
A graphical multi-player play by turn war game that simulates combat in space between galactic empires.
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Play time not 2 hours, more like 4000 hours. "If you are new to this game you need to slow down before you even try to play this. This is a world famous game crated by "Tim" in the 1990s. Every kid in university would play it. We would get a file via emial or BBS and run it with the game creating another file that we would upload ot a host. The host would then process a turn and it would continue this way and the game would progress. Now days it is automated but it is the same game. This is a PC Desktop game. Try to use your phone if you like, but imo dont even try. This game is akin to playing 20 games of chess at once. The original rule book was a 3 inch print out and now there are more rules. The races were at one time all from Star Wars or Star Trek but they have been disguised recently to not infring on copy rights. There are many races, furries with their "not klingon" beam weapons, the Evil Empire with their "not a death star" giant moon sized ship. Oh, dont forget the Robots, surely not Cylons with their Baseships- nope, entirely something else! :) Master or Orion was based on this game. IF you like the MOO style games youll like this one. This game takes TIME, months to finish a game. You have all the time in the world to do your turns, days. An hour perhaps for a turn, perhaps 4 if you are winning and have control over most of the universe. Read the rules, read the host- order, learn all the little things. Graphics are crap, difficulty is through the roof- in a good way- because youll never get bored of this game. I started this game in 1993, its 2025 now."
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Massive resource 4x game. Expand, Explore, Exploit, Exterminate. 20th Century Sci-Fi "races" square off to conquer the universe.
Recommended for lovers of the old Tim VGA Planets. I started with the 3,5'' floppy disks ... still in love with this game. Don't expect 'Endless Space' like graphics or UI. But if you want the original and real tactics with or against real people all over the world, with a good balanced system, then take this.
Its an unfinished poor attempt at an update of the original VGA Planets. Go download that as its a finished product.
Vga planets NU лучший вариант реализации оригинала 35 летней давности, полностью сохранивший классический вариант, с новыми улучшениями, сюжетом, развитием аккаунта игрока, доступный ПвП, ПвЕ (комп не лучший, но достойный). Игроки порадовали IQ 1'000'000'000. Играть можно как ММО часами (если вначале кажется, что все как то долго, к 40-50 ходам ты уже не знаешь, где брать время на игру), если участвовать в нескольких ПвП и запустить себе ПвЕ или проходить сюжет. Настройки разных режимов, карт, выбор фракции и дипломатии делают каждую игру неповторимой и запоминающейся. +интерфейс на мобилу (не супер комфортный, как собственно и пк версия) но позволяет играть в дороге, когда появляется свободное время. Подписка доступная $3.5 (без нее никуда, на второй базе не апнеш техи выше 7 лвла) Достойное продолжение проекта. Ожидалось проще :) Приятно удивлен.
Игра 'VGA Planets Nu' - это настоящая находка для любителей глубоких, стратегических 4X-игр с упором на дипломатию и долгосрочное планирование. Несмотря на устаревшую графику, игровой процесс затягивает с головой. Каждая раса обладает уникальными особенностями, что делает каждую партию неповторимой. Огромное количество настроек и возможностей позволяют адаптировать игру под любой стиль, от агрессивного милитариста до хитроумного дипломата. Сложность освоения может отпугнуть новичков, но потраченное время с лихвой окупается удовольствием от построения мощной межзвездной империи. Особенно стоит отметить многопользовательский режим по почте (Play-By-Email), который предлагает уникальный опыт масштабных и неспешных сражений разумов. Это игра для тех, кто готов потратить десятки, а то и сотни часов на обдумывание каждого хода и построение сложных стратегических альянсов. Если вы цените глубину и комплексность, 'VGA Planets Nu' определенно заслуживает вашего внимания!
Hard to believe I've already spent 150ish hours on this. It's an old but refined program, and can be played out of a web browser if you need it to.
Great game, can be easy on newbies with the right settings, or super complicated and customised if yer a pro.
This game from early 80-?
A blast from the past for sure! If you like games that put an emphasis on logistics then you will like this game.
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