Moo3 is a shareware now

Ragnarok · #1 June 14th, 2003, 12:24 AM

Edit: Post doesn't apply as I was too slow.

[ June 13, 2003, 23:25: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

Roanon · #2 June 14th, 2003, 12:32 AM

It rather looks like the majority has the same opinion like Fyron and Atomannj. So YOU better get over it, Eddie... and personal attacks on someone just because he has a different opinion than yours are just not appropriate here.

A clickfeast at best, the unfriendly user interface and non-influencable stupid AI decisions for what is supposed to be MY empire spoils the fun for me like for most strategy game players. I like being able to (micro)manage everything in my empire, but that doesn't mean that I like doing it with a dozen mouseclicks for each simple decision, and often even in vain because it is altered back the very next turn by this supid not disengagable AI. Plus plus plus - I too think the game is junk at its finest. My opinion as someone who likes strategy games.

Of course, anyone who likes sim-type games, where you do only the most basic things and the rest is taken out of your hands, will think differently. I don't have a problem with it. I only have a problem with people luring strategy gamers into the trap of buying this sim-game. Misery likes company, or why? Accept that what you like is not what everyone likes. And the rapid price decay plus Ebay overcrowded with cheap offers shows what the majority really thinks.

Atrocities · #3 June 14th, 2003, 03:07 AM

Hey Roanon I don't think he was attacking anyone, but merely posting his heart felt opinion about the topic in much the same way we all do when we feel compassionate about the subject. Sometimes in posting we think and post some things that would be best left unposted. But those involved in this incident are all adult enough to take it in stride just like water off a ducks back.

I respect any person who has the dedication and character to say "hey I don't agree with you."

Oposite opinions often lead to great debates and strong bonds of respect for one another.

[ June 14, 2003, 02:13: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Suicide Junkie · #4 June 14th, 2003, 05:17 AM

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
how do you get around the expense of subways?

Well, naturally, you build up more slowly since they cost more. Let the game run at max speed while you do your thing.

Also, you can start with a regular road city to get a fast start, and once the tax money starts rolling in, just switch over to the subways for new construction and slowly retrofit the "old town" when you feel like it.

Raging Deadstar · #5 June 14th, 2003, 08:20 AM

Hmm the BIG Question is has eddieballgame played multiplayer SEIV? Thats where Space empires comes into a league of it's own! Nothing beats the thrill of plotting your downright dirty and scheming revenge on your best friends empire....Now excuse me but i have a cloacked sun destroyer to dispatch

Will · #6 June 14th, 2003, 08:37 AM

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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:

quote:
Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
how do you get around the expense of subways?

Well, naturally, you build up more slowly since they cost more. Let the game run at max speed while you do your thing.

Also, you can start with a regular road city to get a fast start, and once the tax money starts rolling in, just switch over to the subways for new construction and slowly retrofit the "old town" when you feel like it.

When I used to play SimCity 2000, I would start by building a "spiral" city. Start at the edge, building roads in a spiral so that the usable land is in six-tile wide strips, in a spiral all the way to the center. At first everything is mixed, but as the game progresses, it is mainly commerce in the middle, residential surrounding it, and industrial along the outside. A bit of everything is mixed to prevent local economic colapses. Then I would slowly retrofit around the spiral to the all-subway system (starting from the center), and would begin constructing acrologies along the outside. I forget what my population eventually reached, but it was over the highest one I found on the 'Net by about 200k. I thought that was cool for about a day, then promptly got bored with it, and never played again.

ObMoO3: Haven't bought it... don't really plan to anytime in the near future. Frankly, too many bad reviews on the interface, design, and general buginess. Besides, I don't have as much time for games anymore, I still have SE3, SE4, started into Dungeon Odyssey, StarFury is coming out soon, SE5 is in the works, I have CounterStrike lying around for a frag-fest once in a while, and the somehow always-addictive Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Pinball. Maybe I'll pick it up sometime when I've graduated.

eddieballgame · #7 June 14th, 2003, 08:37 AM

[quote]Originally posted by Roanon:
[QB]It rather looks like the majority has the same opinion like Fyron and Atomannj. So YOU better get over it, Eddie... and personal attacks on someone just because he has a different opinion than yours are just not appropriate here.[quote]

I too like strategy games, I am a rated NM in Chess, a LM in Bridge, & am in the process of learning & studying what I consider the greatest strategy game of all-GO, as us westerners call it. (Igo, Weichi, & Baduk as it is known in the Asian community). I, of course, also enjoy many pc "strategy" games as well.
I just get a little annoyed when a certain program has been so misrepresented. MOO3 v1.2 makes your comments sound very uninformed. Just the facts as I see them. It was never my intent to "sell" MOO3, just shine the light on what I had considered some "angry" analysis. It was certainly not my intent to upset anyone.
As far as "the majority has the same opinion", I think that depends on what forums you frequent.

Anyways, Go Redsox!!!