![]() ![]() It’s not like Civ ever had a plot either. There’s no plot to speak of – your race is expanding into the galaxy and runs into other races – and I’m fine with that. The game actually starts in very MOO-like fashion. And for those of you with short attention spans, let me distill this review down for you – he failed. The thought then that my personal demigod Sid Meier would try to distill the ten gallon 4X Civilization experience down into a high-octane shot glass set my heart all aflutter. But running MOO these days is a kludgey mess of Dosbox and homebrewed sound card drivers (haven’t tried the GOG version – perhaps that’s easier). It had a huge research tree, an infinite number of ships that could be designed, and a succulent simplicity to both diplomacy and planet management that allowed you to complete most games in about two hours (some, in small galaxies set on impossible difficulty, could be over one way or another in well under an hour). For me, that was where Master of Orion came in (again, the first one – for some reason the later ones were never as good IMHO). And while you can hit save on a game of Civ 5 and come back to it later, we’ve all heard the Bataan death march drum beat of capturing one more city, building one more military unit, researching one more technology, completing construction of that wonder… and, crap, the sun has come up. But there are times, and I’m sure the 4X gamers among you will agree, when you don’t have twenty hours in one big chunk to devote to conquering the world, or you have to actually be coherent the next day and can’t game until the dawn’s early light. ![]() I spent more hours playing Civilization (the first one, you damned kids, now get off my lawn!) back in graduate school than mankind has collectively devoted to trying to cure cancer. I dedicated my PhD thesis to him, my wife and I have named our two daughters Sid and Meier (for which they never will forgive me), and I have a tattoo of his name on a spot on my body none of you will ever get to see (though we’re thinking of having a contest at the venerable GO Network, so that could change for a few lucky among you). Let me start off by saying I’m a huge fan of Sid Meier. The Bad: And does a really crappy job of it! The Good: Sid Meier does Master of Orion!
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