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In article <5393dr$6...@crcnis3.unl.edu>,
Andy Frederick <a...@unlinfo.unl.edu> wrote:
>Now, we're talking 12 years ago, and I only played the game for a 
>short time, but the things I can recall about it that I liked so much 
>are:  You could design your own ship, decide what went where, and 
>damage to your ship was "realistic" -- if the front section of your 
>ship was damaged, then things you put in the front would be affected.  
>As for the actual gameplay, I believe it was one of those things where
>you pretty much got to decide what you wanted your role to be in the 
>grand scheme of things -- you could be a pirate, or a trader, or 
>whatever.
>
>I guess what I'm looking for is a game that has a lot of depth to it 
>-- not one of those "go to a planet and buy some stuff, go to another 
>planet and sell some stuff" games.  I want the feeling of exploration,
>I want to encounter alien races, I want to solve mysteries, I want to 
>amass fortunes, I want to blow things up, and I want control over my
>destiny.  I have to admit, the thing I most liked about Universe was
>being able to design my own ship.  (There was some other game I played

The closest thing I've found that resembles this is Star
Control 2.  You customize the flagship according to what you
want to do with it, you can treat the aliens any way you like
and still be able to win (though it can get pretty hard), and
there very definitely is the epic, explore-the-galaxy feel to
it.  And the music has never been equalled.

Of course, it is about 4 years old, and Star Control 3 is but 
a pale shadow of 2's glory ... a thousand curses on Accolade 
for getting Legend to do it, and a thousand more on Legend for 
screwing it up ...

Kent Peterson