Sid Meier's Starships

Defiant306 · 8 Mar 2015 at 20:48

Yeah its not exactly selling the game for BE buyers :/

JTrickle · 8 Mar 2015 at 23:13

leezer3 said:
I'm sure I mentioned this in the Beyond Earth thread, but all the decent stuff with Sid Meier's name on it was basically nothing to do with him.-

Go check out the making of Xcom articles. Sounds like he has a pretty high up management role at Fireaxis even if no longer hands on.

breadturbo · 12 Mar 2015 at 22:45

Starships wont even start for me, crashes instantly to desktop, looooads of ppl having the same issue on the steam forums, not a good start.

Defiant306 · 13 Mar 2015 at 09:25

Surprise

arknor · 13 Mar 2015 at 10:13

breadturbo said:
Starships wont even start for me, crashes instantly to desktop, looooads of ppl having the same issue on the steam forums, not a good start.

I was reading on another forum the pirated version had a crackfix to fix the devs mistake

Wyrdo · 13 Mar 2015 at 12:46

Just installed it and fired it up here, working fine for me through Steam. Game seems kinda basic?

Edit: When I say basic, I mean the presentation of the game - haven't played it enough to see how much depth there is.

leezer3 · 13 Mar 2015 at 13:06

JTrickle said:
Go check out the making of Xcom articles. Sounds like he has a pretty high up management role at Fireaxis even if no longer hands on.

Management

That's the whole point I'm making; Jake Solomon was largely responsible for the direction and and development of Xcom, and Sid is the 'inspiration' and the big recognisable name to be pushed forward.

I'm sure he did some stuff, but nowhere near as much as the public perception would have you believe.

-Leezer-

delta0 · 13 Mar 2015 at 17:40

This has a real old school feel to it. Just getting into it now.

breadturbo · 13 Mar 2015 at 18:59

delta0 said:
This has a real old school feel to it. Just getting into it now.

what are your specs?
still cant get it to run on mine, neither can zillions of others

yannis76 · 13 Mar 2015 at 19:11

Great idea, but very very shallow!!!

Played it twice, battles are interesting and so is the general idea, but its very very shallow. Technology is very basic and common to every race. However it could evolve to something great. Battles are similar to Master of Orion 2 (one of my favorites)

delta0 · 13 Mar 2015 at 19:39

breadturbo said:
what are your specs?
still cant get it to run on mine, neither can zillions of others

It ran fine on mine. Running a [email protected], 8 GB RAM o/c, 7850 (1200/1450), Windows 8.1.

delta0 · 15 Mar 2015 at 13:34

I've started noticing Beyond Earth and Starships interacting with each other. You can save a game in Beyond Earth and play a game in Starships using the allegiances and enemies from the Beyond Earth game. Also completing games in Starships is unlocking new starting combinations for games in Beyond Earth. I've only scratched the surface but so far it is good.