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#3425481 - 11/04/11 06:04 AM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
Bongokid Member Registered: 02/21/05 Posts: 130 Loc: Canada	Please do provide some impressions FearlessFrog, I was a little overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of Distant Worlds (it seems that the extension rendered it a little more beginner friendly though), and SOTS2 looks as it could have a little less steep leaning curve. On the other hand, Star Ruler also looks good and it might be the right game to play waiting for SOTS2 to be put in proper shape. Clydewinder : did you play star ruler in single player ? (it seems to be focused on multiplayer, which is not always good for the 1 player experience) Cheers Bongokid
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#3425501 - 11/04/11 06:23 AM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: Bongokid]
Clydewinder Mach 2 Infrared Orangutan Senior Member Registered: 10/09/00 Posts: 3196 Loc: New Berlin, WI United States	Originally Posted By: Bongokid Please do provide some impressions FearlessFrog, I was a little overwhelmed by the sheer complexity of Distant Worlds (it seems that the extension rendered it a little more beginner friendly though), and SOTS2 looks as it could have a little less steep leaning curve. On the other hand, Star Ruler also looks good and it might be the right game to play waiting for SOTS2 to be put in proper shape. Clydewinder : did you play star ruler in single player ? (it seems to be focused on multiplayer, which is not always good for the 1 player experience) Cheers Bongokid I've done only single player so far. I believe the multiplayer game is exactly the same mechanics ( human players take over the empires that the AI would run ) _________________________ "Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions." -Friedman "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." -Rand
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#3427655 - 11/06/11 12:34 PM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
bekro Junior Member Registered: 09/06/11 Posts: 13	The game is really buggy at the moment, but they released 3 patches last week and the game has improved a lot. However, it still badly needs new patches. I really like changes they made to game, there is a much more strategic sense now.For my opinion game play is deeper than SOTS1.
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#3427672 - 11/06/11 12:47 PM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: bekro]
FearlessFrog World of Forums MMO NPC Senior Member Registered: 01/08/09 Posts: 3720 Loc: Vancouver, BC	Originally Posted By: bekro The game is really buggy at the moment, but they released 3 patches last week and the game has improved a lot. However, it still badly needs new patches. I really like changes they made to game, there is a much more strategic sense now.For my opinion game play is deeper than SOTS1. Yep, thanks. My Steam is updating now, which is good. I couldn't even run the game initially until I shut down Steam, found the SoTII executable and ran it with Admin permissions under Win 7 x64. Not a great start _________________________ 'Throwing stones irrespective of the building's structure being glass or not is considered bad.'
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#3427691 - 11/06/11 01:17 PM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
FearlessFrog World of Forums MMO NPC Senior Member Registered: 01/08/09 Posts: 3720 Loc: Vancouver, BC	I posted some screenshots here for anyone curious about the game: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3427688.html#Post3427688 _________________________ 'Throwing stones irrespective of the building's structure being glass or not is considered bad.'
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#3427747 - 11/06/11 02:10 PM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
FearlessFrog World of Forums MMO NPC Senior Member Registered: 01/08/09 Posts: 3720 Loc: Vancouver, BC	The in-game help is really primitive. For getting going this seems like a pretty good initial resource: http://sotsii.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorials _________________________ 'Throwing stones irrespective of the building's structure being glass or not is considered bad.'
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#3428155 - 11/07/11 04:35 AM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
bekro Junior Member Registered: 09/06/11 Posts: 13	Originally Posted By: FearlessFrog Originally Posted By: bekro The game is really buggy at the moment, but they released 3 patches last week and the game has improved a lot. However, it still badly needs new patches. I really like changes they made to game, there is a much more strategic sense now.For my opinion game play is deeper than SOTS1. Yep, thanks. My Steam is updating now, which is good. I couldn't even run the game initially until I shut down Steam, found the SoTII executable and ran it with Admin permissions under Win 7 x64. Not a great start You are lucky that you didnt buy the game on the release . Literally,the game had crashed 30 times in 60 turns:),but it is much more stable now. There are still much to go. The game is complicated and definitly not user friendly so I believe SOTS2 Wiki is the best place to start.
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#3428199 - 11/07/11 05:59 AM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
EAF331 MadDog XBL: LanceHawkins Senior Member Registered: 12/07/99 Posts: 3850 Loc: Oslo, Norway	Originally Posted By: FearlessFrog The in-game help is really primitive. For getting going this seems like a pretty good initial resource: http://sotsii.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorials I saw some mention that tutorials will be released in a later patch.
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#3430397 - 11/09/11 03:52 PM Re: Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Re: FearlessFrog]
Hellfish6 Member Registered: 08/12/05 Posts: 200	I would love a Space 4X game that involves no aliens, rather, human nation-states competing against each other in a race for the stars.
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