Turn-Based F2P Strategy MMO Launches Into Early Access - Space Wars: Interstellar Empires - MMORPG.c

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Turn-Based F2P Strategy MMO Launches Into Early Access - Space Wars: Interstellar Empires - MMORPG.com

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires News - If you're looking for a free-to-play strategy MMO, then we have good news for you: Space Wars - Interstellar Empires has launched into Steam Early Access. Players can control 250 different ships, command a diverse crew and take part in up to 40-player skirmishes.

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yonpachi

Is this game any good

Superman0X

yonpachi said:

Is this game any good

I dont know. Trying it now (F2P)

Nilden

Meh.

Loke666

Torval said:

I'll be interested to hear how turn-based combat works out. It's okay in Wakfu and Wizards 101.

I think Atlantica was at least the most popular turned based game here. Personally is SSIs Neverwinter nights (not to be confused with Biowares game named after it) was the only one with fun combat, it was probably the first game you could call a MMO in the early 90s before M59 set up the kind of MMOs we still have today.

I do like AoW3 and Civ though so it is possible that it works out as long as they havn't made the combat too minimalistic.

Slapshot1188

What are the in app purchases? P2W or just skins?

atonico

Can you guys make a review on this game? I am a sucker for turn base games, although i much prefer japanese titles, but a turn base MMO is something I've been craving ever since Atlantica was bought off by nexon (left the game at that point).
Would be nice to know if the progression is tied to p2w or if it's a fair model like PoE (btw, PoE just released 3.1 today).

Gdemami

Essentially, turn-based-combat Planetside...

BruceYee

Here is a story trailer video for the game.

vegetableoil

A lot of general error pops up in the game, it's still buggy, played like sid meir starship it has 60s timer on battle

Vrika

I tested the game, and it sucks.

The devs have some good ideas, but managing your ship by adjusting power levels for 10+ different things for each single combat round is not fun, it's cumbersome.

Also if there are a lot of players in a single battle you may have to end up waiting 10 minutes between turns. 10 minutes wait make a movement and shoot the enemy maybe 2 times, then it's on to next 10 minute wait.

The game had a lot of error pop-up messages and many things felt unfinished, but even if they finish and fix everything the underlaying game is bad and they'd need to do a major overhaul to not frustrate and bore their players to death with the wait and cumbersome mechanics.

SomeHuman

My first impressions in a nutshell: combat takes forever, but the game has potential for us turn-based fans.

Gdemami

Turn based combat taking place in turns....*shocking*

Some people...

Vrika

Gdemami said:

Turn based combat taking place in turns....*shocking*

Some people...

We were complaining about the the long wait between turns, not about turns themselves.

If you had played other turn based MMOs you'd know that there are plenty of solutions to the wait, like:
 -command phase and action phase
 -giving multiple people their turns at the same time (eg. one side first then another side)
 -limiting the scale, number of players, and increasing damage that you can do within a single turn
 -making UI and game mechanisms that allow players to make their choices for the turn faster

Please play some turn based games instead of criticizing those of us who have played them. Thank you.

Gdemami

Vrika said:

If you had played other turn based MMOs you'd know that there are plenty of solutions to the wait, like:

...and neither of that is applicapable to the game like SpaceWars.