Hmmm… MOST defining? That's a hard question because there are so many defining differences between SotS and the current space 4x status quo. What's the most defining difference between Sword and other space-based 4X games to your mind? I mean, what other expansion pack out there allows you sweet revenge against the race whose traps made your life hard in the previous expansion? Once you get your feet wet there, I have no doubt the huge array of content, gameplay features and, of course, the new race of deadly tricksters, The Morrigi will draw a player deeply into the clutches of AMoC. So between that and enhanced tutorial videos, there really is no better way for new players to get to know both the game AND the incredibly rich universe it is set in than the SotS CE Edition that came out this past summer and is still available in stores and on-line.
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It even comes with a full novel, the Deacon’s Tale, by our amazing lead writer, Arinn Dembo. So while AMoC will please anyone who likes big game getting even bigger, I suppose the ideal starting point for anyone interested in something new in 4X, would be the CE Edition.
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With that in mind, does AMOC make a good starting point for someone new to Sword of the Stars? If so, why so? If not, where should they begin?ĪMoC is an expansion pack and so it requires that you have either the original game up to the BoB level, or the recent Collector’s Edition that includes the original game, BoB and all the update content to that point, as well as an a ton of cool extras. Its always been about telling a story and creating a 4X game that is something more than just a spreadsheet to slot new art into. So while we always hope to please fans, old and new, this is about more than just keeping people interested. Both BoB and AmoC were storyboarded out, so to speak, while SotS was still in production and most of their core features were meant to offer up a changed universe for anyone coming along, be they old fans or people who want to jump aboard something a l’il more than the usual space war game. SotS was always meant to expand at this rate from the very beginning. Why expand the game again over two years on from its release? Is this about pleasing old fans or a sense that there's still a lot of room to cultivate new ones? A lot of fans on the board enjoy playing “spot the tribute name”! Actually a good clue to some of the SotSverse influences can be found in names of stars in the game. Speaking for myself here, most of my space opera influences range from the 60s, 70s and 80s, (Asimov, Saberhagen, Silverberg, Laumer, Haldeman, Cook, Brin amongst many, many others) with a l’il Babylon 5 and Space Above and Beyond thrown in for good measure. Banks was much of an influence on either myself or Arinn Dembo, who is the real genius behind both the name of this expansion and much of the SotS universe itself. Banks novel – does The Sword of the Stars universe draw on his stuff at all, or are there other influences? On the eve of second expansion A Murder Of Crow's release, we had a chat with CEO and Lead Designer Martin Cirulis about Kerberos' past, present and future - including some first details on their next two games, RPG Northstar and the splendidly-named Fort Zombie.Ī Murder of Crows is a great name for a sci-fi game. The first opus from Kerberos Productions, risen out of the ashes of Barking Dog - responsible for Homeworld: Cataclysm and eventually folded into Rockstar Vancouuver - it's picked up the sort of deeply passionate following you so often get with deep and complex space-games.
To those in the know, Sword of the Stars was expertly and epically doing the space 4x thing long before Sins of a Solar Empire sauntered onto the scene last year.
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