In spite of Master of Orion 3's countless detail-oriented improvements, connoisseurs of the series may also find themselves pining for the personality of the earlier games, wishing to trade some of the new intricacy and erudition for a better sense of interaction and consequence. So, the advice to both groups of strategy gamers is essentially the same.
Neophytes who want to know for themselves what becoming the Master of Orion is really all about should look for a bargain-bin copy of Master of Orion II. Likewise, fans of the series are advised to pull out their old discs and have another go at defeating those nasty Antarans.
Even six years later, Master of Orion II is a better game than its sequel in every way that matters. Graphics: All the important gameplay takes place through generic GUI windows and menu screens. The sterile interface disconnects players from the passion of conquering a galaxy. Even the animated diplomacy screens look sorely out-of-date. The only advantage is that the game will run on a relatively slow PII with a four-year-old graphics card.
Sound: Seems specially designed to please veterans of the series. Fans of the earlier games will recognize the unobtrusive, ethereal score that flows softly in the background as they ponder the many facets of their empires for hours on end. They'll also appreciate the familiar confirmation "bleeps" and "bloops," which sound exactly as they did in Master of Orion II. The brief bits of alien "voice acting" are nicely done as well.
Enjoyment: Polished and balanced, but difficult to learn and even harder to appreciate. Players desiring the same degree of depth with more flexibility might prefer Shrapnel's Space Empires IV. The idea is, instead of doing everything yourself, you can absolve most of your responsibility to a set of viceroys, which is fine in theory but doesn't really work in practice. Even if you do love the genre, MOO3 is something of a failed experiment - and for ten quid there are better options. Life Is full of annoying cliches, but however irritating the age-old adages passed down from one generation to the next may be, they often have a ring of truth.
In this case Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it' will be ringing a few familiar bells to fans of the longstanding Master Of Orion turn-based space strategy series, of conquest and expansion. They complained long and hard about the tedium and overcomplexity of time-consuming micro-management, and developers Quicksilver nodded knowingly and responded accordingly with a brand new approach to managing the many and varied complexities of the Orion series.
Micro-management has all but disappeared and has been replaced by macro management'. But what does this mean exactly? While in theory it's a great idea to have mundane tasks taken care of in the background, in practice it doesn't work so well, as the Al very often gets things wrong and it's a pain to search for its mistakes and put them right yourself. This is not helped by the fact the game appears overtly complex on the first few sittings, so trying to find your way round it and keeping an eye on the Al at the same time is not everyone's idea of fun.
There are other problems too. The research tree is huge and you can easily lose track of what's going on later in the game. The real-time combat graphics appear to be somebody's idea of a joke even when zoomed in it's hard to make out which ships are which because everything's so small , and the turn-based nature of the building and expansion parts of the game aren't too much prettier.
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The soundtrack has improved a little, but the emphasis has been placed on the visual and mental part of the game. We are given complete freedom in creating a colonial ship, its style and interior arrangement, and most importantly, a full-fledged choice of our protagonist, who controls the spaceship. The music has not been tampered with, still a pleasant and nostalgic melody.
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