rhunt@uncmed.med.unc.edu (03/13/91)
Has anyone had a chance to give Overlord a good going over yet? I keep thinking about picking it up, but am getting tired of getting my hopes up, only to have them dashed (to the tune of $45) by a bad game. It is a space exploration/conquest type game from Virgin Mastertronic. How does it compare to Reach for the Stars or Imperium? Rick Hunt
mitsue@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mitsue Osanami) (03/14/91)
In article <2944@beguine.UUCP> rhunt@uncmed.med.unc.edu () writes: >Has anyone had a chance to give Overlord a good going over yet? I keep >thinking about picking it up, but am getting tired of getting my hopes up, >only to have them dashed (to the tune of $45) by a bad game. It is a space >exploration/conquest type game from Virgin Mastertronic. How does it >compare to Reach for the Stars or Imperium? > >Rick Hunt It SUCKS. I was very dissapointed. It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful. RFTS is a much better strategy game. The game takes place in only one solar system, with you at the bottom and your enemy at the top. You have "slots" to fill with spaceships, 6 slots on the planet, 6 in orbit, etc. The maps suck. Everything you can build is called a starship, including mines and ag-centers. Save your money, beg for RFTS-II. Sombody write one, please?? Even better, Empire II.
jasona@qaab.cadence.com (Jason Ansley; x6262) (03/15/91)
|> |> It SUCKS. I was very dissapointed. |> It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful. |> RFTS is a much better strategy game. |> The game takes place in only one solar system, with you at the bottom and |> your enemy at the top. You have "slots" to fill with spaceships, 6 slots on the planet, 6 in orbit, etc. The maps suck. Everything you can build is called |> a starship, including mines and ag-centers. |> |> Save your money, beg for RFTS-II. Sombody write one, please?? |> Even better, Empire II. I didn't play it extensively, but I think these comments are a little over stated. The graphics are not "pretty", they are AWESOME. VERY WELL DONE. The interface is full of great little animations and excellent sound fx. There are some really great touches. As far as game play goes... I can't really comment that much, having played for only about 3 hours. It took a little while to find stuff, but I liked it. If you're looking for a real mastermind strategy game, this might not be it. The scope is kind of limited (as noted above), but that doesn't mean it's easy to win. It's hard to say... Anyone else have an opinion? -Jason
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (03/15/91)
> It SUCKS. I was very dissapointed. > It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful. > RFTS is a much better strategy game. > Save your money, beg for RFTS-II. Sombody write one, please?? > Even better, Empire II. > Uh, RFTS for the Amiga is version 3...a BIG improvement over version 2 and an even bigger one over version 1. Count yer blessings! --Rick Wrigley fhwri@conncoll.bitnet ~~~---second-hand smoke is THEFT---~~~
john@pcad.UUCP (John Grow) (03/16/91)
In article <10182@uwm.edu>, mitsue@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mitsue Osanami) writes: > It SUCKS. I was very dissapointed. > It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful. > RFTS is a much better strategy game. > The game takes place in only one solar system, with you at the bottom and > your enemy at the top. You have "slots" to fill with spaceships, 6 slots on the planet, 6 in orbit, etc. The maps suck. Everything you can build is called > a starship, including mines and ag-centers. > > Save your money, beg for RFTS-II. Sombody write one, please?? > Even better, Empire II. I beg to differ. I bought it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was an excellent game. The graphics and sound are done extremely well and contribute a lot to the game. The interface is probably one of the best, well thought out, game interfaces I've seen yet. Switching between screens is instantaneous and there is no disk activity until you are at the end of a game (It might take advantage of extra memory, but I don't know). It takes an hour or so to get used to the mechanics of playing the game, but the instructions step you through a practice game very clearly. It is not a general exploration/expansion/conquest game. You choose one of 4 systems to conquer which have 9 to 32 planets. Your opponent for the larger systems is supposed to be smarter and harder to beat. Battles are limited to ground troops which have different levels of armor and weapons. There is no actual ship-to-ship combat. The game is also real time. You can pause it, but are unable to view anything except the main screen without unpausing it. The only additional feature I would have liked would be to the ability to play against another person on another Amiga. While the combat/strategy is fairly simple, it is an awesome game. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a space conquest game without extremely complicated game play. It was well worth the $35 dollars I paid for it. -- John -- John Grow | uucp: (uunet!pcad!john) Personal CAD Systems/CADAM | 1 Technology Park Drive | Westford, MA 01886 |
fhwri%CONNCOLL.BITNET@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu (03/19/91)
A friend who bought OVERLORD told me that the first scenario was child's
play, and the second one ate him for lunch...
--Rick Wrigley
fhwri@conncoll.bitnet
~~~second-hand smoke is THEFT~~~manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) (03/20/91)
In article <453@pcad.UUCP>, john@pcad.UUCP (John Grow) writes: > In article <10182@uwm.edu>, mitsue@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Mitsue Osanami) writes: >> It SUCKS. I was very dissapointed. How _wrong_ you are! >> It has pretty graphics, I admit that, but the game play is awful. >> RFTS is a much better strategy game. >> The game takes place in only one solar system, with you at the bottom and >> your enemy at the top. You have "slots" to fill with spaceships, 6 slots on the planet, 6 in orbit, etc. The maps suck. Everything you can build is called >> a starship, including mines and ag-centers. >> >> Save your money, beg for RFTS-II. Sombody write one, please?? >> Even better, Empire II. > > I beg to differ. I bought it a couple of weeks ago and thought it was > an excellent game. The graphics and sound are done extremely well and > contribute a lot to the game. The interface is probably one of the > best, well thought out, game interfaces I've seen yet. Switching > between screens is instantaneous and there is no disk activity until > you are at the end of a game (It might take advantage of extra memory, > but I don't know). It takes an hour or so to get used to the > mechanics of playing the game, but the instructions step you through a > practice game very clearly. I love this game, it runs GREAT under 2.0 as well! > > -- John > > -- > John Grow | uucp: (uunet!pcad!john) > Personal CAD Systems/CADAM | > 1 Technology Park Drive | > Westford, MA 01886 | -mark= +--------+ ================================================== | \/ | Mark D. Manes "Mr. AmigaVision, The 32 bit guy" | /\ \/ | manes@vger.nsu.edu | / | (804) 683-2532 "Make up your own mind! - AMIGA" +--------+ ==================================================