I bet a lot of you have played this, very well made, game. Which I am currently playing, and yeah, it is great fun but it sometimes creeps me out completely.. And it like makes me feel uneasy..

I guess I've come to realize how gigantic a failure I'd be if I ever tried to lead anything.. I mean, it somehow made me doubt my ability to do things right.. I guess I'm too much of an idealist to play this game and not feel bad.

This probably sounds pretty confused and possibly dumb but the game has made me think a lot..

Still, great fun and really well made game but it's a bit dark - perhaps gothic and it has somehow made me uneasy.

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

October 27 2004 08:28 GMT

Okay reading this over this is probably the most confusing post I've made..
I'll see if I can fix it somehow in the morning, I don't seem to be able to put words to my thoughts.

Meat

Netherlands3751 Posts

October 27 2004 08:32 GMT

On October 27 2004 17:28 FrozenArbiter wrote:
Okay reading this over this is probably the most confusing post I've made..
I'll see if I can fix it somehow in the morning, I don't seem to be able to put words to my thoughts.

i thought you should have had enough practise with almost 10k posts

LetMeBeWithYou

Canada4254 Posts

October 27 2004 08:32 GMT

actually =[ What is alpha centauri? lol never heard sorry

XDawn

Canada4040 Posts

October 27 2004 08:32 GMT

I HAVE THIS BOOK! I tried to read it 2 years ago but I didn't understand crap because I didn't know the game, and now it is still unread haha =)

can you give me a demo link?

pheered.user

United States2603 Posts

October 27 2004 08:33 GMT

i concur

IDWIJNI-

Mexico332 Posts

October 27 2004 08:34 GMT

Then: WATCH THE MOVIE!

DanCboh

United States36 Posts

October 27 2004 08:43 GMT

ya i know what u mean frozen, i got my dusty version of alpha out and installed it, began my planetary quest to somehow be good at that game NOW. Well i still suck, still afriad to win! wahh that game is scary. seriously i hate this game and i am uninstalling it again.

koit

United States450 Posts

October 27 2004 08:44 GMT

OMG BEST GAME EVER

yeah, it used to freak me out too ^^;

I played this while everyone else jumped to starcraft =[

nvnplatypus

Netherlands1300 Posts

October 27 2004 09:50 GMT

#10

I played that game a ton, it's so hard on max difficulty

EAGER-beaver

Canada2799 Posts

October 27 2004 10:17 GMT

#11

I tried the demo years ago. Couldn't figure out how to do anything, couldn't be bothered to struggle past the steep learning curve. Keep in mind that that was my 1st sid mierer (sp?) game.

mindspike

Canada1902 Posts

October 27 2004 10:22 GMT

#12

games last too long to be played against humans
playing against the computer is not nearly as fun

Cygnus

United States847 Posts

October 27 2004 10:49 GMT

#13

i was into that game for a little while, I even made a few custom factions

thats really fun ^_^

koit

United States450 Posts

October 27 2004 10:51 GMT

#14

On October 27 2004 19:17 EAGER-beaver wrote:
I tried the demo years ago. Couldn't figure out how to do anything, couldn't be bothered to struggle past the steep learning curve. Keep in mind that that was my 1st sid mierer (sp?) game.

meier :D !

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

October 27 2004 18:01 GMT

#15

It's a great game, i have played all civilisation games. Its great fun but gets a bit repetitative after a few hours...

Fedaykin

Netherlands2003 Posts

October 27 2004 18:05 GMT

#16

Alpha Centauri confused me the first time I tried it... Takes a little to to get used to, when that's done --> great game

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

October 27 2004 18:22 GMT

#17

Whats really annoying is when ur faction grew too big and ur enemy is big as well. When u pass ur turn to the coms, it takes them forever to finish, so i have to wait like 5 mins before playing my turn again... stupid.. Its hideous when u are playing 8 factions and populate the entire map.

ToKoreaWithLove

Norway10161 Posts

October 27 2004 18:36 GMT

#18

I usually get enogh of game series after playing one game to death. civ 2 did it :o

gravity

Australia1988 Posts

October 27 2004 19:20 GMT

#19

SMAC is great, but it's buggy and the computer is retarded :/. Multiplayer is way more fun than against the computer, but it takes forever. I took part in an amazing 7-team play-by-email game earlier this year, and it was all the better since my team (Gaians) won a joint victory despite getting planet-bustered :D (we launched a few of our own ^_^).

edit: and the tech-quotes in this game are really cool and well done.

KontraBanned

Portugal10 Posts

October 27 2004 19:53 GMT

#20

I like this game a lot, even nowdays i still play sometimes.

For me its far superior to civilization II. I think the tech concepts, the facions and the map are so inovative. Specialy the tech concepts are amazing, who came up with that stuff??
I like the terraforming a lot, usually i make a lot of raise terrain to get room for more bases, since i dont like sea bases.

In the transcend dificulty its hard, i can only win all the times with Peacekeepers and Gaians. With University not always, and the others dont really know, since i am a mix of perfectionist and expansionist, im not really a full militarist unlesse my oponents start very close to me right in the start. I think the morganities are very low ballanced. Usually i like playing with university cause its really boring to start having riots so soon (2, 3 or 4 pop) in transcend dificulty.

Btw, if someone wants to make a game add me msn: kontra@iol.pt and we'll play sometime!