The Master of Orion reboot got an update. Anybody playing it? The only time /v/ cared about it was when people lusted over the cat girl, but now we have the bug queen. We also have the evil humans and robots now.
This is why I never post on /v/. The board is fast and nobody ever cares about the games I post about.
Anyway, they missed an opportunity with the robot advisor. Should have been a cute robot girl, but it's some stupid floating ball.
>>332032169
bump
Isn't she delightful?
>>332032169
I am looking forward to it, but i wont buy it yet, sadly
Hyped about it tho
>>332032169
Ive seen some videos of it. I have to say all these 4x games look and play the same. You can list them all and they are all just the same shit. I got burnt out on the genre when i realized none of the were going to do anything meaningfully different.
>>332032169
I see a "custom race" option down there. How does that work?
I'll pirate this sometime but I'm too busy playing other games now.
>>332032169
Is that a vagina down there?
>>332033762
If it's like every other space 4x, you pick a faction to look like and then assign it traits and stats.
So basically you could be the bug people, but have them play exactly like the bear people.
>>332034091
Oh.
That doesn't sound as neat as what I pictured in my head.
>>332032863
>The board is fast and nobody ever cares about the games I post about.
I want to care, but I''m pretty sure the reboot isn't as good as the original
Never played the original Masters of Orion. What's it like?
>>332033582
Eh, Stardock's efforts prior to GalCiv III were generally fresh enough to rekindle my interest (barring Elemental's initial release) Elemental and its brood had engaging city building mechanics, and GalCiv II had phenomenal AI.
>>332034763
Stardock historically has been my favorite. In fact GalCiv2 is my favortie 4x of all times. But I feel like since that era nothing has changed and these games are all banking on the fact that you enjoyed their predecessors 10 years ago.shame about galactic civilization 3
>>332034441
4x in space. I love MOO1 but MOO2 is a masterpiece.
>>332032863
Ayy lmao, I'm accostumed to that I'm a NEET and always make threads about those unpopular PC games you see on steam and I get called a shill or get 1 or 2 pity replies.
>>332034960
>shame about galactic civilization 3
wut
>>332034960
Pretty much. Civ finally got around to doing some interesting stuff with BNW and BE, but never wholeheartedly or extensively enough to really matter. Disappointed they eschewed bringing back corporations. 4X never does enough as far as economic subjugation is concerned.
>>332032169
thanks for the heads up, I played it on release but I got a bug that didn't let me pass the turn and I didn't had saved since a war started and didn't feel like playing again.
I really want to play Meklar.
>>332035209
Its hot garbage. They spent all the efforts trying to get the new hex system to work except it was fine how it was before.
>>332035348
They same thing could indeed be said about the civ series. look at beyond earth it was like but me cause I'm based on a game you loved years ago but it was just a mediocre civ 5. There something wrong with the whole genre I feel.
>early access
into the trash it goes
All 4X is just Total War with half the gameplay and half the strategy.
>>332032169
I tried making a thread a few weeks ago when this came out but couldn't find anyone to talk to.
How is it? Is it good standard space 4x? Anything noteworthy and different? Is the polish good?
>One advisor model instead of 3 models for Scientist, Soldier and Spy
BLUNDER OF THE CENTURY
>>332032169
4x is kindof a strange genre these days, especially space 4x. It seems like for a long time nobody was making any of these games, and so you had to either play gal civ, endless space, sword of the stars, or a much older game. And they are all essentially the same goddamned game.
But recently there have been a ton of indie games tweaking the design parameters. They incorporate a neat twist into the mechanics to see if it will work well. Unfortunately, since these are tiny indie studios, the games come out unbalanced and unpolished. Stardrive comes to mind as one of the more successful of this type of game. I recently was excited about Predestination, where planet colonization plays a role, but everything just looks like it was made in flash, and I can't play it.
I am excited for endless space 2 however. Those guys at least know how to make a standard 4x look good.
>>332035595
Thats its only problem?
>>332032169
>The Master of Orion reboot
Hold the fucking phone
How does it compare to moo2?
>>332036903
>compare to MoO2
C'mon senpai you know the answer.
