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Offline Snail

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That's so obvious it would be like a subtle insult to say it.

 

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True, but it's necessary to placate the completionists.  You know how they get.

 

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Then they can do it themselves. It's a wiki for that reason. But if they complain... :beamz:

 

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It used one of it bombardment beams probably toned down.
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That's what ive always thought
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I've always thought that those were the bombardment cannons, and the things on the arms were anti-capship beams. It makes sense, to me.
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Question: How come the Medusa explosion looks so dumb, and the poof from the beam hit looks so dumb?

And furthermore, in the FS1 intro, why do they focus so much on the guy's eyes, they are so poor quality!

 

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Question: How come the Medusa explosion looks so dumb, and the poof from the beam hit looks so dumb?

And furthermore, in the FS1 intro, why do they focus so much on the guy's eyes, they are so poor quality!
FS1 came out in 1998, and FS2 came out in 1999.  The graphics were pretty good compared to the standards at the time.

 

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I thought the graphics in the FS1 intro are pretty close to what we have right now. :nervous:
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Question: How come the Medusa explosion looks so dumb, and the poof from the beam hit looks so dumb?

And furthermore, in the FS1 intro, why do they focus so much on the guy's eyes, they are so poor quality!
Nice title.
Fun while it lasted.

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Well, assuming that the "Hades" wasn't put there simply for looks in the cutscene, but was an actual ship, let's think about this one. First of all, the Hades is 3Km long... A ship that big crashing into a world would either A) disintegrate instantly on impact, as the sheer force of impact would basically liquidate/destroy everything for miles around. or B) not be crashed on a hillside, but span SEVERAL hillsides. 3Km is over a mile long.

So, if we're not talking about a Hades, then what could this possibly be? Well, looking though pictures of other FS1 era ships, it could be an Apollo that is on it's side... that's 21m long, making it a good 60+feet. Also, we're told in FS2 that Deneb is inhabited... Cygnus Prime. The Vasudans flee because of the NTF, but did the Lucifer bombard? and if so, how were they able to recolonize when Vasuda Prime was rendered uninhabitable. If the Lucifer did not bombard, what are all those alien bodies that look like infantry doing on the ground? Do we know if Cygnus, or any other Deneb system planet was ever inhabited by the Ancients? If it was, that could be an Ancient ship that's crashed there. I admit, that protrusion coming out of the wreckage isn't repeated in very many ship designs. It can't be an Anubis, and it doesn't look much like a Valk, but that is a small possibility.

 

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Well, assuming that the "Hades" wasn't put there simply for looks in the cutscene, but was an actual ship, let's think about this one. First of all, the Hades is 3Km long... A ship that big crashing into a world would either A) disintegrate instantly on impact, as the sheer force of impact would basically liquidate/destroy everything for miles around. or B) not be crashed on a hillside, but span SEVERAL hillsides. 3Km is over a mile long.

Maybe it did an atmospheric landing on purpose before being brought down by ground forces. Would explain all the dead marines on the ground later.

So, if we're not talking about a Hades...

I didn't read the second paragraph beyond that because it's so blatantly clear that it is the Hades. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. Period. :rolleyes:

 
I didn't read the second paragraph beyond that because it's so blatantly clear that it is the Hades. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. Period. :rolleyes:
Yeah, it can't possibly be anything else.
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Question: How come the Medusa explosion looks so dumb, and the poof from the beam hit looks so dumb?

And furthermore, in the FS1 intro, why do they focus so much on the guy's eyes, they are so poor quality!
FS1 came out in 1998, and FS2 came out in 1999.  The graphics were pretty good compared to the standards at the time.

That's wrong, look at Colony Wars' cutscenes. That game is even older than FreeSpace and its cutscenes were incredible. The first CW came out in 1997(before FS1) and the second one in 1998(like FS1)...and they even were consolle games!
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Colony Wars wouldn't be better than the standard in that case.

 

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Back then pc games were just beginning to break out into the mainstream compared to the ps2. I agree the quality is great. It's no
Digital anvil granted but great nonetheless. It is the Hades also :)
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It was a game for PSX, not PS2. You can find many cutscenes on YouTube(ingnore CW: Red Sun as it came out after FS2).
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Wow... I wasn't expecting such... closed mindedness about my theory that it could be something -other- than the Hades... I personally was under the impression that capital ships were unable to land on planets (hence orbital shipyards and shuttles)...

Also, those bodies don't look very human... maybe Vasudan, but I don't know. Maybe, instead of disregarding my thoughts (and making an insult in the process) simply because they don't agree with what you -want- to believe, you read the next couple of lines I wrote and give it some thought? Obviously your put enough time into replying to me (rather rudely), you could at least provide some constructive criticism for my hypothesis...

 
Wow... I wasn't expecting such... closed mindedness about my theory that it could be something -other- than the Hades... I personally was under the impression that capital ships were unable to land on planets (hence orbital shipyards and shuttles)...
Exactly. They don't land, they crash. :D
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Sorry man no offense meant. It's just too blatantly obvious. The bodies are infantry wearing great war era uniform as seen in hallfight. And i reckon the hades touched down on a more horizontal velocity than vertical. I'm following your theory i'm just stating my belief. :)
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