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[Sinke]

Dang, Aristharus!

Now I need to play it again!

[Aristharus]

Uhh... now I'm confused. What did I do now? Or what did I really do last time?

If describing the gameplay as pressing the End Turn button over and over again until something (bad?) happens made you want to play it that much, go ahead.

[Sinke]

Well many people do so in their life. Don't doing anything but pushing the button somewhere until something happens.

MOO3 is a metaphor of life! It is the art!

And I didn't have to eat all those mushrooms yesterday!

[Stroggy]

Well I wanted to install Master of Orion 2 again, but somewhere along the line I ended up installing Star Control II... which I just can't stop playing... not that I'm making much progress.

[Sinke]

Well, in case of Star Control II, I think it is reasonable. Altough if you played MOO2, it would be the other way around.

[DakaSha]

actually you can micromanage in moo3 and it DOES do something. you just have to know how to get past the *bovine droppings* interface

[Stroggy]

Sinke, on Jun 28 2006, 06:01 PM, said:

Well, in case of Star Control II, I think it is reasonable. Altough if you played MOO2, it would be the other way around.

Personally I think MOO2 has aged harden than Star Control II, which is quite strange as MOO2 is from 1996, whereas SCII is from 1992 (or 1991?)
I know I'm kind of comparing apples with oranges, but I think the fact that SC II is more colourfull than MOO2 is the reason that SC2 appears to be somewhat... younger.
When I think MOO2 I think grey aliens, dark interface, dark green letters.
SC2, on the other hand, brings up slightly more whacky images (such as space-commander Fwiffo)

Ah well, I shall just go and try MOO2 out again, I've never played that game as I should have.

[Sinke]

Well generally, the remake UrQuan Masters are probably the best freeware out there. MOO2 doesn't at all have grey aliens but it does have serious atmosphere- no hilarious characters such as in SC2.

However, these two games in theory are completely different. If you want a masterpiece of tactic, MOO is a game to go. If you wish a story-driven exploration game, SC should be your pick.

[Stroggy]

Sinke, on Jun 28 2006, 11:34 PM, said:

MOO2 doesn't at all have grey aliens

It does, somehow it feels as if everything is grey

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but it does have serious atmosphere- no hilarious characters such as in SC2.

Less hilarious, yes, but also less memorable.

I have been playing both games for a few hours now MOO2 and SC2 and I must say that, whereas I felt right at home again in SC2 and it's aliens, it took me a bit of time to get used to the races in MOO2.

Ah well, as I said, perhaps it's just me.

[Juni Ori]

Stroggy, on Jun 29 2006, 12:47 AM, said:

Sinke, on Jun 28 2006, 11:34 PM, said:

MOO2 doesn't at all have grey aliens

It does, somehow it feels as if everything is grey

Hint: get rid of that black & white monitor!

[Stroggy]

Juni Ori, on Jun 29 2006, 12:33 AM, said:

Hint: get rid of that black & white monitor!

As Wilde would put it, you have a large wardrobe of Humour's cast-off clothes.

[Sinke]

Wonder what would Wilde say about computer games?

[DakaSha]

Stroggy, on Jun 29 2006, 03:10 PM, said:

Juni Ori, on Jun 29 2006, 12:33 AM, said:

Hint: get rid of that black & white monitor!

As Wilde would put it, you have a large wardrobe of Humour's cast-off clothes.

You obviously have a large chest of arrogant wannabe intelligent remarks... at least thats how id put it.

@topic
i never did play SC2... i dont like the fact that there is a time limit.

[Stroggy]

DakaSha, on Jun 29 2006, 07:20 PM, said:

You obviously have a large chest of arrogant wannabe intelligent remarks... at least thats how id put it.

Temper, temper.

[wood]

Aristharus, on Jun 20 2006, 01:26 AM, said:

Sinke, on Jun 19 2006, 08:58 PM, said:

Master of Orion 3- I will be honest, I couldn't get it. Not that I tried too much, but it is not even half as great as MOO2.

You're being too kind for the game. You probably did get it, MOO3 just sucked big time. I've never regretted paying for a game as much as with MOO3.

MOO2 is a great game. No, MOO1 is a great game, MOO2 is even better. MOO3 was fun for the 15 minutes you were able to lie to yourself that it must be a good game as it is Master of Orion after all.

Preach it!  Every time the words "Master" and "Orion" are even uttered near each other, a little bit of my central nervous system just shuts down from the flash back of being hunched over my 8000lb 14" screen, squinting at little pixelated foes.  

The original MOO was so good.  A little bit of me died in disappointment with each successive release though.

Doesn't Stardock have a similar conquer the whole universe while building massive fleets and supporting perfect societies kind of game?  I'm afraid to even check for fear of awakening from a fugue state days from now in the dark still clicking at an unresponsive mouse b/c my power has been turned off.