Does it have unique tech and FTL travel like SotS?
>>332036903
They share a lot of mechanics but they fucked up somewhere along the road. Maybe with the annoying starlanes or the real time combat? I don't know yet, something feels really off.
I thought this game would save /4xcivg/...
>>332036903
>>332037336
How does it compare to anything? There's only a handful of reviews of this game, none from anybody who sounds like they know what they're talking about.
>>332037518
>I thought this game would save /4xcivg/...
I thought Gal Civ 3 would
>>332032169
Is this gamefun?
>>332037518
>literally more 4X games being made / more attention on 4X games than ever before
>needs saving
>>332037747No.But seriously,______no_____________.
I have a feeling Stellaris is going to be better.
>>332038038
>modern Paradox
Bold.
>>332036461
Sometimes I want to play those indie games but learning all the mechanics again turn me off.
Last game I tried to play was Polaris Sector, but only read the races backgrounds and that's it. They had some space Koalas in that game
>>332037951
The genre is fine, the problem is the ever dying general.
>>332038038
That enslave button arouses me.
>>332038184
>Drop Bear faction
Fuck me, that's horrifying.
>>332038184
>the problem is the ever dying general.
well gee whizz if you guys didn't shitpost so much you think it would be better?
>>332038184
>There are three Human genders
>The third is strictly for pleasure
Future humanity made futa real.
>>332036575
It does nothing to improve on II
>>332038406
Drop bears are a myth you fuck.
>>332038807
Spoken like someone that's never seen one.
But how does it actually play?
How good of a 4x is it? I loved MoO 2 and its one of my favorite games, but I haven't heard a peep about the gameplay. This reboot and the star control reboot are two I am deeply curious on.
>>332038861
Just because I'm missing my left eye doesn't make them real.
>>332038807
Who did you kill to get that computer you fuzzy bastard?
>>332038906
From what I've seen it is very nice graphically but the battles need work and the AI needs a lot of work.
>>332038184
>Logans
Poor bastards.
>>332038694
I rather they just brought over II to a new engine which they did for the most part apart from fucking up the hex system
>>332032169
>he didnt wait for stelaris
>>332038807
they can't be a myth I bought some drop bear repellant from a friendly Auroran merchant
>>332038906
The combustible limit is gone so you can go anywhere, the limitant is now the starlanes which limit you where you can go, sometimes trapping you in some corner of the galaxy.
You can build defenses on starlanes, combat is real time and the only thing I can do is holding back the weaker vessels a bit so the bigger ones can tank, otherwise they will kamikase and blow up in seconds.
There are no commanders or whatever they were called. The ship customization and most game mechanics are basically the same. I thought they added colors but the options look super similar. They are using only MOO1 races so far.
I wonder if they added espionage already. I haven't played the latest version yet
>>332032169
>two separate human entries
No sir, I don't like it.
We could've had balling xeno fish people or space Jews, and they make evil humans?
I was continuing my cataloging of Mrrshan endings but the game glitched out with the technological victory they just added. I "won". The narrator spoke the new line for the ending, but the victory screen shows the humans winning so I was unable to take a screenshot.
I'm hoping they eventually add more to the endings, but I think this is pretty par for the course when it comes to these games.
>>332041310
Mrrshan are still the best. Cute cat girl empress. Cute cat girl advisor.
>>332041398
>>332041310
>spend 20+ hours dominating the galaxy
>get two sentence victory text bubble
every fucking time ...
It's extremely early access. Missing things like leaders, freighters, traits, and the combat is a clusterfuck with no fine control. The tech tree is civ-like with only a few A and B choices to make. The diplomacy is not really there either.
>>332041680
Didn't Civilization V have endings like that?
>>332041814
Yup, and they sucked just as much.
>>332041680
It's the journey, not the destination.
>>332041680
Call To Power had atleast some nice ending cutscenes.
>>332032169
Space parasites when?
>>332032169
Started a game of it earlier but it still doesn't feel worth playing. I kept thinking about how much I'd rather play Endless Space or SotS1 instead. I get the feeling that they blew all their money on voice actors instead of nerds who can make a good videogame.
