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Brad specifically asked for feedback on each ship, and I think we should give it to him!
Post your ship critiques here. Numbered 1 - 15, from left to right!
(This is for you IBNobody)
Update: Included ShadeDark's photo of just the ships for reference.
Here's my critique:
1) Cool looking ship, I like the separate, suspended 3 parts to the ship. I picture the parts rotating around that mini-star keeping them all together, hurtling through space at incredible speeds. I feel like it's probably slower than the rest, with a charge-up cannon that shoots from that star its containing. The design is good, appealing and completely new (though it does remind me a bit of the Protoss). I'd give this one a 7/10
2) THIS. If this isn't the Mukay ship, I'll pay everyone here $5. But if I got it right, you all owe ME $5 
I love it, an incredible, incredible amount. It ticks all the boxes. 100% identifiable at a glance. It mimics the physiology of its creator. It, I'm sure, very obviously has a unique special that latches onto passing ships with those tentacles! So fun! 10/10
3) What an agile, aerodynamic little fighter, barely containing a black hole within its confines, harnessing all that dark matter to maneuver with precision and melt away its enemies. Pewpewpew! 8/10!
4) Meh. This one's kinda boring compared to the rest. I'm not sure its purpose, though I like the curved front arms quite a bit. I'd like to see something more graphically representational about it. What's it do? Who's piloting it? I've giving it a 4/10 because it's much less recognizable than its counterparts.
5) Earthling Cruiser, obviously - which, don't get me wrong - that's EXACTLY how it's supposed to be. The Earthling ship should definitely harken back to all our science fiction currently on earth. It looks excellent and well-made, launching nukes from those compartments on either side. 8/10 for sticking with a familiar design for a familiar race
6) The Precursor Artifact - YES. I love the centrifugal force rings. I love that the front looks like it has eyes. I love that each module is shown graphically, represented on screen. What more needs to be said? 9/10
7) I assume this is the ominous dreadnought of the antagonist, and it gets that point across. Though it has a much more ominous dark-matter model... am I sensing some deviation within the same race?!? Kohr-Ah and Kzer-Za maybe? A religious, economic, political or genealogical split? Could be interesting Except... this design is one of LEAST compelling to me. Just fairly standard, with no real wow-factors. Big ol' battleship guns are pretty cool. I hope it's not the main baddie, though... 5/10
8) Uhhh... is this one being kept a secret? Lol, why is it drawn like that? Can't see it. 0/10
9) OhmiGod! This one's hilarious! It looks like a junker ship made from old semi-truck remnants! That grill on the front! Oh, PLEASE tell me the little pods go and salvage the destroyed enemy ships, lasering apart pieces and bringing them back to the mothership to repair! That would be AWEEEEESOME! 9/10
10) Oh shit, I love this ship. Clean, concise, wholly alien. It's incomprehensible. About as far away from what humans may one day build as a spaceship! I can just imagine what the alien who drives it looks like. 10/10
11) Big, slovenly, slothful, gas-spewing podshi-... er... I mean spaceship. Very fun, want to play! 8/10
12) Yes! Play with the traditional concept of a spaceship's shape. A floating pyramid (or double pyramid, making it a diamond?) works because in space, you don't need aerodynamics, right? There's no air? 7/10
13) I was JUST starting to think - wow, all these ships are pretty friggin' large... where's the little guys? Oh! There you are! And look at all those blasters in the back, this thing must go faaaaaasst. 7/10
14) This looks like a throne, and the small pic even looks like multiple skulls at the top of the throne? Honestly, I can't really tell what's going on here. Could be cool, but until I can see more, I'm giving it a 5/10.
15) And lastly, the evil version of ship #7... or, maybe the MORE evil version. This one's design looks a little too close to #3, in my opinion. And I like #3 better. And unless it's intentional, it looks waaaaayyyy too close to #7. They've gotta be connected somehow. Maybe it's connected to both #3 and #7? That being said, it's still my least favorite, design-wise, maybe 6/10. On a side-note, my 9yo thought it was the best one out of all of them, so what do I know? Lol
I'm refusing to comment on the ships until I see more than 12 pixels per ship.
The ships are AMAZING!
;D Loved the read, but... i wonder if i should put here my opinion on each too?
anyways, i NEED to know the Species who made each of them!
for these types of games, the dialogue between aliens and the Aliens are the BEST PART!
Putting this here to help people (i am lazy, so i understand people who don't want to go to the Pdf to check)
alsol... number2 is a Reaper?
and... 5,6 looks like human ships
number 3 is a Protoss ship!
Omg, thanks for putting a pic of the ships here. I couldn't figure out a good way to do that.
I think you're right, the 5 and 6 ships MUST be human.
I DEFINITELY want to hear your opinion on these ships here. So badly! Put it here!!
Oh come on, Hunam!! Brad needs your help. He specifically asked for it! Don't deny the man!
For future reference, you can use NitroPDF reader to extract images. Right-click on the image and save it in all its pixelated glory. Other PDF readers will do this as well.
