Hi Dark, Thanks a great deal for this info. I always love sci-fi based games especially if they are totally text based. I bought smugglers 5 a while back but found that a bit difficult because i could not really make sense of the map (and now mostly run a mac anyway). When you get attacked by other players will they be able to totally destroy you or just steal some money or something like that? thnx, Greetings, Anouk, On 25 Oct 2013, at 22:16, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote:
> Hi. > There is a game which was recently added to to the whitestick.co.uk site > called Space Odicy, found at http://www.spaceo.net/ > > The game is a rather unique one. Basically, the idea is it's set far in the > future where a massive galaxy wide war has destroyed most physical planets in > the galaxy, leaving systems with stars and asteroid ruins and most humans, > (plus various sorts of nasty alien monsters), flying around in giant space > ships. > > In the game you take control of a mothership, a giant ship holding bio farms > and other resources, and must design fleets for space combat, have supplies > on an asteroid base and eventually build up your own space stations and > mining facilities. > > There is no other way of saying it, the game is complex! basically you > physically have to design every type of fleet you use, or else borrow designs > from others, and add systems to the fleets individually. For this I'd > strongly recommend you look at the guide and go through steps in detail since > it takes you through how to design fleets etc. Also, note that the auto > tutorial you get with the ship ai when you start the game isn't particularly > adequate, (or at least I never found it such I got utterly stuck with it). > > There is a lot to do in the game, literally hundreds of npc missions, > invasions by other alien races, indeed even to mine asteroids you need to > blow up some robotic guardian fleets in the system. There is a markit for > trading, and lots of things to build. > > The game is fully accessible, though has got a lot of things on screen, > lables for stars are a little wonkey but I've contacted the developer and > have been told they'll fix this (and judging by how quickly they got back to > me I'm hoping it'll be soon). Now, for the bugbear that is on everyone's > mind, ----- pvp. > > The bad news is yes, there certainly is pvp, you will get attacked and your > fleets blown up by other players. Since however the game has so much growth, > expantion and other! things to do besides attack other captains I asked the > developers about this, (particularly since on their servers list I saw a so > pve, aka players vs environment server). > > The developers told me that they're not accepting signups on the pve server > as yet since they want more people on the main game, but they will be > reopening it soon, (I've asked them to let me know when). So what I'm > personally doing is logging in, getting used to completing isssions and > designing ships, and will change to the pve server as soon as it is > available, and if I get attacked, ---- well this is just learning how to play! > > So, if you like the idea of a complex space game with lots to do and lots of > ways to expand, I'd recommend trying this one out, ---- especially since it > seems there will be a no pvp option for the future. > > Oh, and also no captures! > > All the best, > > Dark. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
