Sword of the Stars

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Sword of the Stars

I have been looking at some other games to hold me down while i wait for the big ones like Empire: Total War and for the actual entrenchment. Sword of the stars has sparked my intrest as well as GalCiv 2. Which would you prefer and are there any other recomendations out there. I kinda want to get the whole empire building thing in a sci-fi setting if that helps at all. Thanks for the recommensations!

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It should happen in a few months methinks. Stuff like this has to be worked out. Otherwise gamers will get highly irked and not want to buy titles until an "ultimate pack" is offered.

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I personally like both GalCiv2 and Sword of the Stars. They play very, very differently though. If you would like to control (or at least choose to control) your fleets in combat, Sword of the Stars is it. It's entirely possible to win a battle through better tactical control even with fewer or less technologically advanced ships, which i find a compelling reason to play.

The problem with that is that when you take tactical control of your ships, your opponent--the AI--has its hands tied behind its back because it's AI. It's like you get to cheat because you are multiple times smarter than the AI. It results in a reduced strategy element to the game because you can fall back on your superior fighting ability. Of course, AI is always inferior to a human intelligence, but in this case (tactical movements and target selection) it's even more pronounced.

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There is the SotS Ultimate Collection on Impulse for $29.99 (which is just four cents more than Sins) which has SotS plus both Born of Blood and A Murder of Crows. Great deal if you ask me. Plus there is a micro-expansion for AMoC, Argos Naval Yard, releasing on June 17 and priced at $8.99 which adds 10 new weapons and over 75 ship sections spread out over the 6 races.

For racial diversity and backstory, SotS really takes the cake. On the Kerberos forums, there is an entire sub-forum dedicated to the various races in SotS. You could spend a couple hours poring over the backstory of the various races, and more is being added all the time as the fans ask the developers questions, and the developers answer them. The amount of developer-fan interaction is really something. The developers take the time out of their busy lives to post on their forums. And I don't mean like it is here where they rarely post, the lead developer for SotS has over 13,559 posts on the forums since August 5th, 2005. The SotS developers definitely listen to their fanbase.

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SotS UC is on sale this weekend 20 bucks, I am buying it right now

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