Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri

Darth Mordius · Post by **Darth Mordius** » 2007-02-17 12:58am

Alpha Centauri has the best quotes.

Prokhor Zhakarov wrote:The capacity for humans to believe what they prefer to be true rather than what the evidence shows to be possible and likely has always astounded me.

Its pure awesome in a can! Of course, the University is the one true faction.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-17 01:06am

Peacekeepers for life, yo.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-02-17 01:27am

I actually really enjoyed the writing for SMAC. The nations didn't seem like black & white good/evil nonsense: each leader actually had an agenda and priorities, and the other leaders would attack them based on those beliefs. I usually play as Hive or Gaia, and the mean things the others say about Dierdre and Yang are refreshingly on the money, instead of tired 'I will rule you rahhh'. I especially liked the mean things people said about the toadying, influence-peddling Peacekeepers. How dare you try to complete our original mission, FOOLS!

Darth Mordius · Post by **Darth Mordius** » 2007-02-17 01:44am

Stofsk wrote:Peacekeepers for life, yo.

Maybe if you're a pussy. For the technocracy! We have no retroviral capability!

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2007-02-17 02:05am

My awesomeness seems to have a geometric effect on the political borders of Planet.

Also, that game not only had excellent quotes, but awesome smack-talk.

"Your rocks and trees won't save you now, Deirdre!"

"What will you do, declare 'sanctions'? Hahahahaha!"

And the faction-destruction vid was awesome.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-17 02:11am

I love the terraforming aspect. I didn't even go to war (that shit just bores me) but I loved planting cities and then building roads in between them. Then building all the other shit.

Who played on the 'Huge Map of Planet' or did you go for the random settings?

dworkin · Post by **dworkin** » 2007-02-17 02:57am

I liked terraforming too, especially in an offensive capability to turn your opponents lands to desert or ocean. Want to stick fungus on the borders of thy enemy. Use these handy seed packets.

Also the vehicle construction screen which allowed you to build your army engineers. That was a real step up from the totally slow, defensless dudes in civ. You want speedy and armoured terraformers? Then just build em that way! You want worm hunting rovers, guys with SAMs, cop cars that can also deal with worms and a MASH that doubles as anti-air battery. I've got your designs right here sir.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-17 03:02am

I like to build things that most 'hardcore' players don't, like bunkers, air pads and so on. I mean, it's a role playing experience for me as well as a strategy and civ-simulation game.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2007-02-17 05:14am

I think i might dig it out and dust it off again.
Someone suggest a faction for me, i almost always go Morgan or the University so something new.

And one of my favourite parts of the game was tweaking the social options to get the best mix.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-02-17 05:21am

gee I always playied as your friendly neighborhood Sappite gun nuts.

especially with that morale bonus I was usually harvesting lots of excess energy from everybody's rogue planet problems

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2007-02-17 05:27am

In bog-standard SMAC, I prefer to play University, though I managed some good games with the Hive. In the expansion, I fell in love with the pirates. So very nice, especially on a huge sea map.
And my absolute favourite part are the HUGE bombs. I like redecorating the map...

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2007-02-17 08:33am

When I play, the Spartans aren't shy about the weapons of mass destruction. I spray nerve gas like it's candy and I TBO'd the Hive with planet busters before TBOing was cool.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-02-17 11:18am

RedImperator wrote:When I play, the Spartans aren't shy about the weapons of mass destruction. I spray nerve gas like it's candy and I TBO'd the Hive with planet busters before TBOing was cool.

What did the other factions think about that?

(as a Peacekeeper I must wag my finger at such barbarity)

don't make me invoke UN sanctions on your ass

HSRTG · Post by **HSRTG** » 2007-02-17 05:29pm

Stofsk wrote:
RedImperator wrote:When I play, the Spartans aren't shy about the weapons of mass destruction. I spray nerve gas like it's candy and I TBO'd the Hive with planet busters before TBOing was cool.
What did the other factions think about that?

(as a Peacekeeper I must wag my finger at such barbarity)

don't make me invoke UN sanctions on your ass

Too bad I repealed those years ago with the consent of everyone. Also too bad that you're one of two factions still uncratered, and I'm one of them.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2007-02-17 06:24pm

Stofsk wrote:
RedImperator wrote:When I play, the Spartans aren't shy about the weapons of mass destruction. I spray nerve gas like it's candy and I TBO'd the Hive with planet busters before TBOing was cool.
What did the other factions think about that?

(as a Peacekeeper I must wag my finger at such barbarity)

don't make me invoke UN sanctions on your ass

I don't know what they think, but they say is "O merciful one, please don't destroy us! We'll do what you say and give you whatever you want!"

CaptainChewbacca · Post by **CaptainChewbacca** » 2007-02-17 07:24pm

I really liked that when you got a pact/loyalty from someone, you could base troops in their cities. That seemed cool. All this talk is making me want to reinstall SMAC and get SMAX.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2007-02-17 07:56pm

Stofsk wrote:
RedImperator wrote:When I play, the Spartans aren't shy about the weapons of mass destruction. I spray nerve gas like it's candy and I TBO'd the Hive with planet busters before TBOing was cool.
What did the other factions think about that?

(as a Peacekeeper I must wag my finger at such barbarity)

don't make me invoke UN sanctions on your ass

My thoughts on sanctions: Surface the submersion-hulled, carrier-deck'd cruisers, launch all planetbusters!

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2007-02-17 07:58pm

I play largely as the Spartans, because of their ass-kicking ways and relative lack of weakness. Plus, I dig Santiago.

Has anyone noticed that the Huge Map of Planet is almost too big for 7 players? It becomes stupidly easy evwen on the hard difficulties, because there is noone close enough to you to slow your early growth.o

Dark Hellion · Post by **Dark Hellion** » 2007-02-17 09:25pm

I always liked to play as the Hive and pretend that I was a Cobra Commander-esque cartoon villian. You get to treat your underlings and worthless peons, and spend billions on worthless gadgets. Wheee!

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-02-17 09:32pm

Huge Map too big? Oo;; How big is your early expansion usually? It never seemed big enough to me.

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2007-02-17 10:34pm

I just got into a game of SMAC:AC on my laptotp the other day. Played the Usurpers on the four hardest setting and t pwned everybody. Had like a 300% rating when I ended the game by callng home. Started another game with Morgan against orignial SMAC factions and got spanked by the Believers.

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2007-02-19 12:02pm

I love it when the computer calls my up and treatens me with their new 3-3-2 rover and I look at all my garrision troops that are 2-5-1 and laugh.

HSRTG · Post by **HSRTG** » 2007-02-19 12:29pm

Isolder74 wrote:I love it when the computer calls my up and treatens me with their new 3-3-2 rover and I look at all my garrision troops that are 2-5-1 and laugh.

Ah yes, the old "Fear my Synthmetal Sentinels" call.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2007-02-19 02:19pm

yes, morgan and yang did that one to me the other day, and worse all my infantry was 2-5+-1^2, now plasma rovers attacking ecmed fusion photon sentinals.....

SWPIGWANG · Post by **SWPIGWANG** » 2007-02-19 03:16pm

ICS ICS

ICS ICS

ICS ICS!!!!!!!!

*dragged out of thread and shot*