Any One Still Playing This Game?

[Captain Kwok]

I'd like to know who these alleged posters are because after frequenting both sites for a year, I have no clue who you might be referring to.

[Gandalf Parker]

Hey guys, dont knock it. If another does it then I might be able to post here.

[Xrati]

Isn't a simpler explanation just that some people would prefer to use the official game forums?

Good point Fyron, but remember old habits die-hard.
It is hard to find anyone these days that has any loyalities to anything! It’s all about “What have you done for me lately” and a very quickly changing world that some people feel they will miss something if they don’t have the latest and greatest.
I still come here quite a lot and read, sometimes I even post! I enjoy being one of those who still come here and contribute.

[Intimidator]

Yep, still playing almost every day.

(cant't play SEV for long, getting bored and iritaded within 30 turns)

[Suicide Junkie]

GP:
Heh, you seem to be posting here just fine

The official 'official' forums do have drawbacks.
The unofficial 'official' forums do have benefits.

We just need to keep it realistic.

[Gandalf Parker]

I meant post real questions.

[Xrati]

The support for this site still continues. I think the new site can safely say that it received its roots here. As far as SE4 vs SE5 goes, it's a matter of personal preference! I don’t feel that it was made as “User Friendly” as it should have been. The ability to incorporate some of the work done here to the mods was good, but not without loss of some really good work. While change is supposed to be good, the ability to import more of the work done on SE4 would have made some sense, as it was one of the main reasons that people still played this game for so many years without a re-release of it.

[Atrocities]

SE IV - fun but limited by its graphics.
SE V - fun but limited by its user interface. (not the graphics, the system itself)

The games are very similar in game play but just different enough to be consider different games.

[Suicide Junkie]

IMO, SE4's graphics are superior.
They are only as big as they need to be, don't block your view, and everything is always perfectly legible.

Snappy and responsive too, since the screen only has to be drawn once instead of continuously.

SE5's pictures are bigger and prettier, and the 3D models are nice, but they don't help gameplay at all, and often make it hard to see and read things.
Oh, how I long for 2D text overlays whenever I look at the system or combat views.

[Atrocities]

I really would like to see se iv update to use 3d images for top down views in combat and system movement. The images could then be scaled to size, and wouldn't look all fuzzy when they are displayed at an angle.

Having the planets rotating in seiv and six to 9 size stars would be awesome. And ring and sphere worlds that take up 9 to 16 sectors. AWESOME.