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Philippe

November 22, 2015, 12:15:24 PM
The game has just had a big expansion so I expect that it is probably a bit buggy right now.  But it's on sale right now and I don't have time today to learn to play it even though it's a free weekend.

So my question to those of you who have played it is should I take advantage of the sale, or wait six to nine month for the kinks to get worked out?

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Jarhead0331

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November 22, 2015, 05:12:19 PM
Its extremely stable and well polished. Yes, they just released an updates which added planets, and to the extent that is buggy, you could just stay away from them and build in space. Overall, its been one of the more polished early access games out there. 
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Boggit

#2
November 29, 2015, 06:46:30 PM
I saw this on sale and was going to ask what you thought of it. I take it from what you say that it is a good purchasing decision. O0
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Father Ted

#3
November 29, 2015, 07:03:28 PM
I loved the idea of this and bought it a while back.  I still love the idea (build your own Millenium Falcon/USS Enterprise/Red Dwarf!), but just find that the building aspect wears me out very quickly.  It's the same with Medieval Engineers - great concept, just too exhausting to play.

Of course that's an entirely subjective opinion, and probably says more about my own failings than the game's, but I thought I would flag it up as a pre-purchase consideration.

Boggit

#4
November 29, 2015, 07:06:43 PM
Thanks, I appreciate that. Is it massively micromanagement, or reasonably doable. Can you automate any activities? Any advice is appreciated. O0
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

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On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Jarhead0331

#5
November 29, 2015, 07:18:34 PM
I agree with Ted. If you are going to build anything on a massive scale, you are going to need a healthy dose of time and patience. I also find that I get turned off by the prospect of building something large that is just going to take too much time that I will never complete it. That being said, nothing says you have to build large vessels, objects or stations. You could build small shuttle, fighter/bomber class craft, etc. really, the only limit is your imagination.
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Boggit

#6
November 30, 2015, 05:49:12 PM
Thanks for the advice. O0

BTW, I love the Star Wars Cat speeders, and your Combat Chicken avatar (which reminds me a bit of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken). Very cool! O0 ;D
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Father Ted

#7
November 30, 2015, 07:40:31 PM
Probably an eagle there Boggit .

Anyhoo, on topic...The game is essentially virtual Lego, where you are the size of a Lego figure.  You can speed up building by "painting" areas with identical blocks (for walls and floors mainly), but otherwise it's piece by piece, and you have to move around your creation in order to construct it.  The latter aspect, plus the fiddling to get the pieces to snap together, is what gets tiresome for me.  Just to expand on what Jarhead said: you choose at the start of each build whether to make a craft in which you sit flight-sim style, a larger ship which you can also pilot and walk around in, or a space station.

You can join others in multiplayer, to make building quicker, but also, as weapons are available, to blast each other's creations apart.

It's very much a sandbox - no gameplay as such.

Jarhead0331

#8
November 30, 2015, 09:20:39 PM
Quote from: Boggit on November 30, 2015, 05:49:12 PM
Thanks for the advice. O0

BTW, I love the Star Wars Cat speeders, and your Combat Chicken avatar (which reminds me a bit of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken). Very cool! O0 ;D

LoL. Yeah...its a Bald Eagle. Not a chicken, dude. I went as 'Murica for Halloween this year.
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DoctorQuest

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November 30, 2015, 10:04:14 PM Last Edit: November 30, 2015, 10:05:58 PM by DoctorQuest
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 30, 2015, 09:20:39 PM

LoL. Yeah...its a Bald Eagle. Not a chicken, dude.

You don't have any idea how much I want to use this as a sig line.

Although.........the idea of a very well armed chicken is intriguing.
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AchillesLastStand

#10
November 30, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
Had my eye on this for a while as well as Medieval Engineers but may wait for the Christmas sale. Has anyone tried Empyrion - Galactic Survival http://store.steampowered.com/app/383120/ Its been getting very good ratings.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden dangers.

Jarhead0331

#11
November 30, 2015, 11:16:22 PM
Quote from: AchillesLastStand on November 30, 2015, 11:02:19 PM
Had my eye on this for a while as well as Medieval Engineers but may wait for the Christmas sale. Has anyone tried Empyrion - Galactic Survival http://store.steampowered.com/app/383120/ Its been getting very good ratings.

Empyrion - Galactic Survival is a 3D open world, space survival adventure in which you can fly across space and land on planets. Build, explore, fight and survive in a hostile galaxy full of hidden dangers.

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=14436.0
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"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18

Boggit

#12
December 01, 2015, 07:06:47 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 30, 2015, 09:20:39 PM
Quote from: Boggit on November 30, 2015, 05:49:12 PM
Thanks for the advice. O0

BTW, I love the Star Wars Cat speeders, and your Combat Chicken avatar (which reminds me a bit of Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken). Very cool! O0 ;D

LoL. Yeah...its a Bald Eagle. Not a chicken, dude. I went as 'Murica for Halloween this year.
LOL! Very cool anyway. :)
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Boggit

#13
December 01, 2015, 07:10:15 PM
If you could only buy one, which would you get and why... Empyrion or Space Engineers?
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Jarhead0331

#14
December 01, 2015, 07:20:52 PM
Probably space engineers. It's more polished and further along in its development.
Grogheads Uber Alles
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"No beast is more alpha than JH." Gusington, 10/23/18

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