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Forum Archive 2023 => dMw Gaming => Gaming Archive => It's a game ...but it ain't got its own topic! => Topic started by: delanvital on April 10, 2007, 11:18:34 AM

Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: delanvital on April 10, 2007, 11:18:34 AM
See title :)
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: Dr Sadako on April 10, 2007, 11:31:53 AM
Me me me!
 
I seem to come back to it all the time. I have MoO and MoO2 in my bookshelf. Haven't installed it yet as my computer is newly installed.
 
I enjoy MoO2 most though. I never got into MoO3.
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: delanvital on April 10, 2007, 11:45:00 AM
Quote from: Dr Sadako;184308Me me me!
 
I seem to come back to it all the time. I have MoO and MoO2 in my bookshelf. Haven't installed it yet as my computer is newly installed.
 
I enjoy MoO2 most though. I never got into MoO3.

I played the first one. A wee bit on the second one. Never tried the third. Think I should find MoO2 again...

Edit: AFAIK MoO3 is a as complex as MoO2, but more exiting.
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: Dr Sadako on April 10, 2007, 12:17:15 PM
Quote from: delanvital;184311Edit: AFAIK MoO3 is a as complex as MoO2, but more exiting.

It is more complex than MoO2 but not better. It becomes messy imho. I was really disappointed when I played it. But maybe it is worth a go again?
 
http://www13.cd-wow.com/detail_results_12.php?product_code=174437
 
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=master+of+orion&category0=
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: delanvital on April 10, 2007, 12:51:26 PM
I think I will play them from the end again :woot2:

I will give MoO a go tonight and see what it feels like. Will probably need to run it from DosBox to get sound and such I think.
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: Dr Sadako on April 10, 2007, 03:37:35 PM
QuoteThis game has the most menus of any game I have ever played, and I suppose that is fitting, since the whole game is comprised of these menus.  The less informed members of the gaming populace may ask themselves, "When do the menus end? When can I start playing?" Alas, the answers are "when you turn off the game", and "once you take a college course in political science and military warfare." While these are obviously exaggerations, they aren't stretching the truth as far as one may assume.  With a manual the size of a small novella, the lack of any true tutorial, and a complicated interface that makes Linux seem like a touch screen GUI, Master of Orion 3 is not at all the place to begin your experience with games of this genre.  Again, I don't mean to insinuate that all games need to be pick up and play, but if I wanted to spend time messing with a foreign system of highly complex interfaces, I would pick up and screw around with the aforementioned Linux OS - at least that won't cost me 50 bucks.

From a MoO3 review. I remembered it being bad ...
Title: Anyone here who plays/played Master of Orion?
Post by: delanvital on April 10, 2007, 09:10:45 PM
Quote from: Dr Sadako;184375From a MoO3 review. I remembered it being bad ...

Just talked to a friend. In his words, sort of:
 
MoO was simple and entertaining...
MoO2 was complex and dull...
MoO3 was complex and fun...
 
Depends on how you see it I guess. He loved all the options in 3, but hated them in 2 since the complexity didn't add to the gameplay properly.
 
Just found MoO here... looking forward to some gaming :D
 
Edit: The game runs perfectly with Dox Box. Much better than the last DOS emulator I tried. AA'ed, resized and boxed window with sound, music and mouse - bliss :D
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