Space Game General All-Platform Thready Discussy Thing :)

BrianRubin · 2016-03-23T09:25:18.000Z

Sigh, it wasn’t BAD per se…it was just…DULL…like dishwater dull. Like, playing it invoked NO excitement or spark what so ever from me, which is saying something. It’s gotten a bevy of patches since then so maybe I should revisit it.

RichVR · 2016-03-23T09:41:24.000Z

Understood. I’ll leave it alone for now. Thanks for your advice, as always.

BrianRubin · 2016-03-23T09:50:18.000Z

Wow, I’m still the only curator for the game, and even I said:

“I played this a bit and found I just couldn’t go back to it. It was sadly too boring. :/”

Klaatu · 2016-03-23T12:48:06.000Z

So why are you a curator for it? I would think you’d only curate those games you liked.

BrianRubin · 2016-03-23T12:50:39.000Z

Klaatu:

So why are you a curator for it? I would think you’d only curate those games you liked.

Because I believe an informed consumer is the best consumer.

Ponicus · 2016-03-23T16:21:28.000Z

Brian - What do you think about Polaris Sector?

I’m digging it so far. Took the tutorial and a game or two to understand the unique concepts. Seems to hit a spot between the MoO-clone and DW:U.

BrianRubin · 2016-03-23T16:48:05.000Z

Ponicus:

Brian - What do you think about Polaris Sector?

I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve got a caveat or two. Basically, pirates cheat. They’re overpowered, come out of nowhere and totally bottle you up before you have a chance to respond. I think one of the devs (at least that’s who I think it is) actually commented on one of my videos today and told me to abandon the game because of the pirates, and start either without pirates or on a bigger map. What?

But honestly, there’s a lot I really love about it too. The writing, the diplomatic options, the fantastic UI, the auto-pausing, the sound effects. Overall, I really dig it…except for pirates. Fuck pirates.

Granath · 2016-03-23T18:03:47.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve got a caveat or two. Basically, pirates cheat. They’re overpowered, come out of nowhere and totally bottle you up before you have a chance to respond. I think one of the devs (at least that’s who I think it is) actually commented on one of my videos today and told me to abandon the game because of the pirates, and start either without pirates or on a bigger map. What?

But honestly, there’s a lot I really love about it too. The writing, the diplomatic options, the fantastic UI, the auto-pausing, the sound effects. Overall, I really dig it…except for pirates. Fuck pirates.

Brian,

Which one is better, Polaris or Stardrive II with the new DLC?

I am wondering because I did not buy the SD2 DLC but tried to go back to the game recently. It was a frustrating experience and I have uninstalled it again.

tylertoo · 2016-03-23T18:41:45.000Z

Brian Rubin:

I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ve got a caveat or two. Basically, pirates cheat.

Did you expect pirates to play nice?

BrianRubin · 2016-03-23T18:54:46.000Z

Granath, I’d say Polaris is more fun. To me at least.

rhamorim · 2016-03-23T19:48:32.000Z

Pirates ruined Endless Space for me, because they also seem to cheat in that game. I hope Endless Space 2 fixes that.

Klaatu · 2016-03-23T22:14:38.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Because I believe an informed consumer is the best consumer.

Well, I like to be informed as much as the next guy, but I also expect if you’re a curator for a game you by definition recommend it. If it really is the case that Steam curators recommend games they don’t like I guess that’s one “feature” of Steam I won’t be using any longer.

SGJ followers - 1

BrianRubin · 2016-03-24T08:16:48.000Z

Dayum, cold man. Ice. Cold.

Papageno · 2016-03-24T08:26:24.000Z

Brian Rubin:

Dayum, cold man. Ice. Cold.

You were more diplomatic than I would have been. I would have advised something about door/ass/way out.

BrianRubin · 2016-03-24T08:44:23.000Z

Papageno:

You were more diplomatic than I would have been. I would have advised something about door/ass/way out.

shrug Can’t make everyone happy. But hey, if the other 12,617 people who follow my curator page are happy, that works for me. ;)

Dan_Theman · 2016-03-24T08:45:02.000Z

Papageno:

You were more diplomatic than I would have been. I would have advised something about door/ass/way out.

Same here, and good for you, Brian.

As an FYI for the dictionary-impaired: a curator is one who takes care of, not one who recommends. For instance, a museum curator is not required to like all the pieces of art in their museum. And Brian is far from the only curator who does this - I have been turned away from various games thanks to the reviews found on curator pages.

arrendek · 2016-03-24T09:20:55.000Z

Dan_Theman:

Same here, and good for you, Brian.

As an FYI for the dictionary-impaired: a curator is one who takes care of, not one who recommends. For instance, a museum curator is not required to like all the pieces of art in their museum. And Brian is far from the only curator who does this - I have been turned away from various games thanks to the reviews found on curator pages.

Yeah, didn’t TotalBiscuit make a curator specifically to warn about framerate issues (maybe specifically locked framerates) that tends to show up on games that have that problem? It ends up making it clearly visible on the product page to avoid them if you don’t like that.

Also, this guy was kind of a dick to our super cuddly Brian Rubin… Get 'im!

Edit: yeah, here it is: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/9393382-The-Framerate-Police/

BrianRubin · 2016-03-24T09:31:39.000Z

That’s an amazing and terrifying image, arrendek. ;) Thanks!

magnet · 2016-03-24T09:47:06.000Z

Dan_Theman:

As an FYI for the dictionary-impaired: a curator is one who takes care of, not one who recommends.

A curator generally ensures that something is worthy of an audience.

Steam defines its curators as “individuals or organizations that make recommendations to help others discover interesting games in the Steam catalog”.

They are distinct from reviewers. Brian’s reviews appear on separate page, each game with thumbs up or down. I couldn’t find Brian’s review of Horizon, but I noticed that Steam had helpfully added “Recommended by SGJ”.

AntediluvianArk · 2016-03-24T10:00:19.000Z

I humbly hail from the group that thinks if a curator adds a title to their group it implies a recommendation, even a strong one. But maybe I am making too strong an assumption?

I suppose if Brian’s model is working for him and the SGJ community then who am I to say otherwise.

Regarding TotalBiscuits 30FPS Framerate Police group I actually find that annoying and kind of a perversion and abuse of the curation system, but it is one of the top 10 curation groups so my dissent is in the tiny minority.

:-)

-Todd