Re: BSE vs RimWorld?

From: Kevin Davis Connery <keradwc@rahul.net>

Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 00:00:24 +0000

In a recent article (<D427Jt.EAF@murdoch.acc.virginia.edu>), gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl) wrote:
>In article <ttrimble.2.000D0063@powergrid.electriciti.com>,
>Timothy Trimble <ttrimble@powergrid.electriciti.com> wrote:
>
>>Does anyone have any feedback about BSE vs RimWorlds?   [...]
>
>I, for one, don't think either one is worth playing. It's very scarey
>that Kerry considers BSE's game mechanics to be superior to Rimworlds;
>BSE has many flaws that have been known for over a decade that make it
>not worth playing, in my opinion.

Truth be told, the last time I looked at BSE, the game mechanics didn't
seem particularly robust; the Rim, at least, doesn't have that flaw, though
some of the specific choices are violations of what I'd consider a normal
reality.

As a space opera, though, Rimworlds has a very devoted following, both
new and old players. (It does appear as though players who play for more than
2-3 months stay with it for many years, though there are very many -- like
Kerry -- who drop before that period. It is *not* for everyone, any more
than Olympia, or Atlantis would satisfy someone looking for a space opera.

It's a good example of its genre. I, too, would like a cheap, wonderful
space-opera PBM. But when/if one comes along, it's by no means going to
replace Rimworlds for me--I'd simply do both.

--kdc
  1714C in Rimworlds

References

BSE vs RimWorld?
ttrimble@powergrid.electriciti.com (Timothy Trimble)
Mon, 13 Feb 1995 13:00:00 +0000

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BSE vs RimWorld?
ttrimble@powergrid.electriciti.com (Timothy Trimble)
Mon, 13 Feb 1995 13:00:00 +0000