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A game to consider reviewing...

Discussion in 'Site Feedback' started by Mad_Dog, Nov 30, 2002.

  1. Mad_Dog Barely Literate

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    It's disgustingly fun, and innovative for a space exploration game. It only takes 10 minutes to play a game... A long one. Give it a look-see. Not so much an RPG, although it does have a few RPG aspects, but it is below industry radar.

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    SAIS is a damned cool game. I'm not sure it's RPG elements really cut it for this site though.

    I will say this, though. It's well worth the price and is a damned good coffee break game.

  3. Mad_Dog Barely Literate

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    SAIS is pretty damn good... I hope a sequel is planned.

    A much more RPG-oriented space game, Escape Velocity Nova is being ported to Windows, and will be done soon I hope. You should definitely check it out... It's in the tradition of Elite and Privateer.

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    Yeah, my Mac using friend can't stop gushing about the whole Escape velocity line.

  5. Mad_Dog Barely Literate

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    It lives up to all the hype. The first two are great. With Basilisk II it's pretty easy to get the first one to run quite well on a PC. Or pick up a old mac for $40. You won't regret it.:)

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    Well, there's always I-WAr2: Edge of Chaos. PRetty freaking awesome game. not much of an RPG, though. But the amount of freedom you have is pretty nice.

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    If you're looking for an open ended space(sorta) trader sim game, you could try Hardwar, which was developed by the Software Refinery. That is, assuming you can find a copy of it these days.

    It's not planet to planet, though. It takes place within an abandoned colony within a crater system. The colony itself is called, "The City of Misplaced Optimism", which I thought was a great name for it. Basically, you can establish trade routes between the shops and factories in the CoMO, and even buy them.

    Very neat game.

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    Seems like it's still in development or on hold. A simple Google search could find a HardWare demo, but here's the very poor developer's site that has very limited navigation:

    http://www.softwarerefinery.com/

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    Hardwar was released in 1998, I remember seeing reviews of it and playing the demo back then.

  10. Rosh Barely Literate

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    Well, then the developer's site is complete crap, then.

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    Rosh,

    It's like that because Software Refinery actually continue to develop the game despite lackluster sales four years ago.

    I know, it's a strange concept from the typical market dump + token patch thing we're used to seeing, but it's nice to see some developers that stand by their products even years later.

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    I see that, and that's good, but their site is quite a pain to navigate in. Go to try to find a demo, you'd have better luck in a search engine, same with other facets of the site.

    *twitch*

    I think I might have found it, under "Upgrades", and you need to register. I guess I'll do that and see what happens.

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    I thought some sort of virus had infected you all and you were spelling "hardware" incorrectly for some odd reason. Then I find that it actually IS Hardwar. So there you go. I'd personally go for HardWar or Hard-War over Hardwar, but once again, there you go.

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