Sid Meier's Starships

[Steelgrave]

PC Gamer spanked it pretty bad.

http://www.pcgamer.com/sid-meiers-starships-review/

[Shelldrake]

I find it odd that my laptop, which runs XCOM nicely on medium settings, can't run a PC port of a tablet game smoothly even in windowed mode. For what it is I find Starships to be is a fun time waster - hopefully it will improve with updates and mods.

[BanzaiCat]

PC Gamer spanked it pretty bad.

http://www.pcgamer.com/sid-meiers-starships-review/

I dunno. Anyone that thinks Civilization Revolution is a "superb" game has some perception issues, IMO. It's not bad, but it's a very, very poor man's version of the 'real' Civ.

[fabius]

PC Gamer spanked it pretty bad.

http://www.pcgamer.com/sid-meiers-starships-review/

Think others here have wrote better reviews in forum posts, but this made me laugh:

Sid Meier's Starships

Get a cardboard box, paint it silver, sit in it and pretend you're Kirk. There, we just saved you some cash.

[Gusington]

Played for an hour. It's simple and not complex, but fun. I don't get all the hate...

[Steelgrave]

Played for an hour. It's simple and not complex, but fun. I don't get all the hate...

I enjoy the combat. There are lots of things I would like to see improved and it's not a deep game, but I own other deep games. I'm good with just being fun for a change.

[Gusington]

Yeah. The nerd rage for this is just...creepy.

[BanzaiCat]

I've actually had a tough time figuring it out; it wasn't terribly intuitive, but then again I didn't spend but maybe 30 minutes with the game. I figured out enough but I pushed my luck and ended up getting my butt kicked in the second system I entered. I rage quit. But I will be baahhhck.

[Gusington]

It's definitely not intuitive and there are definitely bugs, but it is not a steaming pile to get enraged with like some over at Steam have been doing. Awkward pun intended.

[Gusington]

Played some more last night...still had fun, but less fun. I don't want to sound like a 9 year old but the graphics are piss poor. A tutorial of some kind is needed too. Gameplay itself can get repetitive, and diplomacy is really weak. So...if I paid 25.00 or more I would be pretty pissed, but I paid around 11.00. I guess the price point should have prepared me. It's fun, but I don't see myself playing much more, especially with Homeworld and Endless Space waiting.

[Cyrano]

That's IT...Gus nailed it for me.

1:  Yep, the tutorial lack is weird and bothersome.

2:  Far more significantly, with all the 4X out there -- certainly Sid's own iterations not least -- what is the elevator pitch for this game?  I don't see it.  Four X-ers (I'm truthfully not one) have a set of expectations that there's no way this game could ever have met.  Ship-to-ship tactical guys (I'm one of those guys) are going to find this ludicrous (I do).  Who's this game for?

I don't hate it.  I'm not mad at it.  But it certainly doesn't make a lot of sense to me...

Best,

Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)

[tgb]

It's not a 4X. In fact, Firaxis went out of their way to say that it isn't one.  It has some lite 4X elements, but it was never pitched as anything but a casual turn-based tactical combat game.

[Cyrano]

I know all that, but that's why there's all the rage.  It's never sunk in because of its look and pedigree.

What IS the elevator pitch for this game that seems to be falling with a thud between two stools?

[Anguille]

Think I'll buy it in order to play during my travels...just for relaxing purpose.

[steve58]

...and its on sale for $10 for Steam's 2K 10yr anniversary sale.