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Originally posted by Warlord Mk. I@Feb 24 2005, 01:55 AM
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I first played this game when I was ten years old. I loved it from the very beginning.
Ugh. I reviewed it for a now-defunct print magazine when I roughly 40. Let me put in my false teeth, and get my cane...
My favorite species are the Shevar (the evil many-armed power sappers) and the Marmosians (the insect people who can turn their enemies against one another). I have recently been playing as the Marmosians against a really tough opponent who has over 40 colonies and almost as many heavily armed battleships. (I only have two well-protected colonies, and I'm killin' as many of their gigantic starships as I can) 
Out of curiosity, what level of gameplay are you using? Hostile universe? Are you using the patch? How do you find the AI? I've not found it too bad with the patch as others indicate.
This is definitely one of the greatest games ever made...since it didn't get the praise or popularity it should have (see, not all good games make it!), I consider it sort of a sleeper hit.
The helix universe was good in theory, but a lot of people found it a nuisance in reality. And the company never did have the bucks for PR. What they had instead was some very bright designers, including the man who was the brains behind Betrayal at Krondor, one of the all-time best RPGs.