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Nice to get an official word on this at last.
First is one of the best strategy games I've played. Hopefully this will be just as good....or better?!
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jan 2010 21:25 Post subject: |
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I really hoped for Kerberos to focus on North Star first and SoW2 later 
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jan 2010 22:47 Post subject: |
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| WhiteBarbarian wrote: | | I really hoped for Kerberos to focus on North Star first and SoW2 later |
Same. |
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jan 2010 22:26 Post subject: |
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small update with a presentation
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jan 2010 23:32 Post subject: |
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im not too sure bout this one....
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| Posted: Sat, 30th Jan 2010 00:48 Post subject: |
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Thanks. Sounds interesting, seems Kerberos remains true to themselves by cooking something different 
P.S. presenter reminded me of Jeffrey Lebowski - an awesome Dude 
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| Posted: Sat, 30th Jan 2010 16:44 Post subject: |
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| WhiteBarbarian wrote: |
Thanks. Sounds interesting, seems Kerberos remains true to themselves by cooking something different
P.S. presenter reminded me of Jeffrey Lebowski - an awesome Dude |
Hehe, yeah, Mecron is quite a character. While he seems to rub some whiny people the wrong way, personally I find it refreshing with an outspoken and confrontational dev compared to how most devs nowadays are silent and faceless as far as the community around their games go. Though he *can* be a bit of an ass sometimes.
And I still have faith in Kerberos, while FZ wasn't a top notch game, it wasn't priced as such either, they knew pretty well what they released I think (maybe bar the now mostly fixed bugs) and I sure had more fun with that pretty shitty game than most titles costing 6-10 times as much. But I do agree that Northstar, if done right, probably is higher on my wish list as well (though I think I recall reading that Nstar hasn't got a publisher yet, so from a business standpoint they are probably doing the only thing they can do).
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 08:38 Post subject: |
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Sweet stuff, cant wait to get my hands on it.
So what is new in the Northstar universe anyway?
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 14:10 Post subject: |
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Quick guide to get the whole SoS pirate package ?
Do I insall the original and then the expansions 1 by 1 ? I'm downloading the original game now.
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| Posted: Sun, 31st Jan 2010 16:22 Post subject: |
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| Mental_Hippie wrote: | Hehe, yeah, Mecron is quite a character. While he seems to rub some whiny people the wrong way, personally I find it refreshing with an outspoken and confrontational dev compared to how most devs nowadays are silent and faceless as far as the community around their games go. Though he *can* be a bit of an ass sometimes.
And I still have faith in Kerberos, while FZ wasn't a top notch game, it wasn't priced as such either, they knew pretty well what they released I think (maybe bar the now mostly fixed bugs) and I sure had more fun with that pretty shitty game than most titles costing 6-10 times as much. But I do agree that Northstar, if done right, probably is higher on my wish list as well (though I think I recall reading that Nstar hasn't got a publisher yet, so from a business standpoint they are probably doing the only thing they can do). |
Oh, he is Mecron. Good to know, I will be remembering his presentation for quite some time now every time I will be reading his forum posts
Agree on Fort Zombie, with latest patches game is simple but quite fun time waster
| SilverBlue wrote: | Sweet stuff, cant wait to get my hands on it.
So what is new in the Northstar universe anyway? |
North Star is a trading / smuggling RPG game. You explore galaxy, land on planets to explore / trade ala Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds & crew from Firefly / Serenity. You can upgrade your ship to have hidden compartments to hide illegal goods. Combat in space is real time ala SoTs and ground / inside the ship combat is turn-based ala X-COM. Game has story missions and side missions.
More information:
- Northstar Wiki |
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Feb 2010 00:19 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Feb 2010 15:55 Post subject: |
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| VGAdeadcafe wrote: | Quick guide to get the whole SoS pirate package ?
Do I insall the original and then the expansions 1 by 1 ? I'm downloading the original game now. |
Yes.
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| Posted: Mon, 1st Feb 2010 16:38 Post subject: |
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Yep, I installed all 3 expansions, going through the vid tuts today, heh ...
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| Posted: Wed, 3rd Feb 2010 00:55 Post subject: |
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Anyone new to the game and interested in learning more about the mechanics should check the wiki out. It's the ultimate manual.
http://sots.rorschach.net/
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Aug 2010 04:09 Post subject: |
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Screens...
 
 
 
Looks very nice
EDIT: Same screens in even bigger resolutions --> gamershell
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Aug 2010 09:09 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Aug 2010 20:40 Post subject: |
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| Namarie wrote: | So, north star is like starflight?
And, this is nice to see.... |
Starflight, SunDog: Frozen Legacy, MegaTraveller and seeing these screens makes the itching for N* ever more severe |
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Aug 2010 23:24 Post subject: |
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Looks like concept art. If the game turns out to be anything close to that beautiful though I will be happy. I love SoTS
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Sep 2010 12:25 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Sep 2010 14:03 Post subject: |
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Looks nice
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This is really amazing. It retains the drawn feel of the original, while still technically very impressive. Thanks!
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 22:38 Post subject: |
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It's now less than a month away, PR hyping should pickup within the next week according to castewar - who is a kerberos dev.
The game will be released Feb 9th.
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 22:47 Post subject: |
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Oh, that soon. I was expecting a spring release somewhere around March.
Hopefully, we will see some North * love after SOTS 2 release
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Thu, 13th Jan 2011 22:53 Post subject: |
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North Star has a very good premise, and imagine the combination between X-Com and Elite, it'll either be a classic game or fall flat on it's face.
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Jan 2011 00:12 Post subject: |
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Or just another average and forgettable space-'sim'/actionRPG hybrid.
Last edited by Raap on Fri, 14th Jan 2011 02:04; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Jan 2011 01:45 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | | North Star has a very good premise, and imagine the combination between X-Com and Elite, it'll either be a classic game or fall flat on it's face. |
A cross between X-Com and Elite would be quite unique.
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Jan 2011 04:12 Post subject: |
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Do we know yet if this will be available on Steam?
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| Posted: Fri, 14th Jan 2011 06:21 Post subject: |
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Hmm... at Paradox's SOTS 2 site --> http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/sword-of-the-stars-2
release date is 09/02/2011, but "LATEST NEWS" and "LATEST PRESS RELEASES" columns use a freaky MM/DD/YYYY date format.
So, looks like game won't be released at Feb 9th as Epsilon mentioned a few posts back, but is scheduled for Sep 2nd
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