oooo aaron! - looks like moo3 is flopping... ;) do se5 faster?

Cirvol · #1 February 28th, 2003, 05:00 AM

wow, forums moving fast today here

so, out of curiosity, who's played moo3 so far?

Tenryu · #2 February 28th, 2003, 05:21 AM

I talked to a buddy of mine that bought MOO3 yesterday. His opinion: "Whoa! Does it suck!"

He says it has a few cool features but all in all, a big disappointment. I am, by the way, not gloating, as I had hoped it might be good, sigh. HOI was a major let down also. MTW, not too bad.

"Where have all the good games gone? Long time passing..."

SE4 is still the best game I've bought in the past few years.

[ February 28, 2003, 03:21: Message edited by: Tenryu ]

CNCRaymond · #3 February 28th, 2003, 05:29 AM

I have, and I had to stop before it put me to sleep. What a crappy game. God this game sucks so bad it has the gravitational pull of a mega super dupper galaxy sized black hole.

And I am usually very kind to games, but this game is just plain awful.

[ February 28, 2003, 03:30: Message edited by: CNCRaymond ]

tesco samoa · #4 February 28th, 2003, 07:29 AM

well atleast their is

UFO: Aftermath

O.R.B.

IG3

Homeworld 2

Chrome

or worst case

UnderDogs.Org for some abandon ware.

And hopefully someone somewhere in the summertime *1 will release Super Nova...

*1 Simple Minds

dominion · #5 February 28th, 2003, 07:47 AM

Galactic Civilization is coming out next month (3/25). It is also published by Infogrames. Hope that game is much better than MOO3.

raynor · #6 February 28th, 2003, 08:39 AM

It looks like Master of Orion III is designed in such a way that you as the player will never need to or be able to control what is being built on the individual planet. In fact, there are many, many facilities that you absolutely must rely on the computer to build automatically. If you are looking for a game where you can tweak each planet, this is not that game.

I bought the game, and I don't like it. I want to be able to control what is built on each planet. But in this game, that just isn't possible. Oh well...

[ February 28, 2003, 06:54: Message edited by: raynor ]

Talenn · #7 February 28th, 2003, 12:39 PM

Let me start off by saying that I have been looking forward to MOO3 for a long time. I've followed the Boards and read all the hype. I'm not one of those folks who thinks that you cant like a variety of games about the same subject (4x in this case). I enjoy SE4 a lot, but the lack of AI and 'chrome' were things I hoped MOO3 would remedy.

But, after almost 12 hours of playing/fighting/reading/fighting with Moo3, I can say that the game is NOT fun. Its not rewarding. Its not addicting. The UI is TERRIBLE. Its meant to encourage 'macromanagement' by making 'micromanagement' almost impossible. Even tasks you'd expect to be fun like designing ships are a chore and filled with tedium and unintuitive menus.

I could go on and on about how frustrating the game is to play when you try to manage things and how empty it feels when you give up and play the way they intended you to. But what it all comes down to is whether or not the game is enjoyable. At this point, the verdict is a resounding "NO!". I'm not even sure patching would help. Its that bad....

Believe me, I tried to like it and I WANTED to like it, but in the end, I DONT like it. MOO3 is easily the most disappointing title I've played in a LONG time.

If you are thinking about picking it up, my recommendation would be to buy it from a retailer who allows open returns. There are some features that are really neat, but they're buried in a morass of contradictory info and needlessly difficult input screens.

Just my $.02 on it.

Talenn