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kvx687 posted:... but I'm not sure it's worth $15. How about €8.24? Which is the price for the next 34 hours.
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You'll probably get at least as many hours of fun out of it as two pints, I suppose
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Quixzlizx posted:Anyone here have opinions of Ozymandias? I spent a few hours playing it after I got it in a bundle. Good bundle game, I'd probably regret buying it at half-price.
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Jarvisi posted:There's a ton of mods to fix these things The mods I've tried have all added way too many unit variants for it to make any sense. Then again, I've only ever installed those sweeping megamod deals. Is there one that does nothing but enable the AI in a multiplayer conquest game? I remember that any fight against the AI is auto resolved in multiplayer, so that's no fun either.
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Thanks for the replies, it's currently a part of this bundle, and I thought Ozymandias/Barony/Doom Eternal might be a good combo for $15. https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/diamond-collection-build-your-own-bundle
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Quixzlizx posted:Thanks for the replies, it's currently a part of this bundle, and I thought Ozymandias/Barony/Doom Eternal might be a good combo for $15. That bundle's great, it has the full Dread X collection. Ozymandias sounds cool, like, it may not be a full 4X experience but I'm busy trying to learn AOW3 (and then Planetfall and 4) so I do not need another full 4X right now.
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Cross-posting just in caseAnno posted:This just randomly dropped: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2204130/Sid_Meiers_Alpha_Centauri_Planetary_Pack/ Sale price until the 21st
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Hello SMAC old friend, I did not expect to see you here, but you are most welcome.
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The one actual question is if we have to go through and log in to three dozen EA launchers or if we can just natively launch it from steam.
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SIGSEGV posted:The one actual question is if we have to go through and log in to three dozen EA launchers or if we can just natively launch it from steam. No launchers! It's just the game.
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Unexpectedly well behaved of them.
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Rappaport posted:Cross-posting just in case Oh, neat! I almost bought it but then I remembered I have it on GOG already. It looks like it's the exact same version. Still tempted to get it again just to have it on steam, but I'm not sure I want to give EA money. You can get all the Command & Conquer games for $10 too.
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Rappaport posted:Cross-posting just in case If they make multi-player easier I'm buying
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Endless Space 2 finally un-hosed the final DLC with a big patch 5 years after it's release. It's a great game, highly recommended.
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Jack Trades posted:Endless Space 2 finally un-hosed the final DLC with a big patch 5 years after it's release. What'd they do to make it better? I remember the game being very shallow at release, I played a decent bit of Endless Space 1 but never got very into ES2 since it seemed basically the same but worse in some ways.
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shimmy shimmy posted:What'd they do to make it better? I remember the game being very shallow at release, I played a decent bit of Endless Space 1 but never got very into ES2 since it seemed basically the same but worse in some ways. Uhh...if you haven't touched the game since release then there are been a massive number of updates and DLCs since then adding all kinds of stuff. ES2 has one of the most mechanically unique 4X races I've ever seen, for example, the like of which I haven't seen any any other 4X game. Umbral Choir. The patch that got released just now just fixes a bunch of issues the last DLC had.
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So SMAC(X) is on steam for a few bucks. What mods should I get that work with it? Edit- after playing for several hours...oh god this game needs tool tips. Comstar fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Mar 11, 2024 |
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Possibly, but the in game DataLinks are very strong help and explanation.
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 Millenia's Chivalry national spirit looks like a young boy forced into a costume by his mom, getting a picture taken he really doesn't want to pose for.
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Did anyone ever make a 4x with an AI that's actually interesting to play against? I never finish games because I end up with an inevitable victory early on that will unfortunately take me hours of tedium to actually play out edit: like the last time I played SMAC one of the AIs killed every other AI by turn 150, and then proceeded to get hung up on one chokepoint I had for the next few hundred turns while I got a transcendence victory
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DoubleDonut posted:Did anyone ever make a 4x with an AI that's actually interesting to play against? I never finish games because I end up with an inevitable victory early on that will unfortunately take me hours of tedium to actually play out Two different things, I’m afraid. Civ4 got the first one by the end, at least with Aggressive AI enabled and the BetterAI mod. But any game that snowballs is going to have the second problem. I mean, I guess there’s Offworld Trading Company. That’s a sort of 4X, arguably.
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DoubleDonut posted:Did anyone ever make a 4x with an AI that's actually interesting to play against? I never finish games because I end up with an inevitable victory early on that will unfortunately take me hours of tedium to actually play out SMAC has AI mods, have you tried those?
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DoubleDonut posted:Did anyone ever make a 4x with an AI that's actually interesting to play against? I never finish games because I end up with an inevitable victory early on that will unfortunately take me hours of tedium to actually play out AI War 2
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Most 4x games in general, even if the ai is good, will usually be decided by snowballing advantages gained in the first 50-125 turns anyway.
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someone is probably already working on a game that does to 4X what Against the Storm did to town builders
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Megazver posted:someone is probably already working on a game that does to 4X what Against the Storm did to town builders literally been praying for this since I played it
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Mayveena posted:AI War 2 AI War isn’t a 4x game, it’s a puzzle game. The “advanced AI” is moreso a list of ever-increasing complications towards figuring out if you fleet of power X can handle a planet of power Y, and in what order to kick down said beatable planets.
