Stars! comparison

Atrocities · #1 September 3rd, 2005, 12:32 AM

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EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro said:
You could check out Stars SG at crisium.com. Sounds cool but there hasn't been any activity or news since the summer of 2002! And Flying Squirrel Sound (does the music for the game) hasn't reordered from my company (duplicates the CD's) since January 2002. Yeah it's dead!

We brought this up on Chat today and well a search of their web site showed it was 404 down, and the only other info were a few screen shot and a statement that Empire Interactive was going to release the game in 2004. There was a shot of the box art but we all know that nothing has happned on this game since then. Too bad Shrapnel couldn't afford to help with the development costs. Might have been a great addition to their on line line up.

boran_blok · #2 September 4th, 2005, 05:54 AM

Stars is in some ways similar to SE but in other ways quite different. I really like the one space setup (no wormholes to connect it all) which makes it far more "realistic" imho (insofar you can use that term) and I really like a lot of the other features such as the ship movement and fuel system etc. but SEIV is very much alive and stars rather isnt.

Randallw · #3 September 4th, 2005, 06:29 AM

Don't get me wrong I loved Stars!, but in a way I am kinda glad supernova went bust. After 9/11 they said the economic depression meant publishers weren't interested in new games. Since S:SNG wasn't coming out I looked around (by which I mean I read the 4X game description in a games catalogue) and ordered SE4. It was expensive but I have no regrets at getting it.