Almatha Posted February 10, 2004 Report Posted February 10, 2004 Alas i do not have the graphics card nor the computer right now to play UC right now but because of the price i went ahead and bought it anyways (ok honestly i overlooked one of the requirements. but thats ok i can wait). I was reading over the manual and I was wondering (perhaps i overlooked it) but can you visit any planet's surface? Are you able to get out and walk on the surface and ride ground or sea vehicals on any planet? or is there just a select few that pertains to missions that you can walk on? Juging from the manual's depth i would assume you can. How in the world did you come up with the skills and resources to design a game series as this? As you are not a large developer, I was expecting an extreamly long list of people in the credits but i see there are (for the scope of the game) relitively few. How did you accomplish or dare to dream to accomplish such a task? Seems to me you have done a fine job of it, inspite of the reviews. It is like the game Simcopter. This was a 3d game that was released sevaral years ago that allowed you to fly a copter and perform missions in any simcity 2000 city that you created. While the idea was simple it was a game that was overlooked by many people but I found it fascinating because of the freeform ablitiy of the game. I love games where you are not comfined by a set path but are free to do whatever you want. These games provide the greatest creativity and fun. GTA3 and Vice City, and Morrowind (one of my favorite RPGs are great examples of this) While maybe your games are not perfect they are greatest improving it seems with age and new versions. how many planets are you able to explore? the game map shows a few but the map is rather small. I guess just a nice overview :-) (the printed mini-map that came with the game).
Bandus Posted February 10, 2004 Report Posted February 10, 2004 Welcome to the scene Almatha. Some of the information you seek regarding UC can be found here: http://www.3000ad.com/products/uc.shtml As a quick answer to your questions though, "Yes, you can land and walk around on any planet (or moon for that matter) that you can see in the game." How did Derek do it? Well, determination, learning from experience, and I'm sure there are a few other explanations of how he did it as well. As for Simcopter, I played that game and it was absolutely outstanding for it's time. As far as an exact count of planets I'm not really sure of the top of my head. I assure you there are enough to keep you busy for weeks and weeks and weeks and that is assuming you go directly to each one, land, and immediately take off to move on to teh next one.
Reno Posted February 10, 2004 Report Posted February 10, 2004 Just planet hopping likely wouldnt take that long... Now, scoping out all the bases, cities, space ports, naval fleets, etc...THAT would take a while.
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