SE V demo Interface

[Black_Knyght]

An interesting observation here:

I'm starting to notice there's an interesting lean now against anybody not rampantly in favor of the new SEV game. Not trying to single anyone out, or make an issue of this. I just thought I'd point it out.

If "X" doesn't like a thing, then "X" doesn't like it. Telling "X" they're all wrong in their opinion about it doesn't improve what "X" doesn't like about it, it just invalidates "X's" opinion because it's not the same as the popular majority point of view.

[StarShadow]

I haven't really seen that here to be honest. It was that sort of attitude that drove me away from the Civ4 apolyton forum.

[Phoenix-D]

Black_Knyght said:
If "X" doesn't like a thing, then "X" doesn't like it. Telling "X" they're all wrong in their opinion about it doesn't improve what "X" doesn't like about it, it just invalidates "X's" opinion because it's not the same as the popular majority point of view.

Entirely correct. If I've been giving that impression I apologize. What I've been doing is trying to point out ways to make the game more handlable, and/or correct misconceptions (options are fine, mis-informed opinions annoy me).

[AMF]

Wow, I don't see that at all. If anything, I thought the opposite. But, in any case, to repeat my earlier posts and test your hypotheses, I'll repeat my earlier statements:

The SEV UI STINKS. I will NOT buy SEV unless and until the UI is made useable. There are a LOT of other problems with the game as well, that certainly must be fixed if SEV is to be a long term success in the gaming community.

Nonetheless, I am just as convinced that SEV could be a very great game the minute the UI and the other fixes are implemented.

Thanks,
AMF

Black_Knyght said:
An interesting observation here:

I'm starting to notice there's an interesting lean now against anybody not rampantly in favor of the new SEV game. Not trying to single anyone out, or make an issue of this. I just thought I'd point it out.

[Tim Brooks]

The SEV UI STINKS. I will NOT buy SEV unless and until the UI is made useable.

Well it went Gold today. Which means that UI changes are probabaly out. Maybe a patch, huh? Anyway, I plan to wait a few of weeks and pick it up for $20.00.

[StarShadow]

BK, out of curiousity, do you have the video set to Auto, or Safe? I've found that setting it to Safe solved the major problems I had. Too bad there's no setting to make the UI better lol..

[DarkHorse]

Tim Brooks said:

Well it went Gold today. Which means that UI changes are probabaly out. Maybe a patch, huh? Anyway, I plan to wait a few of weeks and pick it up for $20.00.

Not that I don't believe you, but I can't find a 'gold' announcement anywhere. What was your source?

[Tim Brooks]

It is being talked about here:

spaceempires.net

Supposedly their newsletter stated this (I saw someone else mention it also, but can't remember where). They sure aren't the press release gurus, huh.

[Gandalf Parker]

Tim Brooks said:
It is being talked about here:

spaceempires.net

Supposedly their newsletter stated this (I saw someone else mention it also, but can't remember where). They sure aren't the press release gurus, huh.

Not compared to Shrapnel I feel. I see news articles all over on Dominions 3 and Rising Star from Shrapnel, but I havent seen much about Space Empires V.

I thought the difference was that Strat 1st was shelfware and marketing, vs online and publicity. The wait-for-profits was supposed to be to get larger player base?

Has anyone seen any ads in magazines or anything? Im not trying to slam S1. Im just hoping that Aaron got what he wanted.

Gandalf Parker

[StarShadow]

Personally, if it wasn't for this board I wouldn't even know the SEV demo was out. I haven't seen a single thing about SEV anywhere other than here (and other fan sites) and the official site.