VGA Planets Nu

As you can imagine, I like space game. This one is pretty simple to learn, easy to play, but hard to master, it seems. VERY good. Will enjoy immensely. Will be dropping a Gorbie near you.

This is the same game by Tim Wisseman from the 80's. It has been updated, but you can still play the classic version. There are lots of opponents. However, my schedule doesn't permit me to play a long game as I am out of reach of reliable internet 6 months of the year on average. A game can take 6-18 months. However, the current version has great solitaire play. My days of playing multiplayer games that last for months is over. Now, I just play quick games like Risk. However, I really enjoy this game, So I can develop my Home Sector (solitaire) on my schedule. When I come back 6 months later, it is waiting for me just how I left it. This is a thinking man's game, sort of like chess. It can be very intricate. In order of importance are, Diplomacy, Economy, and Combat. Another advantage of solitaire play is that it gets rid of Diplomacy, which I hate. The computer opponents are very good, but there is no negotiating with them. The solitaire scenarios you must play to advance your Home sector often take multiple attempts to win. To get copious amounts of information on the game, Google: planets nu

Super interesting concept, would love something like this to go mainstream and get seriously polished up as this game feels somewhat clumsily executed and very dated (because it's based on a very old game). Very tight-knit community if you're into that

I've played this gem on-and-off since the OG DOS version of VGAP3 in the 90s. This game picks up all of that goodness and adds plenty of quality of life features for newer players (that, so far, seem to be entirely optional but do take a little digging to disable). If you want to throw yourself into the ranked matches then you can, otherwise you can set yourself up a little skirmish in a sandbox of your own and the community is so delightfully supportive either way.

Bestes Spiel überhaupt. Es gibt kein Spiel auf der Welt was länger und immer wiederkehrend so gute Laune und Spaß verbreiten kann. Ein extrem taktisches und großer Detailtiefe verbundenes Spiel. Ich empfehle nicht mehr als 4 aktive Spiele zu spielen, außer ihr habt sehr viel Zeit am Tag zur Verfügung. Wer das Spiel lernen will kann sich jederzeit bei mir melden. Ich biete Trainingsspiele an.

[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] [quote][b]Warning: Third Party Account[/b] This game requires you to create a third party "Planets Nu" account... there's no valid reason for this in a PC game when SteamWorks is available. This is often done to harvest private data and profile you, with potential sale and transmission of your private data to third parties. The developers will probably argue that you can trust them, but if they were trustworthy they wouldn't demand you create a third party account. This represents a considerable risk to gamers due to the privacy and security implications of developers that wish to bypass Steam and harvest user data. Remember, sometimes if the product is free, YOU are the product.[/quote] [quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] This is a remake of "VGA Planets", basically a Civilization in space ripoff from the 1990s, remade into a mobile app and for some reason dumped here on Steam. And when we say "remake" we mean "digusting, insulting AI slop". You know what looks better than disgusting AI slop? Everything. Including the VGA graphics from the original 1991 game that this spits on the corpse of. So, "VGA Planets Nu" is a dead PvP game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! The primary reason is the AI slop, which is offensive to all gamers and to all real developers, artists and content creators. AI slop is never okay. [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actually creating any reason for it do so. Competition amongst PvP centric games is extreme, and there's only a finite player base to appeal to. This game failed to reach any kind of critical mass and died as a result. Let's go into some of the reasons this particular game failed to appeal to gamers, despite the zero up front cost. First and foremost, there's no meaningful single player content. The developer gambled that other players would be an acceptable substitute for adding storytelling, level design etc to the Game. They lost that bet. Without a huge community of players or single player content to add a lasting value to the game, the game dies. Developers must learn that other players are not an acceptable substitute for adding content to a game. As mentioned, this features really godawful, "wrong" looking AI slop instead of genuinely and sincerely created game assets. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating real game assets or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision. AI slop sticks out like a sore thumb... and it comes across as insulting. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too, and that's glaringly obvious here. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 10 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. All other issues aside (any of which would disqualify this from being worth your time), this is a game that relies on other players for it to be viable, and because there's not enough players, it's not viable. I can't recommend anyone downloads this, it's basically dead. The use of AI slop is a direct insult to gamers and real, ethical content creators and artists everywhere.

planetitas y puntitos.