A game that I wish Stardock could redo

Emperor of the Fading Suns

from Elemental Forums

One of the coolest old Sci-Fi strategy games from back in the day.  Emperor of the Fading Suns.

It's basically a turn based strategy game where each side starts with one planet, as a noble family, and works to gain the emperors seat.  There's also the Church with their own planet, etc, and other stuff.  If you don't know the game check out the wikki page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_the_fading_suns

Super old game.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

YES!!!!!!

Remake Emperor of the Fading Suns!

That game rocked!

At least in theory, it was buggy and slow as hell to play. They had to patch it multiple times to get it to move faster than 20 minutes a turn.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

I don't doubt your game is pretty awesome.   But I think Stardock should redo dungeon keeper (or startopia, if nobody wants to compete with  Overlord to properly fill DK's shoes, and because "startopia" might better match "stardock")

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think stardock should redo bible adventures! Damn those slippery controls!

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I'd like to see them redo the original Kohan.  I think the exploits in that would have been fixed if Stardock would have done it.

 

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

 

but first...

star control 2, ya narbs.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

No screw you all! Bible Adventures 2 is their next project.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting landisaurus, reply 2
I don't doubt your game is pretty awesome.   But I think Stardock should redo dungeon keeper (or startopia, if nobody wants to compete with  Overlord to properly fill DK's shoes, and because "startopia" might better match "stardock")

 

*drool* Dungeon Keeper.... <3


Ironically, I've been going through old games and just replayed that. It's still just as entertaining as the day it came out, though I wish it revolved more around traps and dungeon design than monsters...

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I have to say...a new Dungeon Keeper could be pretty sweet.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top

I've heard lots of good things about Emperor of the Fading Suns over the years, and I too would very much like to see a sequel. 

However, I'm not sure Stardock would be the best choice for that, due to how heavily invovled they already are with other space strategy titles:  They already publish Ironclad's Sins of a Solar Empire (and expansions), plus their own Galactic Civilizations series is pretty much the flagship product for their gaming side of the business.  For them to tackle yet another space strategy franchise feels like it would be almost....superfluous. 

That said, if Stardock ever *does* secure the rights to make an "EotFS 2", I certainly won't complain.  ;)  

 

 

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Well it's def a different KIND of space game though.  They need to corner the market!

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

No matter who does it, I demand a new Syndicate game

Reply #13 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I would love to see a remake of K240! :inlove: That game somehow just worked - with the missiles, the "Welcome to SciTech" women voice etc. Sid Meyers "Pirates" remake was a fantastic acheivement... if something similar could be done with K240 I'd be over the top... 

If anyone know of such a remake of the game please, for the love of god, tell me! I dont mean "now PC windows 98 update" - I mean a real remake

 

:jafo:

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Galactic Civilizations 3 could always borrow some elements of that game in the OP. Seems quite interesting

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Hope all you Dungeon Keeper fans have an eye on Majestic 2 ;)

Reply #16 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Ryat, reply 1
YES!!!!!!

Remake Emperor of the Fading Suns!

That game rocked!

At least in theory, it was buggy and slow as hell to play. They had to patch it multiple times to get it to move faster than 20 minutes a turn.

I'm reading a manual right now, looks like an interesting game. It seems like a tabletop game converted to a PC game, and these game frequently have a very interesting game mechanics but a bad interface (which is absolute killer). Lack of polish shows too. The best one i played so far was Birthright: Gorgon's Alliance TBS with tactical battles and real-time RPG sub-missions (made according to original tabletop Birthright D&D setting), it was interesting enough with many options but it didn't swamp a player with insane micro in the later parts of the game.

Reply #17 from Elemental Forums Top

I always wanted Birthright when it came out but couldn't get it.  I'll have to find it.  So far on this list Dungeon Keeper and Syndicate also hit me. Great games.  (Syndicate Wars? Ew).

Majestic 2 = DK? I don't see it really. 

Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting Rockhard, reply 13
I would love to see a remake of K240! That game somehow just worked - with the missiles, the "Welcome to SciTech" women voice etc. Sid Meyers "Pirates" remake was a fantastic acheivement... if something similar could be done with K240 I'd be over the top... 

If anyone know of such a remake of the game please, for the love of god, tell me! I dont mean "now PC windows 98 update" - I mean a real remake

Not a remake but an inspired one... a "spiritual sequel", I'd guess, but have you tried Fragile Allegiance?

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

 Majestic 2 = DK? I don't see it really.

Majestic 1 is the exact opposite of Dungeon Keeper in setting, it's almost exactly the same concept in gameplay though.

In Majestic you build structures to lure heroes of different type and indirectly control them through their environment to get them to fight monsters that are coming from the dungeons.  The heroes level up and go about their business based on their hero type.

In Dungeon Keeper you build rooms to lure monsters of different type and indirectly control them through their environment to get them to fight heroes that are coming in to your dungeons.  The monsters level up and go about their business based on their monster type.

In Majestic you would often be against another Kingdom, in DK you would often be against another Dungeon.

Reply #20 from Demigod Forums Top

I prefered the DK stages where you just had to survive against a tide of adventurers myself, rather than the ones where you fought a keeper and just had to dark sight+lightning their imps repeatedly.

Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah I agree but the thing that really irks me about DK is that any hero invasion is best stopped by picking up every single monster and just dropping them on the heroes head, it's pretty lame.  Defeats the idea of adventurers exploring and plundering your dungeon and setting up traps etc.

Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top

Dungeon Keeper, please yes!! :pout:

Syndicate Wars, that one too...

Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top

You should redo : starcommand Deluxe (also known as star command: revolutions. it was a game back in 1996 i played it on a 486AT if i am correct :P with dos4gw. Too bad it was never redone, because it was a really good game back then. i enjoyed playing it for hours!

Reply #24 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Haree78, reply 21
Yeah I agree but the thing that really irks me about DK is that any hero invasion is best stopped by picking up every single monster and just dropping them on the heroes head, it's pretty lame.  Defeats the idea of adventurers exploring and plundering your dungeon and setting up traps etc.

Yeah, it would be way more interesting if you could only have so many monsters per room, and more traps and such... Perhaps synergies between certain monsters, etc. But the game was still fun!!