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Reply to Experiencing SC2 for the first time, from an SC1 Veteran in Star Control II StarControl Forums

Thanks Frogboy! 30 years, eh? 30? Wow. Think about that- T-h-i-r-t-y Y-e-a-r-s. I was just a 21 year-old Pup then. Now I'm a- Well... an Older Pup. [e digicons]:D[/e] Here's hoping the work the Great Ones are doing on the next installment is going well Apace!

Reply to Experiencing SC2 for the first time, from an SC1 Veteran in Star Control II StarControl Forums

Well you've got to understand, at the time I had no *clue* there was an alternative way to obtain what I needed! If I had known I certainly would have utilized it. From my perspective, I was fighting to save the Galaxy from extermination and I had NO CHOICE. I hated it, I was genuinely emotional about the event. I didn't want to give up my crew & I'm sure my captain had many sleepless nights about the event. It would be a dark stain in his past he would never forget. That *is* why I spent

Reply to Experiencing SC2 for the first time, from an SC1 Veteran in Star Control II StarControl Forums

Honestly, it isn't *unreasonable* to have difficulty levels. As long as SCO has them, with 'normal' being in the same Ballpark as SC2, that'll be okay. Perhaps like the original DOOM- 1-Tutorial, 2-Easy, 3-Normal, 4-Hard, 5-Insanity. That's fair, isn't it? What really clocked me in the noggin with how modern gaming had changed though, was with Mass Effect 3. Difficulty levels for the action? Sure. Okay. But the option to turn off the Roleplaying Elements? In a ROLE

Reply to Experiencing SC2 for the first time, from an SC1 Veteran in Star Control II StarControl Forums

It gets such short shrift because the 2nd game *is* such a quantum leap over it. But to me it's like comparing a Chevy Camaro to a Bugatti Veyron, just because the Veyron is so much faster, that hardly makes the Camaro slow!

Experiencing SC2 for the first time, from an SC1 Veteran in Star Control II StarControl Forums

It seems there are all too few who have experienced what kind of a revolutionary game Star Control 2 is, even with the free Ur-Quan Masters having been out for years now. Even fewer, seem to be those who experienced the first game, and how good it was for its time. Shortly after SC1 was released, a friend of mine had it on the IBM PC & we both regarded it as a stunning combination of action & strategy. When I heard it was going to be released on the Sega Genesis by 1990,

Reply to SC Founder's Program Sold Out? in Star Control Stardock Forums

I knew that Stardock was doing a 'continuation' of the SC series, but not wanting to watch the pot boil, stayed away from monitoring their progress. Now I learn that I should have watched the pot! Star Control 2 is not only one of my favorite videogames of all time (and I've been gaming since 1976) it's one of the best games ever made. Period. I would very much like to be part of any 'Second Wave' that might be made available. Is there some way to be notified

Reply to #Gamergate as seen outside games in PC Gaming LittleTinyFrogs Forums

Mr. Wardell, I appreciate very much your taking a principled stance on #Gamergate and putting up your interview at The Escapist. This is even more important now that 2 of them (both pro-Gamergate) have now been taken down. Since we have read numerous 'hit-pieces' online (many supported by a man named Alex Liefschitz- you need to look into him) decrying yours as well, it might not be too long before an excuse is found to take it off the site. Most of the flak of course, comes from the