Depends. Would you feel that a game where you have to re-route all power to your front shields in order to go through an anti-air barrier so you can dive bomb a spaceship and then quickly trasnfer it to the rear shields so the lasers don't rip you to shreds, is user friendly?
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STAR CITIZEN, Chris Roberts' (Wing Commander) New Game [$25 million funded]
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Depends. Would you feel that a game where you have to re-route all power to your front shields in order to go through an anti-air barrier so you can dive bomb a spaceship and then quickly trasnfer it to the rear shields so the lasers don't rip you to shreds, is user friendly?
Wing Commander doesn't really get that in-depth. At least, the first two don't (I'm currently replaying them.) X-Wing and Freespace are much better when they come to the actual sim stuff and you do have to think about shield alignment.
However, even Freespace is a lot easier to grasp than your typical modern flight sim. You can pick up the basics very quickly.
However, even Freespace is a lot easier to grasp than your typical modern flight sim. You can pick up the basics very quickly.
Yeah, you do a lot of things but they are all single button presses.
Messofanego
Banned
The Wing Commander and Freespace games are all up on GoG. X-Wing is nowhere because Lucasarts is a terrible company.
Wing Commander has more simplistic combat with a really neat story section (although the first game is very light on story) and Freespace is a little more about the missions. I hear Freespace 2 actually has one of the better stories around but I haven't played it yet.
It bears mentioning that Freespace 2 has a wonderful mod scene and you can easily get the game looking 64896746x better than it did at launch.
Wing Commander has more simplistic combat with a really neat story section (although the first game is very light on story) and Freespace is a little more about the missions. I hear Freespace 2 actually has one of the better stories around but I haven't played it yet.
It bears mentioning that Freespace 2 has a wonderful mod scene and you can easily get the game looking 64896746x better than it did at launch.
Save Freespace 2 for last. It's the high-point to begin the long wait until this game hits.
Space!
Depends: Am I dropping thrust to 1/3 to make the turn or am I turning off my stabilizers, pointing my main thruster off-axis and then jamming down on the throttle as hard as I can?
Space!
Oh man. Oh MAN. Gimmegimmegimmegimme
Between this and Oculus Rift, 2013 is going to crawl.
First in-game shot of the Constellation.
edit: now that I'm looking closer, what is that?
I'm clearly insane.
Between this and Oculus Rift, 2013 is going to crawl.
First in-game shot of the Constellation.
edit: now that I'm looking closer, what is that?
I'm clearly insane.
StoppedInTracks
Member
If that is in-game (I do not follow it closely) then "Whoa!"
That ship is just so damn beautiful, I am so happy they managed to reach the goal to have it playable both off and online. I really hope they will have more capital class ships in the game like battleships.
It is in-game.
It is in-game.
woah it is. and yeah, i think it is the carrier known from the trailer. i just wanted to share the nice possible desktop wallpaper ^^
I somehow have a doubt you will land this thing itself, maybe use personal shuttles to go planetside.
Sentenza
Member
Still BONER.
Messofanego
Banned
Considering the extreme detail they put into things. I doubt they can design entire planets. So my guess is they will have special hubs placed on planets that you can land on from orbit , roam around and then travel quickly back up into orbit. Kinda like Freespace. If they did however, that would definetly be awesome.
i am not sure you guys read his post correct. he means landing with a smaller spacecraft in outer space on the carrier. you than can get out and walk inside it. and yes, planets will be like a Hub.
You sir are correct.
Concept video of the Constellation unloading cargo and its snub fighter.
This is quite a pleasant surprise, I thought it would all be "magically" teleported into the cargo bay but this could prove to be a lot more physical experience.
This is quite a pleasant surprise, I thought it would all be "magically" teleported into the cargo bay but this could prove to be a lot more physical experience.
Getting error 404, saying the vids may have been removed.
Vlodril
Member
Roberts has been very big on physics so i expect we will see working parts for everything that happens. No magic shit.
I mean just the part that you can shoot individual thrusters sounds mind boggling.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
I think this game plus Occulus Rift may very well be the realization of all of my gaming dreams since I was a child.
Very much so, complete with non-instanced interior that you can seamlessly enter and land inside, walk up to the bridge and watch the space outside the windows.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Dictator93
Member
No joke... these things are actually in the piple line. 0.0
It is.
Hopefully these guys discover that niche market Crysis had for a bit, basically being so uber it needs crazy ass hardware, and because it was a quality experience you had a whole population of gamers that then aspired to get new hardware to play it. You just have to be careful your initial launch is still playable by a decent enough %
I think they said it currently runs at or near 30 FPS on a 570 right now, so I'm not too worried about performance. A game with assets of this high quality running at 30 FPS 1080p on my 580 would leave me completely satisfied.
Hopefully they will change to CE4 before release..
Dictator93
Member
Hopefully they will change to CE4 before release..
Ce3 is iterrative . There will not be a ce4 for a while
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
As someone who never really played a space sim before, even though it's one of the most interesting genres to me, what would be a good one to jump into? Preferably available on Steam or DD in general.
I have X3 on Steam, but never really got into it pat an hour or so in. I could give it another spin if its the best out there though.
I have X3 on Steam, but never really got into it pat an hour or so in. I could give it another spin if its the best out there though.
MUST PLAY: Freespace 2 on GOG.com with mediaVPS.
Also, Tie Fighter if you can get a hold of it.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Oh nice I always wanted to play Freespace 2 , had no idea it was on GoG. Any issues with windows 8?
There should be no issues, though I have only tried on one of the early betas. I am also one of the few that believe Freespace 1 i worth playing as well.
You can still pledge on there website. I am gonna do that also. Still a lot of tiers to choose from.
"a monthly paid subscription" <.<
edit: oh me, there are packages below #happyhashtag
Kageshinzo
Member
DarkStar One is on Steam for cheap.
Also, you can never go wrong with the Wing Commander series. They're old, but they are still awesome.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Nice. Well looks like I will be buying Freespace 2 imminently. Any tips?
How is Darkstar One in comparison to FS2?
I actually did play Wing Commander back in the day, loved it at the time, but looking for a more modern space sim at the moment. Thanks for the recommendation though.
Once again, let me restate my inability to watch these videos. Are they only available in USA? Are there alternate YT links?