Arcanus Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 While, I'll admit to a little bit of disappointment as to the lack of variety/content in Beyond Earth, I can't help but geek out all over again at the possibility of this game... Here's an article with a little more info: http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/19/7852469/sid-meier-starships-game-firaxis-studio Darius Marx, LennyStoni, radoorid and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevermore Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I had hoped civ beyond was like alpha centauri, but it was mostly just a reskin of civ 5 with "empty AI's" But hope they learned something p... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osclin Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Bleh, I have no interest in anything developed for mobile platforms. I'm a huge Sid Meier fan, and I love turn-based games, but this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanus Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Bleh, I have no interest in anything developed for mobile platforms. I'm a huge Sid Meier fan, and I love turn-based games, but this... Sure, they're developing an iPad version, but the first two platforms listed for development were PC & Mac, which is the same as every other Sid Meier game for a long time... I don't really think this is going to be what you would normally think of as a game for a "mobile platform" What's more likely is that it's a full-featured PC/Mac game that will have a (potentially stripped-down) version available for the iPad. LOL... at least I sure hope that's the order in which they're developing this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sata Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Please don't mess this up.. Arcanus and p... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 hexagon board menues focus on combat we can already take it to the grave. I expected it to be some kind of slow paced RTS game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osclin Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Sure, they're developing an iPad version, but the first two platforms listed for development were PC & Mac, which is the same as every other Sid Meier game for a long time... I don't really think this is going to be what you would normally think of as a game for a "mobile platform" What's more likely is that it's a full-featured PC/Mac game that will have a (potentially stripped-down) version available for the iPad. LOL... at least I sure hope that's the order in which they're developing this game I'd like to think so too, but looking at the video, which admittedly didn't show much, and taking the very near release date into consideration I'm not hopeful. I may be wrong, but I've never known them to do much if any concurrent development, so this is either something they've cooked up very recently or it is made up of elements they originally developed for beyond earth and then stripped. Either way, doesn't make me particularly hopeful. And to be frank, a purely turn based game in space doesn't hold much appeal. I've always loved the turn-based play of Civ games, but they always fell down a bit when it came to combat/warfare(after the first 3 turns of a war shit got boring). If I had my way they would adopt the Total War model w/ turn based strategic map and real-time combat...you know, except with actual depth to the map play and not buggy shit for combat AI like TW has been doing for years...mmm now I'm thinking of the awesomeness that would come from the unholy marriage of turn-based civ strategy with an updated homeworld combat system(stripped of all the bs rts elements) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanus Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 What I'd really like to see this become (if Firaxis could get their act together & pull it off) is a spiritual successor to some of the older Sci-Fi 4X games like MoO (Master of Orion) 1-3 and Imperium Galactica I & II (Yes, there's actually an old school Sci-fi turn based 4X by that name.... seems kind of appropriate for this group, no?)... but the idea of a Total War type mix of Hex/turn-based strategic vs. RTS ship combat (coincidentally not far from Imperium Galactica II, although the RTS element was very simplified) would be awesome as well. radoorid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightMonk Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 based EVE community has more Information actually: http://www.themittani.com/news/announced-sid-meiers-starships Starships is set in the same universe as Beyond Earth, and players will be allowed a form of “cross-connectivity”. There is no further detail as to how the two games will interact with each other. Meier did add that it would "enhance and expand upon both game experiences." do we see "hope" here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC-Corp Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 We better get a discount for buying Civ BE but it does have a very civ look to it, would be fun lol radoorid, Morkulth and Arcanus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlich Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 meh Although there is the rest of the gaming population for which SC holds no appeal that will probably play this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalor Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Well i guess i will take a look at it when is out. Until then i will continue to play a modded version of Star Wars Empire at War (FOC) if i fell like playing a space strategy game (or Sins of a Solar Empire). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SushiDubya Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Anyone remember playing Homeworld? (Yes I'm that old.) XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenquo Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Remember the science fiction mode from Civ 4? That one was a fun surprise. And if they link it with BE, it could make both games more interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osclin Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Anyone remember playing Homeworld? (Yes I'm that old.) XD I loved homeworld's combat. 3 dimensional movement really mattered in that game. Didn't like that it was an RTS though, I'll never understand why people want to simultaneously harvest, build, recruit, and fight. That's why I like the idea of the Total War series(though often not the implementation) because it separated the fun of strategic, thoughtful planning and often intense, meaningful combat. SushiDubya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I think this will end up on a steam wishlist to grab on sale sooner or later. Looks like it will be fun but I'm not going to rush and get it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkulth Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I just hope this doesn't take priority over BE, the game still needs some love. The tease of crossover gameplay between the two could be very interesting if done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delfinor8 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 I hope they don't make it too much of a DLC rather than a separate game. I have my fears with it being for the iPad as well as PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanus Posted February 25, 2015 Author Share Posted February 25, 2015 Recently (22 February to as recently as today), PC Gamer published some articles that shed some much-needed light on the upcoming game Sid Meier's Starships... Good news! It looks like the game will be coming out in mid-March (scheduled for a March 12th release if it doesn't slip) and it'll only cost $15 USD Here's the article with the (limited) details available on the release: http://www.pcgamer.com/sid-meiers-starships-prepares-for-march-lift-off/ ALSO A recent update (http://www.pcgamer.com/civilization-beyond-earth-update-brings-connectivity-with-starships/) for Beyond Earth (be sure to patch Beyond Earth if you own it, but haven't played recently) will introduce connectivity between the two games (although PC Gamer is a little hazy on how exactly this will work). If anyone wants to dive into details on the game itself, here is the final article from this morning (2 hours ago): http://www.pcgamer.com/strategy-and-exploration-in-sid-meiers-starships/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberianK Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I think this is a missed opportunity They should have put gameplay like that into BE as added complexity so playing on multiples levels a planetary level and a macro level with multiples planets and systems and fleets and the enemy. That would have been the game I would have bought and an amazing success. BE is the first game in the CIV series I have not played. To me it was exposed as a cheap reskin from pre-release gameplay footage and imho was a hit on Firaxis reputation. Maybe that was their original intention but they were forced to release BE for financial/publisher reasons? Fintz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valenquo Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Yeah it does feel like something didn't go as planned with the release of Being and they had to cut starships from the game. But who knows. With starships and dlcs maybe they will manage to get the game where they wanted to originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlich Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Yawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkulth Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Game just went on pre purchase on Steam. Looks exactly like endless space.... Arcanus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcanus Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Not gonna lie.... for $14.99, I pre-ordered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkulth Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 It seems like a good deal its just we haven't seen much in terms of content/gameplay so i am going to wait until it is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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