Any One Still Playing This Game?

Makinus · #1 December 26th, 2007, 09:36 AM

Yep SEIV is, at least until now, a superior game strategy-wise compared with SEV... SEV have more graphical goodies, but i always prefer strategy against graphics...

I still do play occasionally Stars! versus the AI, and that game, graphicaly-wise, is as dry as a spreadsheet...

And about hardware requirements, SEIV runs in nearly everything, while SEV chugs slowly even in the most upped up systems...

StarShadow · #2 December 26th, 2007, 10:14 AM

In the last week I've played Stars! (I love that mystery trader), Moo2 and SE4. On the other hand I'll install/fire-up SE5 once every 3-4 months just to see if it's fun yet. I really REALLY wish Stars! Supernova hadn't been shelved by the publisher, I just know it would have been awesome.

Ironmanbc · #3 December 26th, 2007, 12:06 PM

So true I miss stars!

Why oh WHY did they NOT put it out, it had a good following but....

StarShadow · #4 December 28th, 2007, 12:21 PM

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Ironmanbc said:
So true I miss stars!

Why oh WHY did they NOT put it out, it had a good following but....

It was never released because the publisher (iirc Empire Interactive) decided it wanted to switch focus to sports games.

Xrati · #5 December 28th, 2007, 05:11 PM

I think Fyron hit it on the head when he said

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Strategy-wise, SE5 is actually better than SE4. It has more depth in fleet strategy setup, it has more strategic options in weapon damage types (esp. for clever modders), the strategy is all there, buried underneath.

SE5 is a game for modders, not players...

Artaud · #6 January 2nd, 2008, 08:54 PM

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Xrati said:
I think Fyron hit it on the head when he said

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Strategy-wise, SE5 is actually better than SE4. It has more depth in fleet strategy setup, it has more strategic options in weapon damage types (esp. for clever modders), the strategy is all there, buried underneath.

SE5 is a game for modders, not players...

...And since I'm not a modder, I guess SE5 is not for me.

Actually I would like to become a modder...but of SE4.

Suicide Junkie · #7 January 2nd, 2008, 10:15 PM

One tip:
If you make the gameplay more complex by REMOVING things, you know you're on the right track

Fyron · #8 December 26th, 2007, 03:41 PM

Makinus said:
"Yep SEIV is, at least until now, a superior game strategy-wise compared with SEV... SEV have more graphical goodies, but i always prefer strategy against graphics..."

Strategy-wise, SE5 is actually better than SE4. It has more depth in fleet strategy setup, it has more strategic options in weapon damage types (esp. for clever modders), the slot layout actually makes ship design more strategic due to directional damage (past the armor layer, anyways), etc., etc., etc. The downside is the cumbersome UI and such; the strategy is all there, buried underneath.

Makinus said:[/i]
"And about hardware requirements, SEIV runs in nearly everything, while SEV chugs slowly even in the most upped up systems..."

Only if you put Vista on them... SEV runs really well on my 5.5 year old P4 box, even with the ATI radeon 9600pro I used to have in it. Sure you can't run it well on 12 year old boxes, but your statement was rather hyperbolic.. You can quite easily build a ~$300 (or less, even) PC that will run SEV like a champ.

Ironmanbc · #9 December 26th, 2007, 06:31 PM

I have a P3 (1.4) system with an ATI 9200 Sapphire card (1gig memory)(Win XP Pro)

I can run se5 with no problems, I even run World of Warcraft(with high graphics on) a slowdown when entering a city with a lot of players on (I turn off shadows)