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Tis a shame I will likely never get to play the original. The second one is truly amazing. I do wonder what the first was like.
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For people wanting to play it (since it's a black screen), there's a working version here. http://armorgames.com/play/11965/solarmax
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V2 is game of the day, and great, so I wanted to play V1. too. Apparently broken. Apparently since developer added a highscore, because he is the only one EVER to have achieved one.
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Its stunning how this game has super good graphics, pretty smart AI, good graphs, lots of planets/stations that do different stuff, 18 levels, yet this was made in 2011. Definitely deserves getting those badges and "Best of 2011" even if its too late. Sequel would be nice though, but one of my ideas would be "PUT SOME LEVELS WITH 3 SIDES"
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Oh, I see... lvl 15... completely symetric map. Both the computer and me start on an uncolonized "100" planet... I start with 40 ships, computer start with 50... I can understand why I keep losing...
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easy : can conquer every map with closed eyes. normal : stuck at stage 12. Call me lame, I call that bad difficulty progression. I'm fed off watching walkthroughs to beat a game.
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yay, lets colonize the galaxy... look that planet is inhabited, they aren't attacking us, but lets "colonize" them anyways... wait... am i the bad guy?