^ Or you can Alt+PrintScreen
Oh come on, Hunam!! Brad needs your help. He specifically asked for it! Don't deny the man!
My 7 comments on the ships were on par with provided picture. Don't deceive yourself. If Stardock wanted more, they'd post a better picture.
Here's X-post of it:
I have to say, 2, 7, 9, 10, and 12 are my clear favorites so far.
I'm gonna cry 
nobody wants to play with me. Waah!
Brad, I guess you got your answer. No one wants to critique ships they can barely see. Who knew???
nobody wants to play with me. Waah!It isn't like they have to wait until October 31st to post better images. Maybe this will spur an outpouring of high quality ship images?
Does anyone ELSE have a full ship critique they want to offer up??? Not just "I like #2", but actual input?
No critique, but a game. The rules are apparent. Guess at will.
12 out of 30 = 40% correct
Here is my opinion! (this is a fun one!)
Reference:
Ship 1: 3 sections and a core of pure energy? these guys are fancy! they look advanced but so... old, at the same time, like an old advanced civilization! also i bet it weapons are energy based and shot out of the core!
Ship 2: YES. Squid ship! It looks so MechaOrganic! i love it! it vaguely reminds me of the Reapers from MassEffect! and... also reminds of an enemy from XCOM the Seekers! can't wait to see who is piloting this one... but if it IS aquatic, i think we all know who it is!
Ship3: Dark energy core, sideways wings and small port! yes, i do like this one! what caught anyone's attention is clearly the core, at quick glance this look like an enemy ship, but i think they just happens to have a dark hole in their ships! but i do think Space Pirate ring nicely with this visual!
Ship4: If i was to guess... i think this ship belongs to a mechanical race! i don't know why... because it's blocky? and the green lights reminds me of a Geth ship in Mass Effect? i don't know, but it does look cool with it's claw-like front!
Ship5: Small Human Ship or Human Androids Ship... like the Andros-*NOT BEING A NICE CAMPER*
Ship6: I bet this is A (because they said you can change it) example of a fully Upgraded Human ship! it looks awesome! like a mini Ark! (must be cozy)
Ship 7: Ur-Quan ship much? 
it reminds me of the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za ships (but not green) it looks majestic and royal, like ROYALTY, like a king should be at the helm! it looks very impressive and MASSIVE!
Ship 8: Early Draft? can't see much of this one, but it looks simple and like a beetle car! must be very slow and run out of space-gas very often!
Ship 9: Or this is the Police or the Garbage Ship! i can see some trash retrievers or police bikes... i dunno! i just think this ship is working hard and receiving little for its job, damn economy
Ship 10: I'm... intrigued, VERY intrigued by this one, it looks advanced beyond comprehension, like, you don't see guns, engine or even a bridge, it does NOT looks practical, and that's why it looks advanced, because if this works like any other ship, than this race knows how to put much in less.
Ship 11: The organic ship of the game? i can see it secreting some kind of gas? and it looks like... a plant? or an insect, what i think is that this one will be our Insectoid Race or our Plant Race!
Ship 12: Illuminati Ship! Bill Cipher has returned!... it IS a pyramid right? i can't see a front, or side... it is all the same! i love it!
Ship 13: THE SMALLEST SHIP! It's so cute! it looks like a rocket! and... it's engines are trying to compensate for its size! it must be the quickest ship too, i wonder if the Race is small or its like the Thraddash and they use one-soldiers ships
Ship 14: I CANNOT understand this ship its upright? its this way? it has a blue core, and it's very advanced... i have nothing to add, only that this one is my favorite! if not only for being the most weird to me!
Ship 15: Okay... number14 is my favorite but DAMN! Bowser Brought a Ship??? i thought you guys were using Mario Galaxy only as a reference! jokes aside, i think every fan of StarControl will notice that this ship is in contrast of the Ship7, like a dark twin... like a Kohr-Ah to their Kzer-Za... if they are not evil, i will be disappointed!
And that concludes my opinions! hope you got this far! 
Ship 4 lays "mines"/green barrels rolling out of its front and back FYI.
According to some old concept art The Black Core Vertical Wing (Darkwing from now on) are the good guys, 'cause they're battling Scryve (the massive red dreadnought). Therefore they are not Xraki. My bet now on the Pyramid ship being Xraki. 
I think it'd look cooler if the arms out front were MUCH large with a bigger arc!
Can you break it up into two, and we can guess separately?!? Otherwise, the % that's calculated doesn't give enough info to deduce any answers. Especially on the good vs. evil scale!!
And we're automatically being marked down for not knowing the names of aliens we OF COURSE don't know, since they haven't been revealed!
It's entirely possible that Darkwing + Scryve ship is what happens when you successfully deal with the Scryve. The Scryve are an early menace and cannot be the end game baddie. Thus they need to be taken out of the picture somehow.
It's entirely possible that Darkwing + Scryve ship is what happens when you successfully deal with the Scryve. The Scryve are an early menace and cannot be the end game baddie. Thus they need to be taken out of the picture somehow.
I can see the resemblance immediately.
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