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If that's really how you feel, I'll just take a minute here to tell you to buck by up - stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 11:21pm PST
pinback wrote:

I have no business reviewing or even discussing 4x games. I'm a fucking embarrassment!

Sorry. :(

Man I don't know if you're just making fun of my NERD RANT (which deserves a lot of baiting, I admit this) or not but it was never my intention to bring people here down.

I know this is CALTROPS and on CALTROPS we're supposed to shout at each other to grow a spine already but I'm not really looking to make everyone else feel shat on.

I felt the effort to cover 4x games on a dedicated site was a useful one simply because I didn't know that much about the new crop coming out and wanted someone to tell me at least the basics. The critical appraisal is the second step, first you have to know it exists and nobody needs a shark tank for that part so much as a wide net.

For what it's worth, I'm also genuinely glad you told me Pandora existed. I've got one more game to tinker with if I want to try to add in the missing features myself. Man, check out my self-satisfied opinion, right? I'm never gonna learn to be less self-righteous I guess. Christ.

pinback wrote:

You have spent more time with the game, and are obviously more knowledgeable about and capable of writing critically about the subject. Also you have written said criticism terribly well, and I never complement anybody here.

My review is barely coherent and kind of a clusterfuck to read, man. At least yours is short. Thing is? The input from a less timewasting kinda gamer like you that isn't dripping with pat Gamer Dad nonsense is useful in understanding the appeal of games to people like you who have houses and jobs.

I would keep writing if I were you, though I dunno about doing it on Caltrops because I halfway expect someone's going to yell THIS IS CALTROPS and kick me into a pit any moment and that 'scrutiny to the point of explicit threat' edge doesn't work for everybody.

I have no excuse for liking the game, I realize now. I guess I just like the whole clicking on things and one-more-turn thing. I've never been good at 4x games, and I rarely finish them. I like the first half, and I'll play the first half a handful of times and move on to the next thing.


You might enjoy grabbing a copy of King of Dragon Pass, it runs on PC and smartphone these days. If you can get past the whimsical exterior you'll find a game that has 4x elements masquerading as totally different stuff, even if it's ultimately a bit more of a strat with story. Tell me if it's palatable, because I'm in need of the opinion of someone with a busier life than mine on whether it's half as slick as I think and worth the bother either way. That game gives me 'just one more turn' shakes like a heroin addict, man. If it didn't have a save feature I mighta starved to death for a while there (okay not really I'm too annoyed by the thought of living in a pigsty to catass).

If you're a lot like me it might sour you on 4xes for a little while though, fair warning.
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Pinback trolls hard with review of failed spiritual successor for Alpha Centauri by insomniac newbie 01/03/2014, 1:34am PST NEW
    Please don't stop posting, the drones need you. They look up to you. NT by A friend 01/03/2014, 6:12am PST NEW
    Pinback trolls hard with review of failed spiritual successor for Alpha Centauri by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/03/2014, 9:26pm PST NEW
        He'll.be.back. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/03/2014, 9:42pm PST NEW
        Re: Pinback trolls hard with review of failed spiritual successor for Alpha Cent by fucking newbie 01/05/2014, 3:35pm PST NEW
            What? Where did you get that impression? by WITTGENSTEIN 01/06/2014, 4:31pm PST NEW
                Like Shogun 2? NT by fucking newbie 01/06/2014, 5:11pm PST NEW
                    Shogun 2's not a 4X, junior. NT by OH HO SIDESTEPPED YOUR LOGIC TRAP 01/06/2014, 6:52pm PST NEW
                        It seems as close to them as you want to get, DAD by fucking newbie 01/06/2014, 7:06pm PST NEW
                            Psst, Fortinbras = WITTGENSTEIN NT by Caltrops Historian 01/06/2014, 7:50pm PST NEW
                                Good, now I can mock him directly. NT by bored newbie 01/06/2014, 8:14pm PST NEW
                                    There hasn't been a really good 4x in a few years. by WITTGENSTEIN 01/06/2014, 8:38pm PST NEW
                                        This is why I want to identify the one or two things a game will occasionally by get right and enumerate the flaws. 01/06/2014, 8:57pm PST NEW
                                            You take that slick convo right here and nowhere else NT by Caltrops.Com 01/06/2014, 11:15pm PST NEW
                                                what, no lecture about not being a wannabe failed romero? NT by surprised newbie 01/06/2014, 11:23pm PST NEW
    Well, I agree with some of that. by pinback 01/09/2014, 2:47pm PST NEW
        I should've just talked about the game rather than calling you out like a drama by queen - stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 7:00pm PST NEW
            I really have no argument for any of this. by pinback 01/10/2014, 10:06pm PST NEW
                If that's really how you feel, I'll just take a minute here to tell you to buck by up - stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 11:21pm PST NEW
                    And thanks for the compliment. by stupid newbie 01/10/2014, 11:23pm PST NEW
                        pinback will be nice to anyone who fellates his ego, so thanks for that. NT by We don't want him to come back here 01/11/2014, 12:59pm PST NEW
                            FAGGOTS don't want smart guys around, true NT by You FAGGOTS 01/11/2014, 1:43pm PST NEW
                                Thanks for proving our point, pinback NT by We don't want him to come back here 01/11/2014, 3:20pm PST NEW
                                    I didn't post that. NT by pinback 01/11/2014, 4:59pm PST NEW
                                        You brought this on yourselves, Caltrops. by stupid newbie 01/11/2014, 5:27pm PST NEW
                                            Hm, I wonder why someone might have been fooled by an angry Pinback ATOR NT by It is a mystery. 01/11/2014, 6:10pm PST NEW
                                                I assumed it was him. Caltrops & Pinback: PRETTIEST PRINCESSES. Dance-off up nex by stupid newbie 01/11/2014, 9:14pm PST NEW
                                                    At least he's not posting gifs of spinning dicks or anything. NT by Caltrops Historian 01/11/2014, 11:11pm PST NEW
                                                        Gotta miss trading on the Zseni-Cable Cock Exchange now that boner futures are by down :( - stupid newbie 01/11/2014, 11:23pm PST NEW
                                                            I'LL BUY THEM AT ANY PRICE. HOMPTH HURMPTH SLURP BLUGH NT by JERKCITY 01/12/2014, 12:13am PST NEW
                                    Was Pinback also Flack? I get confused. NT by FoK 01/11/2014, 6:38pm PST NEW
                            You're welcome, dad. Is that whining I hear, or are you just aging gracelessly? by stupid newbie 01/11/2014, 1:46pm PST NEW
 
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