally, trust that the beta testers will help to improve the game even more, because as it has been in the past, Aaron will most assuradly select his beta testers from amoung you the fans. And if the fans don't know what they want then I don't know who does.

Sorry was I ranting again? I digress, sometimes when I see SE and MOO3 refered to in the same thread it realy grinds on my nerves.

Nuf Said, Cheers!

Roanon · #5 March 4th, 2004, 08:36 AM

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Originally posted by David E. Gervais:
I digress, sometimes when I see SE and MOO3 refered to in the same thread it realy grinds on my nerves.

LOL. I can understand this, very unsettling to think about MOO3 and then about *any* other game

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Anyway, we will have to wait a long time for SE V - and it's always better if expectations are not too high, disappointment will be less likely then. I really do not think SE V will be a complete catastrophy like MOO3, but as Geo mentioned there will be many dislikings, some even just because of the differences to SE IV.
Acceptance will be better if expectations are less close to that SE V will be the optimum game perfectly tailored to everyones tastes and needs - which is impossible. Reality will kick in and there *will* be features missing, improvements to be desired, and bugs to be patched.
I just prepare for the average and will be very happy if it turns out to be better

Suicide Junkie · #6 March 4th, 2004, 04:57 PM

In the meantime, SE4 mods!

I can't wait till these big school projects are over with, and I can finally get back to working on an update for P&N and get my new mod finished.

Khemul · #7 March 4th, 2004, 05:22 PM

I'm new here but I am looking forward to SEV. I'll wait till it comes out to pass any judgement. But for now I must agree that the mods need updating

As for the Moo3 comparison...Bah.
Speaking as someone who kept up with Moo3 from the beginning...I heard about SEIV after it was clear Moo3 was dead so I am rather new. But I do not think its failure applies here at all. (I'll avoid the rant I usually do with Moo3)Moo3 Alpha was an overly ambitious game that got its development team fired. The current release of Moo3 was built overtop the alpha Version by a team who did not understand half the coding and cut most of its features. After a weak attempt to fix the game it was abandoned. It on the other hand is a perfect example of what not to do when making a game

[ March 04, 2004, 15:25: Message edited by: Khemul ]