12-02-2003 22:54									#1
	First Impressions of MOO3 at Penny Arcade! Enter the AD-FREE zone

Hey all. This is my first post here. As a quick introduction, I am a computer science graduate student and a huge fan of MOO1 and MOO2; I have both running on my Win XP Professional machine, let me know if you have any problems and I'll see if I can be of help.

Anyway, on to the real point of my post. Over at Penny Arcade (www.penny-arcade.com), a webcomic about video games, one of the two authors, Tycho, has posted his impressions about MOO3. He's logged 15 hours so far, and seems to really enjoy the game. Now, for those who don't know, the authors of Penny Arcade are fairly jaded gamers, so I tend to believe them when they actually like games.

Check it out, there's something interesting info there. Personally, I can't WAIT for MOO3, and Tycho's impressions have me even more excited. I highly suggest you go check it out!

Last edited by Silellak on 12-02-2003 at 23:09

	12-02-2003 23:38									#2
	Suffering from ads?

They did a webbroadcast interveiw with a QS programmer for MOO3 last night.

seems like the more they play the game, the more they like it....his main concern was that the very steel learning curve would drvie people away before the figured out how great the game is.

	12-02-2003 23:44									#3
	Full PM-box? Change here!

we have our own resident Moo3 owner to torture us with glimpses of the game. His holding it over our heads is enough as it is, seeing other people talk about the game is just asking for more anxiety attacks, grey hair, and pulling of hair.

	13-02-2003 03:09									#4
	Full PM-box? Change here!

A quote:

* I think Quicksilver has balls. Balls, balls, and more balls. Balls of varying sizes, a collection of balls throughout the ages that look nice on the mantelpiece. This is the sort of game that gave the PC its reputation for depth of strategy.

lol!!

	13-02-2003 03:27									#5
	Put an end to popups!

Wow, it's cool to see how much press Moo is getting. I (sniff) remember when I loaded you from floppy disks (sniff)... It seems only like yesterday...

	13-02-2003 05:08									#6
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

I like it when people say they "only" had 15 hours under their belt so these were first impressions. With 15 hours of games like Dungeon Siege under my belt I had seen everything there was to see, nearly completed the game and was bored so rigid I tossed it to the back of the cupboard to collect dust.

	13-02-2003 07:30									#7
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

I remember the games I played so much on floppy disks that I had memorized all of the sounds the floppy drive made and how much longer till I could actually play the game......From Alternate Reality way back then to now......whew! what a rollercoaster.......

	13-02-2003 07:51									#8
	Put an end to popups!

I've just read his funny comments too, and I sense he seems to corner quite well the game: gameplay+++ ( of course we all know how the complexity and the learning curve should not be that attractive to the "1-hour RTS addict"...); we're talking about months of learning here. On the other side, I'm almost scared about his "four-eight-six" thing for the graphics ( the 386-486 era is before MoO2!) Ouch Ouch.....I don't care that much IF the gameplay is actually no less than exceptional/revolutionary, and a little bit more voiceovers than Civ III ( in which there are none...)

	13-02-2003 16:38									#9
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

Funny but I was actually thinking when I saw the Civ 1 quote on Apolyton that I actually really miss the sense of anticipation it built up chugging away as it formed the planet. The sort of anticipation you don't get from a glossy cutscene that you can click-escape out of.

	14-02-2003 05:05									#10
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

It's a pretty funny review. It just makes me wish even more that the game was out. It also makes me wish that some other game publisher had this game, as we could be playing it now.

	14-02-2003 11:10									#11
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

I wonder how the Apolyton people really feel...we keep hearing third party comments...I just want a mod to come out and say...

"It f-ing ruled!" Like us people will prolly say