Posts Tagged ‘strategy’

StarDrive Screens [New] December 30th, 2011 by Adam Solo StarDrive screenshots                                                                                 Category: Images 7 comments

Strategy vs. Tactics in Video Games – A Small Essay December 16th, 2011 by Adam Solo It's not only a question of scale but also a question of actions involved. While the strategist deals more with thinking ahead, planning and scheming the tactician deals with situation analyses and execution with what is provided to him. Category: Ideas & Concepts 13 comments

Stellar Impact New Trailer December 10th, 2011 by Adam Solo Tindalos Interactive has just released a new trailer of Stellar Impact, their space tactical game. Category: Videos 3 comments

Starships Combat Conundrums – Realism vs. Simplification December 7th, 2011 by bertipa My personal preference is always toward realism but at a certain point, perhaps ironically, reality strikes and simplification are needed to have a playable game that can be developed in this decade. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 11 comments

StarDrive – A New 4X Action-Strategy Game for the PC December 2nd, 2011 by Adam Solo StarDrive is a 4X action-strategy game currently under development. Dan of Zero Sum Games, is asking for support to help fund the remaining parts of his game, namely art and multiplayer. Category: Games Under Development, News & Announcements 24 comments

Sword of the Stars 2: Giveaway Contest [CLOSED] October 18th, 2011 by Adam Solo I'm proud to announce that Space Sector and Paradox Interactive have teamed up and will be hosting a blog contest at Space Sector to offer 10 copies of Sword of the Stars 2: Lords of Winter this 28th of October. Category: Contests 147 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization 5 Review December 28th, 2010 by Adam Solo Civilization 5 is the latest installment of the Civilization series and while the matrix of the series remains intact this sequel promises to innovate in one important aspect of the game, the combat system. Category: Game Reviews 19 comments

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Preview March 12th, 2010 by Adam Solo The Civilization series is probably one of the best that PC Gaming has ever known. When I read the Firaxis announcement that they were developing Civilization 5 my heart started to beat faster and my emotions started to rise just to think how wonderful it will be to explore the Civilization world once again. Category: Game First Impressions, Game Previews, News & Announcements 0 comments

What are 4X Games: a Definition and links to Games August 4th, 2009 by Adam Solo Although many Gamers are already familiarized with the term “4x” I decided to create an article in order to help introduce the concept for the so many that don’t know yet what it stands for, and also to clarify a bit the concept for the so many also that think they know what it stands for but are not completely sure about it. Category: Ideas & Concepts 3 comments

FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game July 31st, 2009 by Adam Solo While doing some research on the latest news about space strategy games under development I came across with the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is an open-source project which goal is to build a turn based 4x space strategy game. The entire project is community-centered were people that share the common motivation are invited to contribute to build the game in many ways, some as programmers, others as conceptual designers, others as opinion makers. As stated in the project vision the game is inspired in the Master of Orion series and it will be a turn-based strategy game built in the classic 4x model style. Category: Games Under Development 5 comments

Innovative Tech Trees in Space Strategy Games July 19th, 2009 by Adam Solo The ability to research new technologies was and always will be a central aspect of any space strategy game. Much of the fun in this type of games comes from witnessing the evolution of a society in the long run on all its different aspects. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 9 comments

Space Strategy Games: What’s next? July 9th, 2009 by Adam Solo Since the beginning that humans face the stars ask themselves what’s out there and how wonderful and exciting it would be to discover new places and meet new races. This profound sense of wonder and insatiable curiosity drives many of us to fantasize that possibility. Category: Ideas & Concepts 50 comments