The result was no consensus. T. Canens ( talk) 01:53, 19 September 2010 (UTC) reply
Delete - no independent reliable sources indicating that these fictional species are notable, individually or collectively. Fails WP:GNG, WP:PLOT for describing the races by their role in the storyline and WP:TRIVIA. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 20:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC) reply
It goes on to mention they had their own theme music, making them even more distinct. Can we all agree that the Gamespot review did give notable mention/coverage to the races of one of these games? Dream Focus 19:21, 14 September 2010 (UTC) reply
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The first alien you are likely to encounter is the cowardly Captain Fwiffo. Guarding Pluto all by himself, he sets the tone for the entire game with his opening line, "Attention big, mean, hostile alien vessel hovering overhead in an obvious attack posture," which he follows by blurting out the location of his home world and his race's secret codes.
Other races span a range of emotions from the comical Utwig, depressed over the loss of a gadget they bought from interstellar hucksters, to the disturbingly scary Orz and the tragic Burvixese and Androsynths who are exterminated before the game begins and are known only from rumor and ruins. But nothing compares to the horrible plight of the Ur-Quan, ostensibly the major villains in the game. By the time you learn about the millennia of enslavement and mind-control they've had to endure in the past, not to mention the self-inflicted excruciating torments they underwent to gain freedom, the Ur-Quan become more sympathetic than most of the friendly-but-fluttery allies populating your own fleet. This is a rare and praiseworthy design achievement. |
Here's a sample quote from allgame.com showing the signifcant coverage of races,theres plenty more quotes in the existing sources.
“ | Other races span a range of emotions from the comical Utwig, depressed over the loss of a gadget they bought from interstellar hucksters, to the disturbingly scary Orz and the tragic Burvixese and Androsynths who are exterminated before the game begins and are known only from rumor and ruins. But nothing compares to the horrible plight of the Ur-Quan, ostensibly the major villains in the game. By the time you learn about the millennia of enslavement and mind-control they've had to endure in the past, not to mention the self-inflicted excruciating torments they underwent to gain freedom, the Ur-Quan become more sympathetic than most of the friendly-but-fluttery allies populating your own fleet. This is a rare and praiseworthy design achievement. | ” |
The result was no consensus. T. Canens ( talk) 01:53, 19 September 2010 (UTC) reply
Delete - no independent reliable sources indicating that these fictional species are notable, individually or collectively. Fails WP:GNG, WP:PLOT for describing the races by their role in the storyline and WP:TRIVIA. Are You The Cow Of Pain? ( talk) 20:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC) reply
It goes on to mention they had their own theme music, making them even more distinct. Can we all agree that the Gamespot review did give notable mention/coverage to the races of one of these games? Dream Focus 19:21, 14 September 2010 (UTC) reply
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The first alien you are likely to encounter is the cowardly Captain Fwiffo. Guarding Pluto all by himself, he sets the tone for the entire game with his opening line, "Attention big, mean, hostile alien vessel hovering overhead in an obvious attack posture," which he follows by blurting out the location of his home world and his race's secret codes.
Other races span a range of emotions from the comical Utwig, depressed over the loss of a gadget they bought from interstellar hucksters, to the disturbingly scary Orz and the tragic Burvixese and Androsynths who are exterminated before the game begins and are known only from rumor and ruins. But nothing compares to the horrible plight of the Ur-Quan, ostensibly the major villains in the game. By the time you learn about the millennia of enslavement and mind-control they've had to endure in the past, not to mention the self-inflicted excruciating torments they underwent to gain freedom, the Ur-Quan become more sympathetic than most of the friendly-but-fluttery allies populating your own fleet. This is a rare and praiseworthy design achievement. |
Here's a sample quote from allgame.com showing the signifcant coverage of races,theres plenty more quotes in the existing sources.
“ | Other races span a range of emotions from the comical Utwig, depressed over the loss of a gadget they bought from interstellar hucksters, to the disturbingly scary Orz and the tragic Burvixese and Androsynths who are exterminated before the game begins and are known only from rumor and ruins. But nothing compares to the horrible plight of the Ur-Quan, ostensibly the major villains in the game. By the time you learn about the millennia of enslavement and mind-control they've had to endure in the past, not to mention the self-inflicted excruciating torments they underwent to gain freedom, the Ur-Quan become more sympathetic than most of the friendly-but-fluttery allies populating your own fleet. This is a rare and praiseworthy design achievement. | ” |