Aurora 4X LP by Quill18

[Gregorovitch]

I'm sure many members will already have seen this but for those that haven't this is Quill's LP of the Dwarf Fortress of space Aurora 4X. Never come across it before myself so I am pretty intersted in it. The LP is slow going to start with but things start to heat up nicely about ep5.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs3acGYgI1-sRFRB4BPB-FbmVuvwIKH92

[Mansen]

Following it and taking notes - And taking baby steps as we speak. :)

And as Quill points out, the official website for the game is completely dead from too much traffic - use the Reddit for discussion and for downloading the AIO installer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/aurora/comments/3z6hy3/aurora_allinone_installer/

[Nasarog]

I deal with spreadsheets at work. Don't want to do it in my games.

[Mansen]

It's not as spreadsheet'y as I think, you think, Nasa. :)

[Nasarog]

Първоначално публикувано от Mansen:

It's not as spreadsheet'y as I think, you think, Nasa. :)

I watched Quill "play". Besides being bored out of my mind, I was having a heard time keeping my eyes open.

[Tragic]

Aurora is defiantly not a game for everyone. it is a very intensive empire simulation on a scale that is unmatched... only the truly hardcore that love intense strategy need apply.

[TheDROCK]

Първоначално публикувано от iSuckAtFightingGames:

Aurora is defiantly not a game for everyone. it is a very intensive empire simulation on a scale that is unmatched... only the truly hardcore that love intense strategy need apply.

iSuck, have you tried playing it? I just have been fooling around with it and it makes Distant Worlds feel like checkers.

[Tragic]

Първоначално публикувано от TheDROCK:

Първоначално публикувано от iSuckAtFightingGames:

Aurora is defiantly not a game for everyone. it is a very intensive empire simulation on a scale that is unmatched... only the truly hardcore that love intense strategy need apply.

iSuck, have you tried playing it? I just have been fooling around with it and it makes Distant Worlds feel like checkers.

I played it for a while when I first saw it a number of years ago. You can not compare this game to anything "normal" like DW. I prefer Dwarf Fortress myself, but the truth is the game is to much for me. I was unable to really get into it as the learning curve is pretty steep and at the time I found it because of a post about DF. I just wasn't read to get into another when DF was in my vision.

[Mansen]

Първоначално публикувано от Nasarog:

I watched Quill "play". Besides being bored out of my mind, I was having a heard time keeping my eyes open.

Eh... I feel it's very similar to Distant Worlds, except there's no primitive 2D universe representation with images and such. Still a space radar system.

It's a lot more interesting for me when I play versus watching Quill - I still do it several times though, just to take notes until I know enough to play on my own.

[Jin]

I heavily enjoy watching the LP, I don't know what it is but it's just so damn entertaining. The slow pace is actually good. Even around episode 10 he is still "stuck" in his solar system and has so many things to handle it's truly epic. I can't wait for him to jump through other systems that can potentially spawn empires. The finite nature of ressources keeps you on your toes at all times, I suppose you can mess up so hard that you never reach the state of jumping to other systems, something that just feels so real and intimidating. I don't play it but it is truly epic and addicting to watch.

[koalabrownie]

Yeah sorry I have to say I agree with the other comments. I skipped around a bit but not long in he opens up a huge window with tons of data values and I straight up checked out. I would actually rather watch someone playing Dwarf Fortress with its incomprehensible Ascii characters than a game like this with big spreadsheets.

Back in the day, a 4X game for me was VGA Planets and a planet had like, three things to build. Mines, Defense or Factories. With the only resources being money, supplies and four types of minerals. Want to build a ship? Make a base. Upgrade the base with money. build a ship hull from a list of about 10-12, then build engines, beams, torpedoes from another list of 10 items or fighters if it was a carrier. That's about it.

But I look at one window of Aurora and it has more stuff going than everything I just described. At the end of the day one wonders how much of that is truly necessary?

I am sure there is an audience for this sort of thing. If the man designed it likes it, then there are surely other guys/gals just like him who also like it, but not me :) Not from appearances anyhow.

[Melodic Death]

Yeah, I'm sure there is a small niche player base for this, but its not for me. I need my games to feel immersive, not full of numbers. To each their own though.

[Tragic]

"immersive" is one of those words that really doesn't mean anything when speaking of gaming. What I mean is that different gamers use the same word in completely different ways. Aurora for example is often described as "immersive"... is it? or isn't it?... well.. it depends on what you mean by "immersive".

[Mansen]

What iSuck said. This game is much more immersive to me than most 4X.

[Gregorovitch]

Is it my imagination or is the Edless Space soundtrack playing on this LP?

[Jin]

It's complex but well thought out. All of it makes sense and is kind of put together well. It just has almost zero graphic representation. I am sure if it had some decent graphics many more would appreciate the work and enjoy it. In terms of mechanics it is very good and addicting.

Yep, he uses ES OST with permission, the game itself has no sounds. (afaik) :P