I've been reading through the site, looking at all the various projects, and I must say that I'm quite impressed with what I see.
I've read some articles about the dev, not all positive, but I get the feeling that most of it is envy. Many Multi-million dollar developers cannot put together stuff of this quality. Plus 90% of the nay-sayers have never even coded a "hello world" world app. Need I say more? Good job Derek!
Anyway...
I'm trying to get an idea about which product I should focus my attention towards. Yes, I will try the demo but I'm trying to save myself some time by starting with the right game.
I think the best way to help you, help me, is for me to list the things I like/dislike in games of this type. Maybe then you can point me in the right direction.
Like:
- Sandbox. Travel, explore, and improve my ship over time with total freedom.
- Wide array of equipment and customization.
- Managing fleets.
- Real cockpit or "bridge commander" feel.
- Commanding large capital ships as well as fighters.
- Extremely in-depth management.
- Multiplayer with LAN coop (if possible).
Dislike:
- Being forced along a story.
- Being stuck with one type of ship or class.
- Arcade/unrealistic game play and flight model.
Closest thing to what I enjoy: X2 The Threat. No multi-player though
Which one should I demo?
thx.
