Anyone still play SE III?

[Captain Kwok]

I haven't played SEIII for a long, long time. I think it's the lack of customizing options (compare to SEIV) and the cheesey graphics...

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Captain Kwok = Captain Spoogy

"Reality is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there..."

[bearclaw]

I learned on SE2 and still play that one from time to time. I haven't played SE3 in a long time but that's mainly because I prefer the human aspect of the PBW. In fact all my current games are all through the PBW. I have to agree with everyone else about the build queues features in SE3, but I also prefer the Research the way it was done in SE3 rather than SE4.


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"You don't know the Power of the Dark Side. I must obey my Master"

[Suicide Junkie]

Especially the ability to put enough points into one area in one turn to get multiple levels.
You wouldn't get the levels all at once, but you could concentrate all your research into something cheap without wasting points.

[R3DFIV3]

Hi all,

I'm brand new to this forum and even though I've played SE-III for about two years I still consider myself a newbie emperor I do have the SE-IV demo but I have yet to order it, but I'll do my best to do so as soon as possible.

Even though I'm a Quaker (of the id kind) at heart, I still need my dose of megalomania

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Go fast, go SPLAT !!!

[This message has been edited by R3DFIV3 (edited 31 October 2001).]

[Rollo]

quote:

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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Especially the ability to put enough points into one area in one turn to get multiple levels.
You wouldn't get the levels all at once, but you could concentrate all your research into something cheap without wasting points.

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Hehe, that's why I like the new system better. You cannot "emergency research", you have to plan ahead. In order to get to level 5 you need at least 5 turns.

Rollo

[Young Zaphod]

I played SEIII a fair amount, and beat the game soundly...but I was in for a big surprise when it came to the new tech tree. I assumed that the technologies would be essentially the same, and they are, but a few unpleasant surprises turned up becasue the manual led me to believe that Contraterrine engines were the only comp that gave a movement bonus.

Oh, well, I guess it will only happen once, eh? But it would be nice to know the rules of the game without having to mine the forums. Strategic combat for instance, which I always used in III and use now in PBW, has been made more complicated and I just don't get it; I keep thinking that if I have some obscure box left unchecked my ships will run away. Or that they will try to hold a formation instead of shooting enemy vessels.

So a couple of things are fristrating....but for the most part the game is just more and better of what I loved before.

[Arboris]

Well, it's been a year since I originally made this post. I have SEIV Gold, I continue to love the series but find I still enjoy SE III.

Anyone else still playing SE III?