Master Of Orion Hits Early Access

6 responses to “Master Of Orion Hits Early Access”

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   gregorvorbarra

   February 27, 2016 at 2:53 pm

   GOG list it at A$54.19 at the moment, so they’re significantly cheaper than Steam. That does still include the earlier games.

   (Personally I always preferred the original game to its sequels. Not unusual for MOO 3, more so for MOO vs MOO 2.)

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   zomg

   February 27, 2016 at 5:28 pm

   For real ? another “new race” if you buy Collector edition? I hope this will be introduce on later patch or something ?

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   Mikenem

   February 28, 2016 at 12:35 pm

   If you’re an old-school gamer, you’re not going to be happy.

   Yet another beloved series simplified for the broadest, modern-gamer audience possible.

   I’ve already requested a refund on steam. I know it’s early access, but I don’t see a way back for this one. It’s too far down the path of this design ethos to return.

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   1. 

      cffndncr

      February 28, 2016 at 8:10 pm

      Really? Please elaborate.

      As a point of reference, I have hundred (possibly thousands) of hours logged in MOO2. It is one of my favourite games of all time. So I think I have a pretty solid point of reference, and I am cautiously optimistic about the path that Wargaming have taken.

      I mean… let’s break it down.

      Tech – this has been simplified a little, but that isn’t entirely bad. Honestly, MOO2 had very few hard choices when it came to tech – most of it wasn’t used, so giving every race most of the tech but still making them choose at important stages isn’t that big a deviation from MOO2.

      Diplomacy – almost exactly the same as MOO2.

      Races – hard to say, since they haven’t introduced half of them. The ones they have introduced are pretty similar to their MOO2 counterparts. I’m waiting until they introduce custom races so we can really see a breakdown of all the racial perks and how that plays out.

      Combat – this is the biggest difference. Yes, it’s real time (Shock! Horror!). Sure, maybe the automatic combat is a little simplified (even though you could do the same in MOO2), but you still have control, so I don’t see it being a huge issue.

      Colonies – still almost exactly the same as MOO2… to the point that the build queue is even shorter.

      Fleet management – this is probably the biggest simplification they’ve made. Being able to upgrade your fleet on the fly is a big change, but I think they’ve made it work. It’s less about getting a cheap fitout combo (MIRV nukes, anyone?) and pumping out a billion ships with that fitout, and more about strategic-level thinking; I think this is a good thing.

      The only thing really missing is the espionage aspect, and this is coming.

      I mean… I’d love to hear why you think the way you do, but I’m only seeing positives at the moment, and I’m expecting it to only get better.

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         cheuk4

         March 1, 2016 at 4:57 pm

         How does beta-MOO’s combat compare to MOO3 and MOO2? It’s real-time, but MOO3 real-time where you’re just looking at pixels shooting at each other with no real input from you, or closer to MOO2 where you can direct ships to fire at certain targets / certain weapons?

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            cffndncr

            March 1, 2016 at 5:54 pm

            Ships start on autopilot, but you can direct them like in an RTS. Mostly it’s just controlling the movement and targeting of ships (they’re on auto-pilot by default) – however, later in the game there are a few ship abilities that you can activate during combat.

            So yeah… it’s essentially like MOO2 combat in real time.

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