Space Empires V or ridiculous lawsuits? What is the connection?

przy · #1 May 21st, 2003, 04:54 PM

Sorry if this has been answered already. I did a search and could not seem to find a difinitive answer. Maybe I did not search hard enough, I don't know, but I just recently read at the wargamer.com's website and it had an article with the 2003 announced games and in it is Space Empires V. Is this true? Thanks for any replies.

[ May 30, 2003, 19:30: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

geoschmo · #2 May 21st, 2003, 04:58 PM

I don't think SEV will be ready this year. The next game in development is Starfury. They might be getting that confused with SEV.

Geoschmo

Chauron · #3 May 21st, 2003, 05:28 PM

I have heard alot of ppl refer to Starfury as SE5...

przy · #4 May 21st, 2003, 05:46 PM

Actually the article said both Starfury and SEV. Odd

dogscoff · #5 May 21st, 2003, 05:56 PM

Stafury and SEV are two seperate products, although they are related and (apparently) will share quite a bit of code. starfury is in Beta right now, and we all assume it will be released before seV.

If you're worried about how much life is left in SEIV, the answer is plenty. I doubt SEV will be out for another year or two, and even when it is some ppl will probably stick with the current Version. Hell, I bet you could still find a few ppl out there still playing seIII...

klausD · #6 May 21st, 2003, 06:18 PM

I play SE3 often. SE3 is really good. I like the construction queus and the unit management. I never found an advantage in constructing fighters, troopers or mines in SE4 instead of just having a handy all-in-one unit.

PvK · #7 May 21st, 2003, 08:44 PM

SE3 does have several nice features over SE4, but vice versa too. Collect them all.

As for The Wargamer's news item, it comes from a Shrapnel press release, and mentions both Star Fury and SE5:

Quote:

Up next is the Space Empires franchise, which will see two new editions to its family. Developer Aaron Hall will once again release a set of 4X computer strategy space games, the first being Space Empires: Starfury and the second being Space Empires V. Space Empires V will be the full sequel to Space Empires IV (review), but will not be released until late 2003. In the meantime, Malfador Machinations will release the narrower-focused Space Empires: Starfury which instead of focusing on the entire world of galaxies will focus on the player taking a role as a lone starship captain.

PvK

[ May 21, 2003, 19:45: Message edited by: PvK ]

minipol · #8 May 22nd, 2003, 08:35 PM

Hmm, Aaron commented on this forum a while bak on the expected release date of SEV and he said 2004.
I'm sure if you search the forum you could find that message.

mottlee · #9 May 22nd, 2003, 08:38 PM

I liked in the constructon Q in SE3, you can move build projects around if you had more than one SY in a sector and not lose anything in doing so (other than speed on some) and I too have SE3 SE4 SE4G

[ May 22, 2003, 19:39: Message edited by: mottlee ]

Erax · #10 May 26th, 2003, 03:43 PM

Actually, I think part X (and XI and XII and XIII) will sell a lot. But some of the people who buy them may be disappointed.