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Jopax

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Red Shift
« on: June 10, 2012, 11:06:32 am »
Right, link first: http://messier8.com/Blog/

Now, some clarification, it's in alpha, made by one guy, looks nice so far.

Now for a better explanation, from his description it sounds quite a bit like Aurora, except it has graphics and is not mind bogglingly complex (I tried it once, fumbled around for half an hour before quitting in a fit of annoyance), you have your nation, you go out after others, planets are divided into sectors so you can have multiple nations on one world. There are man made structures like stations and stuff, battles seem to be in real time, done in a skirmish mode of sorts, ship customization is in, although not very complex right now.

So, discuss.
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Re: Red Shift
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2012, 11:39:36 am »
Looks decent, though it reminds me more of EUIII (et al.) in space, rather than Aurora. For one, it's RTwP rather than TB. For another, not enough complexity rawr.

That said, it has potential, and I might be interested in a more complete version for the right price. Though I am a bit concerned that he'll end up falling into the trap of making things prettier rather than more complex. Have Earth and Mars look shiny is nice, but being able to read about exactly what happens in hard numbers when you bombard them with high-radiation warheads is better.

Another major factor for me would be how he handles tactical combat. Space is an Ocean works with Aurora because of the format and because of the source material; this has the potential to do proper 3D space combat. If it is anything like Homeworld combat, that'd be pretty much an instabuy for me.
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Dutchling

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Re: Red Shift
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2012, 12:10:53 pm »
Looks incredibly smexy.

I hope it will be like Aurora regarding ship design though, as that is always a good thing.
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Re: Red Shift
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2012, 12:34:26 pm »
not realy a fan of the whole "ocean" ships in space but there realy isn't much to go off of in terms of combat spacecraft

as for the game itself, will be interesting to play it and learn what makes it tick but i'm getting kind of the impression that there wont be that much to learn about from the game itself...
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Re: Red Shift
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2012, 12:55:53 pm »
Im def keeping a look at this game!
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