Just thought of something...

Have you ever played Lavamind's trilogy of weird business sims:  Gazillionaire, Zaplitalism, and Profitania?

Definitely some of my favorites.

Now if they can just combine the economic models created by Lavamind with a space sim like I-War or Freelancer it would be one hell of a game.

Could it be that Fred Ford created this universe as well?

Perhaps the one who created the real universe would respond to this thread just like Fred did the other one...

Here are a few things that make me go "hmmmm":

1.  How come all combat in Starcon universe is 1 on 1?   Why doesn't anyone ever get the idea to gang up on their enemies?

2. How come all planets in Star Con 2 only have non-renewable resource that gets depleted after a few trips by your planet lander?   Besides, the biological creatures never grow back even if you leave some of them alive.

3. How do human (and later Shofixi) crew members control ships such as the Orz Nemesis or Chmmr Avatar?

I wish I could get my hands on I-War 2.

Anyone has an opinion on how it compares to Freelancer?

A few other favorites:  Arcanum, Fallout I and II, Privateer II, Chrono Trigger.

Jagged Alliance 2, Command and Conquer, Warcraft II, Privateer I and II....

Japanese animation and comic books, actually.

The Gundam series, Miyazaki's Laputa:City in the Sky and Nausicaa, more recently Gainax's Evangelion and FLCL.

NOT as a crew member on a Druuge ship, that's for sure.

I'd like to be an Orz.  These evil bastards seems to have much fun.

I agree.  SC3 is lacking in 3 areas in my humble opinion, however...

1. Cleverness of the puzzles in the game is missing  
2. Ending sucks
3. Too much tedious management tasks, also too much resource available.  

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Did you guys manage to get 32000RU for the Burvix Caster?

Spoiler, perhaps







The Druuge fuel trade.  So much fun!