Freelancer and Stars!

Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:41 am by Slider2k

Playing Freelancer reminded me of a game named Stars! - a turn-based interstellar strategy that i've played a long ago, it has alot of simillar things and the same mood of exploration, and most important it has multiplayer that can be played over e-mail, modem, LAN, or hot-seat. For all those Freelancer fans i can recommend to try out the Stars!.
More info: http://crisium.com/stars/page_whatis.html

Edited by - Slider2k on 07-12-2003 00:47:53

Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:48 am by Aceaz

<Activates Paranoia unit>
You sound like an advert! In fact, i think you are an advert. Please, at least be inventive.

<Paranoia unit deactivated>

Sun Dec 07, 2003 12:52 am by Nickless V2

I can hardly see any imilarity's between FL and Stars.

I don't see how any turnbased strategy can be compared to any Space-sim like Freelancer.

Looks nice, but a bit to basic for my likeing.

It's better to chase a rabbit then to catch a hare...

Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:06 am by Slider2k

No, it's just an old good game, i can't describe it in other words, so that it wouldnt sound like advert :\. Just wanted other fans to know of it.

Edited by - Slider2k on 07-12-2003 01:08:04

Sun Dec 07, 2003 1:14 am by Slider2k

Daft Remarks: Basic? It's not basic. It's way more sophisticated than FL. When i played FL i remembered the Stars! cause it has the same mood, not strictly comparing game generes/graphics/etc..

Sun Dec 07, 2003 2:48 am by Sir Spectre

LOL, Slider2k called Nickless by his root username.

I thought it was funny.

Maybe from sort of stratedy side of things Stars might be a more involved game for the user, having to keep track of more things and such (I don't know, whatever you have to do for the game). But Freelancer is more sophisticated on a technical level for all the programming that is required for every little thing that happens in it.

Sir Spectre

Sun Dec 07, 2003 11:15 am by Slider2k

I dont meant that FL is technically simplier, i meant that the Stars! is more wit consuming to play.

Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:23 pm by Warlord Bob

Looks super-cool to me. I'm a big civ fan and a space strategy game like this looks imcredibly cool. Shame theres no sp

Tue Dec 09, 2003 8:47 am by BlazeME

Umm... The link didn't work.

And a game without SP?!? What is the world coming to?!?!

BlazeME: Flameus Muchus n00bus

Wed Dec 10, 2003 5:51 pm by Slider2k

Ok, this is direct link to the game:
ftp://library.southern.edu/stars26b.zip
Free playable demo. Limited to technology level 10 but allows unlimited play turns. If you'll want to get registered version - ask the people on rec.games.computer.stars newsgroup.

There is SP - you can play against computer AI players, like in any other strategy game. But there's no scenario missions, and i dont think that the game is suffering because of it.

Edited by - Slider2k on 10-12-2003 22:30:11

Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:51 pm by tombowlus

Stars! is much more akin to MOO. It is, however, a very enjoyable game, and worth checking out. Sure, it's quite a bit out of date now, but it's still a fun little addicting game.

Tom.

Wed Dec 10, 2003 10:52 pm by Nickless V2

Ok, I tried it and I still don't realy like it, but that's just a matter of taste.

And as a sidenote, my name is Nickless, the : Daft Remarks part has the habit to change every now and then

Edited by - Nickless: Daft Remarks on 10-12-2003 22:53:20

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