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Started by drt... Tim Hardy
Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:00
Pax Imperia 2
Author: drt... Tim Hardy
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 00:00
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Pax Imperia 2 looks to be really cool. I don't have time to write everything I know about it, but here are a few things. IE (the electronic gaming magazine) has a good talk about it under Blizzard's interview. It is supposed to be very deep, but you can automate many of the functions if you don't want to get bogged down. - very MOO-like with a lot more depth. - you can create your own race - temperature requirements, atmospheric requirements, strengths - warriors, industrialists, scientists - and these qualities will significantly effect gameplay (like what planets you can live on) - massive ship design (very detailed) - you can control fleet configurations or let the computer do it. (I'm fuzzy on what combat is like though) - trade routes, shipping - huge technology tree (they expect to have about 1500 distinct technologies you can acquire) - more politics and internal problems (I'm a little fuzzy on these) - Lots of network playability - in REAL-TIME!!?? Questions/doubts: - Will the gameplay suffer due to the depth of the game? - What the heck is the combat like? - How can you have a REAL-TIME multiplayer game of this depth? (It takes time to design good ships and plan economic stuff) If anyone knows more, please post. All I know is that, as a long-time MOO fan, this one looks like a keeper. Tim
Re: Pax Imperia 2
Author: wei... Brian Weikert
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <4206ki$i...@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>, drt...@nt.com (Tim Hardy) wrote: >- Lots of network playability - in REAL-TIME!!?? > >Tim I've seen two different write-ups about this game in S+, and I don't have much to add, other than it is supposed to be 16-player networkable, runs on Mac or Windows 95, and I read that it can be played either real-time, OR turn-based. Looks like a really great game, I am eagerly anticipating it! Brian
Re: Pax Imperia 2
Author: do... Douglas William Cole
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00
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Brian Weikert (wei...@primenet.com) wrote: : In article <4206ki$i...@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>, : drt...@nt.com (Tim Hardy) wrote: : >- Lots of network playability - in REAL-TIME!!?? : > : >Tim : I've seen two different write-ups about this game in S+, and I don't have much : to add, other than it is supposed to be 16-player networkable, runs on Mac or : Windows 95, and I read that it can be played either real-time, OR turn-based. : Looks like a really great game, I am eagerly anticipating it! : Brian When I saw a preview of this game in IE magazine, I thought for sure the programmers of it infiltrated my brain one night while I was asleep and sucked all the things I've ever wanted to see in a computer game out of my brain., and incorporated them in Pax Imperia II. Now, let's just see how many times it gets delayed.... They said it'll be out by Christamas... let's hope they mean chistmas 1995.
Re: Pax Imperia 2
Author: wei... Brian Weikert
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1995 00:00
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> When I saw a preview of this game in IE magazine, I thought for >sure the programmers of it infiltrated my brain one night while I was >asleep and sucked all the things I've ever wanted to see in a computer >game out of my brain., and incorporated them in Pax Imperia II. Now, >let's just see how many times it gets delayed.... They said it'll be out >by Christamas... let's hope they mean chistmas 1995. > Actually, Blizzard announced last week in this newsgroup that the game was being delayed until the 1st quarter of '96 in order to get all of the bugs worked out, and make sure that it was a quality product prior to releasing it. Sorry, but we won't be able to play this 'dream game' until after Christmas sometime.... Brian
Re: Pax Imperia 2
Author: nstn... Ian
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 00:00
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do...@umd.umich.edu (Douglas William Cole) wrote: > When I saw a preview of this game in IE magazine, I thought for >sure the programmers of it infiltrated my brain one night while I was >asleep and sucked all the things I've ever wanted to see in a computer >game out of my brain., and incorporated them in Pax Imperia II. Now, >let's just see how many times it gets delayed.... They said it'll be out >by Christamas... let's hope they mean chistmas 1995. I got the same feeling with Battlecruiser 3000AD. Unfortunately the Pax Imperia port (oops, now it's Pax Imperia 2) is getting the Vaporware Effect almost as much as BC3000AD, Ruler of All Vaporware.
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