General Impressions |
I've had SE5 up and running for a week. After a few stumbles and a little bit of a learning curve, I can see why the game has so many fans.
A few gripes:
All the neat stuff you use when you design your ships not to mention the time it takes, and you never get to see any of it in action.
Planet size. Description of the planet says HUGE and you end up with 5000 facility space. When it says SMALL you end up with 10,000 or more. I realize that size is probabley controlled with a random number generator (die roll), but...
The in-game help is a joke (as is the book that comes with the game) and more trouble than it's worth. Tells you everything about fleets except HOW to make one. Or, MESSAGES. I ran across the Treaty screen once, but haven't been able to find it since.
All in all, I don't think I wasted my money buying SE5
and that is the bottom line.
The Fangman
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Fangman, if you really want to be impressed I suggest you use the Balance Mod for future games. The AI is deadly in the recently released version (1.15).
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If you are interested in Multiplayer then you can join a game at Play By Web
Once you join a game you need only download the turn, do it, then upload your turn.
Since I directed you there I hope you won't mind if I suggest 2 games I am in which are gathering players
Long Epic Struggle, for the skilled of mind
Proportions 1.1 Test Game
They are using different mods though. I don't know if you're interested in trying other stuff, or if you really want to bother with multiplayer so soon.
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or a play by email game so u dont get raped immediatly on pbw. lol. im usualy free for them if you PM me.
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Nope, no randomness at all. That huge planet of yours will be domed (ie your population can't breathe the atmosphere).