I do hope it'll git gud though, since MoO1 and 2 lasted me a good long while. Been a long-ass time since I played either of them so I'm considering firing them up again to see how well they really stack against ES/SotS.Fingers crossed for Stellaris though. Going to preorder that shit and hope for the best much like MoO.
>>332041680
Every fucking time. I just want a nice video, a cheesy FMV or at least a power point.
>>332042190
If Stellaris had the civilian sector aspect of Distant Worlds it would literally be perfect.
>>332042828
Is thiso-okay ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQVoBTUqTX4
>>332042190
I found endless space to be boring, very pretty UI though.
My favorites are sots and distant worlds so far.
Such a damn shame sots 2 had so much potential.
>>332034960
I won't buy a Stardock product until they release a sequel to Sins of a Solar Empire.
GalCiv3 would have been worth getting if they didn't try to reinvent the wheel with it and just built on what 2 already offered.
>>332043559
SotS is my all time favourite. Stellaris looks like it's borrowing some stuff from it which is good. Like the random encounters/events and pseudo-random techtree.
who /aurora/ here though
>>332041778
So it's shit.
Thanks, that's what I wanted to know
>>332043301
Eh. I can kind of understand why it doesn't. I haven't been following it super heavily, but I get the impression it's more abstracted than Distant Worlds and more "Big picture" even though Distant Worlds can have far larger space empires romping around.
My main concerns with Stellaris are if it has enough fluff/flavor/personality to drive the game. Apart from Crusader Kings, I always kinda feel like that's a weak point for Paradox's strategy games. EU4's an enjoyable map painter but you don't get as much dynamic story out of it, and you'll arguably lose even that with Stellaris because you won't have history providing you a framework for "Yeah France conquered Italy that's cool!". "Mammal - Medium - 6 conquered and enslaved Mushroom - Large - 3" doesn't have the same ring to it.
>>332043559
Endless Space is a bit boring gameplay-wise. They've got some really enjoyable fluff (Especially how it ties in to all their games) but it doesn't really impact the gameplay as much as it should. The main thing I enjoy about playing ES is it's about the most relaxing game ever. Great UI sounds, great UI look, awesome laid back music that changes depending on what screen you're on. The gameplay is just alright (Endless Legend is a lot better, hoping ES2 is a similar upgrade) but the experience of playing it is really nice. It's also why I only play it once in a blue moon though.
And yeah, it's a shame SotS2 shit the bed so hard. They had some cool ideas in it but even after their attempts to patch it mechanically it's still clunky and janky compared to SotS1
>>332043937
/civ4xg/ dies but the memes live on. I miss you thread. Your minimal shitposting, your genuine discussion, your lack of anime and waifu posters. You were too good for this webpage.
>>332041680
And this is why I only play Paradox games anymore.
>that ending scroll where it lists all of your major battles and marriages in CKII
>>332044264
>Aurora got discussed in /civ4xg/
Damn it all, I missed out.
>>332044264
Will we ever come back to the promised general?
>>332043878
Yeah keeping a close eye on it.
Hopefully there are extensive customization options.
Sots 2 was very lacking in that regard, couldn't fiddle with map parameters or play scenarios.
The mission system became a mastive clusterfuck once your empire became too large and you had so many ships to manage. At some point it took a minute to process the next turn which was frustrating as all hell.
I enjoyed the combat far more in sots2 though it looked much better visually as well. There were some nice elements with diplomacy and politics. Too bad the AI was too dumb to make use of intelligence and counter intelligence.
Distant worlds had more diplomacy options and much larger scale, was a nice change of pace having everything going on in realtime, but the combat just wasn't anywhere near as satisfying.
Empire management and diplomacy was 100 times better in distant worlds though.
I'd love a more entertaining version of distant world with a more fun randomized research tree with a larger variety of drive tech and weaponry, better visuals and effects, more in depth combat while retaining everything that was so good about it even if the scale had to suffer a fair bit.
I tried stardrive but that just didn't cut it for me, star drive 2 had some interesting mechanics but didn't cut it for me either.
