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Author Topic: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.  (Read 3253 times)

Cane

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I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« on: October 15, 2021, 12:00:29 AM »


Props to the artist David Baumgart for his good taste. <3 And skills. The portraits in Starsector are just really damn good.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2021, 12:40:34 AM »
......Several times I saw these faces...several times I thought them familiar.....Thank you for reminding me!
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2021, 12:57:46 AM »
My pleasure. =)
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Nick XR

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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2021, 02:15:30 PM »
Speaking of Easter eggs, anyone else notice the Particle Vortex Cannon from Weird Worlds: RTIS ?  I giggled with excitement when I first saw it get fired.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2021, 04:08:10 PM »
You have blown my mind, never realised it and I love Alpha Centauri!
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2021, 05:21:02 PM »
Totally missed this, and SMAC is one of top three video games all time.
Thank you so much for pointing it out, and David for being awesome!(cannot believe Yang didn't make it click!)

Definitely looking forward to some roleplay runs now. Not sure how that would work with Deidre, but maybe whatever leaves those slipstream trails next release will give me something to work with...
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2021, 11:42:18 PM »
Quote from: Nick XR on October 15, 2021, 02:15:30 PM
Speaking of Easter eggs, anyone else notice the Particle Vortex Cannon from Weird Worlds: RTIS ?  I giggled with excitement when I first saw it get fired.
What, where?? I played so much of that game it's weird how I never saw that easter egg. Then again I skipped dialogue in my last playthrough.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2021, 03:27:01 AM »
I somehow never noticed the Lal portrait, only the other 6.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #8 on: October 16, 2021, 11:51:47 PM »
I KNEW they looked familiar. Thank you!
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Nick XR

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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2021, 09:26:43 PM »
Quote from: Grievous69 on October 15, 2021, 11:42:18 PM
Quote from: Nick XR on October 15, 2021, 02:15:30 PM
Speaking of Easter eggs, anyone else notice the Particle Vortex Cannon from Weird Worlds: RTIS ?  I giggled with excitement when I first saw it get fired.
What, where?? I played so much of that game it's weird how I never saw that easter egg. Then again I skipped dialogue in my last playthrough.

The Starsector Reality Disruptor is the Weird Worlds Particle Vortex Cannon (only way better looking!).
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2021, 01:30:24 AM »
Damn, I love AC, can't believe I missed this.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2021, 04:09:32 AM »
I noticed a similarity between Yang, Morgan and especially Miriam's portraits, but missed others. If there's a game worth referencing, then it's SMAC  ;D

There are several quotes in the game as well, like when Baird says that science is an inherently iterative design
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2021, 03:58:49 PM »
Love both of these games.  Amazing.  I am having a good laugh over this.
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Re: I really love the Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri homage in Starsector.
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2021, 12:11:31 AM »
The Miriam one bothers me. The others look okay, but Starsector Miriam looks like she's wearing half a melon shell on her head, that hair doesn't look like hair.
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