Comments on: Cross-Platform MMO 'Outer Empires' iPhone Client Released

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:15:00 +0000

Despite the above Troll comments, OE was probably the best MMO experience I have ever had and one of the deepest game experiences altogether.

The players built much of the infrastructure around the galaxy and the market was largely dependent upon player researched and crafted items and ships to function.

Sadly though, OE has been closed down due to a shrinking player base.

By: Missing in Action

Missing in Action — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Game seems abandoned, no sign of devs in months and people can't even beg to get their micropay orders filled. Recently some massive server outages, as of today all official pages affiliated with the game are offline.

Stay away, and definitely keep your money away!

By: joe mama

joe mama — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:09:00 +0000

Dev team is pretty much expert at money grubbing with micropayments. They are experts at selling you an upgrade and either having it obsolete, outright destroy it, or require another upgrade to work. An exercise in tedium.

By: Worthless Paul

Worthless Paul — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:21:00 +0000

James Andrews is right. This game sucks. It should be called 'Cloistered Empires'. Everyone falls into their own little group and scheme and treat others like crap behind their backs, while they feign civility to one another. The devs run the place like the Third Reich and if you argue or express concern they either ban you or destroy your account with their in game players themselves. They fleece you for money with in game charges for upgrades, then make it all obsolete or find another reason to con you into buying more. The player community is still waiting on promises over a year old. The remaining promises they just flat broke and chalk it up under the convenient excuse that it's not a priority.

WARNING: STAY AWAY

By: Ref

Ref — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:55:00 +0000

Wow, dude with a grudge against decent Dev team or what!

The in game purchases improve life for those that buy them but are not game changers, you can't ask more than that.

This game has a great community and is constantly improving.

By: james andrews

james andrews — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:08:00 +0000

Massive Multiplayer Disappointment

This game showed early promise but has sadly fallen into a deep pit over the past year. It has been plagued by extremely frequent app crashes which the development team have been unable to resolve. This coupled with appalling browser lag, freezing, and numerous bugs have led to very many players losing ships to 'lag death'. These ships take weeks of grinding to buy and compensation is rarely forthcoming.
The grind is extremely repetitive and unsatisfying and the colony work is tedious in the extreme with very little reward due to the collapse of the in game economy secondary to 'cash for points' (see below).
Many promises have been made concerning new content but very little is seen. Any changes are actually steps backwards 'bandaid solutions' which attempt (and fail) to reduce lag eg. reducing weapon firing speeds from 3 to 15 seconds.
Another disturbing trend is the addition of 'points' to be bought (in addition to monthly subs) which can be exchanged for in-game items. The items very quickly become superseded and are therefore a huge waste of real life money. Sadly players are severely disadvantaged in-game if they don't spend the extra cash.
To top this all off there has been a worrying amount of developer interference and less than ethical activity. Two developers run the most powerful in game faction and have been seen to use their privileges to their own betterment and their opponent's detriment.
For the above reasons, and many others, players leave the game at an alarming rate and few new ones join - the player base is therefore extremely small and insular.
If you are looking for a fun, fair and interesting game - Outer Empires is not for you.

By: Swanny

Swanny — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:13 +0000

This is a really great game and well worth the $1.99 download. It is very deep and does, as people have said, resemble EVE Online with a little RTS thrown in. The developer is great at keeping in touch with the community and updating as needed. It is important to meet up with people and that is where the game really shines. Highly recommended from me.

By: Swanny

Swanny — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:00 +0000

By: Love

Love — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:51 +0000

The community is one of the best things with Outer Empires. Love it.

By: Love

Love — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:58:00 +0000

The community is one of the best things with Outer Empires. Love it.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:32 +0000

The web version is pretty much broken right now, with long (minutes) hangs and beachballing. If that's due to problems with the server (which it looks like it is) then the iPhone version would be broken in the same way.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +0000

By: bleeps

bleeps — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:55:58 +0000

I think Jindofox means, "Where's the pew pew?!"

It's just not that kind of game.

By: bleeps

bleeps — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000

I think Jindofox means, "Where's the pew pew?!"

It's just not that kind of game.

By: Paul Hutson

Paul Hutson — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:44:59 +0000

Later on you'll find you have a lot more options,from colony creation and management to exploration/combat jobs...

.. at first you're but a lowly cadet, later you'll be a top pilot making money in the Galaxy running your own Empire