newb question

Arkcon · #1 January 8th, 2004, 01:51 PM

I never played MoO, but I was a big GalCiv fan in the OS/2 days. One thing I noticed, in GalCiv you could peacefully expand and then rapidly build up your military when necessicary, and the AI would never catch on. No such luck in SE4, the AI is tempremantal, and living space is always in short supply. It took me a while to realize that you always have to be ready for an attack.

Atrocities · #2 January 9th, 2004, 02:21 AM

If you have enjoyed any of the following games you will enjoy SE IV.

Moo
Moo2
Moo3
BOTF
Rebellion
Stars
GalCiv
Imperium Galatica
Imperium Galatica II

SEIV has far more to offer than most of these games. SEIV is not without its flaws, but the shier weight of what you can do in SEIV makes up for any minor AI - Diplomacy - Political - Intel flaws.

SEIV has many excellent mods out as well and over 200 useable ship sets to choose from. Most of Babylon 5, Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar, Starblazers, and a whole host of other Sci-Fi oriented sets are available.

gregebowman · #3 January 8th, 2004, 04:41 PM

I've played most of those that Atrocities listed, but SEIV is the only I always come back to. Sure, I got GalCiv on my harddrive, and I'll play it from time to time, but I always seem to go back to SEIV. If I'm not playing the Star Trek mod, I'm playing the AST mod. If not that, there's TDM. Lately, I'm playing the Star Wars II mod. There's always something about this game that I enjoy so much. Heck, I've even made this website my homepage when I decide to go to the internet.