Posted on: June 17, 2012

anyhelpbob

Игр: 134 Отзывов: 1

Not as bad as some say

Alright to begin I feel I have to clarify that I have read the other reviews and that I do understand and agree with most of what they say, but that they really overreact on some minor details. Anyway onto the actual game. To begin I will start with the good parts. First off the back-story is actually entertaining and made the aliens actually look like the bad guys without just saying their evil. They actually did something and that is good when trying to something that you want to beat. Another good thing is that they have in many ways changed the game so that it is not just a better looking game. It is actually a new story with new races and game-play elements. Also it is mostly better looking as well so that is a bonus. Also the customization in this game has been improved over the previous games significantly. Also it is still a master of Orion game, even if the worse in the series, so it is still an OK game. Anyway now on to the bad stuff. To begin, the sheer amount of tabs can be confusing at first, and more importantly once you have it figured out it can be a pain. And it just keeps getting worse. And worse. And that really is not what you want in a game. Also half of those tabs are useless. Continuing on to the planet screens, i have to say that These bugged me. I don't understand why they changed moo2. this one was overly complicated for no reason while before you could just see most if not all info on one screen without having tho click anything. Another issue is the computer AI controlling your stuff. I found this annoying. Also i am not talking about how you can win the game with just the AI (which you can), no i am talking about how it got in the way. It is not fun to do something only to have it changed next turn by the AI that's helping me. And finally, the issue everyone knows about, how bad it is compared to the last games. normally i don't base things on stuff like this. But this is the final on one of the best scy-fi civ games series ever.made so it is important. It just loses to much. There are more issues but these are the most prominent of all. So for my final opinion i have to say the I enjoyed it but never finished it. So while it is not the worst game ever, it is not worth the price it selling at. so if you have the money just buy the first two games. its a much better deal.

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Posted on: July 27, 2010

justascratch

Владелец игры

Игр: 670 Отзывов: 1

Get Over it

If you consider yourself an aficionado of strategy games and you enjoy a 4X setting then Master of Orion 3 (MOO3) probably deserves a shot. While it is not unusual for fans of previous versions of games to be less than pleased when their passionate favorite gets a complete overhaul, the rhetoric spewed out by the old school diehards of this series went way over the top. If you got into strategy gaming after MOO3 you might do yourself a disservice by paying much attention to any of the one star reviews or commentaries that begin by telling you how much a player was disappointed MOO3 wasn’t just a small tweak with some updated graphics of MOO1 & 2 while retaining the feel of their old sweetheart. Again, I am speaking only to the true fans of strategy games that know each game must stand on its own merit. And that a games true value lies first in the strategic challenge it presents followed closely by replayability (or how long it stays on your hard drive). So many games have been done a disservice by being held up to a mirrored image of their ancestors and having every change or tweak being derailed as a flaw or unforgivable alteration of the original. On-line services like GOG allow new players of classic games to break with convention and for a very reasonable price, play the games in reverse order. That may very well be the best advice for strategy gamers approaching the MOO series for the first time. Start with MOO3 then go on to MOO2 and MOO1. The odds are very good you will not share the opinions of the tainted old timers who only saw MOO3 through MOO2 colored glasses. In fact going from MOO3 to MOO2 might seem a bit like going from chess to checkers.

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Posted on: April 22, 2011

jgdesigner

Игр: 62 Отзывов: 1

Simply Abysmal

The creators - and those that still stubbornly cling to this wreck with mods and all - have forgotten that gaming is about playing a GAME...not an uber-realistic universal empire simulator. Grown-ups like me who have jobs, family and a wife don't have time for such nonsense. We want a game that we can sit down and ply over an hour a day and despite the fact that MOO1 & 2 were great GAMES, this one is not. It is not a game. It is a spreadsheet. Stay away from this one. Stay far far far away. You have been warned!!!

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Posted on: May 8, 2011

snowleopard217

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Игр: 71 Отзывов: 7

Dissapointingly Awful

I'd decided to purchase this game despite the bad reviews since I had enjoyed Master of Orion 2. Bad Idea. The game focuses too much on it's hundreds of checkboxes, options, and tabs, taking most of the fun out of the gameplay. If you don't want to micro manage every single aspect of the game you can instead turn on AI to control aspects such as production. The problem with this is that the ai will usually not do what you would normally choose to do and may not act according to your chosen strategy. This also detriments gameplay in other ways since you wouldn't control production. Imagine commanding whatever fleets the AI decides to spit out. Not always a very good strategy and honestly quite annoying, especially when the AI decides to build a somewhat useless ship for no apparent reason. Unlike the previous MOO games, you cannot choose your research directly, again limitng your strategy. The game also requires so much micro management and attention to diplomatic events, that the pace of the game is unbearably slow. For example, I'd only managed to make it to turn 50 after over 2 hours into a round. The game literally can give you over a dozen messages and notifications every time you hit the "turn" button. Basically the game gives you little choice in what to do unless you manage every tiny detail. Even then your choices can be limited. Every aspect of the game interface is a pain, there are so many radio boxes and options that need to be attended to every turn that the game just isn't fun. You will be too busy micromanaging to actually play or even move forward. Get one of the newer Galactic Civilizations games or Master of Orion 2 instead. Much better control, yet more fluid gameplay in terms of management.

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Posted on: November 16, 2012

azile0

Игр: 68 Отзывов: 6

A travesty

This game is the epitome of the phrase "Where did it all go wrong?" It's as if the game designers completely abandoned MOO 1+2 and decided to make a game in about three weeks. That's what the overall quality feels like. It's pointless, frustrating and completely disappointing.

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