4X strategy games: i have no complaints but the genocide is too complicated

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Poil: Mar 17, 2007

Ms Adequate posted:

I've had a couple of games where I built a massive starbase backed by a specialized shieldless fleet in a pulsar system, it's utterly unbreakable if you've prepared yourself properly.

You managed to luck into the starbase not deciding to gear up with about 75% anti-shield weapons and the shield capacitors?

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Poil: Mar 17, 2007

uber_stoat posted:

well not officially, he sued the woman who accused him and forced her to write him an apology letter as part of the settlement.

# ¿ May 11, 2021 20:23

Poil: Mar 17, 2007

Yeah... I'm never ever buying a game he is involved with in any way.

# ¿ May 11, 2021 20:35

Poil: Mar 17, 2007

Also end game turns taking forever for the AI.

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Poil: Mar 17, 2007

Mayveena posted:

Any disagreements here? https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-strategy-games/

I'm phone posting, otherwise I'd list them as well.

Best thing on that list is that the Warcraft 3 screenshot is from the old and actually good version.

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Poil: Mar 17, 2007

KOGAHAZAN!! posted:

Does the Wild Space mod help with that at all?

I mean, for me, the game stales out just after the first war. Or after you have in some other way grown large enough that the AIs will never be able to threaten you again. But I think the Wild Space mod is designed specifically to fix your thing.

Yes. But in my experience it can really screw you up with a single uncolonizable system connected to 4 others so it becomes an impossible to defend anti-choke or just plop down in the middle of otherwise regular systems so it breaks all your trade routes with piracy. Also opening up the center of the galaxy is amazing for traversing but it usually leaves some regular systems in the center and the game loves spawning you there which is TERRIBLE.

The game definitely stales when you can't explore or expand and it just becomes a waiting game for techs, hoping against hope you random into the ones you want, and more pops to grow. Also I hate how AI's who spawn near you knows they do and just spam tons and tons of ships so they either rush you or you pretty much have to rush them.

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