Children of a Dead Earth

[panzerde]

Just finished the 3rd mission, managed to get a silver on my first try. I used nearly half my delta-v to match orbits and then launched 20 drones so they would intercept the enemy about 2 hours from main intercept. They went in fast and took out the coilgun and some radiators, I'd actually forgotten to aim them so it was a good result. Seeing that, I launched my last 5 drones using high delt-v and targeted them on the remaining radiators. They managed to knock them all out and cook the crew. I didn't even have to engage with the carrier. Very quick and brutal combat. It's going to very interesting when I get an enemy with lots of delta-v to play with as well.

Brilliant, brilliant game.

This was pretty much how it went for me, too. I actually launched all of my drones and didn't have to make a second run. Their fire just peeled away anything that was on the outside of the enemy hull in about five seconds.


This game really illustrated the "glass cannon" concept.

[Hofstadter]

[Nefaro]

Nice vid, Hof. 

Why did you keep calling the moon a "planet"?   :P

[mikeck]

Because his cat kept &$&-ing up his grove...throwing him off. Lol

[steve58]

Liking the looks of this one.  Any chance it'd run on my old rig?

CPU: Intel Core2Quad 9450 2.66GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Video: eVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked w/2GB RAM

[Jarhead0331]

Liking the looks of this one.  Any chance it'd run on my old rig?

CPU: Intel Core2Quad 9450 2.66GHz
RAM: 8 GB
Video: eVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti Superclocked w/2GB RAM

I don't see why not. Its not What I would describe as a graphically intensive game.

[mikeck]

Graphics wouldn't be an issue BUT, there are ALOT of calculations going on so you could see a slow down if your processor isn't up to it. Minimum is an Intel I5. I don't know much about it but I think you will be fine. Some experience stuttering when there are multiple ships firing multiple weapons at multiple targets from all the processing. Even if that does happen, it's not often and you don't need constantly high FPS to enjoy it

[steve58]

Thx JH, Mike.  Mike you make a good point.  Think I'll wait a bit and do some more research.

[Nefaro]

It's a turn-based game, though. 

So I'd think it would just take a bit longer for the turn to resolve, on a slow processor, unless it freezes or something. 

[mikeck]

I'm only basing my comments on a few videos where the guy mentions he is getting stuttering. I know there is a lot of processing going on. My guess is that as the game matures, any problems with optimization will be corrected. Anyone with even a below average processor should be able to enjoy it though, even if it does stutter a bit in combat

[Nefaro]

I'm only basing my comments on a few videos where the guy mentions he is getting stuttering. I know there is a lot of processing going on. My guess is that as the game matures, any problems with optimization will be corrected. Anyone with even a below average processor should be able to enjoy it though, even if it does stutter a bit in combat

If it stutters for some people, then I'd be a bit concerned about Steve's processor.  It is about 8 or 9 years old.


Edit:  Which isn't as bad an issue as if it were the case a decade ago.  But it also means that his system RAM is also probably quite small compared to newer machines.

[steve58]

I've done a few upgrades over the years and currently have 8GB RAM (originally 4GB) and a fairly decent GPU (GeForce GTX 750 Ti w/2GB RAM) so my old PC still soldiers on.  But like Mike stated, the game probably does a whole lot of calculations for interplanetary warfare.  A 1-on-1 fight might not be too bad, but a scenario with multiple ships on each side might be an issue.  Just gonna keep on researching the game for now and take a wait-and-see stance...

[Grim.Reaper]

I've done a few upgrades over the years and currently have 8GB RAM (originally 4GB) and a fairly decent GPU (GeForce GTX 750 Ti w/2GB RAM) so my old PC still soldiers on.  But like Mike stated, the game probably does a whole lot of calculations for interplanetary warfare.  A 1-on-1 fight might not be too bad, but a scenario with multiple ships on each side might be an issue.  Just gonna keep on researching the game for now and take a wait-and-see stance...

But the specs on the store page seem pretty small and seems like you can handle...worst case is you buy it and then refund it.

OS: Windows 7+
Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 1.70 GHz processor
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
Storage: 200 MB available space

[mikeck]

I've done a few upgrades over the years and currently have 8GB RAM (originally 4GB) and a fairly decent GPU (GeForce GTX 750 Ti w/2GB RAM) so my old PC still soldiers on.  But like Mike stated, the game probably does a whole lot of calculations for interplanetary warfare.  A 1-on-1 fight might not be too bad, but a scenario with multiple ships on each side might be an issue.  Just gonna keep on researching the game for now and take a wait-and-see stance...

Keep in mind that those multi ship battles where an old processor might chug aren't common. Vast majority of time is setting up orbits and getting in range and such. If it stutters only during the firing in a few battles (some are 1v1) then your not missing a whole lot. It MAY stutter but that's not a big deal...it's not a "shooter" or something where stuttering affects game performance

[Pinetree]

I've found out you can get gold on the missions by optimising a playthrough for each score. I'd already had a silver in the first mission for beating the time record so I went back and concentrated on minimising delta-v expenditure. I managed to get under the record so I was awarded gold.