June 23, 200817 yr Hi, I'm in the mood for a space trader / exploration game, the last one I played being Elite. On a very old computer. What examples of the genre are worth a look? They don't have to be very new, any age / tech specs welcome. Cheers in advance, MC
June 23, 200817 yr X3 I love the game, myself. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
June 23, 200817 yr Wait for Precursors. I've myself been looking for an Elite replacement but I haven't found any yet.. and it's been like 23 years since I played Elite on my Commodore 128. Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
June 23, 200817 yr Someone's going to suggest Freelancer sooner or later. It deffinately falls into the genre, but very much at the casual end of the scale. If you want somthing more hardcore, go for X3, as Tale says. The off the shelf version is apprently very buggy, so either get the rereleased '2,0' version, or else buy it off steam. http://www.amazon.com/Enlight-10153-X3-The...8384&sr=8-1 Edited June 23, 200817 yr by Nick_i_am (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
June 23, 200817 yr X3 or Freelancer. "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot
June 23, 200817 yr I woudl suggest X2 instead of X3. Its got a lot of awesome patches and mods available for it now. X3 is good to, but I think X2 was the high point of the series so far. Heres a link to all the awesome X2 stuff you can get: http://www.egosoft.com/download/x2/bonus_en.php You shoudl also make sure you get the Artificial ife download on the patches page as well. http://www.egosoft.com/download/x2/patches_en.php Edited June 23, 200817 yr by CrashGirl Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
June 24, 200817 yr Darkstar One has much less emphasis on developing complex trading empires. You just buy low and sell high, like Elite. I enjoyed it a lot. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
June 24, 200817 yr The nice thing about the X universe games is there are a variety of different paths to awesomness. You can build a huge fleet of trading ships. Or you can build a bunch of factory stations. Or you can mine asteriods. Or collect spaceflies. Or you can blow up innocent transports and collect their cargo. Or you can just run combat missions and play it as a straight space combat sim. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
June 24, 200817 yr I enjoyed flying my destroyer and cruisers around just being a pimp. Because if I tried engaging anything of equivalent power, my system would not be happy with me. Luckily I had enough trade ships out and stations of my own that I had plenty of pirate chasing to do. Edited June 24, 200817 yr by Tale "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
June 24, 200817 yr I woudl suggest X2 instead of X3. Its got a lot of awesome patches and mods available for it now. X3 is good to, but I think X2 was the high point of the series so far. Heres a link to all the awesome X2 stuff you can get: http://www.egosoft.com/download/x2/bonus_en.php You shoudl also make sure you get the Artificial ife download on the patches page as well. http://www.egosoft.com/download/x2/patches_en.php You can get both from Steam without copy protection for 25 bucks plus VAT. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 24, 200817 yr [quote name='H "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
June 25, 200817 yr Author Thanks for all the suggestions. I was at the games store when I saw Dark Star One bundled with Sacred Gold (I liked the original Sacred a lot) and Port Royale 2 (which is a pirate game I've never heard of) all for the princely sum of UK
June 25, 200817 yr I was at the games store when I saw Dark Star One I applaud your good taste. bundled with Sacred Gold (I liked the original Sacred a lot) "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov)
June 25, 200817 yr Dark Star One feels very much like Freelancer. At first. Then you realize it's a very, very shallow version of Freelancer. It's fun for about 5-10 hours, then it just gets repetitive and boring.
June 26, 200817 yr Dark Star One feels very much like Freelancer. At first. Then you realize it's a very, very shallow version of Freelancer. It's fun for about 5-10 hours, then it just gets repetitive and boring. We'll just wait for MC to embrace the X universe in some form or another. I think it would be his kind of gameworld. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
June 26, 200817 yr Author I've just started flying the training missions, the graphics are pleasant but not flashy but the amount of controls takes a bit getting used to. If I like the whole feel I'll definitely try out the 'X' games, but I'm new to the genre. As for Sacred, well I love Diablo and Sacred reminds me of that but with better graphics. It's just point and click nonsense, but it's well executed point and click nonsense. With horses. I liked Divine Divinity for much the same reason.
June 26, 200817 yr Dark Star One feels very much like Freelancer. At first. Then you realize it's a very, very shallow version of Freelancer. It's fun for about 5-10 hours, then it just gets repetitive and boring. We'll just wait for MC to embrace the X universe in some form or another. I think it would be his kind of gameworld. ... for some reason I drew a connection between Darkstar one, Freelancer and Mass Effect.... :imagines running around in the Normandy like you can in Freelancer: Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
June 26, 200817 yr Darkstar one has actual space combat though. Freelancer was a good game, but it wasn't a space sim. Edited June 26, 200817 yr by Nick_i_am (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it)
June 26, 200817 yr Since X3 has already been suggested, can I suggest you buy a small yellow three wheeled van and tour South London council estates? The experience should be remarkably similar. But with more flick knives and less lasers. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
June 26, 200817 yr Hi, I'm in the mood for a space trader / exploration game, the last one I played being Elite. On a very old computer. What examples of the genre are worth a look? They don't have to be very new, any age / tech specs welcome. Cheers in advance, MC hmm, i try to name some which were not listed Masters of Orion 2 (not 3) Smugglers 3 Imperium Galactica 1-2 Star Wolves 1-2 and Port Royale 2 (which is a pirate game I've never heard of) I love Port Royale 2, I love most of the older ascaron games, and port royal is a nice blend of trading/building/piracy game of the colonial caribbean era If you need some new flags for yourself then just PM me, i think i still have some of my own old ones around
June 26, 200817 yr Darkstar one has actual space combat though. Freelancer was a good game, but it wasn't a space sim. What? Where? My memories of playing DS One is that the controls were virtually identical to Freelancer and that the missions were equally identical but less varied. I honestly don't see where you're coming from here. Also, since you only had one ship, the whole trading aspect of the game felt kinda pointless. I typically had no problems buying all the upgrades I wanted from just mission money. Edit: Oh, oh, I just remembered a game to recommend. Space Rangers 2. Definitely not a space sim, the game is a turn based space combat/trader with some planetside RTS missions thrown in for good measure. But it's space, it's exploration and it's trading. Graphics aren't anything spectacular, nor is the writing. But it's pretty fun (although it also gets a bit repetitive at the end) Edited June 26, 200817 yr by Spider
June 26, 200817 yr star control 2!! when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
June 26, 200817 yr Hi MC. I started a new game of X2. Here are some screenies for flavor. First ship! Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
June 26, 200817 yr Ship details menu! Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
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