Bonegavel
03-15-2003, 12:53 PM
After picking up my daughter last night from the in-laws, I stopped at the local Best Buy and picked up MOO3. I was going to wait to buy MOO3, but Galactic Civilizations is still too many days away and Starships Unlimited (purchased a few weeks ago) has proven to be a bust. I installed it this morning, played it for about 2 hours, and have a few first impressions:
1) I love the interface. I have read many complaints about it, but I like it. I am having a little bit of a blurry-font problem, but that is all and is probably an XP issue.
2) The graphics are perfect. They are basic, and that is all I need. I've read a lot of knocks against the graphics, but if you want graphics for a space-game, play Freelancer.
3) The galaxay map is nice. It is 3D-rotatable and you can zoom in and out with the scroll-wheel.
4) The game needs a tutorial. For 2 hours I have been reading and closing a lot of little "Master" boxes, but they in no way help one accomplish anything.
5) There is a lot to this game, however, as you may have heard, your viceroy takes care of everything. While this may be good at first, I personally like to dig in and take over, at least the things that interest me. The viceroys seems to ignore the player.
If they can add a tutorial and make it so that my decisions are used by the viceroys, I think this game will be all that we had hoped it would.
If you are looking simply to jump right in and enjoy playing a 4x space game, you aren't going to find it here as the learning curve looks pretty steep. I do, however, think that the core is in place and is only a few patches away from being the best 4x game to date. Let's hope Quicksilver doesn't let us down.
1) I love the interface. I have read many complaints about it, but I like it. I am having a little bit of a blurry-font problem, but that is all and is probably an XP issue.
2) The graphics are perfect. They are basic, and that is all I need. I've read a lot of knocks against the graphics, but if you want graphics for a space-game, play Freelancer.
3) The galaxay map is nice. It is 3D-rotatable and you can zoom in and out with the scroll-wheel.
4) The game needs a tutorial. For 2 hours I have been reading and closing a lot of little "Master" boxes, but they in no way help one accomplish anything.
5) There is a lot to this game, however, as you may have heard, your viceroy takes care of everything. While this may be good at first, I personally like to dig in and take over, at least the things that interest me. The viceroys seems to ignore the player.
If they can add a tutorial and make it so that my decisions are used by the viceroys, I think this game will be all that we had hoped it would.
If you are looking simply to jump right in and enjoy playing a 4x space game, you aren't going to find it here as the learning curve looks pretty steep. I do, however, think that the core is in place and is only a few patches away from being the best 4x game to date. Let's hope Quicksilver doesn't let us down.