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orangelex44 posted:AI War isn’t a 4x game, it’s a puzzle game. The “advanced AI” is moreso a list of ever-increasing complications towards figuring out if you fleet of power X can handle a planet of power Y, and in what order to kick down said beatable planets. It has all the Xs... I guess exploit is debatable.
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Jack Trades posted:Endless Space 2 finally un-hosed the final DLC with a big patch 5 years after it's release. I'm enjoying post-patch ES2 a lot- the academy fleet changes are great. I haven't really got to grips with the ship combat changes yet, though
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Tree Bucket posted:I'm enjoying post-patch ES2 a lot- the academy fleet changes are great. I haven't really got to grips with the ship combat changes yet, though I loved es/2 but they were totally unplayable for me due to ai issues, so I figured I'd check this out go look up a video on the patch, first thing is loading up three additional mods containing ai and balance changes  I can't decide if this genre is cursed or I'm cursed because I foolishly keep touching the hot stove
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Near three decades of playing 4Xes have taught me that Good 4X AI not only isn't achievable, it's probably not worth it at all. I have sour grapes'd Good 4X AI, and I will not be convinced otherwise because if thirty years of 4X games haven't made this mythical Good 4X AI then it probably cannot be done. I have won the war against myself...I love Big Brother
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toasterwarrior posted:Near three decades of playing 4Xes have taught me that Good 4X AI not only isn't achievable, it's probably not worth it at all. I have sour grapes'd Good 4X AI, and I will not be convinced otherwise because if thirty years of 4X games haven't made this mythical Good 4X AI then it probably cannot be done. I have won the war against myself...I love Big Brother oh I'm with you, to be clear, when I say "ai issues" I mean "I don't think the game can actually play the game" I don't care about balance or cheating as long as the game is fun. Bonus if it's challenging. basically all of amplitude's games have been "holy poo poo I love this setting and these races" followed closely by "holy poo poo there's no game here" anyway I'm also mocking myself because I'll check it out, but maaaaaaan the against the storm 4x can't come soon enough
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toasterwarrior posted:Near three decades of playing 4Xes have taught me that Good 4X AI not only isn't achievable, it's probably not worth it at all. I have sour grapes'd Good 4X AI, and I will not be convinced otherwise because if thirty years of 4X games haven't made this mythical Good 4X AI then it probably cannot be done. I have won the war against myself...I love Big Brother This is me. I moved from civs into paradox grand strategy looking for narratives rather than symmetry and balance. Just now I've picked up Solium Infernum which is a game that is wearing a 4X's clothes, but is actually about lying and cheating board game style. The wish for a good 4X AI is only a slight pang now.
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Senethro posted:This is me. I moved from civs into paradox grand strategy looking for narratives rather than symmetry and balance. Just now I've picked up Solium Infernum which is a game that is wearing a 4X's clothes, but is actually about lying and cheating board game style. Oh for sure. I feel like gaming nostalgia is the worst for 4X games, because even the worst AI seems like a cunning and devious opponent when you're 12 years old. The games weren't better; I was just worse. Strategy board games are great, but the really hard part is finding a group of players of roughly equal skill level and similar headspace re: treachery and nastiness. Otherwise people have a bad time. victrix posted:I loved es/2 but they were totally unplayable for me due to ai issues, so I figured I'd check this out Sigh. Yes. The AI is still terrible and they haven't fixed the two big problems of a) the AI rejecting basically ever offer even after you click "suggest a fair trade" and b) alliances being a machine for dropping you in and out of wars more or less at random. But as a single-player city-builder-esque puzzle, ES2 is great fun, in a Number Go Up sort of way.
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Megazver posted:someone is probably already working on a game that does to 4X what Against the Storm did to town builders Would you settle for 3 out of 4 Xs? Terraformers does this, but there's no "Exterminate" because there's no opponent. Nonetheless it's very much a "grow out your empire and hit major objectives" in the way that 4Xs are. Your enemy is basically random events and the clock.
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If you want 4X AI that can actually be challenging then just play Through the Ages digitally.
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Amplitude 4xs have intrinsically bad AI because the exponential expansion they all feature is completely bonkers Of course if you're playing against humans you will also have the same problems of one side outrunning the others 10:1 so really is the AI the problem?
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:Amplitude 4xs have intrinsically bad AI because the exponential expansion they all feature is completely bonkers It's most glaring in the quests, which do not appear to take this into account. Mid-late game you'll get a quest that involves searching an anomaly and spending 500 dust, at a point where your income is in the multiple thousands...
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Humankind really solidified by view of Amplitude game design being "wow look at all these synergies" and turns out it's usually synergies that synergize with themselves to make bigger numbers of whatever they already pump out as opposed to cool combos that encourage cross-specialization like Civ 6 does. Maybe one day they'll figure it out, or maybe they'll just return to their Endless universe and let the aesthetic keep carrying the series, which I can respect TBH.
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