Only game where I can play as space commies bringing political power to workers everywhere. Stop by the discord and chat about Paradox games if y'all ever get a chance.
Only game where I can play as space commies bringing political power to workers everywhere. Stop by the discord and chat about Paradox games if y'all ever get a chance.
What's MOO?
Master Of Orion (1993)! Not to be confused with the 2016 remake, which is a much more typical 4X game.
The big things I like about MOO (and these are very typical things to like about it):
Simple colony management. You use sliders to allocate spending. The sliders are a little jank, but they're a lot less time-consuming than the list of buildings style that you'd see in something like Civ or Stellaris. This is most of why the game takes less time than others.
Randomized tech tree. I suppose Stellaris has one too! But it's a very meaningful part of MOO, where every empire gets a different tree every game, and you have to work around the gaps.
Passive-aggressive asshole AIs. Undeclared border wars, undeclared cold wars, major invasions because you look like an easy target, that sort of thing. Conversely, this is a game where a diplomatic victory is the normal way to win.
Thanks, looks pretty good. Maybe I will check it out (:
Here's the blog-thing of a serious strategy game player as they tackle MOO for the first time.