Birth of the Federation II

[Huntingdon]

The greatly expanded list of minor races, combined with the new diplomacy and Intelligence features. Starship use was mainly exploration for me.

I like the idea of science ships actually doing research too.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

i like the idea of being able to build so mny different kinds of ships. The depot idea sounds really cool.

 

[PlainSimpleJoel]

There are so many things in this game, which are interesting. First, the resources are going to be interesting, as you just can't build a ship. You'll need officers, deuterium and raw materials to build a ship. Second, having different types of stations. And being able move people from planet to planet. So many things.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

What with all these features, i hope the game play is easy, and not overly confusing.

 

[Skippy 2k]

I am really looking forward to this game! I really liked BOTF, my friends and I usually play it when we network computers (allthough had trouble the last couple of times). Anyway how will one go about getting the new game? Will it be downloadable that can be burnt direct to a disc or how will it be done?

Looks great, waiting to download!

 

[Ronald Held]

Still waiting......

 

[Huntingdon]

Posted by Skippy 2k:

Looks great, waiting to download!

It'll be donwloadable from the site. They were asking for volunteers to host the file...

 

[GabeHimself]

I hope that there can be battles like in Sacrifice of Angels. I managed that once in a multiplayer game. I had 50 Galors. Any more than that and the game crashed.

I've been playing the new mod with the Breen and I've found that the Bajorans are very hard to subjugate early on. They get loads of orbital mines the moment my peace loving Cardies build their cruisers. I just hope in BOTF2 the Bajorans are the pushovers they should be so I can kill thousands daily.

 

[Dude]

Are you actually a Trekkie?

Love and peace? Exploration is a goal in itself and all?

 

[Matt4511]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was delaying a bit, possibly more than a bit.

I'm not expecting it any time soon, I'm afraid.

 

[Dude]

* grabs pitchfork and torch *

 

[Ronald Held]

I would give a fair amount ot play a purely exploration ST game that was interesting and had no battles.

 

[Scatter]

^ There'd be a bit of a 'Sim City' element to a game like that though. Sure it's be interesting at first, but it would become quite repetetive after a while...

 

[Ronald Held]

Maybe. It would be novel, at least for a while.

 

[Huntingdon]

Apparently the developer hasn't been seen online for a few weeks. Not a great sign...

Has anyone had a look at Galactic Civilisations II? It seems to have a lot of the features they're building into BOTF -

 

[Titus Andronicus]

Interesting...I'm hoping the lack of online time means he's work hard on the game. I'm just hoping this doesn't fall through like other ambitious projects.

 

[GabeHimself]

Posted by Scatter:
^ There'd be a bit of a 'Sim City' element to a game like that though. Sure it's be interesting at first, but it would become quite repetetive after a while...

No. I demand Xenocide.

 

[Scatter]

Posted by Huntingdon:
Apparently the developer hasn't been seen online for a few weeks. Not a great sign...

he posted in the forums yesterday or the day before... it was pretty recently anyways...

 

[Huntingdon]

Odd. The forum software says he hasn't posted since the end of June...

 

[137th Gebirg]

Posted by Huntingdon:
Apparently the developer hasn't been seen online for a few weeks. Not a great sign...

Not necessarily. As a coder myself, there are times when I'm close to a breakthrough or in the middle of a long fast run, I sequester myself away for several hours or even days to finish the job. People who attempt to make contact with me during that "fragile" stage in the code evolution see a very different (and not too friendly) me. As far as I'm concerned, it is not only normal, it's a very GOOD sign that we are close to seeing a final product, particularly considering the scope of this project.