Nebulous Fleet Command: space rts, physics, lan, multiplayer, z axis

Gusington · March 03, 2022, 05:16:12 PM

You fellers still playing? I've got it in my cart on Steam right now.

'The Wife' part of my brain is saying 'you have Battlefleet Gothic (I + II) what do you want this for?'

Shut up brain, I'm trying to enjoy myself.

Silent Disapproval Robot · March 03, 2022, 06:20:28 PM

Still playing with some friends. I'm kind of ambivalent. Maybe I'm not playing it correctly but the battles feel pretty repetitive to me at this point. I don't tend to use a lot of the more in-depth features when it comes to movement or missile path plotting. I just kinda try to go stealthy until I spot someone. Then I shoot all the things at them while jamming. Either I die or they die. Repeat.

Father Ted · March 03, 2022, 07:23:17 PM

Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on March 03, 2022, 06:20:28 PM
Still playing with some friends. I'm kind of ambivalent. Maybe I'm not playing it correctly but the battles feel pretty repetitive to me at this point. I don't tend to use a lot of the more in-depth features when it comes to movement or missile path plotting. I just kinda try to go stealthy until I spot someone. Then I shoot all the things at them while jamming. Either I die or they die. Repeat.

I imagine that any damage to a spaceship IRL would be pretty catastrophic in terms of life-expectancy so this seems reasonable.

Silent Disapproval Robot · March 03, 2022, 08:18:09 PM

Normally it turns into a slugging match. Cruisers and bigger take a long time to die unless you manage to make their reactors go critical.

Gusington · March 03, 2022, 09:03:18 PM

Thanks SDR

Destraex · March 04, 2022, 07:00:39 AM

I keep saying it needs context like homeworld.
You really have no reason to station assets in anything but a set piece fleet just like the battle of trafalgar atm.

In homeworld you separate your fleet to protect various resource and capital assets as well as allocating ships for staging bases for attacks.
In this it's a very small skirmish. A few ships playing in what equates to one asteroid clump in homeworld.

I think the scale is too small. It needs to be much larger in scale and you need to be able to build fleet assets to respond and formulate strategy on the run. Otherwise things become samish in each battle. The variation comes from the strategy in RTS that lets you "change" things each time you play. Otherwise things become too much like canned battles. Fun once. The campaign will add a strategy element and that will make a difference, but multiplayer will mostly be about building ships pre-game without too many surprises. It will still be fun but like Battlestar Galactica Deadlock and Battlefleet Gothic, the multiplayer just won't take off because of the replayability factor and the short sharp battle lengths.

Jarhead0331 · March 04, 2022, 07:44:05 AM

Guys...it's...early....access....as stated several times in this thread, the developer is working on a story campaign and a strategic conquest mode. There are also other fleet assets being developed, like carriers and marine boarding vessels. You guys are being way too unreasonably harsh on this one. Give it some time to develop. It's a single developer on active duty in the navy. What else is out there that has the foundation of this game? Nothing.

That being said, you can't please everyone so maybe you still won't like it even once it's actually finished and fully featured.

Gusington · March 04, 2022, 09:57:50 AM

It does have excellent reviews on Steam and the price is right at that sweet, sweet 19.99 spot.

solops · March 04, 2022, 01:23:06 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 04, 2022, 07:44:05 AM
Guys...it's...early....access....as stated several times in this thread, the developer is working on a story campaign and a strategic conquest mode. There are also other fleet assets being developed, like carriers and marine boarding vessels. You guys are being way too unreasonably harsh on this one. Give it some time to develop. It's a single developer on active duty in the navy. What else is out there that has the foundation of this game? Nothing.

That being said, you can't please everyone so maybe you still won't like it even once it's actually finished and fully featured.

+1
I am seriously considering buying this just to support the dev, adding it to my collection of unplayed games. There was a great game on DOS 3.0 or 3.2 about tactical fleet command that Nebulous reminds me of.

Tripoli · March 04, 2022, 02:14:59 PM

I've only played the tutorials, but I'm enjoying it. I think it will be awesome once they get the strategic layer built in. As Jarhead, said, it is early access. IMHO, for $20, it is worth it just to support the developer.

Gusington · March 04, 2022, 02:43:26 PM

You guys have sold me.

Tripoli · March 04, 2022, 03:44:33 PM

Quote from: Gusington on March 04, 2022, 02:43:26 PM
You guys have sold me.

[singing] "Buy it, Gus.
It will satisfy all your gaming desires
Buy it"

SirAndrewD · March 04, 2022, 03:47:29 PM

boobies

Gusington · March 04, 2022, 04:18:26 PM

A digital siren did appear in my room and dammit all to hell she just would not be ignored. So here I sit looking through the shipbuilder and the tutorial for a few minutes and I have to say, whoever wrote and put the music together should get an award.

Jarhead0331 · March 04, 2022, 04:26:09 PM

Quote from: Gusington on March 04, 2022, 04:18:26 PM
A digital siren did appear in my room and dammit all to hell she just would not be ignored. So here I sit looking through the shipbuilder and the tutorial for a few minutes and I have to say, whoever wrote and put the music together should get an award.

Lauren Pham

https://open.spotify.com/album/3mlqKlC6rcZNGaqenzi7e8