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And welcome from me as well;) I hope you'll enjoy the game... It's a rollercoaster ride in a creepy kinda way... When investing enough time and effort in the game it only grows and grows on you:)

You must take into consideration it is not often you find any useful goods in an obliterated environment...

Probably back to shoot'em ups?

hm, even the Tau Seti system and its inhabitants were playing with me as if I were an ant or something... I decided to pass through the system, warping from end to end, but figured it wouldn't harm to get rid of a few N-fighters near by. Was I wrong! Within seconds the sector was crammed with BC mk1's, and they appeared just for me alone, how thoughtful of them! I didn't make it to the other end by the way

I've had the pleasure to play quite a bit with UC now and here are my 'first' impressions: 1) I don't miss a tutorial. Eons ago, when I was born, I didn't get one either, so why should I need one in UC? The best way to learn this game is by making stupid mistakes. It works for me; 2) great community (as you can see I joined the Prime Fleet) which gives UC/BC even more depth through the roleplaying opportunities available. The open environment of UC really challenges the player to come up with great playing ideas; 3) The price I had to pay for the game, ridiculously low... But enough has been said on the web about that. I hope you gained some profit out of it after all, SC;); 4) The thing I don't like it the current collision detection on planets (i.e. the shuttle keeps wobbling about after exiting on a sloped surface); So, all in all, a very impressive product that I'll keep playing and playing. Great work!

Sweet!

I have to agree this is probably the best review of the game I've come across. It still doesn't do the game justice IMHO. The fact that the silence out in space is kept in tact in the series is one of those things I truly like about it, just as I love the 'emptiness' of the universe, coz let's face it, it *IS* big and empty out there;) But keeping in mind the avg. player needs their adrenaline kick from the latest gfx and the lineair 'look at me, I'm dumb and need to be guided' storylines, I guess this review's fairly accurate and honest towards that group of gamers. I for one just love the fact that UC throws me in the deep from the start. And I just keep falling and falling into its humongous universe:D I love it!

Universal combat.... Man oh man, what a game. It arrived earlier this week and haven't stopped reading the manual since and squeezed all my playtime into UC. Oh, I'm new here btw, greetings to everyone:) Anyway... After thoroughly reading the manual and testing things out in previous days I started off today with the roam scenario. There I was, sitting comfortably in my aestrom super carrier, looking out over the planet earth. I dispatched all my drones and mined the earth for a while. Fighters were patroling the area, just so I'd feel safe on my first steps out in space. Everything went well, no real threats were around me, apart from a little skirmish here and there. I figured I'd better peek around the corner and try my luck beyond the portal to mars. I pleasantly watched the trip through hyperspace, sent my fighters through the portal and jumped in with the Aestrom as well. Then I set course to Mars to get close to the orbiting ship. When I arrived I suddenly heard 'Warning', 'warning' and I checked the radar. A hostile Battlecruiser mk2 showed up at the edge of space... far, far away from me. Just to be sure I hooked up the FATAL system and readied 3 missiles. Then I saw it happening: The battlecruiser went into hyperspace, directly towards me. I turned my carrier, aiming directly at the place I expected the battlecruiser to show up. I anxiously watched the meter closing in on me and there he was, right in front of me! The missiles immediately launched while the cruiser flew right by me, nearly hitting my precious carrier. I turned with it and *BAOUM!* that baby never knew what hit him!! What an introduction!! Universal Combat truly is an awesome game and I can't wait to explore more, much more!