I tried emulating Moo2 on DOSbox to see what all the fuss was about and it was surprisingly entertaining for an ancient relic of the past.
>>332044832
>Anime
>>332044962
Weeb mods are the reason why I still play Civ 5. that and the Rhodesia mod.
>>332044949
It was the mission system that killed SotS 2 for me. So fucking obtuse compared to the simple control scheme of SotS 1. It didn't even add that much depth, just made everything much more complicated and restricted your options.
I remember asking the lead dev on the forums before they banned me about it. He said that he didn't want to make the same game again and didn't like the early tanker swarm exploration of SotS 1. Such a faggot.
>>332045106
Doing better'n me then. Have been playing fuck-all 4x lately other than checking out MoO and waiting for Stellaris. Really should go back to EL too since I haven't played much since Guardians was added and haven't even played with Shadows yet, but just haven't been in the mood. Been getting my jollies from party-based RPGs and tacticool games like Xcom 2 and Bedlam lately.
>>332045295
I even theoretically would like the mission system if it wasn't so goddamn retarded. If you want to send something off exploring, you shouldn't have to re-base the fucker on your frontier, you should be able to say "GO MAKE EXPLORE" and he'll be smart enough to gas up on the border.
I didn't play SotS 2 at all because the mods turned batshit insane
I'll keep my SOTS 1 memories intact thank you very much
>>332046130
sots 2 has mods? where?
>>332046130
:mods
sorry, I ment developers
Distant worlds gave me a feeling of wanderlust when playing it for the first time, I love starting with a single planet at the lowest tech level and build my space empire from scratch.
>>332045106
Weebs are the cancer that kills all discussion in a thread. They invariably turn it into nothing but waifufaggotry and shitposting due to being a bunch of faggots.
>>332044264
>jew edit already posted
perfect
>>332047042
I generally keep my weeb stuff to mod recommendations and the occasional reaction image.
Last thing I want was to be like that faggot from /kfg/
>>332032169
>Evil human faction leader is voiced by Freddy fucking Krueger
I grew up with MoO3, but this is so dumbed down I might as well just go find a torrent of the old game.
>>332047253
>>332047253
That's fine and all but weeaboos really are cancer on every general they are in, regardless of how good the games in question are.
>>332046130
Autism doesn't even begin to describe it. For anyone wondering the devs were booty blasted that people didn't like their turd of a game and the stupid fleet system and all the other crap they changed and would get mad as fuck and refused to change their "vision." Stuff like they're making the game for themselves and then wondering why they're poor and it flopped.
>>332035769
You sounds like one of those dumbos who think grand strat games need micromanaged battles
>>332032169
>Human
>Terran
What is this wizardry?
>>332048570
The race so nice they made it twice.
>>332032169
Where are the telepathic space elves?
>>332048570
We Star Trek Online now.
>>332047972
Without any kind of battles or actually strategy they're brainless MS Paint simulators
>>332036459
post about it on forums, devs kinda care
>>332050584
>Master of Orion, by Pepes for Pepes
>>332032169
>
>>332048570
born offworld
>>332032169
Damn this looks so good, wut gaem ?
>>332052960
Anon, pls.
>>332052960
...u serious?
Oh shit, that's Worf doing the race descriptions.
>>332032169
Dat abdomen.
>>332043448
CtP overall had great FMVs.
It also highlights no cinematics for wonders as problem we have since long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPuU8Pq9D3Q&list=PL1F686C38C8CD0F11&index=15
>>332048570
Player designed race?
Maybe there will be all the archetypes with more slight variations?
>>332040102
>The combustible limit is gone so you can go anywhere, the limitant is now the starlanes which limit you where you can go, sometimes trapping you in some corner of the galaxy.
Fuck this and fuck wargaming.
>combat is real time and the only thing I can do is holding back the weaker vessels a bit so the bigger ones can tank, otherwise they will kamikase and blow up in seconds.
fuck wargaming in the ass. also, "kamikaZe".
>There are no commanders or whatever they were called.
Leaders.
With a rusty chainsaw.
