Official SE5 release date announced - September 12

Yimboli · #1 September 10th, 2006, 07:37 PM

So................ is this thing coming out tuesday or what?

Kamog · #2 September 10th, 2006, 07:49 PM

Oh, it's that's the day after tomorrow. Doesn't look like it will be out that day...

Yimboli · #3 September 10th, 2006, 09:03 PM

Has anyone seen any news since Sep 12th was announced here http://www.strategyfirst.com/press/D...ArticleID=3296 ?

Captain Kwok · #4 September 11th, 2006, 12:25 AM

It hasn't been posted officially by SFI, but a few stores like Gamestop have posted Oct. 17 dates, which sounds very reasonable IMO.

StarShadow · #5 September 11th, 2006, 04:16 AM

I could have sworn someone said damage would be done to the side of the ship that was hit (ie facings). Oh well, if that's not the case, I'm just as glad.

Kana · #6 September 11th, 2006, 04:22 PM

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StarShadow said:
I could have sworn someone said damage would be done to the side of the ship that was hit (ie facings). Oh well, if that's not the case, I'm just as glad.

I thought the damage was directional...which mean any armor on that side would be damaged first...or we could hope...Shields might be a different matter

Baron Munchausen · #7 September 11th, 2006, 05:00 PM

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Kana said:

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StarShadow said:
I could have sworn someone said damage would be done to the side of the ship that was hit (ie facings). Oh well, if that's not the case, I'm just as glad.

I thought the damage was directional...which mean any armor on that side would be damaged first...or we could hope...Shields might be a different matter

Hybrid systems are always confusing.

No firing arcs, no shield/armor arcs. But directional damage.

Damage to components is directional. Or supposed to be. Damage to shields and armor is not. Yes, armor 'components' are placed on the ship like other components but they all get destroyed before any of the inner components are damaged. Or that's how it's supposed to work.

Zaamon · #8 September 11th, 2006, 09:28 AM

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Yimboli said:
Has anyone seen any news since Sep 12th was announced here http://www.strategyfirst.com/press/D...ArticleID=3296 ?

http://www.strategyfirst.com/press/D...ArticleID=3298

"Space Empires V is due to be released late September, 2006."

AMF · #9 September 11th, 2006, 03:45 PM

I'm led to enquire - why would a game be released in September? I'd always heard that Sept is the worst month to ever release any new product, what with the holidays not yet here, fiscal year budgets tight, just over the back-to-school buying season, and it being a well documented bad month for stocks and so forth, why did they choose Sept? I would personally rather wait two more months to make sure it gets a bigger market share.

Just curious really.

Thanks,

AMF

Ed Kolis · #10 September 11th, 2006, 03:56 PM

Bigger market share? When all the other games are being released? What sense does that make?