Its not a galaxy, as galaxy's dont really have suns in the middle of them. Its more of a solar system, It was just given the galaxy look for fun I guess. The devs have already stated, Game play comes first, not realism.

note, this isnt a sim. while I would wholy apreciate it meeting those statements, it wont appear to work that way.

give me a break... you cant judge a game purely on how realistic it is. I mean come on, nobody would play video games if they were purely logical

Also, having the star systems look a bit like a Galaxy will be useful for some modders. We just might mod the system star so it is a black hole, and 'pretend' the planets are actually star systems in their own right.

That would be good. Only one planet shows up in system, because that is the most profitable one to colonize (Would explain why it shows one planet per system. >.>)

nt...

matty, you're digging yourself a very tidy little grave. we here at the sins forum cling fanboyishly to our Devs.

and besides, have you even played the beta? its actually fun despite them claiming wildly that they've witheld massive amounts of... stuff.

if you wanted a galactic sim, then you came to the wrong place. we're here to have fun, not recreate what we already know will fail.

you're right. i've been far too aggressive. i apologize to the community here and to the developers. it is within my right to criticize, but i have been doing so in a manner that is both caustic and nonconstructive.

i do think the game is fun, but it's simply not what I expected. Forgive me if i have offended anyone.

No we dont, facing reality is best for everyone, tell it like it is matty, fanboys who are afraid to make themselves unpopular and wont give it to the devs straight are not doing anyone any favours.

I have to tell you MoO3 BB was full of that kind of bigotry before the big flop.

While I agree it could look a lot better, what you have to bear in mind is that the devs may consider the game is aimed at a younger audience than you or me, so they might think its OK to have planets that look like Christmas cracker toys . The game play is suitable for mid teens and above so they might be looking at that. I dont know, I am 42 so I tell it as I see it and I agree with you but I know I may not be the kind of customer they are aiming at.

Personally though I think the way it looks will put people of all ages off and has the potential to be much better without completely reworking the engine. I have said what I think on other threads which have said something similar to yours.

Jams solar system thread.

Paradoxnt's phase lane thread.

My Celestial Icons post.

I cant believe the devs dont understand what we are getting at (I am sure they do), they may have changes planned in future betas. On the other hand they may decide not to do anything about it. We can only speak our minds to help them decide what needs doing.

On that score, personally I think you do best to design games or art or anything for yourself, because if you like them then other people will like them, unless you have peculiar taste. If you design them for some imaginary other, you will not please anyone. So I would just ask the devs to do a thought experiment and consider if they were buying this game to play for themselves, what would they think about the way it looks ?

Oh, when I said the "guys like us" in the above post, I meant SciFi gamers who prefer a decent or greater amount of realism and in depth background.

So please no responses about how younger gamers like realism and in depth games as well, as I included all of us in my statement.

I've always preferred Inclusive language over Exclusive.

would you like some water to go with that soapbox

Yup Multianna, you are definitely in the mature gamer catagory. It would be neat to see how old most of the gamers who are interested in Sins are.

As for powerful machines, I think IC needs to aim higher and deliver more. Hardware is always getting better and will catch up quickly and the game is still a ways from release anyway.

By the way Multianna, I always enjoy your posts.

yet to be proven.... the picture I saw of you could have been altered.

amen.

...as for the talk of shemales, i'll be the first one to say this: I'm a she-elf. Dwarves fall over me left and right.