Where did you hear about Evochron Mercenary?

Post by **Vice** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:13 pm

Please vote for or post where you first heard about Evochron Mercenary. If you are not a forum member and would like to submit a vote, you can send it to me via e-mail. Thanks.

Dingo · Post by **Dingo** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:33 pm

Forum for the X series of games. Haven't gone back to that game since.

PavelKaza · Post by **PavelKaza** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:54 pm

I heared first on Bonusweb in Czech.

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:06 pm

If not the newsletter, then the forum. One or the other.

SeeJay · Post by **SeeJay** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:52 pm

Just googled for a game similar to the Freelancer from Microsoft
and stumbled over this sim and tried it out. Hooked ever since.

Bossk · Post by **Bossk** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:30 pm

Was told about Evochron Renegades by Dengar who I think had a got a copy of Starwraith some place. Never looked back. ER, EL and EM. Also Riftspace, Avoch Conflict, Shadows of Orion and Riviction!

mikeuk · Post by **mikeuk** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:37 pm

Youtube for me

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:19 pm

I actually found StarWraith II on CD at Comp USA way back in 2003. Been here ever since!

SDWeimer · Post by **SDWeimer** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:25 pm

I saw Evochron legends on Impulse and it looked like a good freelancer clone so I bought it and have never been the same since(BTW this game is better than Freelancer)

Shieldwolf · Post by **Shieldwolf** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:13 am

Found it by accident on the internet.

BLEVE · Post by **BLEVE** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:24 am

Googled "Elite type space game". Went through the list...no...no...no... Evochron was on the second page. Played the demo, was hooked.

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:35 am

The Ripster first introduced me to this game, two years ago Thanksgiving time. Very glad he did.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:50 am

As an owner of ER and EL heard about it on this forum....

:P

XB7 · Post by **XB7** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:20 pm

I was searching Google one day for a space sim with trading, mining and planetfall.

tha_rami · Post by **tha_rami** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:11 pm

Starwraith or Starwraith II was on the back of the CD-box containing DarkBASIC in '99 or so? Always piqued my interest, never searched for it until somewhere in '05, when I found that box again.

[Edited on 30-7-2011 by tha_rami]

Niekvdm · Post by **Niekvdm** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:16 am

Was looking for an old game which appeared to be close to Subspace continuum [but it wasn't] it had planets and gravity [2d combat]
Never found it and then i stumbled upon evochron.

Downloaded the demo played 5 minutes and bought the game

Jack Dandy · Post by **Jack Dandy** » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:47 pm

I've heard about it on 4chan's videogame board. I really liked the design of the cockpit and the freeform nature of the game interested me, so I checked it out.

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:35 pm

From post: 111438, Topic: tid=7811, author=Maarschalk wrote:As an owner of ER and EL heard about it on this forum....:P

In 2007, I searched for a game like "Elite" style via Google and found Arvoch Conflict. I tried the demo but I didn't buy the game for some reason that I couldn't remember right now.

And then, in 2008, I searched a game again via Google and I was a huge fan of X series at that time. Found Renegades and bought it after trying its demo. And I'm still here and believe in me, I didn't go back to other space sim games after bought Renegades. Freedom was awesome feeling!

And with Renegades and Legends I enjoyed a lot. Adventures continue with Mercenary now!

[Edited on 8-6-2011 by warsign]

airassassin · Post by **airassassin** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:38 pm

I was looking for a space sim that wouldn't cost to much and would last for some time

Accountant · Post by **Accountant** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 4:58 pm

I think I randomly Googled space sims one day. Not sure of the exact path the search took me, but it eventually ended at SW3DG.

-Accountant

Commander Wilmot · Post by **Commander Wilmot** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:13 pm

I found Starwraith 2 & the demo for SW 3 on the Dark Basic Showcase sight, before it was shut down, probably 3-4 months before. I eventually searched out the rest of the series via Google and Wikipedia. And then downloaded all the games between then and the current ones. I then bought Evochron Legends.

sundalo · Post by **sundalo** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 6:52 am

Was looking for a space trading game like privateer on the search engines and I found this treasure of a game! Tried getting into X series but it had an extremely steep learning curve even though it tried to be Elite. I bought Renegades all the way to mercenary and never looked back. This is the best space sim game since freespace and wing commander seris and those are my all time favorite space games. The inertial combat reminded me of the slide technique I used to fight kilrathi ships in wing commander 3 LOL and I love using it in this game. Vice keeps this rare genre alive and that makes me happy all the more and I commend him for that. Thank you so much for this outstanding masterpiece Vice!

[Edited on 8-14-2011 by sundalo]

[Edited on 8-14-2011 by sundalo]

Knight Rider · Post by **Knight Rider** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:33 pm

Wow...How did I hear about this game...I googled during the Renegades game, I was hooked every since. I have enjoyed Legends and Mercenary since then, and I always look forward to the next installment, why? because I know it's going to be that good.

:)

[Edited on 8-14-2011 by Knight Rider]

ECC01 · Post by **ECC01** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:35 am

First heard of Evochron via SpaceSimCentral.com

Figured it's about time I gave it a try, glad I did.
Fed up with the stupid easy-to-fix bugs in X3 that never got fixed, and Eve has lost is lustre since the last "expansion".

Am looking forward to learning the game a bit more then playing online soon.

Very nicely made piece of software, impressive achievement and it can only grow from here, onwards and upwards Vice!

Community and modding seems small but active and friendly.
Seeing Vice active in developing alongside modders is encouraging for the future too.

S.S. Vanatos · Post by **S.S. Vanatos** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:35 pm

I was looking for freelancer without all the restrictions. Stumbled upon a link to the Evochron Merc forum at SpaceSimCentral.com. LOVE THIS GAME!

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