Has anyone here played a game called Solar war? It is a one man indie title that is quite crude in some aspects but has some very intriguing and well thought out mechanics. On the Strategic level it is RTS but at the tactical TBS. This game offers a good example and execution of the less but more important ships concept as well as some other goodies such as ship design and promotable crew. For anyone interested there is also a good free demo of this game offered by the Dev. Do not consider this a plug for the game by the way, I bring it up because it has some interesting concepts that could apply to Project Space Sector with only minor modifications. So if you want, just Google it and give it a shot. (P.S. make sure you type Solar War and not Solar wars as the second is an entirely different animal) Edit Adam Solo reviewed this game during alpha, the review is here
I have never tried Solar War, but when I checked out Adam Solo's review (with its link to the game on Desura)... I made the unpleasant discovery that Desura has been assimilated by OnePlay, which doesn't even seem to have Solar War. Luckily, it's on Steam now.
It's crude in many areas but if you try the demo you can get a feel for the particular devs ideas on designing ships. Didn't use Desura, (ever), The demo is available on Gamersgate and direct from the dev too. Either way, it's a pretty substantial demo and represents some innovations and ideas very well. Some of these ideas could be a good fit in TBS 4x games as they are. With a little creativity and some adjustments, these ideas could deliver even better immersion, fit in well and not be a headache to implement. P.S. Dig the avatar!
I play currently Panzer Corps (Battlefield Europe mod), WH40k Armageddon, Blood Bowl (Computer and Board), Tank Battle 1944 (Hexgames) and Battle for Normandy (Wargame from GMT).
I wish I could enjoy Civilization VI, I really do. I think I'm going to have to wait for the first major expansion to give it another go though. I suppose if I hear the AI has been significantly overhauled I might be compelled to return to it sooner. Recently I've been engaging in quite a bit of Total War: Warhammer. I've actually been playing co-op for the first time since my son now owns the game. It runs surprisingly well on his older PC even at high quality settings. With the very recent release of perhaps the last large DLC (free in this case), I expect to spend quite a bit more time with it. The beauty of the game though is that the next full release in the series will be both a standalone game and "plug-in" to the existing game. In that way the campaign map will get even larger and the number of factions vying for power will only increase. Aside from that, I'm also planning to play Zelda: Breath of the Wild when the Nintendo Switch releases at the end of this week. That is assuming my pre-order turns up as I expect. It's my first console since the Wii, and Zelda and the optional portability of the system itself is what drew me to it. Next month, Stellaris: Utopia is definitely going to eat away at much of my free time. Other titles will also find their way into my schedule over the next month I suspect. Battle Brothers is for sure one I want to spend more time with once it officially releases.
I couldn't take it anymore, Being on this forum and discussing 4X games to this degree made me fire up a game of Imperium Galactica2. I have the original CDs but Just noticed a version is now available at GOG for download. I went ahead and bought that version as insurance and I see that all the cut-scenes are missing, It's a shame but the game is about 1.5 GB lighter as result. Considering that IG2 was released just a few short years after Moo2 all I can say is wow! IG2 looks like it was developed at least a decade later. Bear in mind folks, IG2 is RTS. It is also quite possibly the best execution of RTS in game that I have ever seen. The battles are also RTS but you can pause and give orders to each individual ship or to a group of ships, this is not "herding cats" as some posters have so eloquently described RTS combat. So many years later and just like Moo2, this game is classic.
This year so far I alternate between playing WoW and testing Project Space Sector, while also playing Forge of Empires
League of Legends for myself. Stellaris: Utopia Factorio. If people actually wants to play Factorio with me that could be fun ;p (you can hit me up on private message. Oh and I'm gonna play Mass Effect: Andromeda. Hopefully it's not as bad as the reviews portray it.
Recently I got the urge for more of a fight, at least more than what is normally found in 4xs, so I fired up AACW, luckily I have multiple versions and can play one before the AI was hamstrung by community feedback. I love the time period from a military point of view and read Hardee's rifle and infantry tactics from that era when I was young. This game could have been far more enjoyable if the devs had actually programmed the AI to take advantage of the inherent strengths and weaknesses of the opposing sides, but it is still quite enjoyable, dare I say truly hard core. So between posts, I'm killing Yankees at a rate that would have made old Bobby Lee proud.
Yes Baron Hanzo, are you familiar with it? Very satisfying game, very complex. Not 4x, more of a strategy tittle.
I have it but I have never played it - I know the whole AGEOD series and I have played for a while "Birth of America" against a friend of mine
I h I have Birth of America as well Baron. In a way, even though it depicts a later and more complex era, civil war is easier. Primarily this is because you can take those regiments and brigades to merge them into divisions and eventually corps. It is a magnificent game Baron but also very demanding, if there is anything specific you wish to know about civil war (both the war and the game) just PM me, I will gladly try and answer.
It's been a bit so time for an update from me. Interstellar Space: Genesis is obviously always somewhere in my playlist. It's the only space 4X I'm currently playing. Maybe I'll give Stellaris another whirl at some point too, but I felt a bit cool on it last time I played. Total War: Warhammer has the Norsca DLC, a free content drop, and a pretty significant patch also adding content this week. I will therefore be playing a fair bit of that in the very near future. It's my favorite fantasy strategy game at the moment, and with the amount of content being added over the next several years to it, I can foresee it being my go to in that genre for a long time to come. I'm going to be picking up Agents of Mayhem (releases next week) due to my enjoyment of Saints Row IV. I rarely play 3rd person games like this, but I do enjoy them on occasion. I suspect this one doesn't cross over much with the general 4X crowd, but I've always bit a bit of an omnigamer due to my exposure to both computers and consoles at a young age. Later this month, I'm getting Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for my Nintendo Switch. This one is also a bit of a non-standard choice for 4X fans, but crosses over a little more with the PC strategy crowd since it is very similar in many ways to the latest XCOM series. Grim Dawn is an ARPG I am awaiting an expansion for before diving in again. Hopefully it will release later this year.
