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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
October 27 2004 08:27 GMT
#1
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.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
October 27 2004 08:28 GMT
#2
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.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
Meat
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands3751 Posts
October 27 2004 08:32 GMT
#3
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
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LetMeBeWithYou
Profile Joined August 2004
Canada4254 Posts
October 27 2004 08:32 GMT
#4
actually =[ What is alpha centauri? lol never heard sorry
All Those beneath an angry star
XDawn
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
Canada4040 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-10-27 08:33:13
October 27 2004 08:32 GMT
#5
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?
Use it or lose it
pheered.user
Profile Joined March 2003
United States2603 Posts
October 27 2004 08:33 GMT
#6
i concur
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IDWIJNI-
Profile Joined February 2003
Mexico332 Posts
October 27 2004 08:34 GMT
#7
Then: WATCH THE MOVIE!
DanCboh
Profile Joined September 2003
United States36 Posts
October 27 2004 08:43 GMT
#8
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
Profile Joined July 2004
United States450 Posts
October 27 2004 08:44 GMT
#9
OMG BEST GAME EVER

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

I played this while everyone else jumped to starcraft =[
aka f(x)dx
nvnplatypus
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Netherlands1300 Posts
October 27 2004 09:50 GMT
#10
I played that game a ton, it's so hard on max difficulty
EAGER-beaver
Profile Joined March 2004
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.
Simon and Garfunkel rock my face off
mindspike
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
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

zerg/human - vancouver, canada
Cygnus
Profile Joined February 2004
United States853 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
Profile Joined July 2004
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 !
aka f(x)dx
haduken
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
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...
Rillanon.au
Fedaykin
Profile Joined February 2003
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
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
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.
Rillanon.au
ToKoreaWithLove
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
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
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gravity
Profile Joined March 2004
Australia2198 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-10-27 20:00:57
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
Profile Joined October 2004
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!
Someone banned me from TL. Hmm i must have really touched something that hurt him
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