The ssecret's out...

[WendellM]

I see that many others share my pleasure that SE IV now has Shrapnel as its publisher. This should be a great partership - it's a "niche" game and Shrapnel is a "niche" publisher ("niche" in both cases meaning "for the select players who enjoy specialized games like this that could be lost in the mass marketplace and eaten up by mass-market fees"). I love games like Master of Orion II, Spaceward Ho! IV, and Imperium Galactica II, so I'm looking forward to Space Empires IV. This is very good news and a great addition to Shrapnel's expanding line-up.

Wendell

[Rambie]

A big thumbs up to MM and Shrapnel Games!

[Lerchey]

For those of you who haven't seen SE IV, I need to say one thing. I am one of the beta-testers and it ROCKS HARD! Much sweeter than SE III (which I love!), and much prettier. Loaded with cool new features too! I can't wait for the full release!

droooool

John

[jars_u]

PRE-ORDER THIS GAME NOW! Ok, so I downloaded the demo from one of the sites listed in this forum and although I have only gone through about 1/2 of the tutorial I am impressed. The menu/tech tree seems very extensive but overall very intuitive. I especially liked the possibilities that exist with the ship creation menu. Shrapnel should be taking some market share in the Space 4x genre from the impersonal publishers with this one. However, I am curious does anyone know why the info on the Shrapnel page says that a demo will not be available until 7 Aug? Is this a different demo then the one available from Maldafor (sp)? At any rate I can’t wait for the full Version, the graphics are very functional and more importantly I think the game play will be excellent, the multi-player possibilities making it even better.

[Lerchey]

While SE IV is pretty fun as a single person game, it's real value comes in as a PBEM game. You'll be able to do turn based (or realtime!!!) games with up to 20 players. And since so much of the game play is configurable, it's just tooooo cool.

So yeah, the multi-player and PBEM possibilities are what really makes SE IV shine.

John

[PvK]

quote:

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Originally posted by jars_u:
...However, I am curious does anyone know why the info on the Shrapnel page says that a demo will not be available until 7 Aug? ...

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I think there will be a newer demo Version.

PvK

[Grumbling Grognard]

Did SEIII have the simultanious turns for email play?

Also, any support for internet play planned or is it email only?

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The Grumbling Grognard