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Digital Gaming => Computer Gaming => Topic started by: Martok on August 07, 2013, 03:55:43 PM

Title: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: Martok on August 07, 2013, 03:55:43 PM
Link (http://starruler2.com/)


Wow, this one completely slipped past me. 

Here's hoping the sequel is a bit more fleshed out.  I was fascinated by the original game's concept, but by most accounts it was a little shallow in some respects (at least compared to most 4x titles). 

Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: Jarhead0331 on August 07, 2013, 04:00:02 PM
Why start a second game before the first one is finished?
Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: Anguille on August 07, 2013, 05:05:29 PM
I enjoyed the first game (while not perfect). Look forward to see more. Thanks for the info.
Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: Jarhead0331 on August 07, 2013, 05:11:52 PM
Quote from: Anguille on August 07, 2013, 05:05:29 PM
I enjoyed the first game (while not perfect). Look forward to see more. Thanks for the info.

I sort of enjoyed certain aspects of the first one too, but overall, it was an incomplete game that never could hold my interest for more than an hour or two.  Moreover, development and support simply ended and the game was clearly abandoned.  On the page for the sequel, they openly acknowledge some of the faults of the original title.  Just seems like they failed to accomplish what they intended with the first, so they are trying again with this new title.  There is nothing inherently wrong with this...but I think it should be acknowledged. 
Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: Anguille on August 07, 2013, 05:17:36 PM
Let's hope they make it better this time ;)
Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: mikeck on August 07, 2013, 06:10:05 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 07, 2013, 04:00:02 PM
Why start a second game before the first one is finished?

$$$
Title: Re: Star Ruler 2 coming
Post by: panzerde on August 07, 2013, 07:02:00 PM
From the dev diary it looks like just what they're doing on the economic front is considerably deeper that the first game was.  I really, really enjoyed the ship construction in the original game, but have to agree I found the rest of the game shallow.  It was pretty much just a colony rush; any other strategy seemed to find your empire overwhelmed by about an hour into the game.