Tip for a space strategy

[cvv]

I feel like going to space. Been a long time and meanwhile I've grabbed a couple of games in various bargains. I can read the Steam descriptions but no idea which one is actually worth it or not.

Any TLDR guidance the Konsensus can give?

- Pandora
- Interstellar Space
- Ixion
- Distant Worlds
- Nexus Sphere
- Terra Invicta

 

[Hellraiser]

Ixion was ok, I remember you liked Frospunk more than me and this is essentially Frostpunk in space, except you don't have a cold/weather mechanic (although mechanically hull degradation does work similar to the generator in Frostpunk where you need to feed it a stream of resources and watch "the buffer" meter and degradation increases as the game progresses) and there is far less time pressure and you can stall/postpone key events/progression a very long time and prepare. Plus it has 5-ish chapters which each have some specific gimmicks/objectives and a bit more narrative in the CYOA events along with some long term ones IIRC. It's also a bit more value for money/longer than Frostpunk's main "campaign".

The CYOA however gets tedious at some point due to the length of the game and of individual events (where they have multiple steps stretched over time) and might lean you into save scumming or looking up optimal solutions online due to said tediousness.

Out of the other games only Terra Invicta seems to appeal to me due to looking like weapons grade autism and solar system colonization (too few games deal with this, I want to colonize jovian moons, titan etc. in games), but I have yet to get it. I think it is in EA still? I think I was waiting for 1.0 or something.

 

[The Brazilian Slaughter]

- Terra Invicta

I played Terra Invicta at around release and I quite liked it, but I stopped because a) It didn't feel complete enough for me and b) While it could run decently, especially in smaller solar systems, my old Thinkpad T430 was hitting pretty high temperatures with it and that game was likely going to fry it.

It has gotten quite many updates since the last time I played, so I can't opinate. I'm waiting more time before I try it again.

 

[Jaedar]

- Terra Invicta

Played this when it came out. Had fun with it, but it also felt very unfinished. From skimming some patchnotes it seems they fixed some of it, some of the stuff is a bit more dubious.

 

[Vic]

- Distant Worlds

DW:U has various automation settings ranging from micromanaging the most minute details of your empire to the game playing itself. The part I like the most is that you can custom build your ships by combining from a large list of parts, trying to fit them into the weight limit of the ship's class.

Great game if you like to micromanage, or just automate everything and watch your space ant farm.

 

[cvv]

Interstellar Space nobody? It's the only game from the list I haven't even heard about before and I don't even know how it materialized in my library.

I suspect Gaben to ninja insert shit in people's libraries just to fuck with them.

 

[flyingjohn]

Interstellar Space nobody? It's the only game from the list I haven't even heard about before and I don't even know how it materialized in my library.

Do you like master of orion 2? Than it is decent i guess. Still worse than MOO2.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

i'm the one to ask about space games.
they're all from mediocre to terrible, depends on how much tolerance you have to swallowing shit.

 

[cvv]

i'm the one to ask about space games.
they're all from mediocre to terrible, depends on how much tolerance you have to swallowing shit.

I don't know man, you'd the kind of guy that'd hate sun sparkling on a placid azure lagoon.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

make the lagoon blue, add brooke shields and we have a deal.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

make the lagoon blue, add brooke shields and we have a deal.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

i'm so starved i'd do angela merkel.

gtfo Vic , you suck bethesda's cock. you have no say in this.

 

[Zarniwoop]

i'm so starved i'd do angela merkel.

Brother eeeew

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

translated literally: "during war, any hole is a foxhole".

 

[Zarniwoop]

translated literally: "during war, any hole is a foxhole".

I repeat: Brother eeeew

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

have you ever felt the blackest of the hungers? you can't judge.

 

[Dr1f7]

tbh eve online is the only game that does space right and it's not even close

 

[cvv]

tbh eve online is the only game that does space right and it's not even close

That's a space shooter rpg mmo thingy no? Not exactly the space strategy game I'm looking for.

 

[Dr1f7]

tbh eve online is the only game that does space right and it's not even close

That's a space shooter rpg mmo thingy no? Not exactly the space strategy game I'm looking for.

not a shooter, not really an rpg
it's more of an online persistent server 4x pvp rts sandbox game
i think that just about anything any space strategy game would have is there in eve
worth giving a shot, it's very good
also just gorgeous and stupidly immersive

 

[Catacombs]

worth giving a shot, it's very good
also just gorgeous and stupidly immersive

Just need to get over the steep learning curve. Thankfully, the game is free to play now.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

also just gorgeous and stupidly immersive

fuck them since they removed the blue/redshift while traveling.

the game is free to play now.

just as a demo, without paying the best you can aim at is being used as cannon fodder.
besides, mandatory:

 

[Arrowgrab]

If you want your space gaming with a side order of autistic realism, there's Children of a Dead Earth.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

side order? those are the first 2000 main courses.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Why no Stellaris?

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

do you really have to ask?