Thoughts on the new Faction, Amoeba

wanderingfreely

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13 years ago

May 18, 2012, 2:46:42 PM

Look really cool and hope they also have a good organic technology tree to work with as well.

J_HG_T

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J_HG_T

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May 18, 2012, 7:33:51 AM

And the manga is the better one. Much better. Have read it way too many times. My sister likes the movie but I think it hasn't aged that well. We both are huge fans of Miyazaki.

on topic:

Amoeba will be interesting to play if their natural habitation will indeed be gas giants (or barren planets).

Don't know what the remaining races have in store, but I can say Amoeba will be one of my most played races. Alongside with Sophons of course.

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May 18, 2012, 4:00:49 AM

Auto wrote:
well in my opinion they kind of look like flying versions of the big bugs from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, its an anime movie made by the same guy who made spirited away

That's what I was thinking of too.

(BTW: Hayao Miyazaki did the manga and the anime of Nausicaä)

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May 16, 2012, 6:20:11 PM

Ashbery76 wrote:
Finally a non humanoid shaped Alien.

Its just convergent evolutuion at work, bipeds seem to work well in most enviroments.

And for the ones in which they dont we have the Amoeba.

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VIPInFlamesWeTrust

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May 16, 2012, 7:35:21 PM

I think that I may have found a race to take the place of the Sophon's. Although saying that, if their tech is not up to par, then I'll stick with the Sophon's but I hope it will be!

Nightraid

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May 16, 2012, 7:34:15 PM

Perhaps they choose to go by that name because their real name would be unpronounceable by other species. Since they are very much about exploration and contact with other species it would make sense for them to go by a name other species can pronounce without hurting their vocal cords. Then again, it might just be a placeholder name. Either way's fine to me.

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keda009

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May 16, 2012, 7:33:01 PM

Amoeba sounds like a self replicating microb in my language , so it's deffinetly something interesting , hah ^^

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May 16, 2012, 7:27:06 PM

The only thing that bothers me, and a lot, is the name 'Amoeba?' An earth-centric nomenclature for an amorphous alien race. I think it's a lazy name, unless it's a working-name. If it's a placeholder name, then color me excited!

Nightraid

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May 16, 2012, 7:02:31 PM

I love them. Not only because of the organic-looking ships and the beautiful artwork but also because they are one of THE most exotic races in the game by far. Well that and the fact that they're more interested in getting to know other races than consuming or exploiting them.

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May 16, 2012, 6:40:47 PM

dtaillefer wrote:
FinalStrigon - Are you thinking of the Sentinels/Machines in the Matrix universe? I know that's what I thought of when I saw the screenshots/concept art.

Not quite them either, as if I remember right, they were very dexterous and mobile machines, not exactly ship-like. I really don't know. It's probably a mix of various sci-fi things just poking me in the brain to give me this wonder.

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May 16, 2012, 6:36:17 PM

Organics atleast to me, would mean less hp, but rapid hp regen. perhaps even in combat lol.

Mansen wrote:
I love the fact that we have some non "humanoid" looking races. Most sci fi games have developed a bad tendency to make human "like" creatures even when making very distinctly different races (animals like cats, fish or even elephants). They are always "similar".

I'd love to hear more about how their racials are - I can imagine their ships might have a natural armour or repair after combat since they are organic. Or that they are more tolerant of "hostile" enviroments (aka. starting colonizing techs)

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May 16, 2012, 6:31:36 PM

Slar wrote:
Know what cravers call organic ships? ....lunch.

Let's see them try to eat a box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri). Soft stuff can have its own kind of nastiness, and I hope that's played up with this new faction.

dtaillefer

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May 16, 2012, 6:31:02 PM

FinalStrigon - Are you thinking of the Sentinels/Machines in the Matrix universe? I know that's what I thought of when I saw the screenshots/concept art.

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May 16, 2012, 6:23:12 PM

I love the fact that we have some non "humanoid" looking races. Most sci fi games have developed a bad tendency to make human "like" creatures even when making very distinctly different races (animals like cats, fish or even elephants). They are always "similar".

I'd love to hear more about how their racials are - I can imagine their ships might have a natural armour or repair after combat since they are organic. Or that they are more tolerant of "hostile" enviroments (aka. starting colonizing techs)

Photon_Ventdesdunes

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Photon_Ventdesdunes

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13 years ago

May 16, 2012, 7:36:42 PM

The biggest ship has some inspiration from the calamar cruiser in star wars 6.

About the name, it's an earth-centric thing maybe to give name to everythings

. Maybe they don't have a name for themselves. Maybe they communicate with something else than words.

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May 16, 2012, 6:19:11 PM

Walshicus wrote:
Reapers from Mass Effect.

Hmm...A bit, but not quite. Not squid-like enough. :P I was thinking of the Collectors, though. They still aren't what really struck me, though...Ugh, why must my memory do this to me? There probably isn't anything else and I just think it looks familiar.

Walshicus

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Walshicus

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May 16, 2012, 6:16:53 PM

FinalStrigon wrote:
They're definitely interesting. I just wish I new what inspired or influenced their ship designs. I almost feel like the design is familiar, but, I just can't put my finger on why.

Reapers from Mass Effect.

HolyTerror

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May 16, 2012, 6:10:32 PM

Know what cravers call organic ships? ....lunch.

Upturned_Walrus wrote:
I like the organic looking spaceships.

Upturned_Walrus

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Upturned_Walrus

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May 16, 2012, 5:50:25 PM

I like the organic looking spaceships.

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May 16, 2012, 5:44:17 PM

The art work is fantastic and the concept is great, especially due as stated it being non humanoid.

I appreciate the concept more for how it fits into Endless Space's integration of hard science and futurist dreams.

It's fitting they are in a universe where mathematical and scientific knowledge is necessary to survive, yet while we wouldn't

say slime mold has the prerequisite consciousness to comprehend or assimilate knowledge on that magnitude they have been tested for what covers a

number of mathematical fields.

The link is a nice research paper

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