Abandon SE4?Opinions:Space Empires 5 screen shots?

[Artaud]

Black_Knyght said:
Personally. I have no intention of just quitting SE-IV and diving headlong into SE-V.

I actually enjoy SE-IV. It's a great game, and the freedom to modify nearly every aspect of it is what caight, and kept, my attention.

For me, it's actually disappointing that so many people will simply just drop it because something new comes along. New may be different, but it's not always better.

I agree with you. I intend to go on playing SE4. I will buy SE5, but whether or not I'll like it will be determined by the gameplay. Higher end graphics don't impress me. I want to know if it's a more enjoyable game.

There are some games where I just prefer the older version. I like Railroad Tycoon II so much I never even considered getting Railroad Tycoon III. After reading comments about how RRT3 differs from RRT2, I will probably never buy the newer version.

I love Doom 2, but find Doom 3 unplayable.

I prefer OOTP Baseball 5 over OOTP Baseball 6.

And anyway, do we know for sure when SE5 will be released?

[Raapys]

There's many game series where the older games are better than the new ones, but I thought the whole idea with SEV was that we'd get basically SEIV with more features and options, not something *new*. I'm with the "don't care about graphics" crowd, but I was sure SEV would be a big improvement on the gameplay and modding front as well, yet there seems to be a notable lack of enthusiasm about it, I'd say.

[Phoenix-D]

Mainly because we don't know what's changed. The ship design system is new, the research is SEIII style..other than that, who knows.

We do know the moddng has been opened up somewhat, which will cause much joy a couple months after release.