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The Long-Awaited MOO!

Posted by michael on from the moo-baby-moo dept.

Number13 writes "Quicksilver's Master of Orion 3, declared vaporware by Wired magazine, has gone gold! Set to hit the streets on Feb. 25, MOO3 is the the successor to what many consider the best space strategy game series."

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  1. Will it live up to the hype? by rblancarte · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is the biggest question. I mean, as long as people have waited for it, will it be all that? So far I don't think any game that has been awaited THIS LONG has ever really lived up to it all.

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  2. Best series by wednesdaywar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The article said "best space strategy game SERIES". Methinks your little Trade Wars is a but a speck compared to the glory that was MOO and MOO II. Bring it on, we can't wait any longer...

  3. please...let it be worthy of the series by captainfugacity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My fingers are crossed that it is not the type of sequel that MythIII was. They've had a lot of time...hopefully they played the first two to get an idea of what worked...

  4. PC game. by ziggles · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sorry, maybe it's just me.. but I find it hard to get excited about any newly relesed PC game. It's pretty much a guaruntee that it will have at least one major bug, and many minor ones. I'll get excited when the first patch is released.
    Especially with a game that has been in development a long time. That generally means they want to get it out as soon as every major feature is in, and don't have too much time for bug testing and the smaller things.
    It's a pity.

    1. Re:PC game. by Wraithlyn · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "It's pretty much a guaruntee that it will have at least one major bug, and many minor ones. [...] Especially with a game that has been in development a long time. That generally means they want to get it out as soon as every major feature is in, and don't have too much time for bug testing and the smaller things."

      Your logic completely escapes me. How does longer overall development time equate to less time for bug testing? How does a very long development time mean they are putting it "out as soon as every major feature is in"?? Wouldn't that be something you'd expect from something with a SHORT development time?

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  5. Re:Another golden oldie space game renewed by Alsee · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Think of it as the core essential fun gameplay elements of MOO without all the extra complicated junk.

    Dude! Real strategy players consider the "extra complicated junk" to BE the "core essential fun gameplay"!

    :)

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