Talk:Deuteros

Needs polishing
The Deuteros article sounds more like a game review or a rant than an objective article in an encyclopedia.

More information and other views on the subject would be highly appreciated. Was losing in Millennium really "nearly impossible" as the author claims? Maybe for him/her, but how about an average gamer?

The fifth paragraph ("In Millennium 2.2, there was a start and an end to the game....") could be replaced altogether with a short and general description of the gameplay.
 * To the author, yours truly, Milllennium quite literally appears next to impossible to actually lose. I figure that game-ending circumstances should be possible, but require deliberate and prolonged action. --Kizor 22:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's basically correct. Failure to complete Millenium 2.2 will be either due to boredom (quite likely), or perhaps to not knowing what to do next (which causes the game to fail to progress, although that's not the same as losing). It's just a repetetive grind.--Peter Knutsen 04:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
 * But in space. --Kizor 08:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Enemy Origin
Are we sure the Martians sent off a fleet at the end of Millenium 2.2? The Martians in the old game, particularly, were amusingly dome-headed, where the Methanoids of Neptune and Uranus had hair like Farrah Fawcett, blowing in the endless breeze around Uranus.

The Methanoids, like their friends the Sulphuroids (whose brain enjoyed getting out and meeting people) were human at first. From the initial colony on the Moon. When those humans colonised other planets with their SIOSes, the colonists there mutated to suit their atmosphere. Hence the people on the methane planets mutated into what they are now. Eventually toward the end of Millenium 2.2, your colonies all start to rebel and declare independence, but it's OK cos you get Earth working again.

So the Methanoids are Lunar colonists, the "goodies" in M2.2, who voluntarily mutated (and rather fast!) to suit their new home. They're not escaped Martians (Russians from a secret colony on Mars who decided war between the last fragments on humankind was a good idea). They're "goodie" colonists, probably Americans, although being Ian Bird maybe some of them were plucky Brits.

If you've got documents that say otherwise, go ahead. I've seen this stuff I'm claiming in stuff long back. It's not impossible that both origins are "official", it's not like they went to great effort to keep it all consistent, who really cares? Still a great pair of games! Also there was the pseudo-sequel, something like "Millenia Altered Destinies" on PC CD-ROM around 1995. Not a bad game but unfinished. Ian may have learned to spell "Millennium" by then, so not sure of the exact title. 81.79.5.223 (talk) 12:44, 17 May 2023 (UTC)